Empire Z Tips-  How to scavenge (harvest) faster

Wondering how to scavenge faster in Empire Z.  There are a few things you can do to scavenge faster when playing Empire Z.

There are 3 factors that influence the speed at which your soldiers scavenge resource tiles

1) Type and size of tile

2) Scavenging bonuses from research

3) Scavenging bonus from Hero


1) Type and size of tile 

When you look around your Empire Z city, you will see resource tiles of 5 types : food, wood, oil, steel and silver.  Each tile has a number from 1 to 5 indicating the size of it.  The bigger the number, the more resources are available and not only that, but the bigger tiles harvest at a faster rate

On the occupy screen (where you select which troops you will send out) look at the top right corner of the screen.  There you will see the gather speed of the tile.  Food gathers faster and steel slowest.  You may want to consider that when setting up your city's industry.


2) Scavenging bonuses from research

The 3 research that impact scavenging in Empire Z are:

 - Gathering speed:  Impact direclty the gather speed (max bonus +66%)
 - Carrying capacity:  Bigger loads = less travel time (max bonus +66%)
 - Forced march:  Faster travel = less travel time (max bonus +66%)

I favor them in order seeing as carrying capacity is very useful when leaving the game for a long while.  Forced march is better if you online all the time.

3) Scavening bonus from Hero

If you send your hero with the scavengers they will benefit from his bonuses.  More particularly the "hoarder" skill which allows for faster gathering.  Hoarder I gives up to +74% gather speed and hoarder II gives up to +111% gather speed.  For a total bonus of 185% faster harvesting... not bad.


So there you have it:  how to scavenge faster in Empire Z.  Remember that this strategy forsakes city production and will net you more resources as long as you can scavenge.  However, if you are under attack and cannot send soldiers out, your home city production will not be sufficient.