Tiles Survive! Field Manual
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Red-dot rehabilitation

I clicked everything. Is my account ruined?

No. Most accounts are not ruined; they are unfocused. We fix that by stopping waste, choosing one priority and aiming future resources at it.

The rescue plan

  1. Stop spending rare flexible resources for 48 hours.
  2. Choose one main march.
  3. Keep permanent growth queues running.
  4. Fix one bottleneck at a time.

Step 1: stop the leaks

Until you have a plan, do not make large optional spends with:

Universal hero fragmentsGemsGeneral speedupsRare gear materialsSignature Weapon materialsChief Gear materials

Continue normal building, research, troop training and free claims. We are freezing bad decisions, not freezing the account.

Step 2: check your account's health

How to read your scoreUnchecked boxes are not failures. They are your repair list. Start with the first unchecked box and do not try to fix all seven tonight.

Step 3: choose one main march

Your main march is the five-hero team you trust for your hardest fight. It should receive the majority of scarce hero fragments, Skill materials, strong gear and Signature Weapon investment.

If your account looks like thisDo this next
Three teams are almost equalStop spreading rare resources. Pick the team that already performs best and widen the gap.
One hero is far ahead of everyoneStrengthen the other four members of that hero's main march instead of starting another superstar project.
Your favorite heroes keep losingCheck roles, formation and battle reports before spending more. “I like them” and “they work together” are different questions.
You do not know which team is bestRun repeatable Arena tests against similar opponents and compare damage, healing and damage taken.

Step 4: fix one bottleneck

Choose the first problem actually blocking progress:

  1. Required building or research prerequisite
  2. Main-march hero breakpoint
  3. Troop tier or troop count
  4. Hospital capacity before war
  5. Permanent combat research

Finish or meaningfully improve that bottleneck before chasing the next red notification.

Do not restart unless...

Starting over is usually worse than repairing an established account. Consider restarting only if the state is extremely new, the account has almost no investment and a new start would place you into a much stronger alliance. Otherwise, keep the progress you already paid for—with time or money.

What information is needed for a personalized rescue plan?
  • Power Plant level and state age
  • Main three marches and hero stars
  • Strongest troop tier and approximate troop counts
  • Research categories and current bottleneck
  • Hero Gear, Chief Gear and Signature Weapon progress
  • Available fragments, speedups, gems and rare materials
  • Monthly spending range and actual goal