Geo sea / Armada / Economy first / OBSERVED BUILD

Standard geo sea

Armada Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's baseline: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early destroyer and submarine to contest the sea, with geothermal powering the economy as the game transitions into a naval/amphibious mix.

Usually shipyard in the cove (89%)

#naval #eco · 1366 distinct matches · 174 players · 78% of Armada Geo sea games · team won 55% of 1522 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Shipyard by 3:12

0:03Open 3 mex and wind, then drop Bot Lab by 1:12.
3:12Build Shipyard in the cove to start the naval contest.
4:21-5:36Pump submarine then destroyer to contest enemy sea entry.
7:46Add geothermal powerplant to fund the economy transition.
9:19Upgrade to Advanced Metal Extractor as eco scaling finishes.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1366 GAMES

1
20:55
32:47
45:00

PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

1
Up to the Bot Lab
0:00 – 0:55
Economy
- 3Mex
- 3Wind
Order
1. Bot Lab ~0:55after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:12, middle half 1:06–1:18
Some games also: wind for allies (46%)
By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind
The example game in this phase · 4 steps
1. 0:03Mex ×3
2. 0:33Solar
3. 1:02Mex
4. 1:09Bot Labdone 1:25 · typical 1:12
2
Bot Lab to Shipyard
0:55 – 2:47
Economy
- 1Mex
- 1Wind
Order
1. Shipyard ~2:47after 4 mex, 4 winddone ~3:11, middle half 2:48–3:37
Builders
- 3 Con bot
- 2 Lazarus
Some games also: pawn (41%) · con turret (39%) · crossbow (38%)
By 2:47 in all: 4 mex · 4 wind
The example game in this phase · 8 steps
1. 1:26Windfor Air
2. 1:26Lazarus
3. 1:32Windfor Air
4. 1:45Con bot
5. 2:05Mex
6. 2:09Lazarus ×2
7. 2:36Con bot
8. 2:39Shipyarddone 2:56 · typical 3:11
3
Shipyard to 5:00
2:47 – 5:00
Economy
- 4Mex
- 2Wind
Order
1. Eat Bot Lab ~3:37
Builders
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 3 Dolphin
- 1 Skater
Other
- 1 Radar Tower
Some games also: destroyer (48%) · Sentry (44%) · submarine (44%) · converter (33%) · con turret (32%)
By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 7 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret
The example game in this phase · 28 steps
1. 2:52Con bot
2. 2:58Skater ×2
3. 3:10Con bot
4. 3:13Skater
5. 3:21Dolphin
6. 3:22Wind
7. 3:27Mex
8. 3:29Dolphin
9. 3:33Mex
10. 3:35Con ship
11. 3:40Wind ×2
12. 3:58Mex
13. 4:01Submarinedone 4:14 · typical 4:27
14. 4:01Wind ×2
15. 4:15Submarine
16. 4:21Wind
17. 4:23Eat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
18. 4:24Radar Tower
19. 4:24Con turret
20. 4:30Dolphin
21. 4:31Wind
22. 4:33Mex
23. 4:37Dolphin
24. 4:40Nettle
25. 4:42Wind
26. 4:44Dolphin ×2
27. 4:54Wind
28. 4:58Mex
4
5:00 to 10:00
5:00 – 10:00
Economy
- 2Mex
- 12Wind
- 3Converter
Builders
- 1 Con turret
- 1 Grim Reaper
- 1 Con ship
Army
- 1 Sentry
- 4 Dolphin
- 2 Skater
- 2 Destroyer
Some games also: Harpoon (42%) · frigate (42%) · geo (41%) · Naval Construction Turret (35%) · submarine (30%)
By 10:00 in all: 11 mex · 20 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret
The example game in this phase · 98 steps
1. 5:01Dolphin
2. 5:08Wind
3. 5:15Converter
4. 5:15Dolphin
5. 5:19Anemone
6. 5:20Wind
7. 5:26Dolphin
8. 5:32Wind ×2
9. 5:38Dolphin
10. 5:44Wind
11. 5:47Converter
12. 5:49Dolphin
13. 5:54Wind ×2
14. 6:01Dolphin
15. 6:07Wind
16. 6:12Dolphin
17. 6:13Wind ×2
18. 6:20Converter
19. 6:21Dolphin
20. 6:25Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
21. 6:25Wind
22. 6:30Dolphin
23. 6:31Wind ×3
24. 6:42Dolphin
25. 6:46Wind ×2
26. 6:54Converter
27. 6:54Wind
28. 6:55Dolphin
29. 7:01Wind ×2
30. 7:04Mex
31. 7:11Converter
32. 7:12Wind
33. 7:22Converter
34. 7:22Wind
35. 7:27Converter ×2
36. 7:33Wind
37. 7:42Converter
38. 7:43T2 mexdone 8:38 · typical 9:20
39. 7:43Wind
40. 7:45Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
41. 7:51Converter ×3
42. 8:07Grim Reaper
43. 8:11Converter ×2
44. 8:32Mex
45. 8:32Con ship
46. 8:33Converter
47. 8:38Con turret
48. 8:41T2 mex
49. 8:55Destroyerdone 9:33 · typical 5:39
50. 9:01Mex
51. 9:07Converter
52. 9:10Tidal ×3
53. 9:29T2 mex
54. 9:31Mex
55. 9:34Destroyer
56. 9:36Tidal ×2
57. 9:57Destroyer
58. 10:04Tidal ×2
59. 10:24T2 mex
60. 10:24Skater ×2
61. 10:31Converter
62. 10:36Skater
63. 10:42Grim Reaper ×2
64. 10:58Naval Energy Converter
65. 10:59Con turret
66. 11:04Converter
67. 11:12Con turret
68. 11:14Naval Energy Converter
69. 11:22Con turret
70. 11:22Naval Energy Converter
71. 11:25Grim Reaper
72. 11:30Naval Energy Converter ×3
73. 11:37Converter
74. 11:39Advanced Shipyarddone 12:13
75. 11:43Grim Reaper
76. 11:44T2 mex
77. 12:04Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
78. 12:11Converter
79. 12:16Advanced Construction Sub
80. 12:18Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
81. 12:36Voyager ×2
82. 12:47T2 mex
83. 12:53Naval Radar / Sonar Tower ×2
84. 13:21Battleshipdone 13:54
85. 13:26Naval Radar / Sonar Tower ×3
86. 13:54Naval Advanced Metal Extractordone 14:18
87. 14:12Haven
88. 14:27Naval Advanced Metal Extractor
89. 14:29Wind
90. 14:29T2 mex
91. 14:30Geonot finished by 15:00 · typical 7:52
92. 14:33Wind
93. 14:33Haven
94. 14:38Wind ×2
95. 14:51Naval Radar / Sonar Tower
96. 14:51Wind
97. 14:54Haven
98. 14:54Wind

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is jerkinston's (31 OS, 08/08/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:41 · in 64% of games

You get

1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:53 · in 74% of games
1 Light transport from Airfirst at 2:04 · in 65% of games
1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:43 · in 90% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

02.5k5k7.5k

0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1522 games.

Show as table

By	Metal produced: This build	Enemy metal destroyed: This build	Own metal lost: This build
1:00	395	0	0
2:00	928	0	0
3:00	1599	0	0
4:00	2876	0	40
5:00	4125	190	54
6:00	5516	531	294
7:00	7053	988	625
8:00	8717	1681	1028
9:00	10571	2459	1592
10:00	12800	3363	2241
11:00	15378	4427	3115
12:00	18462	5473	3815
13:00	21795	6455	4611
14:00	25408	7564	5386
15:00	28993	8462	6190

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Geo sea play wins slightly less than half the time but builds a strong metal base by 15:00 with moderate losses.

+ Metal produced reaches 29210 by 15:00, well above Beach sea's early pace.
+ Corsair (destroyer) makes up 34% of army, a clear naval focus.

− Own metal lost climbs to 6339 by 15:00 from sea skirmishes.
− Geothermal only completes in 58% of games, an inconsistent power spike.

THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

jerkinston

31.0 OS · 08/08/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
430 metal received · 50530 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:12Middle 50%: 1:06–1:18 · n=1479

Shipyard3:11Middle 50%: 2:48–3:37 · n=1501

Eel4:27Middle 50%: 3:45–5:38 · n=926

Corsair5:39Middle 50%: 4:56–6:38 · n=1401

Geothermal Powerplant7:52Middle 50%: 6:49–9:30 · n=961

Advanced Metal Extractor9:20Middle 50%: 8:39–10:10 · n=1332

Played most by

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Supporting games

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_X_14/10/2026 · 41 OS↗_X_14/10/2026 · 41 OS↗JesterB14/10/2026 · 31 OS↗arcsiz14/10/2026 · 36 OS↗haaven14/10/2026 · 44 OS↗JesterB14/10/2026 · 31 OS↗Hannodins14/10/2026 · 36 OS↗SeduceUrAfus14/10/2026 · 48 OS↗jerkinston08/08/2026 · 31 OS↗

32 more of 1514, the most recent

Supreme Isthmus v2.1
Beyond All Reason test-30903-2990072
Naval balance tweaks off

Standard geo sea

Phase by phase

Up to the Bot Lab

Bot Lab to Shipyard

Shipyard to 5:00

5:00 to 10:00

Team trades

You hand over

You get

How it plays out

Metal produced

Enemy metal destroyed

Own metal lost

jerkinston

Typical milestones

Played most by

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