Operations
Built through the Watchtower, Operations are idle missions you send your dinosaurs on. They run in real time and pay out when the timer ends — success or failure.
FIVE OPERATION TYPES
Every op rates your party? on five stats, weighted differently per type:
| Operation | Attack | Defense | Speed | VIG | Carry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scavenge | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
| Hunt | 0.45 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| Recovery | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
| Research | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| Exploration | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.10 |
TIERS & TIMERS
| Tier | Required rating | Base duration |
|---|---|---|
| T1 | 80 | 2h |
| T2 | 150 | 4h |
| T3 | 240 | 8h |
| T4 | 360 | 16h |
| T5 | 500 | 24h |
- Max tier generated = floor(Watchtower level / 6) + 1.
- Duration is reduced by Watchtower level × 1% (floored at 10 minutes).
- Reward multiplier = 1 + floor(Watchtower level / 3) × 1% (guaranteed rewards only).
- Failure pays 20% of guaranteed rewards and no discovery.
- Completion causes exhaustion = round(duration × 15%), floored at 5 minutes.
Concurrent operations: Watchtower Lv 1–9 = 1, Lv 10–19 = 2, Lv 20–30 = 3. The offer pool is kept at 3. Watchtower Lv 5 unlocks Arena? Tier I, Lv 10 unlocks Arena Tier II.
AGENTS & CONTRACTORS
- You may send another player's character as a hired Agent, one per operation.
- Free Helix Contractors (Mercenary, Engineer, Archaeologist, Handler) fill a slot; their rating by Watchtower bracket is 30 / 45 / 60 / 70.
- A preferred class per op rates higher: Hunt → Handler or Mercenary; Recovery → Engineer; Research → Archaeologist; Scavenge and Exploration → any. A non-matching class is rated ×0.6.
REWARDS
Every tier pays guaranteed resources? plus chance rolls. Special rewards include Lore Points? , hatchable/non-hatchable eggs, blueprints? and rare materials.
Exploration ops can also turn up discoveries (deposit 40%, cache 35%, encounter 25%); deposits yield ×3 and caches give a crate up to Tier 4. Discoveries expire according to tier.
Egg world tiers: T1 covers the 17 common early species? ; T2 adds Allosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Dilophosaurus, Tyrannosaurus; T3 adds Henodus, Megalodon, Deinocheirus, Spinosaurus; T4 adds the deep-sea, mountain and apex species.