GUIDES
Guides
Step-by-step from opening the game to your first successful expansion.
How these guides are produced
Each guide is a reproducible path through the public game interface, with version-sensitive claims tied to the data snapshot or a cited upstream source.
- Steps
- Actions are ordered so readers can follow them in the client without hidden setup.
- Evidence
- Observed behavior and exact source-backed values are kept separate from editorial explanation.
- Corrections
- The client can change after the documented snapshot; reported mismatches are checked and corrected.
Looking for Water Nukes?
Go straight to the dedicated Water Nukes guide for terrain conversion, attack choices, defense, and common mistakes.
Need the Doomsday Clock rules?
Use the complete Doomsday Clock guide for what the mode does, every territory-share wave, warning, decay, recovery, and counterplay.
- Tutorial Difficulty · Beginner Updated Aug 15, 2026
Hotkey Practice and Control Workflows
Learn the OpenFront.io v33.5 controls to practice first, including v33.4 bulk actions, current fixed-key limits, battlefield sequences, and input recovery.
- Tutorial Difficulty · Intermediate Updated Aug 13, 2026
What Are Water Nukes in OpenFront?
Water Nukes in OpenFront is a v31 option that permanently turns destroyed land into water. Learn the blast result, terrain conversion, counters, and whether you can reclaim the ground.
- Tutorial Difficulty · Intermediate Updated Aug 9, 2026
OpenFront Doomsday Clock Guide: Waves, Decay & Survival
The OpenFront Doomsday Clock is a rising territory-share test, not a moving safe circle. Learn every wave, the 30-second warning, troop and warship decay, team rules, recovery, and counterplay.
- Tutorial Difficulty · Beginner Updated Aug 4, 2026
OpenFront Beginner Guide: Build a Strong First Match Step by Step
Learn how to choose a safe spawn, survive the opening minutes, grow troops and gold, shape defensible borders, and build a stable first position in OpenFront.