Note: This guide is still a work in progress, and I do not yet have all of the information needed.
1. Introduction - how can this guide help me?This guide is aimed at anyone starting a new account, covering both basics and more advanced methods of faster leveling.
2. Table of contents Use the numbering system to easiyl find the part of the guide you are looking for.
1. Introduction - how can this guide help me?
2. Table of contents
3. First things first
4. Shiny
5. Taking advantage of tribes
3. First things firstTHe tutorial is fairly clear in what direction to go in. After it is completed, your top priority should be to build more of and upgrade resource gatherers. With 7 days of starter protection, you shouldn't have to worry much about defence yet. This, however, dosn't mean that it is acceptable to just place your silos on the edge for a week. Starter protection does not protect you from wild monster attacks. Once you have enough resources, upgrade your townhall. In the early stages of the game, this is probably the most useful building you can upgrade, as it unlocks plenty of new buildings for you to buy, and provided your resource income is sufficient, you can start getting to work.
A typical yard after completing the tutorial.
4. ShinyThe first thing I recommend you buy after the tutorial is a 3rd worker (provided you are able to). An extra worker is useful throughout the entire game, and allows you to upgrade much faster. The rest is up to you, but remember to keep a small amount of shiny saved incase you need it later on. When you start (as deonstrated in the above pic) you have plenty of mushrooms. Pick these now, as they grow back daily. This should increase your shiny supply for now, and if your lucky you can get around 30 shiny from starting mushrooms. Additionally, during the tutorial it asks you to speed up a hatchery for 5 shiny. If you wait 10minutes and then use the 5min speedup for free, you will save 5 shiny.
5. Taking advantage of tribesIn the tutorial, you are asked to attack a tribe with a group of pokeys. If you position them right, you should be able to at least take down a silo. The tutorials completion is no reason to stop attacking tribes - some leave their townhalls guarded by only one tower, so send in a group of pokeys and let them work their magic. The initial quest rewards for taking down each of the tribes townhall's are quite rewarding, giving you a fair some of resources along with the loot from the tribe itself. This is easily do-able even with as little as 10 pokeys, but I would recommend taking at least 20. Once you level up, the tribes will become stronger, so do this as much as possible while it is still this easy.