Kola and speed-ups

Kola is the game’s premium currency. Everything in the game can be done without it; kola only saves time.

The kola shop. In the playtest, packs are free.

Getting kola

Every new city starts with 50.
Tasks pay kola as you complete them.
Clearing land sometimes turns up 1–3.
The shop sells packs. In this playtest no payment is taken: tapping a pack adds the kola for free, so you can try everything.

Spending kola

Finish a timer now: a building, an upgrade or a research.
Buy what you are missing when a build is a little short.
Hire builders: the fourth crew costs 250, the fifth 500.

What finishing early costs

Time left	Kola
1 min	1
5 min	2
15 min	5
1 h	16
4 h	48
8 h	84
1 d	202
3 d	486

Talking drums

You hold up to 2 talking drum charges, and get a new one every 4 hours. Each charge cuts an hour off any timer, for free. Tap the drum chip at the bottom of the screen to see what you have.