Interactive Guide Strategy

Base Building & Early Game

Building priorities, HQ prerequisite rotation, and early game fundamentals.

🔄 Core Progression Loop

HQ First

Unlocks buildings & level caps

Lab Always

Mandatory from HQ8 onward

Resources

Food, Wood, Electricity balance

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