Reddit Post by decandence: “Need some early game guidance”

This is a copy of a useful reddit post since some countries block access to Reddit. Note that only some responses have been added to this page.

Hey guys a new player here,

So i digged through some guids to get a basic understanding of the game. Iam base 19 right now ( as much als i learned power doesnt say too much) i also just got my t7 vehicles enhanced which was my last big checkpoint where i new what i had to aim for.

I built around 17 farms on lvl 15 and iam raider. Iam very confused right now what my next goals should be… Some people say stay on base 19 some say rush further. Also I am wondering when i should start to research parts production. Furthermore do i value chips or cores for part production higher? Iam currently unsure in which one to put my cash since i cant sustain both right now.

I would be very glad if some experienced player would show up which i could pm every so often i encounter new questions.

I ofc focus on zone com right now. Which lvl should be my baracks/hospitals and mines at each base stage as raider?

Thanks in advance! This sub is awesome. So much valuable information.

Edit: Only 3 Hours and already more information then i hoped for.Love this community!

Response from crusader002

I am non-spending/f2p player. I have b25 base in about 4.5-5 months. Never purchased any resource or hero pack, arms supply or project hero. I have 1.3m tech power, have 9 out of 17 orange heroes awake and getting t9 in another 3-4 weeks.

So one thing which people fail to tell to a new player about staying on a base level is, the more you push your base level the better rewards you get from daily events and coz chests.
This game is not like other games where staying at a base level and maxing out everything will make your base better. Push your base to level 25 as soon as possible to start getting better resource and diamonds rewards. For instance, 2nd box of daily event/challenge give 1k diamonds at b23 and 1.5k diamonds and b25.

You have 17 farms to make things easier for you. I have just 6 and I don’t raid them regulary, I just do trade exchange on them and try to get only oil and iron from exchange as crop and lumber you get enough from daily events. Then raid those whenever I need iron or oil.

Before I pushed to b25, I used my all resources for pushing b23 and zone comm researches only. After getting b23, I stopped upgrading my warehouse. B’coz I started getting enough diamonds to use those for missing resources and in 2 weeks after hitting b23 I got b25. After this you can concentrate on other researches and buildings. To add more, I pushed for t8 troops after getting b23 first as you need vehicle garrage at lvl 23 for getting b24 anyway. So depending on your state’s power and enemy state you are getting in svs, you can totally skip your t7 and push to t8 after b23. Coz if enemy has t8-t9 troops and and you don’t even have awakened heroes then even t7 won’t help much. So better avoid fights for few weeks and then get to t8 straight.

About heroes, see pushing to b23+ will help you there as well. After b23 you start getting super tickets from svs day win. So I don’t use my super tickets on every hero day but I save them for the special hero recruitment and that time i have around 50-100 tickets, which makes chance of getting a orange hero a lot better.

And keep doing parts researches, most of these researches doesn’t require iron and oil. So you can use these researches to push your score on research day. And you need these researches after b25 to push for golden parts. See some videos on youtube about this topic.

About chips, before b23 you can choose on not to keeping making chips but after b23 it will become necessity as you need chips for upgrading war rooms and missile related buildings. Also upgrading chip factory give a good amount of points on construction day and these require only crop and some money.

I tried to put everything in as short as possible. Ask me if you need anything else.

Response from reddit_uzer

With 17 farms you should be scaling up quite nicely. Based on this I’d say rush Zone Comm and B23. Going from B23 to B25 doesn’t take as long as B19-B21. I’d also build up a second account (trader) as well, then use this second base to farm your other 16, that way you aren’t spending so much durability collecting your resources. When you get to B25 and have Zone Comm completed go for T9 units

Response from pubgDC

Every third chest for clash of zones holds the best rewards. I focused my base level by my ability to receive the 6th chest until zone commemoration was complete. Someone posted a chart here a while back showing the point requirements for coz by base level. Being able to hit that 6th chest is a big boost to completing that zone comm as courage badges are a bitch in the beginning. I Upped my base to 23 while making sure I could reach at least the sixth chest. Base 23 is important for extra orange tickets as heroes become your issue late game.

As for chips or cores Definitely prioritize chips. The builds that use it are very important and contribute huge to your coz points. When you can, start making cores as many are used for making parts. Parts research and production is very poor you will mainly buy parts with diamonds and get some through helicopter pad ( will elaborate more on that soon). However as someone else has stated parts research is great for coz points. I use parts research mainly for coz chest and finishing dailies.

As for hospital levels and barracks its not overly important yet. Get your main barracks around your base level so you can steal more money. Later you can steal more then those farms make I think around 990k per hit. Your farms will at least be able to save a lot before then. Make sure you use your hero trick for diamonds for farms it also helps with rss quite a bit. Also certain dailies during hero day give 3 million xp (at base 25) compared to 1 million. Try to time your coz with those dailies on hero day as it is a huge boost for leveling heroes.

Some things I wish I knew a bit earlier:

The new helicopter: As you level the helicopter the rewards get better. Around level 22 I always seemed to get part materials. I have saved up a couple gold parts using the helicopter alone. It cost quite a bit of rss both in leveling and trading for the materials, but I found it worth it. I leveled this up to 24 and it feels like I get more part materials then lvl 22, but I can not say for sure. I would recommend leveling these up on the farms and trading materials (food for metal) if you don’t mind the extra time.

Hero Tokens: You can earn 60 a day for the first 3 dailies you complete. They are great for getting duplicates for season heroes late game. I would save those and maybe only use it to buy enzo who reduces resource cost (Must buy one month arms package to use, but don’t need to buy again)

Farms: If you do not use Nox I would highly recommend it. I run 36 farms in batches of 10 and spend about 20 minutes a day on them (with the exception of hero day which sucks). I use their free hero tickets and explore. Money becomes your biggest issue later. Try to maximize your farms money production. Maybe add 3 more so you can hit all of your farms evenly ( have enough durability to hit 20). Anyhow you should be able to save up quite a bit before you can start taking it for more then it produces.