Getting Started in Influence
Day Zero in Adalia and how to survive in the belt!
Influence, a fully onchain space strategy MMO, is launching June 27th.
Unstoppable Games, Inc., the team behind Influence, has embraced the fully onchain philosophy from its inception. Turning this philosophy into a reality has been possible through Starknet.
This article will guide you through getting started in the asteroid belt of Adalia. Here you can learn how to begin playing Influence, but in the end, you will forge your own path. Enjoy exploring this sandbox-in-space and consider how you want to answer the question: how will you expand your influence?
Influence Launching June 27th
Gameplay
In Influence, you can take a wide variety of actions:
🪨 Mine 22 raw materials from 11 different types of asteroids
🏭 Produce items through the use of refineries, factories, bioreactors, and shipyards
🧱 Construct and expand settlements across the belt
🚀 Travel, and deliver cargo, in ships across the belt
📈 Manage, and trade in, player-driven marketplaces
⛏️ Manage and lease lots on controlled asteroids
First Steps
Create an account
Purchase a starter pack
Recruit your crewmate(s)
Lease a lot
Plan a building site
Buy your materials to construct your initial building(s)
Warehouse
Extractor
Refinery
Construct your buildings
Create an account
Navigate to the game and, if new, click “Login with email” and follow the account creation flow, through our account provider partner Argent. If you already have an existing account, you can use that.
Purchase a Starter Pack
Once logged in you will see the “STORE” option, if not already clicked, navigate to the button and click it. Within the store new players should use the “Starter Pack” option and select between the “Basic” and “Advanced” starter packs. Both will give you everything you need to get started, with the Advanced pack giving you extra SWAY to further allow you to help start your initial colony. You can purchase more crewmates and SWAY at anytime.
Getting started with a crew
The first step for every intrepid explorer is to choose your crewmates who will allow you to specialize and progress within the newly established Adalian colony. Your crew can consist of one to five crewmates.
When you begin the recruitment process for each of your crewmates, you will be able to select any of the avaliable classes: Miner, Merchant, Engineer, Scientist, and Pilot.
You can compose your crew of any combination of these classes, and from there your adventure begins. One thing to keep in mind: the more of one class you have, the more efficient you will be at undertaking their target actions, but at the cost of being slower and less efficient at others.
Tips on choosing your first crewmate(s) and setting up your crew(s):
Most new players will want to start as an Engineer and/or Miner led crew
If you want to control more than one crew, you can split crews apart
When you begin recruiting the first crewmate you will be asked to select a Habitat where they will be housed, simply choose the auto select option if you’re new.
Traits picked cannot be changed once locked in, except through random events. If you love to min max, join the discord and ask our community what might be best for you or see the wiki.
Leasing your first lot
Once you have bought your starter pack and recruited your initial crewmate(s) you will want to find a lot to settle on Adalia Prime (the largest asteroid in the Adalia system). You can choose any lot which is not occupied by another player. Lots are indicated on screen by the small white hexagons with a dot at the center. Each lot enables you to build one building.
Finding the right location for your first lot is a strategic choice. Each lot has an associated "cost” in SWAY, the in-game currency, at a monthly rate. On Adalia Prime most lots are extremely affordable. If you click on a lot that looks expensive, it’s likely within the zone closest to the initial city and, due to high demand, the price is set higher. See the short video below if you need help choosing a lot.
To lease a lot, simply click the lot, then click the lot agreement button on the bottom left, then enter the amount of time you want to lease it for and click confirm.
Plan a building site
Once you have leased your lot, click the build site plan button on the bottom left of the screen, indicated by the three squares. For your first building, you will want to choose a “Warehouse” so that you can store future materials that you buy, mine, refine, and manufacture.
Click the Warehouse in the menu, then confirm. This will take a moment to process, then you can start delivering materials to the lot to construct the building. See the video below for a walk through.
Construct your first building
Once the building site plan is down you can transfer materials to the site to construct the building. This will require you to search for materials on the market and find the best prices and/or closest available products. The further a product is, the longer it will take to arrive to the lot, so weigh cost and distance to your preference.
For additional information and support our Wiki is the best resource to learn. We also have a series of tutorials on our Youtube, and our Discord community is filled with helpful resources and members, too.
Action steps:
Join Influence Discord: Participate in events and make friends
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