The Universim: 5 Best Tips for Beginners

If you enjoy god-like games, then The Universim is one of your best bets to try out. The latest update of this power game brings you the challenge of managing multiple planets while expanding civilization. You get to run resources, make decisions and assign work to your population of nuggets.

However, for The Universim, the real challenge lies in how best you can implement your fresh ideas and forge your population into a galactic empire. Of course, there are pointers to watch out for when starting with The Universim. Here is a walkthrough of the five best tips for beginners looking to be winners in The Universim.

5. Get an Archive

Building an archive is one of the most important landmarks that determines the course of your gameplay. As you start your adventure in the game, it is recommended that you set up the archive before beginning with the civilization. When players start by building the archive in the strategy game, they get a good kickstart for other constructions.

One of the best reasons for having the archive is its ability to act as the game’s storage. As the name suggests, the building acts as the memory store for each game once you finish. In short, after each gameplay, it is suggested that you enter the Archive building and save your game progress before exiting.

However, signing off from the archive does not happen in your typical fashion. Each sign-off also requires you to temporarily assign a nugget to the archive building before saving. After saving your game progress, you can unassign the nugget from its Archive post.

4. Consider your Epicenter

The epicenter is your first building, which you get to place on the mother planet and acts as the central point. In essence, it is the most important part of your gaming, considering your first nuggets come out of the building once it is finished. Where you place it therefore matters and may be the difference in your future gameplay.

As a beginner, there is always the temptation to place the epicenter in mountains, deep forests or deserts. Such a move could be for defensive reasons since the locations place the epicenter far from competition. However, as you will find out, mountain tops, deserts or forests are not that hospitable for your nuggets.

The best way to start off is by picking a plain grassy area with few trees and loose patches of rock. These types of locations are easily available since your mother planet on The Universim has characteristics similar to Earth, with four seasons.

With the flat grassy areas, plus a shallow forest and loose rocks, your nuggets will have a better chance at a great start. The few trees and loose rocks provide resources for your building materials, allowing quick advancement with new buildings. Fewer trees and rocks also offer the advantage of fewer obstacles, allowing your nuggets to move freely and spend less time clearing pathways.

3. Water is Essential

Your best bet at surviving at the beginning is keeping your epicenter away from areas that are too hot or too cold. Both scenarios could mean a scarcity of water, leaving your nuggets dehydrated with the risk of dying off. The best way to counter this is by choosing your epicenter location near a water body, such as a lake or a source, like the slope of a mountain.

Placing your epicenter near water comes with plenty of advantages, which could boost your civilization's expansion. First, we have mentioned that nuggets get thirsty quickly, and nearer sources save them time and energy. Setting up shop near water also guarantees an adequate water supply for your agriculture, making it easier to grow food for your population.

However, it may not always be the case that you land a good spot for your epicenter near a water source. In such situations, the gameplay calls for you to be innovative and use your nuggets to build wells. The building of wells ensures you have productive workers while guaranteeing you a steady supply of water even during the winter. Remember, once winter arrives, pumping water from nearby sources stops, so you will need an alternative.

2. Agriculture should be a priority

Early on, Universim offers you fish as the main source of food with a fishing hut the place to get and store them. Fruits and veggies in the wild are also available to supplement the fish, with game meat being rare. From the outlook, the scavenging can often fail to reap anything, and your nuggets end up hungry and weak.

Rather than let food scarcity overwhelm you, it is best to try out farming and increase your food supply. Universim allows you to build a farm and start out by growing veggies and herbs. With the farm, you get to boost food production and give your nuggets an easier and safer way to find food than scavenging. Later, you can increase the farm to at least two or more and ensure you have enough to store at the Eery.

1. Build on Research

Starting research early on is a great move and one of our best tips for beginners. Plenty of reasons are behind building on research, considering the different aspects of The Universim.

As you will find, Universim comes with multiple tiers of research, each with its own perks. Each research tier unlocks the perks necessary for building up your nuggets, plus the epicenter. The first Research Set brings the most crucial support necessary to satisfy the needs of your nuggets and develop your surroundings.

One way research is essential is by advancing your primitive tools to help you better build and gather resources. Research also enhances water use and storage as you get to explore well digging, water storage and water wheels under it. Further research allows you to develop fire alongside primitive cooking skills so your nuggets don't have to eat raw food.

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