Hexopedia

Welcome to the Hexopedia — a complete beginner-friendly reference to the features of the game Hexonomica. Pick a section below to learn the details.

The basics

• How to play → — first steps after registration, three basic resources and three main actions (open, capture, build).
• How to discover hexes → — how much opening costs, what can lie under a hex and why do it at all.

Resources and energy

• Economy → — resources, coins, spending and growth.
• Flywheel → — how to accumulate energy by simply walking on the map.

Progression

• Skills and training → — what to level, and how Attack, Defense, Construction and the discover/harvest/contact ranges work.

Map and territory

• Capturing hexes → — what capture is, how much it costs, and how to defend your borders.
• Sectors and points → — how sectors work, how points are awarded, and propaganda towers.
• Mayor and taxes → — weekly elections of the mayor and taxes.
• Building → — building recipes, building restrictions, and the difference between settlers and engineers.
• Production → — how items are created, how long crafting takes, and how to collect the finished result.

Combat

• Battles → — unit stats (attack, health, defense, luck) and where bonuses come from.
• Monsters → — spawn rules, movement on the map, and monster stats.
• Bestiary → — a catalog of creatures with icons and stats.