Beginner's Guide

The first days in Whiteout Survival set the pace for everything that follows. This page gathers the guides that matter early, and the few decisions worth getting right from the start.

Where to start

• Upgrade the Furnace before anything else. It sets your settlement's level, and almost every other building is capped by it — a Furnace left behind blocks the whole city.
• Join an Alliance as soon as your Furnace reaches level 7. Alliance help shortens construction and research, and alliance members reinforce each other against attacks. Playing alone is the slowest way to progress.
• Keep all four base resources coming. Meat, Wood, Coal and Iron are produced by their own buildings and gathered on the world map; running dry on one of them stops construction and training alike.
• Train the troop type you will actually use. Infantry, Lancer and Marksman form a counter triangle, so a balanced army is safer than a specialised one until you know which fights you take.
• Spend Speedups on what blocks you. Early upgrades are short; the ones worth accelerating are those that gate a whole tier.
• Collect shards before chasing new heroes. A hero you can actually level is worth more than one you cannot.

Guides

Getting Started New Players - First Few Days - Complete walkthrough for Days 1-5 Spending Guide - Low and Medium spender priorities Progression - How progression works in Whiteout Survival Furnace - The most important building to upgrade Alliance - Join an alliance as early as possible Resources & Buildings Resources - Overview of all resources (Meat, Wood, Coal, Iron, Steel) Buildings - All buildings and their purpose Construction - How to speed up building time Storehouse - Protect your resources from raids

Combat & Troops Units - Infantry, Lancer, Marksman overview Troop Training - How to train troops efficiently Combat - Battle mechanics Heroes - Hero system and best heroes for beginners Research & Events Growth Research - Priority research tree for new players Economy Research - Resource production research Battle Research - Combat research (later priority) Bear Hunt - Bear Trap event: great early resource source VIP - VIP benefits and how to use Gems efficiently Speedups - How and when to use speedups

See also

• Main Page - Wiki home page
• Game Mechanics - Full game mechanics overview
• Glossary - Common abbreviations and terms
• Events - All in-game events

Related pages

Beginner's Guide · New Players - First Few Days · Spending Guide · Progression