How to Play Illuvium Zero: Ultimate Beginner's Guide
Welcome to Illuvium: Zero, an industrial building game set in the Illuvium universe. This guide will help you download and install the game, sign up, and start building your industrial complex, while also covering resource generation and the game's unique features.
What is Illuvium: Zero? #Copy URL to this article section
Illuvium Zero is a cross-platform industrial building and city-building game set within the Illuvium universe. Players collect elements, fuel, and blueprints on Illuvium land. Elements allow you to create more buildings in the game.
The game is currently in Open Beta.
How can I download and sign up for Illuvium: Zero?#Copy URL to this article section
The game can be downloaded from Google Play, App Store, and Epic Games Store
Illuvium: Zero on mobile#Copy URL to this article section
Illuvium: Zero is available for download in the Play Store for Android devices. One can also play an early-access iOS build on TestFlight.
Illuvium: Zero on PC#Copy URL to this article section
You can easily download Illuvium Zero via the Epic Games store.
What can I do in Illuvium: Zero?#Copy URL to this article section
Resource Management#Copy URL to this article section
Players can collect and manage elements (carbon, silicon, hydrogen) and fuels (Crypton, Hyperion, Solon) which are crucial for building and upgrading structures.
Building and Upgrading#Copy URL to this article section
The game involves constructing various types of buildings, such as extractors, converters, storage, science structures, and other functional buildings. Players can move, upgrade, and sell structures to optimize their industrial complex.
Efficiency and Paths#Copy URL to this article section
Advanced systems in the game include efficiency metrics and a path system to enhance build and upgrade times.
Goals and Rewards#Copy URL to this article section
Players can achieve goals and claim rewards, including credits that can speed up construction and other activities.
Interoperability#Copy URL to this article section
The game supports interoperability within the Illuvium universe, where resources like fuel and blueprints can be used in other Illuvium games.
Blueprints and Marketplace#Copy URL to this article section
Players can scan for bio-data and acquire blueprints, which can be minted as NFTs and sold on the IlluviDex.
What are the buildings in Illuvium: Zero?#Copy URL to this article section
Build screen showing the Nexus and other buildings
There are five main classifications of buildings in Illuvium Zero, each with different functions. Similar to other building games, they follow a certain technology tree of requirements for building.
You always start with building your Nexus, which enables all other construction in the game.
Basics#Copy URL to this article section
Function: Provide essential infrastructure to your industrial complex.
Examples: Nexus, Engineering Workshop, Quantum Fabricant, Power Station
Extractors#Copy URL to this article section
Function: Extract resources such as elements and fuel from specific resource sites on your land.
Examples: Sediment Excavator, Mine, Hydrogen Pump, Crypton Gate, Hyperion Extractor, Solon Dredge
Converters#Copy URL to this article section
Function: Help you gain more resources by converting elements into other element types and fuel into other fuel types.
Examples: Condenser Plant, Sequestration Plant, Photodisintegration Plant, L-Crypton Collider, Anti-Solon Inverter, Hyperion Lathe
Storage#Copy URL to this article section
Function: Store elements and fuels. These structures need to be built and upgraded as your industrial complex expands.
Examples: Silos for different elements (Carbon, Silicon, Hydrogen) and containment units for fuels (Crypton, Hyperion, Solon)
Science Structures#Copy URL to this article section
Function: Allow you to acquire bio-data and blueprints. These structures are integral for researching and obtaining valuable items.
Examples: Zero Point Transducer, Materials Lab, Singularity Scanner, Data Bank, Podarium
What are the resources in Illuvium: Zero?#Copy URL to this article section
Home screen of Illuvium: Zero
There are two main types of resources that you can extract in the game, namely Elements and Fuels.
The last type of resource that you can use in-game are Credits, which can only be acquired by accomplishing goals and buying them with money.
Elements #Copy URL to this article section
Elements are the more basic resources in Illuvium: Zero, available from the point you start the game. These are the building blocks of your structures, acquired by building the corresponding extractor from extraction sites.
Carbon: One of the basic elements used in the construction and upgrading of various structures.
Silicon: Another fundamental element required for building and upgrading structures.
Hydrogen: A crucial element for numerous processes and constructions within the game.
Fuels#Copy URL to this article section
Fuels are more specialized resources, which also play a significant role in Illuvium Overworld. In Illuvium: Zero, these are used to create more advanced structures. They are also acquired by building the corresponding extractor from extraction sites.
Crypton
Role in Illuvium Zero: Essential for high-level building and upgrades within the game.
Role in Illuvium Overworld: Used to travel to different regions in the Overworld.
Hyperion
Role in Illuvium Zero: Used for significant constructions and upgrades.
Role in Illuvium Overworld: Utilized to cure tier 1-5 shards.
Solon
Role in Illuvium Zero: Integral for constructing and upgrading various structures.
Role in Illuvium Overworld: Used to forge drones, skins, cure master shards, and fuse Illuvials. This can also be used to auto-scan regions to reveal the locations of Illuvials, Ergon Rifts, and Mega Deposits on the map.
Credits #Copy URL to this article section
These can be bought from the marketplace and their sole role is to speed up tasks inside Illuvium: Zero.
What are blueprints in Illuvium: Zero?#Copy URL to this article section
Acquisition#Copy URL to this article section
Blueprints are acquired through the use of a singularity scanner, a science structure in the game. Landowners can scan for Illuvials to produce bio-data.
Research Process#Copy URL to this article section
Once bio-data is obtained, it can be researched in the materials lab. This research process can result in acquiring a blueprint.
Utility#Copy URL to this article section
Blueprints are highly coveted as they can be minted as NFTs and sold on the IlluviDex for ETH (Ethereum). Alternatively, they can be used to craft new cosmetic items within the game.
Integration#Copy URL to this article section
Blueprints play a significant role in the game's economy and interoperability, allowing players to create valuable items and engage in the marketplace.
Now that you know the basics of Illuvium: Zero, you are ready to explore the vibrant world of Illuvium. Check out our guides to make the most of your games!
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