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Interactive Guide Strategy
Base Building & Early Game
Building priorities, HQ prerequisite rotation, and early game fundamentals.
🔄 Core Progression Loop
1
HQ First
Unlocks buildings & level caps
2
Lab Always
Mandatory from HQ8 onward
3
Resources
Food, Wood, Electricity balance
4
Shooter Stages
Rewards & XP feed progression
Building Priority Tiers
🏠
Headquarters
Unlocks everything — buildings, hero levels, features
🔬
Laboratory
Mandatory from HQ8. Enables all research trees
⚔️
All 3 Camps
Assaulter, Shooter, Rider — HQ prerequisites + troop tiers
🎖️
Military Center
Troop capacity and assembly
🧱
City Walls
Defense + rotating HQ prerequisite
📐
Formation
Unlocks formation slots and synergy bonuses
HQ Prerequisite Rotation
| HQ Level | Prerequisite | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 8+ | Laboratory | Always required from this point forward |
| 9+ | City Walls (rotating) | Rotates with Alliance Center & Camps |
| 10+ | Alliance Center (rotating) | Cycle repeats predictably |
| 11+ | Assaulter Camp (rotating) | Plan upgrades ahead of time |
| 12+ | Shooter Camp (rotating) | Keep all camps near HQ level |
| 13+ | Rider Camp (rotating) | Then cycle restarts |
| 18+ | 2nd Laboratory available | Requires Research License purchase |
🎯 Early Game Priorities
- 1. Complete the tutorial — free resources and feature unlocks
- 2. Follow main quest line — progression roadmap
- 3. Join an alliance ASAP — gifts, tech bonuses, protection
- 4. HQ first, always — gates everything in the game
- 5. Save diamonds — don't spend on random items
- 6. Focus 5–6 heroes from ONE faction — switching is expensive
- 7. Time builds during Shelter Upgrade + Full Preparedness events
Faction-Troop Alignment
Blood Rose
Assaulters
Wings of Dawn
Shooters
Guard of Order
Riders
❌ Common Pitfalls
- • Over-investing in resource buildings early (Farmhouse, Residence, Turbine)
- • Spreading hero XP across unrelated factions
- • Ignoring territory unlocks from shooter stages
- • Neglecting the prerequisite cycle planning
- • Keeping builders idle instead of queuing strategic upgrades