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Hurricane Outbreak (iOS/Android): Tips, Cheats, and Strategy Guide

Hurricane Outbreak is a new game for the iOS and Android platforms that puts you in control of a hurricane in the Atlantic, and your goal is to do as much damage as possible. You can do hurricane scenarios that are both realistic and outlandish, complete quests, earn hurricane points, try to make it through as many stages as possible, and even smash your favorite city with a hurricane. You can also attempt to trigger evacuations, preparations, supply gathering, and a whole lot more.

Continue reading for a collection of tips and cheats for Hurricane Outbreak!

In each state that you play, there are three buttons. The left and right steering buttons are on the bottom left and bottom right corners of the screen, and there is a pause button, which curiously looks like a skip button. You can pause whenever you need to figure out what your next move is gonna be, and you want the hurricane to stop moving until you figure it out.

Plan out your steering before you do it. Whenever you steer, you run out of energy, and if you completely deplete your steering energy, you have to wait for a bit until it cools down to do it again. If you plan out your maneuvers beforehand, you can use the minimum amount of energy possible and still cut a smart path through the ocean and various countries.

Whenever you complete a stage, you can earn hurricane points. You can also earn five hurricane points at a time by watching advertisement videos, and you can do this as many times as you want, as long as you have a good internet connection. If your internet connection is not good, then the videos won’t load, but if you have a good connection, then they will keep loading endlessly.

Your maximum hurricane category is determined by what quest you are playing. There are five quests for each category, from one through five. You can also play categories six through 10 if you purchase the full game, which allows you to explore various global warming scenarios that enable otherworldly hurricanes that aren’t currently possible in real life.

After you beat all of the realistic scenarios, you will be able to engage in free play, where you score as many points as possible using one single hurricane. There is also a free play mode in the global warming expansion pack, which allows you to do the same thing, except You can use up to a category 10 hurricane.

If you want to hit a lot of countries in a short amount of time, aim at the small islands in the eastern part of the Caribbean. If you want to hit a lot of provinces, aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which have tons of very small provinces. For lots of preparations and evacuations, aim anywhere that has a major city, such as Miami in Florida, Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, or Columbia and Venezuela or Mexico.