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Standard geo sea

Cortex Geo sea build order · Supreme Isthmus

The role's default economy-first opening: bot lab then shipyard in the cove, early frigate and destroyer with a sub, taking geo on time before transitioning into a mixed navy for the rest of the game.

Usually shipyard in the cove (98%)

#naval #eco · 1767 distinct matches · 190 players · 80% of Cortex Geo sea games · team won 53% of 2066 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 1:12, Shipyard by 3:17

  1. Open 3 mex into wind, then drop Bot Lab in cove.
  2. Finish Bot Lab, keep teching mex and wind.
  3. Get Shipyard up and start pumping subs and frigates.
  4. Eat the Bot Lab for metal once you have T1 units defending.
  5. Push out submarine, frigate, destroyer to contest sea.
  6. Bring geothermal online and transition toward T2 constructor.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1767 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor3Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    • Wind Turbine1Windfor allies
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 3 winddone ~1:13, middle half 1:07–1:25

    By 0:55 in all: 3 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind ×2for Air
    3. Wind ×4
    4. Bot LabBot Labdone 1:26 · typical 1:13
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to Shipyard

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. ShipyardShipyard after 4 mex, 5 wind, 1 energy storagedone ~3:18, middle half 3:02–3:36
    Builders
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    Army
    • Grunt1 Grunt

    Some games also: con turret (46%) · trasher (39%) · energy storage (36%)

    By 2:52 in all: 4 mex · 5 wind · 1 energy storage

    The example game in this phase · 4 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. GraverobberGraverobber ×3
    3. Construction BotCon bot ×2
    4. ShipyardShipyarddone 3:00 · typical 3:18
  3. 3

    Shipyard to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabEat Bot Lab
    Builders
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Riptide2 Frigate
    • Orca1 Submarine
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    Some games also: missile corvette (49%) · wind (49%) · Guard (48%) · destroyer (44%) · gunboat (39%)

    By 5:00 in all: 8 mex · 6 wind · 1 energy storage · 1 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 19 steps
    1. Mex
    2. TrasherTrasher
    3. GruntGrunt
    4. Construction ShipCon ship
    5. HerringMissile corvette
    6. RiptideFrigatedone 3:43 · typical 4:40
    7. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    8. Bot LabEat Bot Labreclaimed for its metal
    9. Converter
    10. Mex ×2
    11. OrcaSubmarinedone 4:15 · typical 4:17
    12. ThistleThistle
    13. Mex
    14. GuardGuard
    15. Wind
    16. RiptideFrigate
    17. Mex
    18. Wind
    19. OppressorDestroyerdone 6:13 · typical 5:54
  4. 4

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine8Wind
    • Energy Converter2Converter
    Order
    1. Geothermal PowerplantGeo after 9 mex, 9 wind, 2 converterin 53% of games
    Builders
    • Construction Turret1 Con turret
    • Death Cavalry2 Death Cavalry
    • Construction Ship1 Con ship
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Riptide5 Frigate
    Other
    • Naval Radar / Sonar Tower2 Naval Radar / Sonar Tower

    Some games also: Thistle (39%) · submarine (32%)

    By 10:00 in all: 10 mex · 15 wind · 1 geo · 4 converter · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 82 steps
    1. Wind
    2. UrchinUrchin
    3. Geothermal PowerplantGeonot finished by 15:00 · typical 8:13
    4. Mex
    5. Construction ShipCon ship
    6. Mex
    7. GuardGuard
    8. Construction ShipCon ship
    9. SupporterGunboat
    10. UrchinUrchin
    11. RiptideFrigate
    12. Mex
    13. RiptideFrigate ×4
    14. OppressorDestroyer
    15. HerringMissile corvette
    16. RiptideFrigate
    17. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 10:03
    18. Naval Construction Turret
    19. Geothermal PowerplantGeo
    20. RiptideFrigate
    21. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    22. Tidal ×4
    23. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    24. Tidal
    25. HerringMissile corvette ×3
    26. Con turret
    27. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    28. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    29. Wind
    30. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    31. Wind
    32. Mex
    33. Wind
    34. OppressorDestroyer
    35. Wind ×2
    36. Converter
    37. Wind ×3
    38. RiptideFrigate
    39. Wind ×2
    40. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    41. Con turret
    42. Naval Construction Turret
    43. RiptideFrigate
    44. Converter
    45. Wind
    46. HerringMissile corvette
    47. Wind ×2
    48. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    49. Tidal
    50. RiptideFrigate
    51. Wind
    52. Converter
    53. Tidal
    54. Wind
    55. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    56. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    57. Wind ×2
    58. Tidal
    59. RiptideFrigate
    60. Tidal
    61. Wind
    62. Tidal
    63. OppressorDestroyer
    64. Converter
    65. Wind
    66. Tidal
    67. Wind
    68. HerringMissile corvette
    69. RiptideFrigate
    70. Naval Radar / Sonar TowerNaval Radar / Sonar Tower
    71. Wind
    72. Death CavalryDeath Cavalry
    73. Wind
    74. Converter
    75. Wind
    76. HerringMissile corvette ×3
    77. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    78. HerringMissile corvette
    79. OppressorDestroyer
    80. Converter
    81. HerringMissile corvette
    82. RiptideFrigate ×4

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Tink3r's (34 OS, 03/10/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

  • Wind Turbine2 Wind to Airfirst at 1:44 · in 72% of games

You get

  • Finch1 Finch from Airfirst at 1:52 · in 82% of games
  • Hercules1 Light transport from Airfirst at 1:59 · in 76% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Techfirst at 7:44 · 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

2066 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0039800
2:0092900
3:00155700
4:002865051
5:00406614652
6:005414440232
7:006890905543
8:0085731547908
9:001040824581353
10:001253035282022
11:001507247082804
12:001801760503661
13:002121672254375
14:002477884365224
15:002858596396201
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's own baseline, winning a bit over half its games with steady eco scaling and sea trades roughly matching losses.

  • + Team wins slightly over half of games played.
  • + Metal production scales from ~4k to ~29.5k by 15:00.
  • − Own metal lost climbs to 6875 by 15:00, matching kills closely.
  • − T2 factory only reached in 40% of games, limiting late power.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Tink3r

33.5 OS · 03/10/2026

Open source match ↗

3 received units · includes a constructor
59 metal received · 17324 energy received

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

Typical milestones

Bot Lab1:13Middle 50%: 1:07–1:25 · n=2039
Shipyard3:18Middle 50%: 3:02–3:36 · n=2057
Orca4:17Middle 50%: 3:52–5:00 · n=1397
Riptide4:40Middle 50%: 4:09–5:22 · n=2013
Oppressor5:54Middle 50%: 5:11–6:40 · n=1890
Geothermal Powerplant8:13Middle 50%: 7:13–9:26 · n=1343
Advanced Metal Extractor9:25Middle 50%: 8:48–10:21 · n=1801

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