The aim of Ambroid is to become the most powerful!
You must try and get a rank of "General", then you know you're something. This is no easy task. To do this, you will need to kill people, rob them and take their land and money! The rest of this guide explains everything.

How to stay up and running!
Firstly, it is advisable to sign up to an Alliance. To do this, click recruitment and choose one! Once you have done this, your Ambroid career really starts!
Secondly, you have to bring people to your squad! To do this, go to buildings. The text will tell you how much spare land you have available. You do not really want to have spare land! So check the tip bar, it will tell u what u need to build, though over time you will develop your own strategies for maximum efficiency!

Building	Description
1 House	Houses 100 people.
1 Farm	Feeds 100 people and employs 10 people.
1 Factory	Employs 10 people and reduces tanks, helicopters and bomber costs per % built. (T-80s, BMPs, Mi-28s, AH-64s, RAH-66s, B-52s and B-2s).
1 Hangar	Employs 10 people and reduces helicopters, jets and bomber costs per % built. (Mi-28s, AH-64s, RAH-66s, F-16s, F-117s, F-22s, B-52s and B-2s).
1 Turret	Employs 10 people and counts as 5 DP.
1 Repair Facility	Employs 10 people and reduces loss of units per % built when operational. Progressively less effective after attacks have taken place. Drone availability increases hourly, but requires an Alliance drone nexus to become more efficient.

In the HQ it will tell you how many people are housed, fed and employed.
You want to keep these numbers the same!

Now we're touching the good stuff! Build any units at will.
A typical strategy would be to build a unit in the category that is cost reduced (by buildings). You also have to choose whether to play defensive or offensive, and how far extreme!

Example: 20 F-117 NightHawk's would bring you 100AP / 60DP.

You can recycle unwanted military units, but they are worth less and you can never recover the full initial build cost.

Alliances play a big role in Ambroid! Being somewhat like empires, they rise and fall. Alliances are built on a great deal of trust and can easily falter, members must be organized and ready for all-out total war.
If you're thinking about joining an Alliance, the recruitment page is a great place to do this.
If you decide to become a leader of an Alliance you may need assistance, you can also promote 1 member to co-lead alongside yourself.
Other Alliances may declare war or seek peace, but only you and the members decide your Alliance's fate.
Tip: if you are very active, these are the places to be!

Alliance structures are permanent once built, they cannot be destroyed and are generally costly. Maximum 3 structures per Alliance, with benefits to each.
Alliance Bank - Alliance members can deposit money into the Alliance bank, so that construction of the structures can take place. Only the leader or co-leader can decide what structures the Alliance will fund.

This is your key to success, it is also very complex. First, you need to find another player to attack! Use the espionage feature to automatically select a suitable target! Alternatively, you can choose an alliance and find someone at your status.
Next, you need to find out their defence points[DP]. You can use espionage to get a rough idea, but attacking with a small force first gives you an exact amount, for maximum effect. When sending your squad to attack, you should ideally match your attack points[AP] with 50% of their DP to ensure a victory!
Once your attack is complete, it will tell you the results of the battle. If you lost, look at their DP and send a higher amount of AP next time! If you won, congratulations!
Try not to go to war too much in one day, or too many civilians will leave, and it'll take longer to get them back.
Remember, you cannot attack a user that is under protection.
If you win a battle you will lose 5% of your pop. If you lose a battle you will lose 2.5% of your pop.
A minimum of 10 units must be sent into war.
Your squad can be sent to attack once every 30 minutes at a limit of 10 successful attacks per day. The attack limit does not apply if you are a premium account holder, however that does not mean it is wise to go beyond regular limits.

A player can only be killed if they have 200 (or less) acres at the time of an attack taking place.
A player will be instantly killed if their land amount has fallen below 100 acres, otherwise there will be a random chance of sudden death occurring.
When a player is killed, the attacker takes all the remaining land and money.
All remaining units are destroyed; no combat points are awarded for any killed units this time.
The killer receives a medal and set amount of combat points that are status dependant (see Combat Points section below).

When you start the game you will be given a 3 day protection period, where you cannot attack or be attacked by another player. It can be removed, however; it is recommended to keep protection active to build your initial squad up before starting wars.

If your status changes and you rank UP; You will be given a 12hr protection period. This allows you to build more military and prepare them to be ready for war. This protection can be removed at any time and is available even if you decide to rank down in status. 12hr protection has a 5 day cooldown period. It will not be applied again for 5 days should you decide to rank up in status again.

When you surrender your squad; People will not be happy and you will therefore lose 50% of your population. At the very least though, 10% of the population will stay.
You enter the standard 3 days protection as detailed above. You won't lose any money or units when you surrender. It will be difficult to build back up, so you may want to consider it as a last resort or a tactical maneuver.
NOTE: Surrender is only available every 14 days, so you must play for 14 days or more to have this option.

Depending on how many powerpoints or how much land you have, determines your status in the game.
Making it to General is a mighty task, but is achievable!

Global player ranking order is determined by Status, Combat Points, Power Points and finally by Land.

Combat Points influence the ranking table and show a players efficiency in war.

1 point per unit killed.
1 point per £1,000 taken.
2 points per acre won.

1 point per unit lost.
1 point per £1,000 lost.
2 points per acre lost.

Abandoned - 500
Private - 2,000
Captain - 5,000
Major - 10,000
Lt. Colonel - 40,000
Colonel - 50,000
Major General - 60,000
Lt. General - 70,000
General - 80,000

Example: 13,000 Earned Points - 1,500 Lost Points = 11,500 Total Points.

Season restarts occur on the day listed at the Ambroid homepage and HQ in-game.
After a season restart, all previous game data is cleared and the game starts fresh.
You will normally be able to log in to your account, without recreating it. The game will load the defaults of when you first created your account, keeping your general settings.

To get into the Hall of Fame, you must finish within the top 10 of the season.
To get into the Archives of the Hall, you must win the season.
While the top 10 changes season by season, those in the archive wall will be remembered forever. This could be considered the ultimate goal of Ambroid!