Welcome to the NPIC

New Player Information Center

The reason you’re here is probably because you joined an alliance.

Good for you!

You can ask anything in the alliance chat. Some basics are better explained immediately to prevent you and/or your alliance from harm.

Why?

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Attack & Plunder

First and foremost do not, I repeat DO NOT plunder trucks and special tasks on your own server. Don’t attack anyone on your server without permission of a R4 or R5 in your alliance. All of this might result in an attack on you and/or your whole alliance.

Plunder trucks on other servers

The first steps of plundering trucks, attacking and plundering tasks on other severs are the same. But it is absolutely not the same thing!

Go to your base and look for the parking lot South East (down left). Tap on the truck or empty parking bay(s).

You’ll see a screen with trucks and trains. Tick the checkbox in the upper left and tap tap on a truck.

When you see the #1234 in front of the username it’s on a different server. You can plunder.

If there is no #1234 in front of the username, this is your own server. DO NOT plunder. Check if you checked the checkbox in the top left. No good trucks? Hit the refresh button at the top right (this is endlessly free).

Plunder secret tasks on other servers

The first steps of plundering trucks, attacking and plundering tasks on other severs are the same. But it is absolutely not the same thing!

Go to your base and look for the parking lot South East (down left). Tap on the truck or empty parking bay(s).

You’ll see a screen with trucks and trains. Tick the checkbox in the upper left and tap tap on a truck.

When you see the #1234 in front of the username it’s on a different server. You can plunder.

If there is no #1234 in front of the username, this is your own server. DO NOT plunder. Check if you checked the checkbox in the top left. No good trucks? Hit the refresh button at the top right (this is endlessly free).

You’ll briefly see this screen taking you to the other server.

Now you’re on another server, you’ll see #1234 in front of every user.

Zoom out, but only to the pint you can still see the number below mines. Like the 2’s and 3’s in this screen. If you zoom out further, you can’t see secret tasks.

Top right shows you where you are on the map. Move to the center of the map. This is where the highest ranked players and therefore tasks are.

Look for the three boxes icon. Gold is always better than purple. So a Gold level 3 is better than a Purple level 4. Click on the icon to plunder the task.

If the icon is grey, it has been plundered to the max by other players. Don’t forget to share (share icon top right) the location with your alliance if there are plunders left after you plundered.

Attacking on a different server

The first steps of plundering trucks, attacking and plundering tasks on other severs are the same. But it is absolutely not the same thing!

Go to your base and look for the parking lot South East (down left). Tap on the truck or empty parking bay(s).

You’ll see a screen with trucks and trains. Tick the checkbox in the upper left and tap tap on a truck.

When you see the #1234 in front of the username it’s on a different server. You can plunder.

If there is no #1234 in front of the username, this is your own server. DO NOT plunder. Check if you checked the checkbox in the top left. No good trucks? Hit the refresh button at the top right (this is endlessly free).

You’ll briefly see this screen taking you to the other server.

Now you’re on another server, you’ll see #1234 in front of every user.

If there is no special event, you’ll need an Advanced Teleporter to teleport to another server.

Advanced Teleporters are available in the Alliance Store (depending on your level also in other stores).

VS Battles

VS Battles happen every week and take 6 days. So basically 6 days a week you can earn extra points.Preparing for them makes your life a lot easier. It is best NOT to use these items until the day has come that it gives extra bonuses.

Click on the + icons for explanation per item.

Day 1 – Radar Training

Stamina is what is used to perform radar tasks or perform attacks on the map. Gathering tasks from mines do not consume stamina. The amount is show just below your profile picture with the lightning bolt. In this case it is 101 stamina. Twice a day you can claim 50 free stamina, but they can only be claimed with 4 hours in between.

Start saving radar tasks the day before, so you have the maximum amount on the day itself.

Radar tasks can be found by pressing the radar icon, in this case at the bottom left. You can save radar tasks. The amount is based on your level. Here you see at the top left 7/35, which means 7 are stored with a maximum of 35.

Tapping on the question mark will show you the time till you get new tasks.

Tapping on the small radar icon will show you how many new radar items you will get. In this case 10 new tasks because the radar tower is level 8.

Save the hero XP and only use them on day 2 and 4.

The heroes button is very clearly presented. It shows a red dot when it can be upgraded. It is tempting, but wait till the days it gives extra points.

The red dots show which heroes can be upgraded.

Only the green upgrade button gives you the extra points. The gear like shields, guns etc. displayed around the hero do not. Upgrading tiers does NOT give extra points on day 2. Don’t use the shards (puzzle pieces) yet.

When you reach level 10 you’ll get a battle drone.

Upgrading this with the green button gives you extra points.

Upgrading this with the green button will sometimes pass a level where drone parts are used (they have a gear icon). You don’t have to do anything extra for this.

Gathering every 100 food gives you points. When you run out of stamina, send your teams out to gather food, iron or gold, whichever you need most. It counts for every 100, so it adds up!

Go to the world map and click on the magnifying glass.

Look for the type of mine/resource you want to gather. If you have multiple teams send them all out.

Don’t forget to have them back before the VS day ends, otherwise the points don’t count. Sometimes it is easier (e.g. when you go to bed) to take a lower level mine so the gathering automatically finishes before the day ends.

Gathering every 100 iron gives you points. When you run out of stamina, send your teams out to gather food, iron or gold, whichever you need most. It counts for every 100, so it adds up!

Go to the world map and click on the magnifying glass.

Look for the type of mine/resource you want to gather. If you have multiple teams send them all out.

Don’t forget to have them back before the VS day ends, otherwise the points don’t count. Sometimes it is easier (e.g. when you go to bed) to take a lower level mine so the gathering automatically finishes before the day ends.

Gathering every 60 gold gives you points. When you run out of stamina, send your teams out to gather food, iron or gold, whichever you need most. It counts for every 60, so it adds up!

Go to the world map and click on the magnifying glass.

Look for the type of mine/resource you want to gather. If you have multiple teams send them all out.

Don’t forget to have them back before the VS day ends, otherwise the points don’t count. Sometimes it is easier (e.g. when you go to bed) to take a lower level mine so the gathering automatically finishes before the day ends.

Day 2 – Base Expansion

  • Use 1-min Construction Speed-up
  • Increase Building Power by 1pt
  • Dispatch UR Trade Truck 1 time
  • Perform 1 Legendary Secret Task
  • Recruit Survivor 1 time

Day 3 – Age of Sience

  • Use 1-min Research Speed-up
  • Increase Tech Power by 1pt
  • Use 1 Valor Badge
  • Complete 1 Radar task
  • Open Drone Component Chest

Day 4 – Train Heroes

  • lite Recruit 1 time
  • Use at least 660 Hero EXP Points at a time
  • Use Hero Shard
  • Use Skill Medal

Day 5 – Total Mobilization

  • Complete 1 Radar task
  • Use 1-min Construction Speed-up
  • Increase Building Power by 1pt
  • Use 1-min Research Speed-up
  • Increase Tech Power by 1pt
  • Use 1-min Training Speed-up
  • Train 1 unit

Day 6 – Enemy Buster

  • Dispatch UR Trade Truck 1 time
  • Perform 1 Legendary Secret Task
  • Use 1-min Construction Speed-up
  • Use 1-min Training speed-up
  • Use 1-min Healing Speed-up
  • Enemy Unit Killed from rival Alliance
  • Enemy Unit Killed

Leveling up

What buildings to upgrade first? At which level do you stop upgrading? What to research? All this can be overwhelming. Also this is the most controversial topic, since it depends on free to play, buying things and opinions.

Most important buildings

What are the best buildings to upgrade and at what level to stop is a matter of opinion. Below is a recommendation a lot of advanced players will give you.

  1. Tech center (Max at 30)
  2. Barracks (keep two at the highest level, the other two just low enough to train your second-highest level troops) (Max at 30/30/29/29)
  3. Tank center (Max at 28, unless your main squad is tanks, in which case max at 30)
  4. Training ground (max at 29), hospital (max at 27), wall (max at 26), alliance center (max at 23)

You have to keep up with all of these until they hit the max levels I included. If you get too far behind, your HQ will take a while to upgrade (for example if you need wall lvl 26 but it’s still at 22.

HQ Requirements

Other

These are tips and tricks that will help you level up quicker.

The Capitol – Jobs

There are 7 main jobs and a few that can be temporarily available depending on server wars.

Except for the Vice President also called VP (formerly know as the First Lady (FL)) all jobs require no knowledge and you don’t have to worry about anything when applying. When you apply the VP will allow you to go in the queue, once in, you can see when you will be in office. You get the job for 5 min and if there are people in the queue, you’ll be automatically replaced right after that. I normally set an alarm to not forget.

President

This is reserved for the alliance that owns the capital (center region on the map).

  • Boost Hero HP + 5%
  • Boost Hero Attack + 5%
  • Boost Hero Defense + 5%

Vice President (VP)

This is assigned by the president at the start and after this, the VP can choose their own successor. I recommend reading the topic on this before ever applying.

  • Appoint Officials
  • Construction Speed-up + 20%
  • Research Speed + 20%
  • Training Speed + 10%

Secretary of Strategy

5min time slot that gives the following perks only for newly started jobs (so not on units already being healed in the hospital).

  • Hospital’s Capacity + 20%
  • Unit Healing Rate + 20%

Secretary of Security

5min time slot that gives the following perks only for newly started jobs (so not on units already being trained in the barracks).

  • Unit Training Capacity + 20%
  • Training Speed + 20%

Secretary of Development

5min time slot that gives the following perks only for newly started jobs (so not on research and building upgrades already started).

  • Construction Speed-up + 50%
  • Research Speed + 25%

Secretary of Science

5min time slot that gives the following perks only for newly started jobs (so not on research and building upgrades already started).

  • Research Speed + 50%
  • Construction Speed-up + 25%

Secretary of Science

5min time slot that gives the following perks.

  • Boost Iron Output + 100%
  • Boost Food Output + 100%
  • Boost Coin Production + 100%

Military Commander

This job is available after your server beats another server.
5min time slot that gives the following perks only for newly started jobs (so not on research and building upgrades already started).

  • Marching Speed + 5%
  • Damage Boost + 5%

Administrative Commander

This job is available after your server beats another server.
5min time slot that gives the following perks only for newly started jobs (so not on research and building upgrades already started).

  • Construction Speed-up + 60%
  • Research Speed + 60%

The Capitol – Speed Increase

When you’re assigned a hat that boosts your construction speed by 50%, you would expect the time to be halved, but that is not how it works.

Let’s do an analogy to explain it better:

  • It takes 100 blocks to build a HQ.
  • Your initial speed is 1 block per minute.
  • So with no hat it would be 100 minutes to build.
  • With a 50% speed increased hat you speeds goes up to 1.5 blocks per minute.
    So the new construction time is:
    time = blocksToBuildHQ / speed = 100 block / 1.5 blocks/minute = 66.7 minutes.
  • The hat increases your build speed 50% which reduces the construct time by 33%.

So you will not see your time be reduced by the same amount the speed % is increased, keep that in mind when you are planning to use speed ups.

Additionally, the more buffs you already own (through skins, decorations, villages, etc.), the less effective a hat is compared to the initial time.

So continuing with the analogy above:

  • you already have 100% construction speed buff so your speed is 2 blocks per minute
  • you get the developer hat that increases your speed by 50% (calculated on the initial 1 block per minute speed) to 2.5 block per minute
  • so instead of having 33% effectiveness (time reduction), it would be from 100/2 to 100/2.5, which is an effectiveness of only 20% (time reduction)

Credits to Last War Tutorial

The Capitol – Vice President (VP/FL/First Lady)

The Vice President also called VP (formerly know as the First Lady (FL) in previous versions of the game) requires a bit of understanding on what to do.

The first VP is selected by the President, after this the VP can select the next VP.

VP used to be quite complicated and needed a lot of manual labor to keep lists etc., nowadays the game supports waiting lists.

What is the job of a VP:

  1. You’ll need to be online a lot while in office
  2. People apply for a job and go on the list
  3. The VP accepts a player and this player goes on the auto appoint list
    Alternatively the VP can manually appoint someone to skip the queue

If you’re not online, a long waiting time will hurt the entire server. This becomes especially important when the server gets to the level where you start competing with other servers.

Rotating survivors

Any building where you start to produce something with benefit of survivors can use this strategy.

The many buildings are Tech Center (if you have multiple) and Barracks.

  1. Put your best survivors in the first building.
  2. Start task (research, recruiting etc.)
  3. Move the same survivors to the next building
  4. Repeat step 2

You don’t have to leave the survivors in the first building.

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