Spending Guide

by Gaddings

NOTE: The following content is highly opinionated, you can have different priorities than the author!

Crucial buys

Buy these if you want to spend money on the game

2nd Builder

Decreases waiting time and accelerates your development

3rd Builder

See above. In later stages you need two Builders to work on your HQ requirements and one for side projects, such as Barracks and Tank/Aircraft/Missile Center.

2nd Tech Center

Same as for the builders. Researching tech is equally important.

Initial buy pack (the one that gives you Kimberly)

This pack gives you Kimberly the best offensive tank hero for little money.

Great buys

Battle Passes for the Heroes you want

Inform yourself what is the best setup for you. If you are a big whale you'll probably get all the battle passes anyway. As a dolphin you might focus on the tank heroes first, as this will be the most cost-effective solution to get a strong "golden" squad.

If you focus on tank heroes you will at least need Williams, Stetman and Marshall. If you have more patience than money Marshalls Battle Pass can be skipped, as he is to enter the Tavern early. The other two will not be in Tavern for a long time though.

Adventurer Taylor

This is the VIP (1-7) Exclusive. She provides you with extra chests from radar tasks daily. Amount and type of chest depends on her star level.

You can see her like a kind of dividend stock that, once bought, will have returns for your lifetime. So if you plan to play for more than a few months she's great to have.

You have to decide on the level you want her in. The purple chests get upgraded to golden ones on star level 4, which is VIP 2-6, so quite some money to invest.

Purple chest Golden chest
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Custom Weekly Passes

These are good value. Best way to get those crucial Drone Parts. Always add Drone Parts to the mix. Next best things are golden resource chests and stamina. The final thing to add depends on what you need more. Usually it's ore, but can be Hero XP, depending on your situation.

HQ 16 & HQ 19 Limited Pack

These allow you to speed up your progression vastly. Basically skip resource gathering needs for your next HQ level. I only bought the 16, because 19 was too expensive for me, but value-wise still great.

I don't think these are relevant to any of us anymore though. The later offers were much too expensive to be even considered by me, whales might have different opinions.

Value buys

Super Monthly Pass

Although I never bought it, the Super Monthly Pass looks decent. Great daily stuff to pick up and the only way to get and preserve the 4th squad.

Radar Pass

I just bought it once so far, because it's better value than the limited offers for getting shards to upgrade a new hero. It's cool that you also get some skill medals with it. It provides 55 golden shards.

Occasional buys

Daily Sale

Those 3 packs for a bundle discount that get you 10 shards for a hero of your choice. I rarely bought it, but it is fine if you are missing just a few shards.

Drone Great Value Pack

This one is one of the daily offers that pops up on mondays. It's way better than the corresponding "Pack store" pack if you need Drone Parts. Still much worse than the Custom Weekly Passes though.

Mediocre buys

All other daily offers

(except the Drone Great Value Pack)

Fast Growth Pack, Gear Progression, etc. Still better than the corresponding pack stores but not great.

Weekly Pass

It helps progressing for sure, but there are better options to get resources, if you are active.

Don't buy these

Any pack store offer

These don't have much value compared to other things or event packs. The percentages reflect that roughly.

Any Daily Must-buy offer

See above

Any Weekly Deal

See above