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Beginner Strategy Guide

You know the rules, but you keep getting taken down. Here are the habits that help you survive to the end of the round in HammyTurf. Lifetime score only grows in rounds you survive, so "don't get taken down" is the foundation of everything else.

1. Start with small loops

Your starting turf is tiny and the area around it is still open. For your first few loops, go just outside your turf and come straight back, growing a little each time. A small loop keeps you outside for only a moment, so you are back before anyone can reach your trail. Save big loops for when your turf has grown and nobody is nearby.

2. Look before you leave

Inside your turf you are safe. Before stepping out, check the minimap and the edges of the screen for opponents close by. Leaving while someone is heading your way means your trail is targeted the moment it appears. Waiting for them to move off is a perfectly good tactic.

3. Keep your trail short

The longer your trail, the more places it can be stepped on. The basic loop shape is a triangle or rectangle: out, turn, back. If you have wandered too far, you can step on your own trail to rewind it (that does not eliminate you).

4. Seeds: nearest first, and take the turf around them

🌻 Each sunflower seed is +20% share. Instead of drawing a long trail toward a distant seed, include a seed that is already close to your turf in your next loop. Once you hold it, thicken the turf around it so it is harder to steal. See Sunflower Seeds and the Space Meter.

5. When chased, don't run straight

Everyone moves at the same speed, so a chaser cannot catch you in a straight line, but you cannot shake them either. As your trail stretches out, they will take the shortest route across your trail and step on it. When chased, make the shortest possible return to your turf (or a teammate's turf in Team Battle) your top priority. The stage is circular and you cannot leave the edge, so running along the edge tends to end in a dead end.

6. Taking opponents down

• You can only take down an opponent while they are outside their turf drawing a trail. Inside their turf they are untouchable.
• Do not chase the opponent's head. Aim for a point partway along the trail they have already drawn, and make the center of your body cross it. Hits are judged at the body center, not the nose.
• A long, stretched-out trail is your opening. Remember that your own trail grows while you go for it.
• A hamster under a dome (trail shield) takes two hits.

7. Wearing the 👑 crown? Play defense

Taking the lead puts a crown on your head and makes you everyone's target. Finishing first gives the biggest score, but being taken down gives zero. Once crowned, switch to small loops and short trips outside and ride it out to the end line.

8. Don't gamble when the bar nears the red zone

When the bar on the left reaches the red zone, a 30-second ending countdown begins. Being outside your turf at that point risks the score you were about to bank. During the countdown, stay inside or within a quick dash of your turf.

9. In Team Battle, use teammates' turf as stepping stones

In Team Battle a loop is complete when you leave from and return to any teammate's turf. Connecting your turf to a teammate's with one loop expands the team's territory in a single move. The team's turf survives your elimination, so you can afford bolder loops than in Solo. But if the team's turf vanishes everyone is out, so defend when it is small. See Solo Match vs. Team Battle.

10. Talk with emoji

Use 🆘 to call for help in Team Battle and 👍 when a play works out, with the buttons at the bottom left (Q/W/E/R on a computer). Even without a shared language, a little emoji goes a long way toward teamwork.