Idle Ant Colony

Start with a queen. Turn a quiet patch of soil into a living ant colony.

Watch animated workers travel through a warm underground nest as you forage, recruit ants and build useful chambers. Grow at your own pace, with clear goals and thoughtful choices along the way.

Open food stores, a nursery, a fungus garden and the queen's chamber. Storage extends your offline capacity, the nursery hatches workers while you play, and nurse ants help your fungus garden produce more honeydew.

Workers carry extra supplies. Scouts find shorter routes. Soldiers protect the squad. Carpenters repair crossings and help you build more efficiently. Before dispatch, see the supplies, travel time, success chance and income your nest will give up while the team is away.

Follow short stories in the Home Garden, Fallen Orchard and Wild Woodland. Reinforce a crossing, establish trade or discover a shortcut. Choose a reliable approach or take a calculated risk, with clear rewards and setback payouts. Every ant returns.

Ascend with a focus on Builders, Gatherers or Explorers. Strengthen construction, foraging or expeditions, with a predictable next honeydew goal. Royal upgrades, relics and established trails stay with you as your new colony begins.

See actual upgrade gains, exact encounter rewards and running boost timers. Return to a clear breakdown of honeydew gathered while you were away. Offline collection pays 50% of calculated production, with storage upgrades extending capacity from eight to twelve hours.

Build a nest worth returning to, on iPhone and iPad.