No Ant's Land

Information
Name	No nt's Land
Categories	Extra
Player species	Exploding termite
Player units	Exploding termite worker Exploding termite soldier
Surface	Yes
Features	Titans Circadian rhythm Non-player colonies
Music	Front Line Theme Jungle Night Theme
Extra	{{{extra}}}

Another rainforest dweller has made its home here, the exploding termite. Can they survive several nights of assaults from the army ants? The horde is coming for them.

Objectives

• Survive 4 days.

Settings

Your exploding termite colony must defend itself from an advancing swarm of army ants. Your nest is located to the east of the army ant swarm. Nest entrance has already been excavated.

The mission starts at night.

The forest floor is covered with lignocellulose.

You start with 7 ignocellulose storage tiles.

Non-player colony

The enemy leafcutter ant colony can occasionally spawn ants without requiring food. It gathers leaves around its nest and doesn't invade your nest.

It only has access to taunt majors.

Notable enemies

Other enemies are on the same side and are hostile to the ants and the termites.

Blue rove beetles, small whip spiders and small velvet worms live in your nest.

Surface enemies don't invade your nest. They may fight among themselves to keep their own number in check on later days.

Harvestmen, spiny devil bush crickets, velvet worms and level 1 trap-jaw ant soldiers roam the forest floor all day.

Jumping spiders and leaf-mimic praying mantises only appear on the surface during the day.

Blue rove beetles and large whip spiders only appear on the surface at night.

Titan

The size-level 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 3 huge whip spider hides under some roots during the day and only comes out at night, from the fourth/ fourth/ fourth/ third/ first night onward. It gradually moves toward your nest after each night.

Army ant

Army ants only appear during the day. The progress bar appears on the screen along with them to indicate their movement. Army ants move along the vertical lanes and gather any food on the way. Majors take the lead and stand guard at the intersections.

The progress bar extends quickly to the right over time, regardless of the number of army ants on the map. It still moves slowly at night despite not being on the screen.

Army ants move eastward each time the progress bar goes above a threshold and eventually invade your nest at the end. Army ants retreat to the previous lane when the progress bar goes below a threshold.

You must eliminate army ants yourself to make the progress bar retract although it isn't very effective.

Trivia

• The developers reuse the maps of Front Line for this mission. The enemy leafcutter ant colony uses custom-game-mode behaviors.

Minimaps

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  Surface
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  Underground - player
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  Underground - blue