🎁 Resource Scaling Chests
Choice Chests scale in value with your Camp level. Hold them, and cash out at the perfect moment.
📦 The Scaling Principle
Level-Scaling Choice Chests pay out resources based on your Camp tier when opened. The later you open them, the richer the reward becomes. Wasting them early is one of the quickest ways to engineer an economic brick wall.
1Never Open Early: Rewards scale with peak camp tier.
2Store at Peak: Hold until the highest tier you can reach.
3Time the Push: Pop them right before a heavy 20% sub-tier block.
👉 Tactical Note: Opening a scaling chest at Camp 34 instead of Camp 20 can mean several times more high-grade material when you need it most.
🗺️ Storage Recommendation Matrix
Reference guide for when to hold versus when to open each chest tier.
| Camp Level | Chest Tier | Recommended Action | Optimal Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31–35 | Gold | STORE | Peak tier (35) |
| 26–30 | Silver | STORE | Tier 30+ |
| 21–25 | Bronze | OPEN OK | Tier 25+ |
⚙️ Lumber vs. Steel Processing
Balance your Table Saws (lumber processing) and Furnaces (steel smelting) directly against your Camp milestones. Both chains must scale in lockstep to avoid single-resource starvation.
| Camp Milestone | Primary Process | Structure | Material Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20% block | 🪚 Table Saws | Lumber processing | Engineered lumber |
| 40% block | 🏭 Furnaces | Steel smelting | High-grade ore |
| 60% block | Both | Synchronized | Balanced ratio |
| 80%+ block | Both | Max throughput | Heavy demand |
💡 Survivor Tip
Keep Table Saws and Furnaces a level ahead of your Camp HQ so you always have the processing capacity to feed the next milestone — never get stuck waiting on a bottleneck.