Category: Help

  • Controls & Hotkeys

    Controls & Hotkeys

    What it is

    Chicken Siege is fully playable with mouse or touch, but the keyboard shortcuts make mid-wave management much faster. Each defence card in the bar also lists its own select key.

    The full hotkey list

    • 1–0 and Q/W/E — select a defence from the bar
    • R — restart the current wave (press twice); same build, same eggs
    • U — upgrade the hovered tower (+25 seconds lifetime per level)
    • G — promote to SUPER (fuse 8 of the same defence)
    • T — cycle targeting mode
    • Z — undo last placement
    • X — delete mode
    • B — battle speed (2x)
    • H — buff mode: towers beside a SUPER boost it 5% each
    • P / Esc — pause
    • M — mute

    Pro tips

    Get comfortable with R, U and B first — quick restarts, instant upgrades and battle speed save the most time. On mobile, the same actions live on the on-screen buttons.

  • Start Siege & Demo Mode

    Start Siege & Demo Mode

    What it is

    Start Siege launches a normal run: 150 starting eggs, escalating waves, and no final wave — past wave 50 the flock gets faster, tougher and greedier forever. DEMO is a guided three-minute intro wave with tutorial hints and bonus eggs, designed for first-time farmers.

    How to use it

    • Play DEMO first — finishing it unlocks the full shop and teaches you the basics.
    • From the title screen choose Start Siege, pick a difficulty, and take a relic if one is offered before wave 1.
    • Spend your starting eggs during the countdown — idle eggs earn nothing.
    • Read the wave INTEL card between waves: it names the nastiest chicken coming and a cheap counter.

    Pro tips

    Press B to double battle speed for grinding early waves. And remember: normal runs never truly end — build an economy that can keep up with wave 60, not just wave 10.

  • Daily Challenge: one run, one shared board, ten chances

    Daily Challenge: one run, one shared board, ten chances

    The Daily Challenge is Chicken Siege’s heartbeat: every UTC day rolls one seeded run with a fixed set of mutators, and every player on the planet survives the exact same chaos.

    How it works

    • One deterministic seed — the twist you see on the button is exactly what you’ll play.
    • Your survival time is ranked live, with the board updating every 30 seconds mid-run.
    • You get ten free plays a day. Each run counts once, so make them count.
    • Beat yesterday’s ghost, beat your personal best, and chase the daily champion’s time.

    Beyond the daily

    Your best run per day aggregates into the weekly board (Mon–Sun UTC), and 28-day seasons hand out tiers from Bronze to Chicken God — with exclusive medals at the top.

    Every Thursday-style surprise also applies: weekly events roll each UTC week with special mutators and their own medals. Check the Medals page for the full list.