Oct 15, 2026 · 6 min
Frontlines Trade Ships: How Much Gold a Trader Earns
A trader costs 800 gold and earns about 830 gold a minute on a typical 120-tile route. Payback, the port ladder and the catch, replayed from the game code.
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Oct 11, 2026 · 6 min
Troops vs Workers in Frontlines: Where to Set the Slider
The slider does not change how fast you expand. It trades gold for defense: 95/5 earned 45% less than 20/80 but survived 39 of 48 matches, not 26.
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Oct 03, 2026 · 5 min
What to Build First in Frontlines
A city pays for itself in 3 minutes 25 seconds, a factory in 5 minutes 35. The build order for your first ten minutes, with numbers from the game code.
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