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THE SKIE FIELD MANUAL

Know the game.
Plan your next move.

OGame guides for everyday decisions and advanced planning. Start with a short overview, then use the detailed references for formulas, worked comparisons and the trade-offs behind a build.

31 GUIDESFOUNDATIONS TO ADVANCED TRADE-OFFS.NO ACCOUNT LOGIN

CORE REFERENCE / FIRST ACCOUNT

The essentials for your first account.

A reference for the main screens, the first production loop and planning your time away. Use the core guides, or choose a path that fits your play style.

Browse the essentials

Choose your play style

Different goals. Different investment priorities.

PATH 01

Miner / steady economy

Steady production, mines, energy and crawlers.

Follow this path →PATH 02

Expeditions / active growth

Regular launches, cargo, yield and lifeforms.

Follow this path →PATH 03

Active fleet / combat

Fleet roles, fuel, simulation and safe returns.

Follow this path →

Build your next capability

Moon infrastructure and defense deserve their own plan.

SPECIAL BUILDINGS / FOUR GUIDES

Moons, facilities and Orion

Develop moons, use lunar tools and construction facilities, or start an Orion scanner network.

Explore special buildings →DEFENSE / PRACTICAL PLANNING

Protect production, understand the limits

Build for the resources and ships you leave behind. Check repair, rapid fire, missiles and your universe settings.

Plan your defense →

Browse the guides

Go straight to the topic or decision you need.

31 guides

00 / GETTING STARTEDSTART HERE

The essentials for your first account.

Find the main screens, establish usable production and plan the time you will be away.

5 SECTIONS · 6 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

01 / ECONOMYBeginner

Choose the next useful investment.

Compare additional net income, the full support cost and the resource shortage blocking the next goal.

8 SECTIONS · 3 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

02 / FLEET SAFETYEssential

Fleetsaving

Choose a route whose visibility you understand, then protect its landing or recall window.

6 SECTIONS · 3 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

03 / EXPANSIONBeginner

Turn a new colony into a useful planet.

Choose a useful location and budget capacity, the colony ship, startup resources and logistics together.

8 SECTIONS · 3 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

04 / RESEARCHBeginner

Research toward a useful unlock.

Choose a usable capability or recurring benefit, with the right prerequisites and eligible laboratories.

6 SECTIONS · 3 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

05 / ENERGYIntermediate

Choose power for the demand you have.

Compare solar, satellites and fusion through useful power, fuel cost, fields and resilience.

7 SECTIONS · 3 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

06 / CRAWLERSIntermediate

Make crawlers earn their power bill.

Separate owned count, working capacity and realized production, then compare normal operation with Collector overload.

7 SECTIONS · 3 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

07 / EXPEDITIONSIntermediate

Expeditions

Build a replaceable fleet around the reward limit, cargo capacity and launches you can actually maintain.

10 SECTIONS · 4 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

08 / LIFEFORMSIntermediate

Lifeforms: buildings, population and research.

Choose a building setup, unlock the slots you need, and compare research by its effect. Use the linked references for the numbers.

4 SECTIONS · 4 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

S1 / SPECIAL BUILDINGSINTERMEDIATE

Moonshots and moon development

Prepare the battle, recovery budget and first useful buildings before buying a moonshot.

9 SECTIONS · 5 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

S2 / SPECIAL BUILDINGSINTERMEDIATE

Jump Gates and Sensor Phalanx

Move ships between your own moons and understand what a scan can reveal.

9 SECTIONS · 4 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

S3 / SPECIAL BUILDINGSINTERMEDIATE

Nanites and missiles

Buy construction throughput when time is scarce; stock missiles for a defined threat.

9 SECTIONS · 4 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

D1 / DEFENSEBEGINNER TO ADVANCED

Defense planning

Protect normal accumulation and production assets without mistaking a bunker for a fleetsave.

12 SECTIONS · 6 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

A1 / ORION & MERGEPREPARATION

Start Orion with a plan for your whole account.

What to build first when Orion is enabled, how to spread IAS levels across planets, and what observed mission cards show about possible rewards at higher levels.

10 SECTIONS · 19 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

08A / LIFEFORMSReference

Lifeform population and unlock builds.

Research thresholds, cost-oriented building endpoints and the food and conversion model behind them.

16 SECTIONS · 17 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

08B / LIFEFORMSReference

Humans Lifeform research reference.

All 18 Human technologies: exact names, base effects, targets and important limits.

5 SECTIONS · 5 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

08C / LIFEFORMSReference

Rock’tal Lifeform research reference.

All 18 Rock’tal technologies: exact names, base effects, targets and important limits.

5 SECTIONS · 5 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

08D / LIFEFORMSReference

Mechas Lifeform research reference.

All 18 Mecha technologies: exact names, base effects, targets and important limits.

5 SECTIONS · 5 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

08E / LIFEFORMSReference

Kaelesh Lifeform research reference.

All 18 Kaelesh technologies: exact names, base effects, targets and important limits.

5 SECTIONS · 5 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

08F / LIFEFORMSReference

Lifeform research: stacking, caps and selections.

How to read the research tables, combine eligible bonuses and distinguish caps from current-version uncertainties.

9 SECTIONS · 11 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

E1 / ECONOMYIntermediate / advanced

Compare economic investments.

Mine costs, incremental output, resource bottlenecks and the storage you will actually use.

11 SECTIONS · 12 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

E2 / ENERGYIntermediate / advanced

Plan power around net production.

Solar, satellites and fusion at a common demand, with account-wide research, fuel and recovery costs.

10 SECTIONS · 10 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

E3 / EXPANSIONIntermediate / advanced

Compare planet positions and expansion costs.

All fifteen slots, field and temperature trade-offs, and the full investment behind another colony.

11 SECTIONS · 12 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

E4 / RESEARCHIntermediate / advanced

Choose research by its actual benefit.

Astrophysics thresholds and prices, Plasma returns, and eligible laboratory networks.

10 SECTIONS · 10 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

E5 / CRAWLERSIntermediate / advanced

Compare crawler capacity and overload.

Working limits, overload energy, production ceilings and net-resource comparisons.

10 SECTIONS · 9 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

R1 / FLEET SAFETYINTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

Fleetsaving: route visibility and failure modes

A practical reference for choosing a route and handling its return.

10 SECTIONS · 10 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

R2 / EXPEDITIONSINTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

Expedition fleet sizing and tradeoffs

Calculate value, carrying space, slots and replacement exposure separately.

16 SECTIONS · 15 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

R3 / SPECIAL BUILDINGSINTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

Moonshot budgeting and special cases

Keep debris math, probability, item handling and moon development separate.

12 SECTIONS · 13 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

R4 / SPECIAL BUILDINGSINTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

Operating a moon network

Plan ready gates, local fuel and phalanx information together.

11 SECTIONS · 11 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

R5 / SPECIAL BUILDINGSINTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

Construction throughput and missile budgets

Use facilities to remove an actual bottleneck, with their side effects included.

12 SECTIONS · 12 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

R6 / DEFENSEINTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

Compare defense by cost and outcome

A reusable way to test a bunker without inventing a universal ratio.

14 SECTIONS · 19 MIN READ ✓ REVIEWED

ORION / MERGE PREPARATION

Your first Orion build plan

Build a balanced scanner network, plan the first missions and compare IAS progression with observed possible mission rewards. Confirm activation in your destination.

Plan builds and rewards →

COME BACK TO WHAT MATTERS

Make the manual your own

Keep review marks for the guides you use. Progress stays in this browser. Print a guide or copy its text for your alliance.

Know the game.Plan your next move.

The essentials for your first account.

Choose your play style

Miner / steady economy

Expeditions / active growth

Active fleet / combat

Build your next capability

Moons, facilities and Orion

Protect production, understand the limits

Browse the guides

The essentials for your first account.

Choose the next useful investment.

Fleetsaving

Turn a new colony into a useful planet.

Research toward a useful unlock.

Choose power for the demand you have.

Make crawlers earn their power bill.

Expeditions

Lifeforms: buildings, population and research.

Moonshots and moon development

Jump Gates and Sensor Phalanx

Nanites and missiles

Defense planning

Start Orion with a plan for your whole account.

Lifeform population and unlock builds.

Humans Lifeform research reference.

Rock’tal Lifeform research reference.

Mechas Lifeform research reference.

Kaelesh Lifeform research reference.

Lifeform research: stacking, caps and selections.

Compare economic investments.

Plan power around net production.

Compare planet positions and expansion costs.

Choose research by its actual benefit.

Compare crawler capacity and overload.

Fleetsaving: route visibility and failure modes

Expedition fleet sizing and tradeoffs

Moonshot budgeting and special cases

Operating a moon network

Construction throughput and missile budgets

Compare defense by cost and outcome

Your first Orion build plan

Make the manual your own

Know the game.
Plan your next move.