At A Glance
- Best buildings, survivors, and bonuses for steady resource income
- How to choose the right external targets & loot paths
- Ways to use idle rewards, events, and map tiles to boost output
Why Resource Management Is Critical
Resources (food, iron, gold) are the backbone of Last War: Survival. They fuel building upgrades, troop training, hero promotions, research, and even events. Without a stable flow of resources, progress stalls. Many players frequently ask how to farm more efficiently, especially once they hit mid-game levels when costs skyrocket.
Key Resource Buildings & Survivors
Farmland, Mines, and Warehouses
- Farmland: Produces Food per hour. Upgrading Farmland increases hourly yield and maximum stored food before capacity hits cap.
- Iron Mines / Gold Mines etc.: Similar resource production buildings. Upgrade them gradually, with priority to match your HQ level for balance.
- Warehouses / Vaults: Important to upgrade storage so you don’t overflow and “waste” production. But over-upgrading storage early may not yield as much return if you lack production or collection capability.
Survivors & Their Assignment
- Assigning high-rarity survivors (Epic, Legendary) to resource production buildings yields strong production bonuses. Players report that a purple (epic) survivor gives ~32% boost; legendary survivors even more.
- Increasing survivor star level increases bonuses notably. Focus on survivors that amplify resource yields.
Research & Tech Bonuses
- Economy tech trees (Food, Iron, Gold production) are vital. Keep your research centers active so bonuses stack.
- Don’t let research sit idle. Use all available Tech Center slots.
Looting, Farming & External Sources
World Map Farming & Abandoned Bases
- Scout before attacking to ensure the target has desirable loot and isn’t well-defended. Many Reddit users recommend hitting “abandoned bases” at map edges which often have high resources, but low defense.
- Using high-tier transport or carry capacity troops helps maximize haul from map raids. Upgrading your units’ tier helps not just in combat, but in how much loot you bring back.
Idle-Rewards: Armed Truck & Treasure Maps
- The Armed Truck accumulates loot even when you’re offline up to a cap. Let it accumulate (as long as you won’t be attacked and lose stored resources) to maximize returns. Assign good survivors to it to raise the loot generation bonus.
- Treasure Map Fragments can be collected via secret mobile squad missions or similar. Collecting full maps gives chests with large resource rewards. Trading or getting extra fragments helps.
Events & Secret Tasks
- Participate in daily/weekly events that give resource rewards, fragments, chests.
- Secret tasks, especially epic or legendary ones, often have high loot. Sharing inside alliance or public chats helps find them.
Resource Management Tips Free-to-Play Players Should Know
- Use free chests and rewards first, before spending currency on resources. Many F2P guides note that gold is hardest to get, so prioritize using gold wisely.
- Save resource chests until you need them to avoid being attacked and losing them. If opened at bad times, resources may be stolen.
- Time your collection from production buildings just before reset or when capacity is near cap to avoid waste.
Sample Daily Routine for Maximising Resource Gain
| Time | Action |
|---|---|
| Morning | Collect from all production buildings, check Armed Truck, open any expired production reward chests |
| Mid-day | Do world map raids / abandoned base farming; complete secret tasks |
| Evening | Assign survivors; upgrade production buildings; activate/claim event resource rewards |
Final Thoughts
Getting the resource engine humming in Last War: Survival takes a combination of steady production, smart external looting, event participation, and survivor assignment. If you keep upgrading farms, mines, and associated research, while also being selective about your external raids and using idle systems like the Armed Truck and treasure chests, you’ll be in a much stronger position to meet building & hero upgrade costs. As you progress, revisit your priorities: production vs troop needs vs defending your resources. Implement these strategies daily, and your resource flow will sustain your growth.