The Bronze Age is age 2 of 9. The colony is set in bronze age: the desk top. Moving on to the next age needs the gate research, which costs 2.18B Materials.
Research
| Tech | Effect | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Fungus farming | Unlocks the Fungus Garden | 20 min |
| Staple smelting | Unlocks the Lamp Forge and Bronze Materials | 30 min |
| Granaries | Offline efficiency +10 points; unlocks the Seed Granary | 45 min |
| Pheromone trails II | +15% Food | 60 min |
| Silk weaving | Better rods: +10% fishing green zone; unlocks Fishing | 90 min |
| Iron Age Gate | Advance to the Iron Age (needs Nest level 40, 12 cards, Desk-lamp node) | 0 min |
| Bronze tools | +10% Materials | 30 min |
| Cool cellars | +50% Materials storage | 40 min |
| Bait beetles | +10% fishing green zone | 45 min |
| Bronze spears | +15% combat damage | 20 min |
| Lantern scouts | 10% fewer explorers lost | 60 min |
| Crumb caches | +10% Food storage: crumbs tucked into dry nooks | 15 min |
| Shared loads | +8% Materials: two ants carry what one cannot | 22 min |
| Nurse rotas | +8% births: nurses take turns so the brood is never alone | 15 min |
| Tidy middens | -4% upkeep: rubbish goes to one corner, far from the food | 22 min |
| Bronze bite | +8% combat damage: mandibles sharpened on a coin edge | 15 min |
| Puddle charts | +5% fishing: the best puddles are remembered | 22 min |
Buildings
- Fungus Garden: Food per forager
- Lamp Forge: Materials per builder
- Seed Granary: +4% Food cap per level
Quests
| # | Quest | Objective |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quick study | Research Crumb caches |
| 2 | More mouths | Upgrade the Brood Chamber to level 10 |
| 3 | Grow the Nest | Upgrade the Nest to level 20 |
| 4 | Break ground | Build the Fungus Garden to level 3 |
| 5 | Keep it coming | Build the Forager Trail to level 12 |
| 6 | New ground | Build the Fungus Garden to level 10 |
| 7 | A second idea | Research Nurse rotas |
| 8 | First skirmish | Clear wave 15 |
| 9 | First discoveries | Research Fungus farming |
| 10 | Something new | Find 2 new cards from this age's set |
| 11 | Gather the cast | Find 4 new cards from the Bronze set |
| 12 | The wider world | Land 10 catches while Fishing |
| 13 | Take the high ground | Capture the Bottle Cap combat node |
| 14 | Hold back the tide | Clear wave 25 |
| 15 | Build big | Build the Lamp Forge to level 25 |
| 16 | Ask and answer | Answer 5 Codex questions this age |
| 17 | The gate | Research Iron Age Gate |
Cards first found
Leafcutter ant, Harvester ant, Weaver ant, Antistotle, Socrantes, Ladybird, Stone Golem ant, Bottle-cap Altar, Mosquito larva, Acrobat ant, Citronella ant, Silky ant, Tawny crazy ant, Mealybug, Ant-mimic spider
Enemies
Ladybird beetle (armoured), Rove beetle (fast), Jumping spider (fast), Wolf spider (venom), Stink bug (armoured)
Music
- Warm Hearth
- Copper Morning