Direct answer
What should you do?
During your first seven days, prioritize a stable economy, one dependable battle formation, alliance access, and recoverable progression. Unlocking every system is less important than keeping builders, research, heroes, and troops moving toward the same goal.
Key takeaways
- Keep development queues active, but do not scatter resources across every possible upgrade.
- Build one readable hero and troop formation before investing in several incomplete teams.
- Join an active alliance early because shared objectives, reinforcement, and event coordination change the pace of growth.
1. Days 1–2: establish a reliable growth loop
Follow the opening objectives until the core city, troop, hero, campaign, and alliance systems are visible. Treat these objectives as an introduction, not a command to upgrade everything equally. A focused account reaches useful milestones faster than one that spends every resource as soon as it appears.
Choose a small set of buildings and research goals that directly support your current troops and campaign progress. Before leaving a session, check that building, research, training, and recovery queues are doing useful work. This creates progress without requiring constant play.
- Claim guided rewards only after checking whether they unlock the next practical upgrade.
- Keep enough resources in reserve for the next required building or research step.
- Use early campaign stages to learn movement, targets, and hero skill timing.
2. Days 3–4: turn heroes and troops into one formation
A formation works when its roles support one another. Start with a durable front line, a reliable source of damage, and control or recovery that helps the team survive long enough to act. Power is useful, but a clear battle plan makes upgrades easier to evaluate.
Test changes in repeatable content. Watch which unit is threatened first, whether an important skill fires too late, and whether damage reaches the right target. Change one hero, guardian, or position at a time so the result teaches you something.
- Avoid leveling every hero evenly during the first week.
- Match troop position to hero role rather than placing the highest number in front.
- Save a battle report or screenshot when a change produces a clear improvement.
3. Days 5–7: join the social and event layer
An active alliance provides information as well as rewards. Read event times, ask which shared objectives matter, and learn how the group handles rallies, reinforcement, strongholds, and recovery. The best first-week contribution is reliable participation, not reckless fighting.
Before the first larger event, check protection and recovery options. Decide what loss you can absorb, what troops must remain available, and when to stop. This lets you participate without turning one mistake into several days of rebuilding.
- Choose an alliance whose active hours match your own.
- Confirm rally instructions before sending a march.
- End the week with one clear next goal: campaign progress, formation improvement, or alliance readiness.
Decision table
| First-week goal | Good default | Common mistake |
|---|---|---|
| City growth | Advance the upgrades required by your next useful system | Upgrading low-impact buildings only because resources are available |
| Formation | Develop one balanced team and test it repeatedly | Splitting hero resources across several unfinished teams |
| Alliance | Join active players with compatible event times | Choosing only by alliance power or name |
| War readiness | Check protection, hospital, and recovery before fighting | Entering every event with all available troops |
Frequently asked questions
What should a new Alliance at War player upgrade first?
Prioritize the buildings and research that unlock or strengthen your current growth loop, primary troop type, and first dependable formation. Exact requirements can change by release, so follow current in-game prerequisites.
Should beginners build several hero teams?
Usually not during the first week. One complete, understandable formation is more useful than several underdeveloped teams.
When should I join an alliance?
Join as soon as the alliance system opens and you can identify an active group whose language and event schedule fit your play time.
Official sources and scope
This guide is based on current official product information and product-team review. Exact values, event rules, and unlock requirements can change; verify time-sensitive details in the live game.
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