Auto-tu is the system that determines how much V$'s you are going to receive. Through the Auto-tu system V$'s are deposited into your account every 10 seconds.

The amount you receive every 10 seconds is referred to as the TIC you are getting.

The max TIC you can reach currently in the game is 30k per 10 second interval. The amount of TIC you will receive is based on a number of factors.

The primary factors are your exchange rate, amount of assets built in a camp, age of the camp, and the number of camps built.

First the basics:

Your camp must have a production level of 5tu or more to earn any TIC for that camp.

Your camp must have the minimum amount of assets built to begin to receive TIC, currently (80k)

Beyond Basics:

 If your camp hits 100k you will increase your TIC

 If you reach 160k you will increase your TIC even more

The asset level you are at for an individual camp and the camp age (older is better)

will determine what TIER of income you will be at. Assets of 160k or more are required for the higher TIERS

Middle TIER:

If you are only at the middle assets level of 100k then:

If your exchange rate is over 2.0 then you can earn 75 TIC for that camp

If your exchange rate is below 2.0 then you will receive a percentage of the 75 (so if you are 1.9 you get 95% of 75 or 71)

Higher TIER:

If you are at the 160k or higher for assets then your TIERS are as follows:

*note, if you are below all asset levels then your camp TIC will be 10

otherwise you will only earn a percentage of the numbers listed below*

TIER 1 camp is less then 30days old, 150V$ TIC

TIER 2 camp is less then 60days old, 200V$ TIC

TIER 3 camp is less then 90days old, 250V$ TIC

TIER 4 camp is over 90days old, 300V$ TIC

Remember that those values are adjusted if your exchange is lower then 2.0

Also, if you hide a camp, depending on your level, your TIC production will be lower for that camp.

Since TIC is every 10 seconds, a camp that makes 200TIC is actually making 1200V$ per minute.

Exchange rate is affected by your level and the number of camps you own, higher the level and the more camps you own the higher your exchange rate. This rate is the conversion value of TU, the mineral you mine for, to V$'s

Recommendations

As a low level or new player you will need to focus initially on getting built assets

up to at least the 100k mark, but better to push for 160k

You want to get to TIER 1 as fast as you can, since your exchange rate is low you will

only earn about 25% of the TIC, so leveling up a few levels initially is a good idea as well

You keep your protection status until you reach level 20, so when your ready

level up a few levels to get a better TIC, and then maximize it with assets

Work on claiming a few available visitor camps and start bring those up

You might not have enough stuff to build them all up right way so just

worry about getting to the min of 80k to at least get the TIC flowing.

Bonus

To gain even greater TIC per camp, remember that there is a bonus awarded to TIC based on the TU capacity you have in the camp. The more capacity, i.e. the more wells, silos, buildings that hold TU are built, the more bonus TIC you can earn for that camp.