Clear the Avalanche Dig Rescue Getting Started Guide

Clear the Avalanche: Dig & Rescue drops you into a village buried under snow and ice. Your job is simple to say and deep to master: dig, sell, upgrade, free houses, and stay warm when storms hit. This beginner guide covers the first hour so you avoid the usual traps — empty backpack trips, ignored codes, and digging straight down forever without finding a house.

Play free on Roblox via the official experience page. Solo works fine; up to three friends can join the same rescue (see the Co-op Guide).

Minute-zero checklist

1. Like the game and join the Studs Construction group for the permanent +10% coins bonus.
2. Open the Shop → Codes tab and redeem every string on the Codes Hub (start with AVALANCHE).
3. Equip your starter shovel and dig the soft snow nearest base camp.
4. Fill the backpack, return to camp, and sell snow for coins.
5. Buy the first shovel upgrade that increases dig power before anything cosmetic.
6. Note fire barrel locations for the first snowstorm.

Clear the Avalanche: Dig & Rescue gameplay overview

The core loop

The economy is a tight loop: dig snow/ice → fill backpack → sell at base camp → upgrade shovel/backpack/gear → dig deeper → uncover houses → open new areas. Skipping the sell step is the number-one beginner mistake. A full backpack earns nothing until you cash it at camp.

Soft snow clears fastest. Ice takes stronger tools or more swings. As you upgrade, corridors toward house outlines become more valuable than decorative pits. When a house is fully freed, you usually unlock progress toward the next buried cluster — details live in How to Rescue Houses.

HUD and controls to learn early

• Shop button — codes, gear, and paid helpers.
• Backpack meter — dig elsewhere only when you still have space; otherwise sell.
• Storm indicators — when weather turns, path to a fire barrel immediately (Snowstorm Survival).
• Co-op indicators — watch where teammates dig so you do not stack four players on one tile.

Mobile and desktop both support the dig loop; use whichever input lets you sell quickly between swings.

First upgrades that actually matter

Spend early coins and code gems in this order unless a patch changes costs:

1. Shovel dig power
2. Backpack capacity
3. Quality-of-life gear that speeds travel between dig site and camp
4. Specialty tools for ice once soft snow is trivial

Compare options on the shovels tier list and gear upgrades pages so you do not buy a side-grade. The Players Hub summarizes early loadouts that match this order.

First house rescue goals

Do not wait for a perfect shovel to look for houses. After two or three sell cycles, dig laterally toward any rooftop or wall silhouette under the snow. Clear a wide trench rather than a needle hole so you can move around the structure. Freeing even one house teaches the rescue pacing you will reuse for the rest of the village.

Common beginner mistakes

• Ignoring codes and the group coin bonus
• Buying skins before dig power
• Digging during a full storm instead of warming at barrels
• Never selling until the backpack has been full for minutes
• All friends digging the same hole in co-op

Fix those five and your clear speed jumps without any script. If you later explore automation, read the Scripts Hub safety notes first.

What to do after the first hour

Move into How to Dig Efficiently for route planning, deepen HUD mastery with Controls & HUD, then lock income habits via Earn Coins & Gems and Base Camp & Bonuses. Add storm habits with Snowstorm Survival. Track patches on Updates and keep official links handy on the Links Hub. Return to this page whenever you restart on a new account — the checklist still applies.