Automa doesn’t bother with excavating caverns or housing the best dragons in the correct caves. As such, her increasing VP count is simulated by her movement on the Dragon Guild track. In addition, she will compete with you for objectives and score VP from those she meets.

DESIGNER’S NOTE: As you do, Automa gains her VP very slowly at first, but this increases dramatically throughout the course of the game. This is by design. Don’t let her pace at the start of the game fool you; she’s just building her engine, too.