Fast answer
Name the resource you need, read the raid reward tooltip and check Storage when new items arrive. Kitchen output includes current bonuses; Cook adds a percentage, Baker a flat amount. Food now drops about a quarter more often in raids, which describes frequency rather than a fixed 25% drop chance or a larger amount per drop.
Guaranteed raid loot: read contents, not the name
Themed loot of different values replaces guaranteed standard resource kits in 0.0.0.858. Marauder’s Pouch, Cash Case, Bundle of Rebar and Salvaged Generator can provide credits, materials or parts. Read the raid card tooltip for the offered contents rather than assuming a universal payout.
- Write down the missing resource shown by your blocked action.
- Compare raid tooltips for that resource.
- Include squad risk and recovery costs in the choice.
- Review Storage after returning with newly acquired items.
Storage is the destination for newly obtained items
Purchases, crafts, pickups and other new items go to Storage. They no longer automatically join stacks equipped by other characters. This is an inventory destination change; you still need to equip the selected fighter for the next raid.
- Check Storage after shopping or completing a recipe.
- Move the intended supplies into the chosen fighter’s loadout.
- Use red-skull ownership markers to identify dead characters’ equipment.
- Re-read the equipped quantities before launching.
Calculate food from the Kitchen display
Cook provides a percentage bonus per dish; Baker gives a flat bonus. Recipe food amounts include bonuses already. Improved recipes hide their older versions, and recipes sort by cooking time then food amount. Read the displayed result after changing staff instead of adding a profession bonus twice.
- Compare the same dish under your available staff assignments.
- Check cooking time alongside food output.
- Look for an improved recipe if the old one disappeared.
- Check the day news for food saved and Day Off food.
More frequent food drops and the new food cards
Update 0.0.0.850 makes food drop in raids about a quarter more often. That is a relative frequency change, not a published absolute chance. Warehouse Map, Suppliers’ Cache and Forgotten Food Depot add food-related card options; New Stove makes the next Kitchen upgrade free and instant.
- Read each card’s actual effect before spending or choosing.
- Do not budget a fixed number of food drops for a single raid.
- Treat Out of Nothing food returns as a chance.
- Use New Stove for one next Kitchen upgrade, then re-check later costs.
Auto-Battle Necromatter and other resource bottlenecks
Auto-Battle now grants a small amount of Necromatter based on location level. Compare its projected casualties and resources before accepting. Electricity remains a separate base constraint: more materials alone do not increase generator capacity.
- Inspect Auto-Battle’s result before accepting a loss.
- Check the generator if a room is blocked by power.
- Check staffing and the updated cost after moving a specialist.
- Keep enough resources for recovery and a viable next sortie.
Store discounts and disassembly since late September
Update 0.0.0.787 (September 30) raised store discounts from 10–25% to 25–75% and reduced the prices of the Life-thread and decorations. Disassembling an item now returns the resources actually spent, taking crafting savings into account. The October 15 Major Update went further: base room discounts now increase daily, up to a maximum of 90%.
- Buy parts when the discount is high — store prices now swing much wider.
- Check base room prices daily on a long run; the discount grows each day up to the 90% cap.
- Disassemble leftover gear instead of hoarding it: you get back what you actually spent.
Demo gameplay
Base and resource management · EbaRemy · demo version
Patch notes and gameplay
Follow the current patch notes for changed rules and the Steam listings for the full game and demo.