Progression
Strong accounts are not built by upgrading everything. They are built by knowing what deserves your builders, where your research badges should go, and which resources are worth protecting for the next meaningful milestone.
Focused growth beats equal-level growth.
Keep the next important unlock moving instead of trying to make every building, research tree, and system look even.
- Prioritize the HQ path
- Spend badges with a destination
- Protect universal materials
Six guides, one goal: efficient progress
Start with Building and Research Priority, then use the supporting guides to plan the resources and systems behind them.
Building Priorities
Know which buildings should stay close to HQ, which can trail behind, and where Level 20 becomes the sensible default stopping point.
- Core vs. secondary priorities
- Plan around HQ prerequisites
- Protect builder time
- Stop passive resource buildings around 20
Research Priorities
Follow a practical research order from New Home and Elite Troops through Alliance Recognition, Military Strategies, Peace Shield, and the later combat trees.
- Know the important unlock gates
- Prioritize Alliance Recognition value
- Reach Peace Shield efficiently
- Use one or two Labs intelligently
Resources & Steel
Gather efficiently, protect unopened inventory, understand each resource, and prepare for Steel-heavy late-game progression.
- Keep idle marches gathering
- Protect resource packs
- Build recurring Steel income
- Time major spending with events
HQ Requirements
Check prerequisite buildings, resource costs, and hero-level caps before committing to your next Headquarters push.
- Choose the target HQ first
- Review prerequisite buildings
- Confirm the resource total
- Plan the upgrade before spending
Refugee Guide
Prioritize the refugees that improve daily account efficiency, compare every rarity buff, and recruit without wasting tickets.
- Prioritize Diplomat first
- Compare Green through Orange buffs
- Use the 500-ticket refresh loop
- Time recruits with Shelter Upgrade
Forging Guide
Use Forging Stones at the strongest breakpoint, understand the real cost of Mythic, and avoid parking expensive equipment in inefficient middle stages.
- Take useful gear to +2 first
- Compare stage-by-stage Stone value
- Plan the +2 → Mythic commitment
- Protect scarce Pulse Modules
Use tools before committing materials
Calculate the cost of the next milestone before you begin.
Hero Star Calculator
Estimate fragments and intermediate steps before starting a star upgrade.
Plan stars →⚙EquipmentExclusive Equipment
Plan fragments and levels for one of the most expensive hero systems.
Plan equipment →XPHero levelsHero Experience
Estimate the experience required to reach a target hero level before spending EXP items.
Plan hero levels →