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 the Binding Pit	30 timber, 10 biomass
Bind your first zombies	10 biomass, 6 serum
Build a Wall	30 scrap
Build a Scrapworks	40 scrap, 20 timber
Run the Scrapworks loud	20 scrap
Rehearse your fort	10 biomass, 6 serum
Build the Serum Lab	8 serum
Build a Tower	20 biomass
Claim the daily reward	30 timber
Train once in the Training Yard	6 serum
Win a raid on a rival	10 gold

Step	Reward
Start a research	40 scrap, 4 serum
Upgrade a building	40 scrap, 40 timber
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
Move a piece	8 serum
Day reward	5 gold

Step	Reward
Hold three raids	60 biomass
Crack the daily fort	10 serum
Grow to 11×11	80 timber
Send two attacks at once	120 scrap
Reach skill level 3 in a Training Yard game	80 timber
Reach 250 strength	100 scrap, 100 timber
Day reward	10 gold