Basic tips and tricks for beginners: how to upgrade the base, which heroes to choose, how to manage resources, and much more
Last Shelter: Survival is an online post-apocalyptic strategy game for iOS and Android, the events of which unfold during a large-scale zombie apocalypse. The player needs to rebuild his own base, collecting resources and properly distributing them, train the army, pump the hero, form alliances, and complete storyline and side missions. We have collected tips, the knowledge of which will greatly simplify the game.
Beginning of the game
Focus on heroes with development skills
Heroes are the key to progress. The main reason why we recommend choosing a hero with development skills (and not combat): such a character will be useful 24/7, increasing the amount of extracted resources and providing other bonuses.
This is not a “farm”
The banal development of the base and the lack of battles will not benefit you. If you want to get good bonuses and items, you will have to engage in battle, since building a base will not bring the required amount of resources. After all, this is a war strategy game, not a farm simulator.
Don’t waste fuel
By activating such a system, you automatically kill zombies and receive a bonus reward
We recommend keeping an eye on fuel supplies: they must correspond to the troops. Or try to produce more fuel than you consume. Do not keep too many soldiers inactive, or they will simply use up fuel, but will not be of any use.
How to save energy
Icon indicating the need to build a road
Make sure banks are connected to the road so you can make more money. Most hospitals do not need roads: one hospital connected to a road is enough to meet the needs of the community. Obviously, all storage facilities should be connected to the roads. But recruits should be connected to the road only when an event occurs. After completing it, be sure to disable them.
How to level up heroes faster
By killing zombies instead of people, you will get much more experience points for the heroes. The best way to upgrade a new character is to take a strong squad of cool heroes, remove one of them and add a low-level fighter in his place. After that, attack the zombies: the low-level hero will thus receive more experience.
Use experience boosters
Select the hero you want to pump and apply the desired items to increase experience points. Raising the level, by the way, provides important advantages: so, with the increase in the level, you get the opportunity to take more troops with you.
Army customization advice
The best way to level up your squad is to level up your hero. Improve your leadership skills to increase the size of the unit.
One of the heroes
Build a factory as early as possible
When your base reaches 20, you can easily manufacture parts in the factory. Start doing this, plus adjust production in accordance with the existing equipment or what you need: if you need more resources, then increase the number of car factories.
Make sure to level up your garrison
One of the main mistakes players make is ignoring garrisons. If you completely pump this building, then the defense resistance during a siege will increase by 25%, while the defender’s attack will be increased by the same amount. This is called a defense advantage.
Useful military strategies and tricks
Use the scout before attacking the city. A helicopter with a scout moves faster than regular troops. For a few units of food, he will provide you with useful information about what and who is in the city. You should not completely reset the city if the player does not deserve it: in this case, he simply will not return to the game. Try to make sure that the state of the city does not fall below 10%.
World map with other cities
Which heroes should you choose?
It depends on many things and what you want to achieve. For example, Outcast, Destroyer, and Defender of the Dawn would be a good pairing. The first one has a high rate of damage per second, and a couple of the others give an increase to health points. When choosing a hero, also keep an eye on the percentage probability of activating the skill. You shouldn’t take a powerful hero, whose skill works in 10% of cases, when there is a less powerful fighter with a probability of 80% triggering of the skill.
Take Enzo
Its main advantage is that all units that consume fuel consume 25% less fuel. Also, construction is accelerated by 30%, the resistance of defense during a siege increases by the same amount. Sometimes it can be found in the store, so save a few tokens just in case.
Prioritize Passive Skills
First of all, you need to pump leadership skills that allow the heroes to take more troops. After that, pay attention to the range, thanks to which it will be possible to hit additional armies in battle.
Earn extra money
Upgrade your shopping center to sell more resources and earn extra money. Place a hero there who will gain experience points and level up. A hero of a higher level can be improved through skills so that he gets advantages when the helicopter arrives. After the end of the trade, order the helicopter to take off. The sooner he leaves, the sooner he returns. Every time the helicopter returns, bonus items appear. And each new trade is a chance to sell excess resources and make money.
Teleportation Tips
There are two types of teleports. Random immediately moves your city to a random location in the same state if you have no troops. Advanced Teleporter is more expensive and allows you to specify an exact destination. This is a good tool when organizing coordinated attacks: move to the enemy, deal damage and come back. In addition, the advanced teleporter transfers the city even if there are troops in it. You can buy teleports in the alliance store.
Advanced teleport
Useful combat skill
Silence will allow you to neutralize enemy heroes who cannot activate their skills, but will still be able to use normal attacks. Thus, this skill is one of the most useful in the game.
Adjust road construction
You will be constructing new buildings, and in some cases the game will not allow you to construct a building until a road has been drawn to the construction site. In this case, the system will automatically form a roadbed and offer you only to confirm the action. Please note that the proposed line will not always be ideal. Sometimes it will go around several buildings, while it is possible to create a shorter route. It will take longer for the trucks to reach their destination. Most buildings can be moved to other locations, the only exceptions are mining buildings, which should be located near resource deposits.
Join an active alliance
This advice was and will be relevant for every such game. The task of joining the alliance must be solved as early as possible. If you can’t join one of the alliances on the list, then you can click on the quick join button at the bottom of the screen. Make sure you are inside an active alliance. In addition to being able to get advice from more experienced alliance players, you will be able to receive regular rewards for activity.
Alliance menu
You can ask alliance members to speed up construction or research. To do this, click on the “two palms” icon that appears. The help of each member of the alliance reduces the construction timer. However, do not forget to take similar actions to help your allies.
Building or upgrading help request icon
Stay close to your allies
Once you are sure that you have entered the correct (active) alliance and you are really welcome here, then spend the free teleport in order to move closer to your allies. This will allow you to quickly send reinforcements that alliance members request, thereby receiving additional rewards for activity.
Collect supply crates
At the beginning of the game, you will need a huge amount of resources. If your trucks are idle, try exploring the base and finding crates. Click on them for one of the trucks to immediately follow the container. Inside it, there are often many free resources that can be invested in the development of the base. It will take the trucks a matter of seconds to pick up the supply crates. However, before picking them up, make sure there is free space in the warehouses.
Check your mail in the game
Game mail
The game periodically sends you various letters. Some of them contain various information with combat reports or announcements of something, others – rewards for performing certain actions. Check your inbox as often as possible as some prizes have a limited time frame. If you have new messages, a red marker will appear on the Mail icon.
Constantly send troops on the march
Click on the icon in the lower right corner of the screen to open the world map. It contains the bases of other gamers, hordes of undead and resource points. You can raid the bases of players outside your alliance, kill zombies for experience points and resources, and also take up resource deposits. To complete any of these tasks, you will have to send troops on a campaign (march). Initially, only one group will be available, but over time it will be possible to send multiple marches. It is important to do this on an ongoing basis so that the troops do not stand idle, and you provide yourself with a constant flow of resources.
Zombie extermination report on the map
Participate in events to receive rewards
There is a “gift” icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Click on it to get information about current and upcoming events. Make sure to take the time to participate in these rewarding events. These can be resources and diamonds (premium currency). Some events, such as the daily challenge, can be simple, as they usually involve a minor increase in overall power. Any of your actions are aimed at this, so there will be no problems with completing the task. As soon as you complete the goal of the event, you will be automatically sent a reward.
Prepare to defend
List of Learning Activities for Chapter 1
When you pump the base to level 6, the beginner’s defense will fall, and other players will be able to raid you. Keep this in mind, because at the end of the tutorial you will be asked to upgrade your base to level 6. Do not rush to complete the task, since the first thing you need to do is to make preparatory steps. Look in the build menu by clicking on the hammer icon in the lower right corner of the screen and build all available structures. Upgrade each of the erected buildings to the maximum level. Also, don’t forget to train your troops. If you no longer have available improvements, buildings and research, then you can safely pump the base to level 6. If you do this prematurely, you will become an easy target for robbers.
