Guard aggro window
Guards react when you step inside the nest danger radius. They give chase for ~8 seconds before dropping aggro. Guards are ~10% faster than your base Speed. To outrun them, you need a trained Speed stat or a zigzag pattern.
Stagger patrol trick
Stagger guards in opposite directions along the same path — creates only ~2 second coverage gap. Use this to time raid runs.
Decoy strategy
Game protects rare eggs first, leaving common eggs as decoys. Move valuable eggs to the deepest part of base; common eggs near entrance as bait. Decoy-strategy bases lose ~30% more common eggs but drop rare-egg loss rate from 45% to <10%.
Gadget stack
Lock + Trap + Alarm has diminishing returns. The math caps at Δ = -2.6 logit shift. Stack one of each, not multiples. The Guard Turret is the only active defense — pair it with a Wall Lv2 for the best base.
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