Every Survival game gives the opportunity to elect up to 4 mayors. After reaching a specific number of colonists the player is given a choice between 2 randomly picked Mayors of the appropriate level. Level I at 30 colonists, Level II at 200, Level III at 600 and Level IV at 1200 colonists.
Warning: As of the 0.4.9 version of the game it was possible to lose the ability to choose a Mayor if immediately after reaching the colonist number which would prompt the Mayor election a player would save and exit the game before the mayor selection popup would appear.
These Mayors provide a persistent bonus to a type of building or unit.
This Mayor will increase the Wood production of all Sawmills by 2 for the rest of the game
Warning: Those bonuses apply only to the exact mentioned building or unit i.e. The Advanced Mill won't benefit from the bonus to Mills and vice versa.
These Mayors provide a one-time boost of resources upon election.
Example: Pamela Goodson: Wood reserves: +30
This Mayor will increase the amount of wood in your storage. If you had 20 wood, you would now have 50.
Warning: All excess resources (going above your storage capacity) will be lost unless a market is built (where it will be sold for gold instead). Since patch 0.8 all resources above your cap will now be placed on the ground, waiting for one of your units to pick it up.
These Mayors provide a persistent bonus to the Command Center, effectively giving a passive buff.
Example: Zachariah Goforth: Command Center: Gold income +20
This Mayor will grant you an additional 20 gold every 8 in-game hours
These Mayors give you instant access to a research as if you had completed it at the workshop. (However, you still need to have the workshop to build these building. Upgrading building doesn't need workshop, however.)
Example:
After picking this Mayor you will be able to build Farms as if you had completed the research "Research Farms" at the wood workshop (you still need to have wood workshop to build them).
Elvina Dwyer Grants: Research Cottage (can be upgraded from tent, without Wood Workshop)
After picking this Mayor you will be able to build Cottages if you have built wood workshop; If not, you cannot build them straightly, but you can upgrade them from tents.
These Mayors will grant you a number of free units or buildings without having to pay the building price (will still need power, workers, and food)
You can build all rewards from the Bonus category in the Command Center (appears below the Industry tab when a bonus is available)
Example: Geraldine Ventura: The colony gets: Ranger (2)
After picking this Mayor you will be able to build 2 rangers from the Bonus tab in the Command Center. They will be built instantly and cost no gold or wood but still require workers and upkeep.
| Name ⇅ | Type ⇅ | Bonus ⇅ | Flavor text ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Weed | Building | The colony gets: Tesla Tower | Allison Weed is an energetic mayor, even comes with her own power supply! |
| Alyssa Lister | Buff | Sawmill: Wood production +2 | For that man cave you always wanted to build, vote Alyssa Lister for mayor. |
| Arlinka Chester | Buff | Warehouse: Resources storage +25 | In this colony we are so addicted to coffee we don't know where to put it. Vote for Mayor Arlinka Chester for more valuable storage space. |
| Arnoldo Crutchfield | Yield | Command Center: Gold Income +40 | Mayor Crutchfield is the golden boy of Colony politics. |
| Ashley Dahl | Building | The colony gets: Wood Tower (2) | Wanna choose a mayor that makes you feel safe? Ashley Dahl brings extra protection to your town. |
| Carey Scholl | Yield | Command Center: Energy transfer radius +4Command Center: View Range +4 | Elect Carey Scholl as your mayor and you will feel his positive energy spreading all around. |
| Carmine Piper | Buff | Fisherman Cottage: Food supply +3 | Mayor Carmine knows there is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. |
| Carrie Burley | Building | The colony gets: Great Ballista | You chose Carrie Burley as Mayor? Bullseye! |
| Chance Zeigler | Unit | Bonus: Sniper | Choose Chance Zeigler as your mayor and you will have a sly sniper with the biggest gun in town at your disposal. |
| Diana Madison | Research | Grants: Research Market | Make every day a market day with Mayor Madison. |
| Dominique Meehan | Yield | Command Center: Workers supply +12 | Take down that "Help Wanted" sign from your front door. Mayor Dominique Meehan brings in extra muscle. |
| Dora Riddick | Resource | Iron reserves: +10 | Mayor Riddick will leave you in "Ore". |
| Duncan Friend | Building | The colony gets: Stakes Trap (10) | Feeling trapped in local politics? No more than the infected will be thanks to Mayor Friend. |
| Elgin Draco | Buff | Soldier: Building time -30% (24s to 17s)Soldier: Gold cost -30% (240 to 168) | Mayor Draco's campaign slogan "protection at a price" are more than just empty words. |
| Elvina Dwyer | Research | Grants: Research Cottage | Quality homes for the more refined colonists, vote for Mayor Dwyer. |
| Erica Keys | Buff | Hunter Cottage: Food supply +3 | Mad about the 2nd amendment? Mayor Erica Keys will not take your gun from your cold dead hands. |
| Eve Rinaldi | Research | Grants: Research Lookout Tower | Expand your horizons with Mayor Rinaldi. |
| Ezeekiel Sampson III | Resource | Wood reserves: +15Stone reserves: +25 | In the prophetic words of Mayor Ezeekiel Sampson: 'They lurk in the dark where we can not see and strike where we are weakest but I will grant you the power to purge the darkness'. |
| Ryan Wallice | Resource | Wood reserves: +20Stone reserves: +20 | Vote for Mayor Ryan Wallice and he will bring you a much needed dose of Wood and Stone. |
| Fausto Will | Unit | The colony gets: Soldier | It's your lucky day! Mayor Fausto Will comes with a soldier as his personal guard for you to use. |
| Geralda Siler | Yield | Command Center: Energy supply +20 | Mayor Geralda Siler is not lazy, she is just on energy saving mode. |
| Geraldine Ventura | Unit | The colony gets: Ranger (2) | Looking for a couple of brave rangers to join your ranks? This is one of the perks of having Geraldine Ventura as your mayor! |
| Jules Nava | Research | Grants: Research Farms | Mayor Nava is a good farm boy. He will teach you how to build one. |
| Kregard Wolfe | Buff | Sawmill: Workers needed -2Quarry: Workers needed -2 (4 to 2) | Work smarter, not harder. We must innovate or we will perish. This is why you should vote for Kregard Wolfe. |
| Laura Pettigrew | Research | Grants: Research Great Ballista | Shooting for the stars? With Mayor Pettigrew, you will at least shoot some Infected. |
| Lyon Seaton | Building | The colony gets: Mill | Elect Lyon Seaton to the highest office. He will even provide the wood to build it! |
| Mia Strand | Yield | Command Center: Food supply +10Command Center: Gold Income + 10 | They say, "food is the way to the heart." It looks like Mayor Mia Strand is using it to get your votes too. |
| Milan Sorrell | Research | Grants: Research Sniper Soldier | Mayor Sorrell campaign slogan: "Put a bullet in their heads." |
| Normand Keenan | Resource | Stone reserves: +20 | Start from a strong foundation with Mayor Keenan. |
| Pamela Goodson | Resource | Wood reserves: +30 | Can't see the wood for the trees? Maybe because Mayor Goodson brought too much. |
| Paula Mount | Building | The colony gets: Wood Wall (10)The colony gets: Wood Gate | Boost your defenses with Mayor Paula Mount. No need to "grease" her to build 10 wooden walls and one gate. |
| Reyes Luckett | Building | The colony gets: Lookout Tower | You will prove to be a man with vision if you choose Reyes Luckett as your Mayor. The extra Lookout Tower that comes with her will also help. |
| Taurus Slink | Buff | Ranger: View Range +1 (8 to 9)Ranger: Attack range +1 (6 to 7) | To survive is one thing, to thrive is another. Mayor Slink understands sacrifice brings reward! |
| Trent Gibbons | Resource | Gold reserves: +600Wood reserves: +10 | Most politicians leave the vaults empty. On the contrary, Mayor Gibbons fills them up. |
| Valentina Thibodeaux | Building | The colony gets: Farm | Eating what we shouldn't brought us to where we are today. Mayor Thibodeaux is a champion of organic food. |
| Violet Lopes | Resource | Gold reserves:+1000 | Mayor Lopes brings her weight in gold to the office. |
| Warner Pederson | Research | Grants: Research Stakes Trap | You wanna shish kebab someone infected? Mayor Pederson owns the recipe. |
| Wilhelm Werner | Yield | Command Center: food supply +30 | Wolves get your goat? Mayor Wilhem Werner will make sure they get their comeuppance. |
| Wilmarcht Von Bismarck | Buff | All Technologies: Gold cost -10% | Be smart! Mayor W. M. Bismarck has something to share with the colony. |
| Winford Schmid | Building | The colony gets: Quarry | As Mayor Windford Schmid likes to say, "The future is not set in stone." But just in case, he will provide a good bunch of them. |
| Zachariah Goforth | Yield | Command Center: Gold income +20 | Clearly "money makes the world go round." Mayor Zachariah Goforth knows how to spin it. |
| Name ⇅ | Type ⇅ | Bonus ⇅ | Flavor text ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeden O'Brian | Buff | Ranger: life +30% (60 to 78)Soldier: life +30% (120 to 156)Sniper: life +30% (150 to 195) | Get the Mighty fightin' Irishman on your side! Infantry units trained under Aeden O'Brian are much tougher. |
| Alan Fogle | Building | The colony gets: Stone Wall (10)The colony gets: Stone Gate | Some are suspicious of Mayor Fogle obscure construction business, but when it comes to protecting the Colony, he is your man. |
| Arnoldo Crutchfield | Yield | Command Center: Gold income +40 | Mayor Crutchfield is the golden boy of Colony politics. |
| D. Rock Arnie | Building | The colony gets: Farm (2) | The key to survival is keeping everyone healthy. Mayor D. Rock will supply his family farm to feed our soldiers. |
| Dodger Maxwell | Unit | The colony gets: Ranger (5) | Need more scouts? Mayor Dodger Maxwell's Rangers are happy to help. |
| Edna Hatton | Unit | The colony gets: Soldier (3) | Mayor Hatton brings the best company to the office. |
| Ethel Dumas | Building | The colony gets: Shocking Tower | Shocked Mayor Dumas was chosen? Her free shocking tower will fry your enemies. |
| Federico Lynn | Building | The colony gets: Great Ballista (2) | Some said Mayor Lynn didn't have what it takes to defend the Colony. They were dead wrong... |
| Hal Binkley | Unit | The colony gets: Sniper (2) | Mayor Binkley knows how to hit the target when it comes to colony politics. |
| Harlan Harden | Yield | Command Center: Resources storage +50 | Wow! Mayor Harden really knows how to make the most of the space. |
| Helen Heflin | Building | The colony gets: Stone Tower (2) | Vote for Mayor Heflin - a solid choice! |
| Isaiah Grubb | Buff | Sniper: Salary cost -40% (5 to 3) | Mayor Grubb knows a thing or two about efficient military expanding. |
| John Comatoes Cogsworth | Buff | Sniper: Run speed +50% (1.8 to 2.7) | Don't expect a rest, Mayor John C. Cogsworth will make you run, and run, and run. |
| Jon Parris | Building | The colony gets: Lookout Tower (2) | Jon Parris has a clear vision for the Colony. |
| Kendall Barrows | Buff | Mill: Energy supply +20%Advanced Mill: Energy supply +20% | Vote Mayor Barrows to empower your colony. |
| Kitty Joy | Building | The colony gets: Advanced Mill | Kitty Joy will grind her opponents to bits. |
| Leonarda Carden | Buff | Soldier: Salary cost -60% (3 to 1) | Want to save some money on your soldiers? Trust Mayor Carden's outstanding negotiating skills. |
| Lola Franz | Resource | Gold reserves: +3000 | You will make good use of the extra gold that comes with electing Lola Franz for Mayor. |
| Mac Guyver | Building | The colony gets: Advanced Quarry | Mayor Mac Guyver seems to know how to make something out of nothing. Access to extra minerals may be his trick. |
| Maggie Brockman | Unit | The colony gets: Thanatos | Celebrate electing Mayor Brockman with fireworks. The Thanatos unit that comes with her will take care of it! |
| Martha Artis | Buff | Farm: Food generation +20% | Amazing what Mayor Artis can make when it comes to food supply. |
| Nephi Allgood | Unit | The colony gets: Soldier (4) | Mayor Nephi Allgood and his Soldiers colleagues are the best shots around here. |
| Nicolette Linville | Buff | Wood Wall: Life +20%Wood Gate: Life +20% | When it comes to reinforcing the Colony's defenses, nobody does a better job than Mayor Linville. |
| Noelia Blocker | Research | Grants: Research Shocking Tower | Electing Noelia Blocker as your Mayor could be a shock for many. |
| Olena Barnhill | Buff | All structures: Return costs =75% | Having second thoughts on that structure you built? Don't worry, Mayor Barnhill is here to give you the best return on investment. |
| Rashad Lester | Buff | Unit: Building time -10% | Mayor Lester's time management skills will really come in handy for your Colony expansion. |
| Razz | Buff | Buildings: Energy needed -10% | Vote for Mayor Razz and power will no longer be an issue. |
| Rocky Bratton | Resource | Iron resserves: +40 | Mayor Bratton is like a good plate of spinach, really rich in iron. |
| Sara Stone | Resource | Stone reserves: +80 | Mayor Stone honors her name. She surely won't sit in her office with her arms crossed... |
| Sir Worthington | Research | Grants: Research Stone Wall | Mayor Worthington understands the need for bigger, stronger defences! |
| Dr. Stacy Cabral | Buff | Units: Life Regeneration +50% | Infected are the disease and Dr. Stacy is the cure. Vote Dr. Stacy Cabral for Mayor. |
| Vance Scholl | Resource | Wood reserves: +120 | Mayor Scholl may not look like a lumberjack, but he brings the lumber with him. |
| Veran Knudsen | Unit | The colony gets: Lucifer | Feeling cold? Mayor Knudsen knows how to warm you up. |
| Name ⇅ | Type ⇅ | Bonus ⇅ | Flavor text ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alek Archer | Unit | The colony gets: Soldier (6) | "My boys are eager to fight!" Choose Alek Archer as your Mayor and they're all yours. |
| Brandy Tarver | Resource | Stone reserves: +150 | Brandy Tarter knows what it takes to build a strong and durable Colony. |
| Carol O'Keefe | Research | Grants: Research Advanced Mill | Mayor O'Keefe ancestors worked in the iron mines. Iron is literally in her blood. |
| Dan Juicer | Building | The colony gets: Shocking Tower (2) | You elected Dan Juicer as your Mayor? It's a real shock! |
| Darrick Messina | Research | Grants: Research Executor | Destruction and mayhem as you never imagined thanks to Mayor Messina. |
| Del Wilmoth | Buff | Lucifer: Salary cost -30% (12 to 8) | Getting a Lucifer to work for less? Mayor Wilmoth must have friends in Hell. |
| Deon Vanover | Unit | The colony gets: Titan | Eager to get your hands on the mighty Titan? Mayor Vanover can make your dreams come true. |
| Devlin Hawkes | Building | Bonus: Power Plant | Choose Hawkes for mayor and receive the power to defeat the infected! |
| Domenica Daily | Yield | Command Center: Gold income +80 | Dominca Daly brings the golden touch to Colony politics. |
| Fossy Dozier | Building | The colony gets: Advanced Mill (2) | The Industrial Revolution is here! All thanks to Mayor Dozier. |
| Francesca Eason | Building | The colony gets: Radar Tower | You won't be able to keep a secret from Mayor Eason. |
| Galen Slagle | Resource | Iron reserves: +80 | Vote for Galen Stagle! Each voter will receive an excellent iron bar from their personal reserves. |
| Gregory "The Fox" Joyce | Resource | Wood reserves: +30Stone reserves: +30Iron reserves: +30Oil reserves: +30 | What does the Fox say? Mayor Gregory "The Fox" Joyce promises to share his resources with all the colony. |
| Janet Mims | Research | Grants: Research Blades Trap | Janet Mims has a sharp mind for politics, and she's even sharper when it comes to killing infected! |
| Lawerence Guffey | Building | The colony gets: Executor | Receive a free Executor if you elect Lawrence Guffrey. There is nothing cooler than that! |
| Marcellus Quiroz | Research | Grants: Research Radar Tower | Want to see the enemy coming? Mayor Quiroz has the best technology. |
| Nathalie Lessard | Buff | Thanatos: Salary cost -30% (16 to 11) | Mayor Lessard knows how to negotiate the best deals. |
| Newton Denton | Buff | All structures: Building time -20% | When it comes to cutting corners in building, no one better than Mayor Denton. |
| Pamela Stockton | Buff | Cottage: Workers supply +1 (4 to 5) | Get the most out of your workforce, elect Mayor Stockton |
| Reggie Tyler | Building | The colony gets: Oil Platform | As a former oil tycoon, Mayor Tyler knows how to get black gold! |
| Sven Haraldson | Yield | Command Center: Resources storage +100 | Mayor Haraldson may be a bit of a hoarder, but that surely will come in handy for the Colony. |
| Threya Jolly | Resource | Oil reserves: +30 | Mayor Jolly brings some oil to the post. It might help to grease things in the Colony. |
| Victor Wraithchild | Unit | The colony gets: Sniper (4) | Mayor Victor Wraithchild surrounds himself only with the best snipers. |
| Name ⇅ | Type ⇅ | Bonus ⇅ | Flavor text ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose Martins | Buff | Oil Platform: Oil production +20% | Boosting your oil resources is a sacred commitment for Mayor Martins. |
| Brunilda Schrader | Resource | Iron reserves: +200 | Mayor Schrader loads of iron will provide the Colony with a great advantage. |
| Caxi Nite | Buff | Buildings: Energy needed - 20% | Get more spark for the dark! Elect Caxi Nite to help with those power pains |
| Coleen Westmoreland | Buff | Stone House:Worker Supply +2 (8 to 10) | Mayor Westmoreland human resources skills will substantially increase your workforce. |
| Dana Pina | Unit | The colony gets: Lucifer (3) | Dana Pina will give hell to the infected. |
| Dannie Treadway | Building | The colony gets: Executor (2) | It's all about firepower with Mayor Treadway. |
| Don Veto | Buff | Titan: Damage +50% | Do your Gentlemen need more killing power? Mayor Don Veto is a real techie master. |
| Eloyse Cowan | Building | The colony gets: Radar Tower (2) | Keep your enemies in full sight thanks to Mayor Cowan. |
| Eric Chou | Buff | Quarry: Mining resources +30%Advanced Quarry: Mining resources +30% | Desperate for Stone? Iron? Or Gold? Mayor Chou maybe the answer to your prayers! |
| George Kinghunt | Unit | The colony gets: Sniper (7) | Vote for Mayor George KingHunt! Because there are never enough Snipers! |
| Gyna Scoggins | Buff | All buildings: Deffenses life +20% | After years of fighting, Gyna Scoggins has proved to be hard to kill. She will bring that same quality as Mayor of the Colony. |
| Hay Bradford | Buff | Advanced Mill: Energy supply +20% (60 to 72) | If there is a word to describe Mayor Bradford skills, it is efficiency! |
| Jamel Cowley | Buff | Stone House: Gold income +10% | As a former mason, there is no better man for stone building than Jamel Cowley. |
| Jökul Kamprad | Buff | Command Center: Resources storage +200 | It's all about organization when it comes to maximizing space. Mayor Kamprad is up for the task! |
| Les Curtin | Unit | The colony gets: Titan (2) | Mayor Curtin has a saying: "Titans, like shotgun barrels, come in pairs." |
| Mason Kidd | Buff | Stone Wall: Life +20%Stone Gate: Life +20% | Build a Stone Wall around your colony and Mayor Kidd will make it last much longer. |
| ??? | Building | The colony gets: Shocking Tower (3) | ??? |
| Mike Mckeever | Resource | Oil reserves: +100 | To know Mayor Mckeever is to love him. The extra oil that comes with him also helps. |
| Mister B | Building | The colony gets: Bank *This Bank can bypass the regular limitation of 3 Banks. | Short on cash? Vote for Mayor Mister B and watch your money problems disappear. |
| Oprah Derrick | Buff | Titan: Salary cost -30% (40 to 28) | It takes courage to go into a salary negotiations with the Titans. Only Mayor Derrick has the skills to succeed. |
| Oren Cummins | Unit | The colony gets: Thanatos (3) | Victory is not an empty promise when it comes from Mayor Cummins. He has the firepower to support it. |
| Orville Dunn | Unit | The colony gets: Soldier (12) | Infected horde on its way? Mayor Orville Dunn puts with his own personal guard at your disposal! |
| Roberta Nunes | Buff | Advanced Farm: Food supply +20% | Mayor Nunes' experiments on biotechnology will allow your farms to feed many more hungry colonists. |
| Shad Worrell | Buff | Power Plant: Energy supply +20% (160 to 192) | Mayor Worrell is your man when it comes to squeezing that extra kilowatt from your Power Plant. |
| Vannessa Rockenstein | Yield | Command Center: Gold income +120 | Mayor Rockenstein's management skills will improve the Colony's finances. |
| Wildermina Freedman | Building | The colony gets: Wire Fence Trap (40) | Who said you shouldn't bring a knife to a gunfight? Trust Mayor Freedman on that. |
Warning: Some Mayors could be missing from the list. Several Mayor Flavor texts contain typos/mistakes (in name, gender pronouns etc) those are most likely in-game mistakes and were kept as they are
Once you have completed your first Colonist building, you will be prompted to select one of two Mayors. Both will grant you a random bonus selected from a large pool. Below is a list of all known mayor bonuses plus an explanation for each one of them.
| Name ⇅ | Bonus ⇅ | Flavor text ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Kendall Barrows | Mill: Energy Supply +5 | |
| Alyssa Lister | Sawmill: Wood production +2 | |
| Erica Keys | Hunter Cottage: Food supply +3 | |
| Carmine Piper | Fisherman Cottage: Food supply +3 | |
| Trent Gibbons | Gold reserves: +600, Wood reserves: +10 | |
| Normand Keenan | Stone reserves: +20 | |
| Pamela Goodson | Wood reserves: +30 | |
| Dora Riddick | Iron reserves: +10 | Mayor Riddick will leave you in "ore". |
| Zachariah Goforth | Command Center: Gold income +20 | Clearly "money makes the world go round", and Mayor Zachariah Goforth knows how to spin it. |
| Carey Scholl | Command Center/Tesla Tower(?): Energy transfer radius +4 | |
| Mia Strand | Command Center: Food supply: +20 | |
| Geralda Siler | Command Center: Energy supply: +20 | Mayor Geralda Siler is not lazy, she is just on energy-saving mode. |
| Dominique Meehan | Command Center: Workers supply: +5 | |
| Jules Nava | Grants the research: Research Farms | |
| Diana Madison | Grants the research: Research Market | Make every day a market day with Mayor Madison. |
| Elvina Dwyer | Grants the research: Research Cottage | |
| Warner Pederson | Grants the research: Research Stakes Trap | You wanna shish kebab some infected? Major Pederson owns the recipe. |
| Laura Pettigrew | Grants the research: Research Great Ballista | |
| Eve Rinaldi | Grants the research: TechLookoutTower | |
| Geraldine Ventura | The colony gets: Ranger (x2) | |
| Chance Zeigler | The colony gets: Sniper | |
| Fausto Will | The colony gets: Soldier | |
| Valentina Thibodeaux | The colony gets: Farm | |
| Duncan Friend | The colony gets: Stakes Trap (x10) | |
| Paula Mount | The colony gets: Wood Wall (x10) and a Wood Gate | Boost your defenses with Mayor Mount. No need to "greese" her to build 10 Wood wall and a Wood Gate. |
| Ashley Dahl | The colony gets: Wood Tower (x2) | |
| Carrie Burley | The colony gets: Great Ballista | |
| Lyon Seaton | The colony gets: Mill | Elect Lyon Seaton to the highest office. He will even provide the wood to build it! |
| Allison Weed | The colony gets: Tesla Tower | |
| Ethel Dumas | The colony gets: Shocking Tower |
Thanks to Subquake on steam. His guide was used in the creation of this page, but has since been deleted.
This is not an exhaustive list, there are more available. If you know of one, please add it to the list.