Mort's first week: rules, rewards and timing

Short answer

Mort, the old caretaker, walks new players through their first five days, with a reward for every step.

Day 1 is the First Night: building, binding and your first fight. Each later day opens once the previous one is finished and enough time has passed.

Every step pays a small reward, and finishing a day pays gold.

Step	Reward
Build a Scrapworks	40 scrap, 20 timber
Build the Binding Pit	30 timber, 10 biomass
Bind your first zombies	10 biomass, 6 serum
Post guards at a gate	30 scrap
Claim the daily reward	30 timber
Build the Serum Lab	8 serum
Start a research	40 scrap, 4 serum
Upgrade a building	40 scrap, 40 timber
Send a hunting party	20 biomass
Train once in the Training Yard	6 serum
Win a raid or hold your gate	10 gold

Step	Reward
Build a Rot Garden	60 scrap
Build a second Scrapworks	60 timber
Finish a level 2 upgrade	80 scrap, 60 timber
Play three more Training Yard runs	40 biomass
Guard two sides of the village	8 serum
Day reward	5 gold

Step	Reward
Expand the island	120 scrap, 80 timber
Build a Warehouse	80 timber
Research a track to level 2	15 serum
Grow a squad to six zombies	40 biomass
Win a hunt against a wild horde	10 serum
Day reward	5 gold

Step	Reward
Build a barricade on the fence	60 scrap
Upgrade a road gate	80 timber
Get a squad to level 2	10 serum
Win a raid on a rival	150 scrap
Choose a path at level 3	150 scrap, 100 timber
Day reward	5 gold

Step	Reward
Fortify the keep	60 biomass
Guard all four sides	10 serum
Mutate a squad	15 serum
Reach skill level 3 in a Training Yard game	80 timber
Reach 250 strength	100 scrap, 100 timber
Day reward	10 gold