Occupier strategy guides

Short, practical guides for winning matches in Occupier. New to the game? Start with the how-to-play guide, then pick a topic below.

• Your first match: picking an island and getting started

  A beginner guide to your first Occupier match: how the picking phase works, which island to claim, and what to do in the first minute.

• Attacking and defending: when to push and when to reinforce

  How to decide between attacking and reinforcing in Occupier: reading troop counts, splitting forces, using linked islands and avoiding overextension.

• Soil in Occupier: what it is and how a match pays it out

  How soil works in Occupier: the Army, Half and Soil production modes on each island, where soil is kept, and how the winner collects the soil of the whole match.

• The best strategy for collecting soil

  The best way to collect soil in Occupier: which islands to switch to Soil, when to stay on Army, why winning matters more than farming, and how to reach the soil cap.

• Reading the map: archipelagos, loops and mirror maps

  How the three kinds of Occupier maps are built, what each one rewards, and how to plan your opening on archipelago, loop and mirror maps.

• Climbing a world: 50 maps, stronger rivals and how to keep winning

  How the 50 maps of each Occupier world unlock, how rivals get stronger and more numerous from tier to tier, and how to adjust your play as the maps grow.