A day-by-day plan so every item scores on the day it's worth the most.
Short answer: save Fire Crystal and Refined Fire Crystal upgrades for day 1, research items for day 2, chief stamina for day 3, troops and Mithril for day 4, and use whatever is left on day 5. Speedups score 30 points a minute on days 1, 2 and 5.
State vs State prep is five days, each with its own theme, and an item only scores on the days that count it. Spend a Fire Crystal on day 1 and it's worth 2,000 points; spend it on day 3 and it's worth nothing. A good SvS week is mostly about holding things back for the right day. Here's what scores where, and how to plan around it.
| Day | Best activities (points each) |
|---|---|
| Day 1: City Construction | Use 1 Refined Fire Crystal to upgrade buildings — 30,000 Use 1 Fire Crystal to upgrade buildings — 2,000 Use 1 Fire Crystal Shard for Research — 1,000 Raise Chief Charm Score by 1 — 70 |
| Day 2: Research Day | Use 1 Refined Fire Crystal to upgrade buildings — 30,000 Play Lucky Wheel — 8,000 Use 1 Expert Sigil (Excluding Common Sigils) — 6,000 Use 1 Mythic Hero Shard to ascend Heroes — 3,040 |
| Day 3: Beast Slay | Call rally and hunt down 1 Polar Terror — 30,000 Use 1 Advanced Wild Mark to refine pets — 15,000 Defeat a level 26 to level 30 Beast — 12,000 Defeat a level 21 to level 25 Beast — 11,250 |
| Day 4: Hero Development | Use 1 Mithril — 144,000 Use 1 Widget of any Hero Exclusive Gear — 8,000 Use 1 Hero Gear Essence Stone — 4,000 Raise Chief Charm Score by 1 — 70 |
| Day 5: Power Boost | Use 1 Mithril — 144,000 Use 1 Refined Fire Crystal to upgrade buildings — 30,000 Use 1 Advanced Wild Mark to refine pets — 15,000 Use 1 Widget of any Hero Exclusive Gear — 8,000 |
The full list for every day, with a box to type your amounts, is in the SvS prep points calculator.
The biggest scores of the week. Every Fire Crystal used in a building upgrade is 2,000 points and every Refined Fire Crystal is 30,000 — one Refined is worth as much as 15 regular Fire Crystals here. The upgrade only has to start on day 1, so line up your longest Fire Crystal upgrade for the reset. Construction speedups score 30 points a minute on top. Wait for the state's Mercantilism buff and turn on Double Time before you start.
Fire Crystal Shards used on research are 1,000 points each, research speedups 30 a minute, and Expert Sigils, Books of Knowledge, hero shards and Lucky Wheel spins all score. Gathering counts too: points arrive when the march comes home, so send gatherers out the evening before.
Beasts, Polar Terror rallies, pet advancement and Wild Marks. Bank chief stamina for a few days beforehand and hunt the highest-level beasts you can beat. This is also the day to start long troop batches that will finish on day 4.
Hero gear Essence Stones, exclusive gear widgets and Mithril — at 144,000 points a piece, Mithril is the single biggest item of the week. Troops score here too, when their training finishes, and promoting is the efficient way to do it: see promote or train?
A bit of everything: Fire Crystal, speedups, shards, pets, gear. Anything you didn't use earlier still scores here, so it's the day to empty what's left.
Check how much your speedups are worth in points with the speedup calculator, and how many Fire Crystals your next upgrade needs with the building calculator.
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