Project Entropy beginner guide (what to do first)

The opening hour of Project Entropy hands you a lot at once, and knowing what to expect makes that first stretch far less confusing.

Setting up your first base

New commanders arrive in the Entropy Zone with a small base and a short tutorial that walks through resource gathering, building placement and your first hero recruitment. The tutorial pacing is generous rather than rushed, which means there is time to actually look at what each building does instead of tapping through prompts.

Base layout matters more than it first appears, since defensive structures and resource buildings both compete for the same limited space early on. Commanders who spend a few extra minutes planning their first layout tend to have an easier time once other players start scouting the map, and its genuinly worth doing before the map gets busy.

New commanders sometimes assume the tutorial base layout is meant to be kept permanently, but its really just a starting point. Buildings can be repositioned later, though moving them after resources are already committed elsewhere takes noticeably longer than getting the layout closer to right the first time around.

What your first sessions will introduce

1. 1
   Complete base setup Place your starting buildings and finish the opening tutorial chain
2. 2
   Recruit your first heroes Unlock initial fleet commanders through early story missions
3. 3
   Explore nearby territory Send scouts to reveal resources and threats close to your base
4. 4
   Join an alliance Apply to an active alliance to unlock group content and support
5. 5
   Try your first mech battle Take a basic loadout into an early PvE encounter

Each of these steps unlocks the next system gradually, so the interface never asks you to understand everything at once even though the full game eventually does involve all of it.

Things worth doing before you go further

• Finish the full opening tutorial chain before customizing mechs
• Check alliance recruitment boards early, since active alliances often fill quickly
• Spend early resources on base buildings rather than cosmetic items
• Read hero ability descriptions before committing upgrade materials
• Scout nearby territory before attempting your first PvP encounter

Joining an alliance early is worth calling out specifically, since a surprising amount of new player content, including shared resources and defensive support, only opens up once you are part of one.

How the early hours are paced

Compared to some strategy games in the genre, Project Entropy front loads less pure waiting. Building and research timers exist, but the early game keeps giving commanders something active to do rather than asking them to sit and watch a countdown.

That balance shifts a little as the first week wears on, since some construction and research timers do start taking longer to finish. Commanders who log in a couple of times a day tend to keep pace comfortably, while those checking in only once every few days may find timers piling up faster than they expect.