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11 Base building is the foundation of every real-time battle in Dust Front RTS. You establish a foothold, raise production and resource structures, and defend them while you assemble an army. Construction is tied directly to the wider war: every structure you raise also counts toward your strength on the global map, and what you produce feeds the units described in Units and Armies. Buildings are also unlocked and improved through technology and doctrines as your campaign progresses.
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34 Establishing a Base
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56 A base typically begins with a mobile construction vehicle, the MCV, which deploys to create your starting structures on the battlefield. From there you expand outward, adding the production and economy buildings you need for the mission at hand.
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78 A hard rule governs these battles: if all of your buildings are destroyed, you are defeated. Holding and protecting your base is therefore as important as fielding troops, and many missions task you with destroying the enemy's own structures, such as their factories, warehouses, and watchtowers, or with holding a position against attack.
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910 Resource Gathering
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1112 Resources come from gathering and refining minerals. Dedicated facilities extract and refine raw minerals into the materials your war machine needs, while storage capacity keeps what you collect on hand for production. Because economy structures matter on the strategic layer as well, the mining and production you set up locally feed into the global economy that you manage between battles.
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1314 Building Types
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1516 The structures below are the confirmed building types seen in current builds. They are not an exhaustive list, and they are presented here without numeric values, which remain preview details.
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1718 Building TypeRoleMain buildingYour central command structure, the anchor of the base.FactoryProduces vehicles and other combat units.Mineral refinery / extractorGathers and refines raw minerals into usable resources.Barracks with storageTrains infantry and provides storage for gathered resources.Defensive turretA static emplacement that protects the base, including a flamethrower turret.
1819 Beyond your own production and economy buildings, missions also feature objective structures on both sides, such as watchtowers and warehouses, which can be targets to destroy or assets to defend.
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2021 Defense and Repair
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2223 Static defensive turrets guard your perimeter, among them a flamethrower turret that punishes attackers who push in close. To keep your army in the field, repair vehicles restore damaged units, letting you recover and press a worn-down force back into action rather than rebuilding it from scratch.
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2425 Defensive turrets, including a flamethrower turret, hold key approaches to the base.Repair vehicles move with your forces and mend damaged units during and after a fight.Storage at the barracks keeps gathered resources available for ongoing production.
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2627 Buildings on the Global Map
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2829 What you build does not stay confined to a single battle. Every structure also matters on the global map, where mining and production within your territories shape the strategic economy. A base is both a local strongpoint and a contribution to your overall power across the campaign, which is why the choices you make in construction echo well beyond the battlefield you make them on.