Build An Ant Empire - Skins

Nest skins change the look of your colony and some add a cash bonus. The Starter Ant Nest has no bonus. The Demonic Fortress (sold as the Demon Ant Nest Skin) costs 999 Robux, looks like Dracula's castle and adds +50% to +100% cash (the bonus may have changed between updates). Skins are equipped from the Skins board at your plot, so look there after buying one. The Starfall Land nest from the Starfall event adds 60% to your sell price.

Tree skins replace the apple tree your ants eat from, and most add a food bonus. Unlike nest skins, most are bought with cash, which makes them one of the cheapest permanent multipliers in the game. They are easy to overlook, so check the board before spending Robux on income boosts.

Bonuses seen include Honey Flower (+30% food), Popcorn Bucket (+40% food, $48B), and the Ice Cream Apple Tree (+80% food). The Mushroom, Candy Cane and Cupcake trees are other options — the Cupcake tree has your ants eating kiwis and cupcakes — and the Harvest Apple Tree is a Robux skin. The top of the line is the Chocolate tree (Chocolate Cake), at +100% food for about $1Qi.

Buy the best tree skin you can afford whenever you have spare cash — it boosts every ant at once. For nests, the Starfall Land bonus is free with event progress; the Demonic Fortress is worth it only if you were going to spend Robux anyway.

Tree skin bonuses apply to every ant at once. If your colony makes 10B food per second, a +30% Honey Flower adds 3B per second, a +40% Popcorn Bucket adds 4B and a +80% Ice Cream Apple Tree adds 8B — permanently, for a one-off cash price. That is why they are worth buying as soon as you find them.