ALL WILL FALL — All 8 Scenarios Guide

Start by scanning the entire starting platform with the stress overlay before placing any buildings. Mark corroded zones (they appear yellow even with no load) and avoid placing anything heavier than housing on them until they are repaired.

The Oil Rig has pre-existing oil reserves accessible via Pump Jacks (buildable from Day 1 without research). Establish a Fuel supply chain immediately — this is the only scenario where Fuel is available before the Refinery research. Use this advantage to build a Distillation Tower for water by Day 5.

The scenario's narrative event at Day 20 triggers a structural failure in the rig's southwest section. This is scripted and unavoidable. Prepare by ensuring no critical production buildings are in the southwest quadrant before Day 20.

Late-game objective: convert the central drill shaft into a communication tower to signal other survivor colonies. This requires 40 steel, 20 concrete, and an Engineer with the Communication Tower research — plan your material stockpiles around this endgame goal.

Build all heavy structures on the high side of the tilt from Day 1. As the tilt increases, the low side becomes progressively less safe for any construction. Use the high side as your production base and the low side only for Fishing Piers and boat docks.

The stabilization objective requires the Engineers to research Hull Repair (unique to this scenario) and build 4 Hull Patch structures on the tanker's waterline. Each patch requires 10 concrete and 5 steel. Prioritize Concrete Mixing research — it is the critical path for scenario completion.

Wind events on the Tanker are more dangerous than other scenarios because the tilt amplifies lateral force. Cross-brace every structure above 3 floors and build no structures more than 2 tiles wide on the tilted axis without internal columns.

Do not optimize for long-term colony efficiency. This scenario rewards rapid, 'good enough' decisions. Build basic Fishing Piers and housing, get your Workers to 60% happiness (not 80%), and redirect all available resources toward the evacuation platform components.

The evacuation platform requires 4 Thruster Engines (Sailor exploration drop, not craftable), 20 steel, 40 concrete, and a Power Grid (research unlock). Send your Sailors exploring immediately on Day 1 — finding all 4 Thruster Engines typically takes 25-35 days depending on exploration RNG.

Cross-brace everything. The pre-tornado weather on days 40-60 features progressively stronger wind events. A structure that survived early-game calm weather will collapse in Day 50 storms without cross-bracing. Retroactively adding cross-bracing to your entire colony on Day 35 is worth the cost.

The Day 60 deadline is a hard fail if you haven't completed the platform. However, completing it on Day 58-59 is common — the game gives you a narrow window after platform completion to board all colonists before the tornado arrives.

Prioritize bridge construction to adjacent rooftops in the first 15 days. Each connected rooftop adds its survivor population to your faction counts, and some rooftops have unique buildings already constructed (a pre-built Distillery, a Workshop, a Trade Pier) that you can immediately use.

The scenario's primary resource scarcity is Limestone — essential for Concrete but very rare on rooftops. Trade routes are the primary Limestone source. Establish a Trade Pier and get Sailors on trade runs by Day 8.

The rising water mechanic triggers a rooftop submersion event every 15 days, permanently drowning the lowest rooftop you haven't evacuated. Plan your bridge network to evacuate lower rooftops before each submersion event.

Never build permanent infrastructure directly on ice. Always build Pile Foundations first (drilling into bedrock below the ice) and construct on top of piles rather than on the ice surface. Pile foundations survive ice thaw events; ice-surface buildings do not.

The scenario's unique resource is Permafrost — gatherable only during freeze events and used to research Cold Climate technologies including Heated Housing (happiness bonus in cold weather) and Ice Reinforcement (extends ice platform lifespan by 50%).

Schedule your expansion cycles around the 20-day thaw timer. Days 1-15 of each cycle: expand and build. Days 15-20: reinforce existing structures, prepare emergency pile placements.

Build all critical infrastructure (Food Storage, Water Tanks, Residential areas) in the western zone — eruptions always originate from the east. The western zone has never been affected in any known eruption pattern.

Geothermal Vents (unique to this scenario) provide free unlimited Fuel as long as you build Geothermal Collectors adjacent to them. This eliminates the Fuel bottleneck entirely — use this to run Distillation Towers and Generators from Day 1.

After each eruption, new lava-cooled land formations appear in the east. These provide solid Pile Foundation anchor points and often contain rare mineral deposits. Send Sailors immediately after each eruption to survey new land before the next event.

Prioritize repairing the destroyer immediately — it is your most urgent threat. Hull Repair requires Steel and Engineers. The destroyer needs 5 Steel per repair action to restore 10% hull integrity. Get Steel production running (via trade or Sailors' salvage) by Day 5.

The aircraft carrier's massive flight deck is the best building surface in the scenario. Once you've stabilized the destroyer, use the carrier deck as your primary residential and production zone.

The scenario's ultimate objective is the Fleet Consolidation — welding all 5 ships together using the Magnetic Crane (Engineers-only, requires research). This creates a single super-platform immune to individual ship sinking events.

Zero waste is the guiding principle of The Summit. Use Undo for every imperfect placement. Use the deconstruct tool (not demolish) to recover 100% of materials from any building you change your mind about. The recycling rate of deconstruct vs. demolish is the difference between success and running out of building materials.

The Summit's research tree includes unique Sustainability technologies: Closed-Loop Water Recycling (eliminates water consumption), Hydroponic Towers (food from electricity, not water or soil), and Geothermal Deep Drilling (provides renewable Fuel from the mountain's geothermal core). All three are required for long-term survival and must be researched by Day 50.

The vertical challenge is maximum here. The mountain peak provides a small flat surface — you must go up. With all materials finite, you cannot afford structural failures. Apply the strictest possible building standards: Pile Foundations everywhere, structural steel for primary columns, cross-bracing on every floor above 3.