This Empire of the Ants Nest Upgrades guide will look at every upgrade available and discuss what they do. Each upgrade has its own benefits that depend on the situation so knowing what they can do is very helpful. Empire of the Ants is an interesting game that is photorealistic in graphics and has gained some positive Steam reviews for its strategy gameplay.

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*Note: The content in this article is accurate as of the time of writing and does not account for any future updates to the game*

Empire of the Ants Nest Upgrades Full List

Tier 1

Activity Alert – Display alerts when opponents interact with nests, or resources Cost: 30 Wood, 1 Chamber
Aphids – Creates Aphid horde Cost: 20 Food, 1 Chamber
Cartographers – Display all your nests and visible legions on minimap Cost:30 Wood, 2 Chambers
Chemical Laboratory – Unlocks Higher Tier Upgrades Cost: 80 Food, 80 Wood, 2 Chambers
Gunners – Creates Gunner legion Cost: 20 Food, 2 Chambers
Mushroom Farm – Produces 10 food per minute Cost: 20 Wood (increases by 20 for each new one), 1 Chamber
Nest Gunners – Mobilizes gunner ants to serve as acid turrets defending the nest. Cost: 40 Wood
Rhino Beetles – Creates Rhino Beetles Cost: 20 Food, 1 Chamber
Sharp Antennae – Increases detection range for your legion Cost: 30 Food
Scout Training – Increases Max Stamina, stamina regen. and health by 50% Cost: 30 Food, 1 Chamber
Snail – Creates snails Cost: 20 Food, 1 Chamber
Storage Expansion – Increases maximum food and wood storage by 100 Cost: 30 Wood, 1 Chamber
Warriors – Creates a Warrior Legion Cost: 20 Food
Wood Barrier – Raises a wooden barrier around the nest for protection. Cost: 60 Wood (increasing by 30 for each new one)
Woodyard – Produces 10 wood per minute Cost 20 Wood (increases by 20 for each new one), 2 Chambers
Workers – Creates a Worker Legion Cost: 20 Food, 2 Chambers

Tier 2

Acid Gland Evolution – Increases Nest gunners’ firing rate by 20% Cost: 20 Wood
Chemical Library – Unlocks Tier 3 upgrades Cost 120 Wood, 120 Food, 2 Chambers
Dash Pheromones – Increases move speed by 100% for 16 seconds per charged use Cost: 30 Food, 2 Chambers
Dor Beetles – Creates a Dor Beetle horde Cost: 50 Food, 3 Chambers
Multitude – Increase the max number of legions you can command by one (can only be built once) Cost: 60 Wood, 1 Chamber
Pheromone Reserves – Reduces power cooldown by 30% (only allowed once) Cost: 60 Wood, 2 Chambers
Nursery – Decreases all legion recovery food cost by 30% (only one) Cost: 100 Wood, 2 Chambers
Rage Pheromones – Induces fury to increase legion damage output by 50% for 30 seconds per charged use Cost: 30 Food, 2 Chambers
Reinforcement Call – Calls reinforcements to slightly heal depleted units over 15 seconds Cost: 30 Food, 2 Chambers
Salvage – Gives a 50% refund when manually destroying a chamber Cost: 40 Wood, 1 Chamber
Shielding Spores – Chitin hardening spores grant a protective shield of 60% of legion’s health Cost: 30 Food, 2 Chambers
Slime Reserves – Upgrades wood barrier by providing a 20% shield to friendly legions near them Cost: 60 Wood
Traitors – Displays the upgrades built, as well as the state of the legions, in the enemy nest you’re aiming at Cost: 40 Wood, 1 Chamber
Veteran Cartographers – Displays all regions by colour Cost: 40 Wood, 2 Chambers
Veteran Gunners – Creates Veteran Gunner legion Cost: 40 Food, 2 Chambers
Veteran Nest Guards – Mobilises veteran guards to defend the nest Cost: 40 Wood
Veteran Nest Gunners – Mobilise veteran gunner ants to serve as acid turrets at the nest Cost: 60 Wood
Veteran Warrior – Creates Veteran Warrior legion Cost: 40 Food
Veteran Worker – Creates veteran worker legion. Can transport 25 wood or food Cost: 40 Food, 2 Chambers

Tier 3 Empire of the Ants Nest Upgrades

Counterspies – Hides your legion in the region Cost: 40 Wood
Dash Pheromones – Increases Legion moving speed by 120% for 20 seconds per charged use Cost: 40 food, 2 Chambers
Elite Cartographers – Displays locations of nests and enemy legions moving through your controlled areas Cost: 70 Wood, 2 Chambers
Elite Gunners – Creates Elite gunner legion Cost: 60 Food, 2 Chambers
Elite Nest Guards – Mobilises Elite Guards to defend nest Cost: 60 Wood
Elite Nest Gunners – Mobilises elite gunners Cost: 80 Wood
Elite Warriors – Creates Elite Warrior Legion Cost: 60 Food
Elite Workers – Creates an elite worker legion Cost: 60 food, 2 chambers
Frenzy Catalyst – Upgrade wood barrier to lock in combat all legions that attack it, they’ll remain locked until the barrier is destroyed Cost: 80 Wood
Infiltrators – Displays enemy legions and nest positions in the opponent’s controlled regions Cost: 70 Food, 1 Chamber
Rage Pheromones T3 – Induces fury to increase legion output damage by 70% for 30 seconds per charged use Cost: 40 Food, 2 Chambers
Reinforcement Call T3 – Calls reinforcements to slightly heal depleted legions over 10 seconds Cost: 40 Food, 2 Chambers
Swarm – Increases the maximum number of legions you can command by one (only build once) Cost: 80 Wood, 1 Chamber
Shielding Spores T3 – Chitin Hardening Spores grant a protective shield of 90% of the legion’s health Cost: 40 Food, 2 Chambers

That is all for this Empire of the Ants Nest Upgrades guide. Did we omit anything? Is there any other Empires of the Ants content you’d like to see from us? Be sure to chime in and let us know.

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