PRIMORDIA // ARCHIVE

A survivor's field manual for the Helix Initiative island. Every number here is pulled straight from the live game systems. No speculation, no spoilers — just what you need to survive.

You were never supposed to be here. The storm dropped you on an island that charts insist does not exist. Helix's research stations lie in ruins, the wilderness is full of things that were never meant to wake, and the only way off is through. Restore the Command Center, rebuild the camp, raise a party of prehistoric creatures, and push deeper into the island.

GETTING STARTED

Restore the Command Center first. A fresh camp is granted the exact materials to repair it (Wood 40, Plant Fiber 25, Stone 15). Nothing else works until the HQ is online.
Gathering needs tools. There is no bare-hand harvesting — every resource requires its matching tool. Set a Trip Loadout before you leave camp.
Your dinosaurs do the damage. Combat and gathering both run on your party. Tame, hatch and breed creatures to grow stronger.
XP buys skills. Levels and stat points come from purchasing skill ranks — not from XP thresholds.
Bosses unlock sectors. Each sector's dungeon gates the next one. Beating the boss opens the road ahead.

SYSTEMS

COMBAT

Turn order, damage, abilities, status effects and traits.

DINOSAURS

37 species, taming, breeding, traits and party tactics.

HARVESTING

Resources, nodes, tools, gatherer dinos and carrying.

CRAFTING

Machines, recipes, blueprints, gear and crates.

CAMP

Buildings, ruins, upgrade costs and level benefits.

PROGRESSION

Classes, skill trees, XP, stats and familiarity.

RESEARCH

Lore Points and permanent research project bonuses.

WORLD

11 sectors, travel times and every location.

DUNGEONS

Containment grids, bosses and the unlock chain.

EXPEDITIONS

Co-op groups of 2–4 and shared battles.

OPERATIONS

Idle Watchtower missions, ratings and rewards.

ECONOMY

Arena, Helix Bonds, cosmetics, trade and codes.

SOCIAL

Chat, acquaintances, presence and player tags.

BESTIARY

Every species with stats, abilities and role.

THE ISLAND

Helix Initiative set up a research facility on a remote island to engineer prehistoric life. When the project fell apart, the island was sealed behind a temporal anomaly. A transport ship found it by chance; nobody who tried to leave could. Helix's systems still recognise fragments of their former personnel — enough to let you rebuild, salvage, and dig up what the corporation left behind.

This archive reflects the live build. Numbers may change as the island does.