Build An Ant Empire WikiColony, Ants & Cash

Where to start

Roll ants at the Ant Queen, place them in colony doorways, sell food for Cash, then buy Egg luck and Egg rolls first. Level holes on keepers, join Vine and Starfall when live, run the Star Event through 2026-10-07 13:00 UTC, and fight Spider King for pet eggs. Place 78490532994307 by Insect Kingdom studio.

Guides

Beginner colony loop, upgrade and hole spend order, ants and events, Items shop potions, and codes.

The play loop

Train the sell loop, buy luck and rolls, expand doors, then run events including Star Event and Spider King.

1. Roll ants at the Ant Queen. Interact with the Ant Queen to roll eggs for free. Buying the ant on the podium costs Cash, so keep a reserve after sells.
2. Place ants in colony doorways. Assign each bought ant to an empty doorway. You start with one door; Colony expansion unlocks more floors and doors as costs climb.
3. Collect food boxes and sell for Cash. Placed ants haul food crates to the collection pile. Carry boxes to the Sell merchant to fund upgrades and ant buys.
4. Buy Egg luck and Egg rolls first. These boards are the cheap early buys. Better rolls raise ant quality, which lifts every later food payout. Egg rolls stack toward multi-roll (2, then 3, then 5 offers).
5. Expand food value, doors, hole levels, and speed. Raise Food value and Colony expansion next. Level individual ant holes on keepers, then Ant speed when travel time blocks output.
6. Run events, claim Index, apply Items to keepers. Join Vine, Starfall, Spider King, and the Star Event when they are up. Claim Index milestones. Apply jellies and Mutation Potions only to keepers. Skip early mounts.

Map events

Vine / Leaf Mountain, Starfall deposits, Star Event (Wishing Pool / Event Tokens through 2026-10-07 13:00 UTC), Spider King dungeon, and timed bosses when they are up.

1. Vine / Leaf Mountain. Climb the vine parkour to a Leaf Mountain roll pad. Rolls there target Leaf Mutation ants. Buy keepers you can afford and bring them home.
2. Starfall. Collect star items during Starfall and deposit them at the event. Progress is shared across the server. Claim rewards when your contribution unlocks them.
3. Star Event (limited). Window 2026-09-30 11:25 UTC through 2026-10-07 13:00 UTC. Roll ants for Star items, use them at the Wishing Pool to unlock the limited dungeon, earn Event Tokens, then exchange tokens for event rewards. Same update adds Pet Following and a pet trash can.
4. King of Spider dungeon. Enter the Spider King fight with your colony. Click to deal more damage across rounds. Exit when ready. Wins feed pet coins and pet eggs for the pet hatch loop.
5. Strawberry King and other timed events. Timed bosses and map events drop spin coins or special items. Read the on-screen objective, finish the run, then spend rewards on colony progress.

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