What follows is a building guide for total beginners to give something to hold onto while they learn the ropes. The main goal here is to get a Small Cargo Ship ASAP to start raiding inactive players or undefended planets. It will also give you the option of building a few Rocket Launchers.

Resource CollectionEdit

You must first access the Resources tab of the Main Menu to create the resource buildings. Later (from step 27), other buildings can be built from the facilities tab on the main menu and Technologies can be researched from the Research tab. Timings are provided at each step: the time to build this step, the time to mine the resources for the next step, and the total time since the start before the next step can be begun (the total times were all calculated using the other times in the table, and afterward rounded off to the nearest 5 or minutes for display purposes).

Note: This guide is no longer 100% correct (for redesigned universes). There are some points where you will have enough energy left to produce at 99% capacity, which is better than investing in new Solar Plants that produce nothing at all. This basicly means that you should stick to the guide but only build a Solar Plant when you actually need it. At this moment it is possible to have a level 7 Metal Mine, level 5 Crystal Mine, level 4 Deut mine and a level 8 Solar plant while producing at 100%, which contradicts the order given below (see step 20-25).

For redesigned guide scroll down.

*Varies depending on proximity to sun. This is because the farther away you are the more Deuterium is produced (i.e. if you are closer it may take longer). Conversely, the closer you are the more Energy is produced by Solar Satellites, although they are not included in this guide.

Now build a small cargo ship. This building order ensures you get to this stage in as short a time as possible.

By the end, you should have this: Metal Mine: 7 Crystal Mine: 6 Deuterium Synthesizer: 6 Solar Plant: 10 Robotics Factory: 2 Research Lab: 1 Energy Tech: 1 Shipyard: 2 Combustion Drive: 2

For Redesigned UniversesEdit

(Credits for the original author of the guidesteps above me)Edit

This is a new Guide. Which is pretty much the same as the guide above. However, this Guide is optimalized for new universes, if there is any difference between new and old concerning building cost/profit/time anyway. This Guide will sometimes make you drop below 0 energy, but that is only because there is an increase in production or if the overal loss is too little to counter the effect of extra resources.

The notes will give indications of the energy and additional information. You also might want to switch point 12 and 13, but that depends on how many resources you have at the moment and wether you will be away for a while or not. If you do go away for a while, I suggest you switch them, otherwise stick to the guide.

Point 37: be aware of the note.

After thisEdit

You should keep building up mines to get more resources and research new tech according to how you want to play from then on. If you like attacking people, focus on getting espionage probes as soon as possible, so you can see planet defences. You can see what tech you need under the technology screen.

You could now research laser tech for better defences after upgrading Energy Technology 2, or you could focus on impulse drive for heavy fighter, colony ships, and cruisers (in that order). Regardless what you choose, you should research armour tech, weapons tech, and shield tech: these help build your defences, and their benefits apply to other colonies too. You could also try to improve your combustion engine tech for faster small cargo so you raid faster and will have access to recyclers and large cargo ships at level 6. Bear in mind that you could also focus on getting impulse tech 5 instead, giving your small cargo a massive speed boost (they become as fast as heavy fighters), but consume more deut per 1k resources than large cargo ships.

Bear in mind that you will have to research Astrophysics in redesigned Universes in order to colonize a new planet. Link: http://ogame.wikia.com/wiki/Colonizing_in_Redesigned_Universes

See also Edit

• Tutorial Help
• Tips