Territory Idle – Space Mode Guide (Walkthrough Step-by-Step)

This guide aims to help you get past space quickly so that you can go back to the main game and enjoy your new mutations, all while keeping amber costs reasonable.

Guide to Space

All credit goes to brioche235!

Introduction

This guide is accurate as of Ver. 165fix.

Space is another game mode that is unlocked after you’ve reached 185 empire points, and it comes with new buildings and resources. If you’ve reached space for the first time, you’re probably confused about what buildings and resources to prioritize. This guide aims to help you get past space quickly so that you can go back to the main game and enjoy your new mutations, all while keeping amber costs reasonable.

If you would like to explore space on your own, this guide is not for you.

• Amber spent: 324-329. You’ll need 199 more amber later if this is your first time, so have at least 528 amber.
• Estimated time: 4-15 minutes of playing.

Walkthrough

Before you begin, make a save file.

1. If this isn’t your first time following this guide, you should be familiar enough with the steps. Start by timelapsing 30 minutes to save up to 50 seconds (if you need to spend time reading this, you’ve probably got enough ore already).
2. Wait for 5k ore (26.6 seconds if you didn’t timelapse in 1a) and build 1 energy crystal.
3. Timelapse 30 minutes.
   [188 ore, 1 energy/s] (5 amber total)
4. Double energy crystal 4 times. (16 energy/s)
5. Timelapse 30 minutes.
6. [188 ore, 16 energy/s] (10 amber total)
7. Double energy crystal 4 times. (256 energy/s)
8. Timelapse 30 minutes.
   [188 ore, 256 energy/s] (15 amber total)
9. Double energy crystal 2 times. If you’ve been clicking as fast as possible and didn’t timelapse in 1a, you may need to wait up to 24 seconds for enough ore. There are no other points in the guide where waiting for resources is necessary. (1024 energy/s)
10. Timelapse 30 minutes.
    [188 ore, 1024 energy/s] (20 amber total)
11. Build 2 crystal drones.
12. Timelapse 30 minutes.
    [2188 ore, 3024 energy/s] (25 amber total)
13. Double energy crystal 2 times. (4096 energy/s)
14. Open 4 new sectors.
15. Build 5 more crystal drones.
16. Timelapse 30 minutes.
    [7188 ore, 11096 energy/s] (30 amber total)
17. Double energy crystal 2 times. (16384 energy/s)
18. Timelapse 6 hours.
    [7188 ore, 23384 energy/s] (52 amber total)
19. Double energy crystal 3 times. (131.07K energy/s)
20. Open 2 new sectors.
21. Build 2 dust collectors and upgrade both to 3 stardust per second.
22. Timelapse 6 hours.
    [7188 ore, 138.07K energy, 6 stardust/s] (74 amber total)
23. Open 2 new sectors.
24. Build 2 Sputniks.
25. Upgrade both dust collectors to 5 stardust/s.
26. Double energy crystal 1 time. (262.14K energy/s)
27. Timelapse 30 minutes.
    [7188 ore, 269.14K energy, 10 stardust, 4 R.P./s] (79 amber total)
28. Research +5000 ore, crystal drone improvement.
29. Upgrade 6 crystal drones to +4000 and 1 crystal drone to +5000.
30. Open 1 new sector.
31. Build 1 more dust collector and upgrade it to 4 stardust/s.
32. Timelapse 6 hours.
    [34188 ore, 291.14K energy, 14 stardust, 4 R.P./s] (101 amber total)
33. Research cheaper sectors.
34. Open 3 new sectors.
35. Build 3 more Sputniks.
36. Upgrade 2 crystal drones to +5000 and 5 crystal drones to +6000.
37. Upgrade 2 dust collectors to 5 stardust/s and 1 dust collector to 6 stardust/s.
38. Double energy crystal 1 time. (524.29K energy/s)
39. Timelapse 1 day.
    [45188 ore, 564.29K energy, 16 stardust, 25 R.P./s] (150 amber total)
40. Research +100% stardust, space bases, 2x R.P., +50% planet ore / +10 staff, speed of improvement.
41. Upgrade all 3 dust collectors to 12 stardust/s.
42. Upgrade 1 crystal drone to +6000 and 6 crystal drones to +7000.
43. Double energy crystal 3 times. (4.19M energy/s)
44. Timelapse 30 minutes.
    [53282 ore, 4.24M energy, 36 stardust, 50 R.P./s] (155 amber total)
45. Open 1 new sector.
46. Build 1 space base.
47. Appoint 5 pilots (ore), 10 engineers (energy), and 5 scientists (R.P.).
48. Timelapse 6 hours.
    [79923 ore, 8.48M energy, 36 stardust, 75 R.P./s] (177 amber total)
49. Research +15 staff to space bases.
50. Open 2 new sectors.
51. Build 2 more space bases.
52. Appoint all 85 new staff (35 each from 2 new bases, 15 from old base) as engineers for more energy.
53. Upgrade all 3 dust collectors to 18 stardust/s.
54. Timelapse 1 day.
    [79923 ore, 44.54M energy, 54 stardust, 75 R.P./s] (226 amber total)
55. Research x1.5 ore/energy/stardust production.
56. Upgrade all 3 dust collectors to 20 stardust/s (x1.5 = 90 stardust/s total)
57. Double energy crystal one time. (8.39M energy/s)
58. Timelapse 1 day.
    [119.88K ore, 132.88M energy, 90 stardust, 75 R.P./s] (275 amber total)
59. Timelapse 1 day.
    (324 amber total; 329 amber with timelapse in 1a)
60. Research space colonization.
61. Colonize new planet.

Congratulations! You can now continue playing the main game. Remember to visit the amber shop to buy 1 extra mutation for 199 amber if you haven’t already.