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Interactive Guide Economy
Resources & Steel Guide
Master resource gathering, steel farming, diamond income, and smart spending.
🌾Food
Training troops, upgrades
Sources: Gathering, tasks, events
🪵Wood
Building, research
Sources: Gathering, tasks, events
⚡Electricity
Research, high-level upgrades
Sources: Gathering, tasks, events
🔩Steel
HQ31-35, Steel Age research
Sources: Tyrant, bounty, steel nodes
💎Diamonds
Premium purchases, events
Sources: Events, tasks, codes, chests
🪙Gold
Daily shop purchases
Sources: Tasks, events, exploration
⛏️ Gathering Strategy
- • Send ALL marches to gather before sleeping — world map gathering produces 10–50× more than passive buildings
- • Target higher-level nodes for better resources per hour
- • Alliance territory provides gathering bonuses
- • Use gathering-speed heroes (Giselle, Athena, blue-rarity heroes)
- • Proximity reduces travel time — gather near your HQ
Daily Resource Activities
Essential
Overnight GatheringSend ALL marches to gather before sleeping
Essential
Daily TasksComplete every single day for XP and resources
Essential
Bounty MissionsUp to 5,000 diamonds from chest drops
Essential
Truck RunsComponent chests, orange fragments possible
Essential
Tyrant RalliesPrimary steel source — enable Engage Offline
High
Alliance Gifts & RadarFree resources from alliance activity
🛡️ Resource Protection
- • Warehouse only protects resources below its limit — excess can be raided
- • Spend resources before logging off
- • Maintain NAP (Non-Aggression Pact) alliance status
- • Position in alliance territory for protection
- • Keep reserves below warehouse protection threshold
⚠️ Skip Resource Buildings
Four max-level resource buildings produce less than 2M daily resources, yet upgrading costs 16M+ total. Passive production is weak compared to gathering — invest builders in HQ progression buildings instead.