Welcome to the strategy guide for Great Migrations. Great Migrations is a line-drawing strategy game from National Geographic played on PC. This guide includes tips and tricks, helpful hints for how to complete Great Migrations.
Welcome to the strategy guide for Great Migrations. Great Migrations is a line-drawing strategy game from National Geographic played on PC. This guide includes tips and tricks, helpful hints for how to complete Great Migrations.
The primary goal of Great Migrations is simple: Get as many of your migrating animals to the Safe Zone without losing all to the predators – the higher the animals’ health when landing in the Safe Zone, the more points received!
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The primary goal of Great Migrations is simple: Get as many of your migrating animals to the Safe Zone without losing all to the predators – the higher the animals’ health when landing in the Safe Zone, the more points received!
The difficulty of the level will determine how much health your animals have and how hard the predator hits. The health of your migrants are indicated by both the health bar and appearance.
Damaged – 
Monarch Butterfly follower and
Monarch Butterfly leader. They are not as colorful as healthy monarchs and the holes in the wings indicate damage.
After selecting a leader, draw the path line around the starting point in a circular or figure 8 pattern to attract as many followers as you can. Be careful! If too many followers are collected it will slow down the leader and make you more vulnerable to attack!
Circling Path
Figure 8 Path
A leader can have a maximum of 10 followers but it cuts the overall speed of travel by 50%, allowing predators to catch up and attack. Once you have collected a healthy number of followers, direct your leader away from predators, along a safe path. In the early waves, this usually means the outer edges of the play area, but predators get smarter and more aggressive as the levels progress, so a path that WAS considered safe may become a nasty trap later in the game! You’ll have to adapt to survive!
Method 2 – This method requires more agility than the first but also does not yield as many points. Select a leader and run a quick path in front of the starting point (collecting any other followers that spawn) then take off toward the safe zone.
Straight Path
Dealing with the Moving Predator
Monarch Migration –
Spider, and 
Big Spider
Salmon Migration –
Yearling Bear, 
Bear, and
Big Bear
Zebra Migration – 
Lioness, and 
Lion
Red Crab Migration – 
Yellow Crazy Ant, and 
Angry Crazy Ant
Finding the best path around the wandering predator can sometimes get a little tricky but there are some general methods you can try. There are only two spiders in wave 1 of leg 1 of the Monarch Butterflies migration, so you can ease into a strategy that works for you. One suggestion is to use the stump in the middle (by the starting area) as a blocker – determine which side the spider commits to and take the butterflies around the other side.
The two safest paths to travel are along the upper back rock wall (let the wind help you!) and the other is along the bottom edge of the pond. If the spiders get too close, re-route your group by clicking on the leader again (thus deleting the previous path) and setting a path that steers clear of the danger!
Dealing with the Pop up Predator
Monarch Migration – 
Praying Mantises
Salmon Migration – 
Otter
Zebra Migration – 
Hyena, and 
Striped Hyena
Red Crab Migration – These do not have a pop up enemy. Instead, there are 
Cars.
These predators hide in the environment and surprise unfortunate animals that have come too close. The best way to deal with them is the simplest: Take note of where they are and stay out of that area! You may have to sacrifice a few animals to keep the rest of the group safe, so pay attention!
Dealing with the Path Predator
Monarch Migration –
Oriole, and Grosbeak
Salmon Migration – 
Osprey, and 
Hawk
Zebra Migration – 
Crocodile
Red Crab Migration – 
Seagull
These attackers follow a set path around the map. You can see the path drawn on the game background and can either avoid it altogether (and deal with the other predators), or cross over the path at just the right time. It will take some practice to know just how many of your followers you can sneak past, but often the payoff is worth the risk!
In Great Migrations there is not a single best way to use helpers. The best advice is to experiment with placement and use the combination that works for you. Some suggestions:
Speed – Place these to either help you fly by predators or get past obstacles (wind or currents) more quickly.
Health – Place outside a high traffic area or possible attack area.
Slow – Affects predators, not migrants! Predators start moving as if they’ve had a big meal! Slow them down and move quickly around them!
Milkweed – Protect the monarchs, poison the predators! Use sparingly – works only when monarchs are attacked.
Bee Hive – Place in areas that are heavily patrolled by bears (will distract bears but will not affect other predators).
Mean Disposition – Stuns predators who attack zebras. Like milkweed, only works if zebra is attacked. 
Call of the Queen -Will cause ants to move back to the hive. Be patient! Check out predator tendencies and place wisely
Example – In the picture above there are two Helpers in use: Speed and Slow. The swing set obstacle slows the monarchs down, making them more vulnerable to attack. Speeding them up here can give them a better chance of getting through to the safe zone. Cutting the speed of the predator bird with the “slow” helper increases your chances of getting your migrants to safety!
i. Yearling Bear – easy to avoid and does little damage.
ii. Bear – more challenging to avoid and does moderate damage.
iii. Large Bear – hard to avoid and inflicts major damage.
