Beginner's Guide

This article intends to introduce new players to the game and briefly present many parts and aspects of the game. Use the table of contents to jump to a specific section of interest.

Game Storyline
American Dad! Apocalypse Soon takes place in the Smith's great state of Virginia when aliens dubbed "The Collectors" have invaded his town and caused mass destruction, kidnapping much of his family and friends in the process. In response, Roger clones himself and expands the Smith Home basement to accommodate for said clones and upgrades them to take on these invaders. The entire story and gameplay revolves around Stan and Roger saving their friends one at a time and trying to defeat the Collectors.

Beating Stages
Levels are the main locations on the map and stages are referenced to by the flat circles located within stages, the first being Langley Falls. The next level is unlocked after all primary stages are beaten. It's easy to fly through the early stages and levels of the game, the only snag being a lack of food. Tapping on a level displays your units, your squad's power, the enemy squad's power, the enemy units, the rewards from beating the stage, and the food cost to attack it. You can view the equipment, health, and stats of a Roger by tapping on his profile within this menu. The same goes with the enemy unit's abilities, which are crucial to read in some instances, i.e. The Summoner's immunity to physical damage. Squad powers are the individual power of each unit added up to a total. It's (logically) recommended to have a higher power than your enemy to avoid a defeat. Levels generally begin to take longer to beat at stage 4, Collector's Flying Saucer, for free-to-play players as the enemy power jump increases faster than the player's.

Gearing up Roger
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Money (Cash)
Money's one of the first two currencies players have access to. Cash is required to upgrade rooms and eventually upgrade the Arsenal's abilities. Money can be earned in many ways, such as printing it via Mints or defeating storymode levels and PvP battles. Cash will eventually become plentiful and there's no risk to spending vast amounts of it. Do stay clear of purchasing Cash with golden turds and upgrading the Clan Hall though, as there's no need in requesting so much cash early on.

Food
Food is the second basic currency players instantly have access to. Food will also eventually become more plentiful as it's used less in levels and is required to partake in any type of battle, making it a necessity. Food can be acquired from production via Kitchens, winning PvP battles, or found within chests. It's effective to upgrade your kitchens early on as you'll need a lot of food to quickly clear the easier levels players are faced with in the beginning of the game. Food can also be obtained by watching an ad every hour. Tap your food count (on the top right) see if there's a wait or not to watch that ad.

Energy
Energy is a basic resource used to craft weapons and armor and research and craft powers, alongside upgrading some buildings. It's produced by the electricity generator and is rewarded in PvP battles if the opponent has unlocked the resource.

Wood
Wood is a basic resource used to upgrade buildings. It's produced by the sawmill and is also rewarded wen PvP battles are won.

Golden Turd
Golden turds are the game's premium resource used to purchase a large variety of assets, upgrades, advantages, and perks in the game. This includes chests, resources, and Reginald Koala in the Market, speeding up building and Roger upgrade timers, recruiting extra builders, adding potential to Rogers', purchasing Ball Catchers and Football Powers in Bazooka Sharks' Nest, and purchasing talent rerolls. Turds can be earned from achievements (although inefficiently), be found in chests, earned from the minigames in Hayley's room, and of course, purchased with real money via the Market treasure section.