Overview
Walkthrough for Episode 1 of Birthdays: The Beginning. This is aimed at quickly getting all organisms for that elusive Perfect Episode reward.
Introduction
This episode is a tutorial for the game itself, and is quite easy to complete. However, getting all the organisms can be a bit frustrating.
This is Part 1 of a 4 part series that aims to get all creatures in the game. The methods have been written and tested to get all organisms before the time limit. It has been further split into groups based on temperature.
One thing to remember, the only item you can NOT use is the evolution seed. To complete the tree quickly, Mutation seeds will need to be used. There is also a lot of overlap, so do not worry if you get some organisms out of order.
TL;DR
Large white arrows are Mutation Seed Optional
Large Green Arrows are Mutation Seed Required
Large Red Arrow means use Water of Extinction on previous species.
Life Begins
48 Degrees, Shallow and Sea
- 1 – Stromatolite
- 5 – Cyclomedusa
Stromatolite and Cyclomedusa are trivial, in that the in-game walk-through will guarantee you to get these. However, this is also where you begin building your oceans and land for future growth.
Add water to bring the world temperature to 48 degrees. You want to make sure you have an area of sea at -5T at least 6 squares x 6 squares The 9 star organism for this episode will need it.
First Plants
44 Degrees
- 2 – Callunia
- 3 – Baragwanathia
- 4 – Asteroxylon
- 6 – Elrathia
- 8 – Pikaia
- 10 – Dinorthis
Bring your world temperature down to 44 degrees. Baragwanathia, Pikaia, and Dinorthis should appear quite quickly.
When Baragwanathia appears, do NOT capture it! it will end the episode. Instead, either use a seed of mutation on it, or wait. The moment Asteroxylon appears, stop time and capture that one.
Fishdom
39 Degrees
- 12 – Astraspis
- 13 – Sacabambasis
- 14 – Ophiuroid
- 15 – Wophiuroid
- Must use Seed of Mutation on Ophiuroid
Now, you need to drop the temperature down to 39 degrees to get these. Astraspis and Ophiuroid will appear, with the latter requiring a large population of Dinorthis. When they do, use a seed of mutation on Ophiuroid to get Wophiuroid to spawn.
You may have to do a lot of temperature manipulation to keep the range you need, especially for Ophiuroid. As the plants spread across, the temperature will drop. Use Water of Life to boost the growth rate of organisms, and add more shallows if needed to boost the production of Dinorthis.
The Final Stage
53 Degrees
- 7 – Anomalocaris
- 9 – Velopikaia
All the work you did cooling your cube is about to get reversed. Anomalocaris can be hard to get, but as long as you got a decent sized area of -5T, it should appear as you raise the temperature up to 53 degrees.
Velopikaia should spawn shortly after Anomalocaris. if not, use a Seed of Mutation on Pikaia.
Once you collect Anomalocaris and Velopikaia, collect Baragwanathia as well, and pat yourself on the back for a job well done. You have completed Episode 1.
Conclusion
This is the easiest episode to complete, but the tricks you learned here will help with other episodes. You will find that to get every creature, you have to manipulate your world from a hot savanna, to cold mountainsides, and back again.
