# Microbe Stage **URL:** https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/c/current-game/microbe-stage/16.md [Latest](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Microbe Stage category](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/about-the-microbe-stage-category/167)
**Author:** [@NickTheNick](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/NickTheNick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/about-the-microbe-stage-category/167 "2022-05-15T23:04:13Z")
Discuss the Microbe Stage in its current state. --- ## [Attention aspiring thrive zoologists , heres a fun exercise for you](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/attention-aspiring-thrive-zoologists-heres-a-fun-exercise-for-you/4092)
**Author:** [@Untrustedlife](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Untrustedlife)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/attention-aspiring-thrive-zoologists-heres-a-fun-exercise-for-you/4092 "2026-09-12T08:51:12Z")
Catalog the AI evolved species in your save games and post them here. Observe their behavior, catalog that too. I did something akin to this when we were still developing 0.4.0. It will be very fun to see what evolved… --- ## [Viruses?](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/viruses/1466)
**Author:** [@Stellarish](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Stellarish)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/viruses/1466 "2026-08-27T07:48:42Z")
My English teacher has oddly mentioned Ebola every day for the last 3 days of being in her class whenever a kid coughs. I was thinking about that while checking my email and re-discovering the Thrive Community Forums. Th… --- ## [How do you be top in a niche?](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/how-do-you-be-top-in-a-niche/9007)
**Author:** [@Rocketsgobrrrr](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Rocketsgobrrrr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/how-do-you-be-top-in-a-niche/9007 "2026-07-12T15:13:39Z")
When I’m playing Thrive sometimes I will look into the food chain and find myself in a niche but in the next turn another microbe that evolves from me just takes my spot. Does anyone have any tips to be number 1 in your … --- ## [Vacuoles by Type](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/vacuoles-by-type/8876)
**Author:** [@vej](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/vej)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/vacuoles-by-type/8876 "2025-12-31T23:21:20Z")
This is a suggestion. Instead of having a separate toxin vacuole and a separate bioluminescence vacuole and all that, why not have them as subtypes, like cilia has subtypes and digestion has subtypes? --- ## [Lighting changes poll](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/lighting-changes-poll/8796)
**Author:** [@Itookausername](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Itookausername)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/lighting-changes-poll/8796 "2025-12-19T14:42:50Z")
Personally, even though the darkness was unintentional, it totally made sense for the deepest and darkest depths of the ocean to be actually dark The new lighting totally ruins the atmosphere in patches where it made se… --- ## [Feedback on Graphics Presets](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/feedback-on-graphics-presets/8782)
**Author:** [@HyperbolicHadron](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/HyperbolicHadron)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/feedback-on-graphics-presets/8782 "2025-12-07T01:03:59Z")
Since we have just added in the graphics presets, we would like your feedback on the configurations we have set up. If you are using the graphics presets, which one did you choose? Did you change some of the options in … --- ## [Emergent toxicity](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/emergent-toxicity/8713)
**Author:** [@Facethief](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Facethief)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 8:53am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/emergent-toxicity/8713 "2025-10-27T08:53:02Z")
In the latest beta version, because hydrogen sulfide is now toxic without chemosynthesizing proteins, you are poisoned by engulfing cells that contain hydrogen sulfide. Just a cool thing I noticed. --- ## [Sudden death](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/sudden-death/8588)
**Author:** [@hektrovoltro](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hektrovoltro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/sudden-death/8588 "2025-08-12T18:51:36Z")
I just play normaly and look that i produce enough power and collect enough recources to feed the power generation but suddenly in like the 6 evolution when i get bigger i need like 5-10 times more power and cant mane an… --- ## [Cheesy strategy](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/cheesy-strategy/8529)
**Author:** [@Maxamax\_v](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Maxamax_v)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/cheesy-strategy/8529 "2025-06-24T08:34:49Z")
I just discovered that If you make your species all the opportunistic and aggressive early on, everything that evolves from you will be opportunistic and aggressive enough to charge directly towards you. If you are bigge… --- ## [I won(and controlled the whole patch) without becoming eukaryotic! 🥳](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/i-won-and-controlled-the-whole-patch-without-becoming-eukaryotic/8435)
**Author:** [@Ill\_try\_at\_least](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Ill_try_at_least)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/i-won-and-controlled-the-whole-patch-without-becoming-eukaryotic/8435 "2025-05-20T18:52:36Z")
This was a long journey, I was a prey and then a fierce predator, pretty sure I drew all other species out by aggression for food. Shortly after this I thrived. I don’t know if this is normal or not. As you can se… --- ## [The population keeps crashing](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/the-population-keeps-crashing/7906)
**Author:** [@The\_confused\_protist](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/The_confused_protist)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2025, 6:54am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/the-population-keeps-crashing/7906 "2025-05-13T06:54:49Z")
so Im having a lot fun with the new update, but um everything keeps on dying. (': almost every time I go to a new patch, the whole patch, just kind of goes extinct. and I know that new creatures entering an ecosys… --- ## [An iron thread](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/an-iron-thread/8236)
**Author:** [@Rathalos](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Rathalos)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/an-iron-thread/8236 "2025-04-25T16:06:54Z")
Get it? Because it’s a thread about iron, but you also have threads literally made of… never mind. What I want to discuss here is Thrive’s iron oxidation metabolism. A very real source of energy, represented in Thrive b… --- ## [Thylakoids vs Chloroplasts](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/thylakoids-vs-chloroplasts/8307)
**Author:** [@Immortalits](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Immortalits)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/thylakoids-vs-chloroplasts/8307 "2025-04-02T12:59:22Z")
Besides being cheaper regarding evolutionary cost, Chloroplast is worse in every other aspect for cell space/ size value. They both generate the same amount of sugar/ hex, but thylakoids also generate some energy, makin… --- ## [Post Your Craziest Environments Here!](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/post-your-craziest-environments-here/7847)
**Author:** [@Deus](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Deus)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/post-your-craziest-environments-here/7847 "2025-03-26T08:27:48Z")
It’s a very cool thing to see that a forum post can be titled this now. As the title says, post your craziest patch conditions! Not only is it cool to see how dynamic environments result in differing conditions, but it … --- ## [Microbe Contests](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/microbe-contests/8290)
**Author:** [@JustaDumbThriver](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/JustaDumbThriver)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/microbe-contests/8290 "2025-03-24T11:21:15Z")
Hvae you ever wanted to compete against randos online to make the best cell that only exists online? Do you have some time on your hands? If so, then why not join the Microbe Contest? Each round, I will give a prompt. Fo… --- ## [Storing compounds](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/storing-compounds/8028)
**Author:** [@woejoe](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/woejoe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/storing-compounds/8028 "2025-01-25T03:10:26Z")
In the current game compounds can be stored up to the same maximum value, which is the size of the cell Wouldn’t it be more logical for them to take some precentage of the free space instead, like concept I made in t… --- ## [My Guidelines for playing like the AI!](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/my-guidelines-for-playing-like-the-ai/8025)
**Author:** [@AnthropocenianAge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/AnthropocenianAge)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/my-guidelines-for-playing-like-the-ai/8025 "2025-01-22T12:46:11Z")
I don’t know which category I should put this in, but this is an idea I had over a year ago. Keep in mind that this was made with the old Auto-Evo in mind, pre-Miche system, and before a lot of the new improvements and o… --- ## [Microbe Colors](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/microbe-colors/3576)
**Author:** [@MGS](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/MGS)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/microbe-colors/3576 "2025-01-18T10:48:49Z")
Currently, you can choose your Microbe color from a palette, meaning you can have any color independent of anything. From what i know, organisms in real life inherit their color from traits in their body. Of course, the … --- ## [Few QoL observations and other things](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/few-qol-observations-and-other-things/7990)
**Author:** [@GOLANX](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/GOLANX)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/few-qol-observations-and-other-things/7990 "2025-01-11T10:30:09Z")
i mostly like the game but there are a bunch of little things i find annoy me. Adding proteins/organelles to cytoplasm costs as much as adding them to the exterior, there are plenty of reasons to add them to the cytopl… --- ## [Hell Thrivers Challenge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hell-thrivers-challenge/8043)
**Author:** [@domin2ktr](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/domin2ktr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hell-thrivers-challenge/8043 "2025-01-05T18:13:48Z")
The point of this challenge is to complete the microbe stage in the shortest possible real time on the MAXIMUM difficulty, any mods or third-party utilities are prohibited. Hardest difficulty settings: Mutation cost co… --- ## [Awesome](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/awesome/7863)
**Author:** [@thriveuser1454](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/thriveuser1454)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/awesome/7863 "2025-01-04T17:47:59Z")
Recently got a Windows computer and finally remembered to try a newer version of Thrive on it. Wow. Yeah, turns out jumping from 0.6.3 to 0.7.1 is big. The newer version looks… a lot cooler. The Flagellum gate is sensi… --- ## [Initial observations on new update](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/initial-observations-on-new-update/8001)
**Author:** [@thriveuser1454](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/thriveuser1454)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/initial-observations-on-new-update/8001 "2025-01-01T17:28:36Z")
the mucocyst strategy was nerfd ): i used to go speedy with 1 mucocyst and 1 slime jet but now i don’t --- ## [Just a notice of the fer as source of energy](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/just-a-notice-of-the-fer-as-source-of-energy/8004)
**Author:** [@handy](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/handy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/just-a-notice-of-the-fer-as-source-of-energy/8004 "2025-01-01T14:37:47Z")
After some information digging I came to conclusion,the current fer organels are not realistic. First: the equation it says it take fer and gives energy in the present of CO2 but the real equation will be it take Fe2+ w… --- ## [Picked endosymbiont organisms go extinct in one or two turns (0.7.0.0)](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/picked-endosymbiont-organisms-go-extinct-in-one-or-two-turns-0-7-0-0/7776)
**Author:** [@AnthropocenianAge](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/AnthropocenianAge)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 9:08am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/picked-endosymbiont-organisms-go-extinct-in-one-or-two-turns-0-7-0-0/7776 "2024-12-31T09:08:57Z")
I am not sure if this is intended behavior, or if I am just bad at the game, which is why I am posting this here. I have noticed in my most recent playthrough that organisms picked to be endosymbionts always go extinct b… --- ## [Odd prognoses of auto-evo](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/odd-prognoses-of-auto-evo/6993)
**Author:** [@phpcoder2022](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/phpcoder2022)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/odd-prognoses-of-auto-evo/6993 "2024-12-15T21:11:26Z")
Hello. I played chemosynthesis and photosynthesis cells and discover odd auto-evo prognoses. When I played chemosynthesis cell in vulcano, my population permanently increased, excluded moments when I died. But when I pla… --- ## [Auto-evo hates heterotrophs?](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/auto-evo-hates-heterotrophs/7910)
**Author:** [@thriveuser1454](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/thriveuser1454)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/auto-evo-hates-heterotrophs/7910 "2024-12-02T21:14:46Z")
Is auto-evo biased against heterotrophs? I see an awful lot of chemotrophs in my runs, and I’m wondering if auto-evo likes them because they can supply themselves with food. Not sure about this. Don’t know how to phrase… --- ## [Multiple members of species even though population is only 1](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/multiple-members-of-species-even-though-population-is-only-1/7923)
**Author:** [@Romus18](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Romus18)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/multiple-members-of-species-even-though-population-is-only-1/7923 "2024-11-27T07:30:15Z")
This happens every time i enter a new patch. For some reason, even though my population says its only me here, it shows other members of my species there for some reason. Its not really significant, and i would rather ca… --- ## [Thrive speedruns](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/thrive-speedruns/2434)
**Author:** [@Deathpacitoast](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Deathpacitoast)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/thrive-speedruns/2434 "2024-11-19T08:33:02Z")
seeing as the forums are essentially dead, I’ve decided it would be fun to get a community competition ongoing. post your speed runs of the latest thrive version which is as of now Version 5.3.1. and we’ll have a leader … --- ## [Stealing organelles](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/stealing-organelles/7877)
**Author:** [@thriveuser1454](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/thriveuser1454)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/stealing-organelles/7877 "2024-11-07T06:42:21Z")
Endosymbiosis is currently kind of annoying to use. You have to identify the specific cell to absorb, which can be difficult; you have to find it, and it might be in a far-off patch; and it’s liable to go extinct easily. … [Next page](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/c/current-game/microbe-stage/16.md?page=1)