If you spend little or nothing, this is the one purchase that delivers absurd value for the cost.

Apocalypse Treasure Guide

$1/day – Hot Events tab

• Strong rewards for the price

• Excellent value even for F2P-leaning players

• Costs $7/week total

👉 Recommendation:
Even if you buy nothing else, this is the best bang-for-buck purchase in the game.

If you want a strong early advantage without committing long-term spending:

Super Supplies

• Great boost to Hero EXP & resources

• Highly effective until ~HQ20

• After HQ20, value drops off significantly

Cost: ~$25/week
Duration: First 2–3 weeks

👉 You should be able to reach HQ20 within the first couple of weeks with normal activity. After that, events, farming, and idle rewards outperform Super Supplies.

For players with some disposable income who want a consistent advantage without going full whale.

Daily Purchases – ~$6/day

Apocalypse Treasure Guide – $1/day

• Still the best daily value in the game

• Should be purchased every single day

Daily Sale – $5/day

• Located in the Diamond shop (top-right)

• Gives 10 S-tier hero fragments per day

• You can swap heroes using the arrow selector

Weekly Result:

• 70 S-tier hero fragments

• Extremely strong long-term progression value

Monthly Purchases – ~$50/month

Hero Code – $25/month

Choose based on progression:

• Under HQ24 / few S-tier weapons:
  → Universal Orange Hero Fragments

• Many S-tier weapons:
  → Power Cores

ApocaAid Monthly Pass – $25/month

Includes:

• Strong daily rewards

• +20% troop ATK & DEF

• Extra marching queue

• Wandering Trader (nice, but not amazing)

👉 The troop buffs alone make this worthwhile for active players.

On-Demand Purchases – ~$20 each (≈ once per week)

If you want to stay even or ahead of most players:

S-Tier Heroes

• Buy them as they become available

• F2P players can unlock them eventually, but it relies heavily on Prime Recruitment RNG

S-Tier Exclusive Equipment

• Massive power spike

• Should be purchased alongside the hero whenever possible

These are some of the most impactful purchases in the game.

Raider License – $5

• Buy once you reach HQ10+

• Strong early and mid-game value

Advanced Mod License – $10

• 10 free vehicle upgrades weekly

• Can crit for extra value

• Not mandatory, but very solid for the price

Research License – $20

🚨 High priority – buy ASAP when available

• Unlocks two research labs

• Research speed and depth are critical long-term

• Even cheap players should strongly consider this

Advanced Raider License – $50

• Recommended at HQ24+

• Zent costs for buildings become exponentially expensive

• This saves a massive amount of resources over time

Must-Have (Almost Everyone):

• Apocalypse Treasure Guide

• Research License

Early Boost:

• Super Supplies (only until HQ20)

Strong Daily Power:

• Daily Sale ($5/day)

• ApocaAid Monthly Pass

Late-Game Scaling:

• S-tier heroes + exclusive equipment

• Advanced Raider License at HQ24+