Gareth

Expert

Materials	Expert Books, Expert XP

Gareth is a Legendary Expert in Whiteout Survival, specializing in the Expedition system. He was released on 20 July 2026.

Overview

Attribute	Value
Title	Ironthorn Chief
Specialty	Expedition / Troop Training
Base Lethality (Max)	+30%
Base Health (Max)	+30%

Lore

Gareth is the prince and son of the High Chief of Jarnvid, trained in combat since childhood. He unified the mountain clans against Chief Mordheim's coalition army and forged an alliance with the Dawn Alliance through strategic brilliance and tactical innovation.

Skills

Skill	Max Level	Effect (Max)
Gifts of Iron	10	For every 100 troops trained, Gareth is granted Ironwrought Chests, up to 30 per day at maximum level.
Porcupine	20	Increases Troops' Defense by 50%.
Undefeated Will	20	Increases Troops' Health by 50%.
Fearsome Reputation	20	Reduces enemy troop Lethality by 5%.

Talent

Gareth's talent, Rallying Cry, grants +200,000 Infirmary capacity and +50% healing speed at maximum level.

Affinity System

Affinity runs from level 1 to level 100. Level 1 already grants +3.15%, each further level adds 0.15% and every tenth level 1.35% instead, so level 100 lands exactly on the figures above. Taking it all the way costs about 2,561,000 affinity. The curve is the same for every Expert — see Experts.

At maximum affinity (Level 100):

Troops Lethality: +30%
Troops Health: +30%

Skill Upgrade Costs

Book and XP cost per skill level (from the WOS Forge calculator).

Skill upgrade costs
Skill	Level	Books	XP
1	2	300	25,800
	3	600	51,600
	4	900	77,400
	5	1,200	103,200
	6	1,500	129,600
	7	1,800	155,400
	8	2,100	181,200
	9	2,400	207,000
	10	2,700	232,800
2	2	1,250	172,800
	3	2,500	345,600
	4	3,750	518,400
	5	5,000	691,200
	6	6,250	864,000
	7	7,500	1,036,800
	8	8,750	1,209,600
	9	10,000	1,382,400
	10	11,250	1,555,200
	11	12,500	1,728,000
	12	13,750	1,900,800
	13	15,000	2,073,600
	14	17,500	2,419,200
	15	20,000	2,764,800
	16	20,000	2,764,800
	17	22,500	3,110,400
	18	22,500	3,110,400
	19	25,000	3,456,000
	20	25,000	3,456,000
3	2	1,250	194,400
	3	2,500	388,800
	4	3,750	583,200
	5	5,000	777,600
	6	6,250	972,000
	7	7,500	1,166,400
	8	8,750	1,360,800
	9	10,000	1,555,200
	10	11,250	1,749,600
	11	12,500	1,944,000
	12	13,750	2,138,400
	13	15,000	2,332,800
	14	17,500	2,721,600
	15	20,000	3,110,400
	16	20,000	3,110,400
	17	22,500	3,499,200
	18	22,500	3,499,200
	19	25,000	3,888,000
	20	25,000	3,888,000
4	2	4,000	760,200
	3	8,000	1,520,400
	4	12,000	2,280,600
	5	16,000	3,040,800
	6	20,000	3,801,600
	7	24,000	4,561,800
	8	28,000	5,322,000
	9	32,000	6,082,200
	10	36,000	6,842,400
	11	40,000	7,603,200
	12	44,000	8,363,400
	13	48,000	9,123,600
	14	56,000	10,644,000
	15	64,000	12,165,000
	16	64,000	12,165,000
	17	72,000	13,685,400
	18	72,000	13,685,400
	19	80,000	15,206,400
	20	80,000	15,206,400