Season 3 Week 2: Explore and Expand

What changes in Week 2

Week 1 established production and resistance. Week 2 adds activities that reward regular short visits, fast alliance assistance and careful map coordination. The historical rollout below is a preparation map; always obey the countdown shown in your own Season Calendar.

Carry the Week 1 economy forward

Week 2 does not replace the Fountain and Curse Research Lab loop. New buttons make it easier to forget the production system that pays for every later city and Stronghold.

1. Collect every Fountain whenever practical and start the next useful production upgrade.
2. Read the next city or Stronghold resistance requirement before spending Sacred Water.
3. Keep the nominated resistance leader ahead of the alliance route.
4. Claim Stronghold Mithril, seasonal goals, Visitors, Desert Ruins and first-kill rewards.
5. Do not let archaeology, Hero Swap or ranking pressure consume resources required for the next capture.

Week 2 day-by-day operating plan

Oasis Project: greenify with a purpose

The official Oasis guidance describes a shared restoration system. Captured cities establish green starting areas, and adjacent desert tiles can then be restored with Recon actions. Individual work contributes to warzone milestones and the personal ranking.

• Start from valid green land. An isolated attractive patch does not advance the route if it is not connected to a legal starting edge.
• Follow the marked direction. R4 should identify the active city area so thousands of small actions complete one zone instead of scattering.
• Use profession expansion carefully. If a live skill expands one action from 1×1 to a larger area, aim it where every affected tile contributes.
• Claim milestone rewards. Check the event page after contributing; map actions and reward claims are separate steps.
• Do not confuse Stage 1 with later restoration. Mines and Trade Posts gain additional restoration relevance from Week 5 under the documented official system.

Simple rule: green tiles are not decoration. Each action should extend a shared front, finish an area or secure an announced reward threshold.

Archaeology & Digging: make every hammer count

Vaults are timed grids. Hammers remove stones and reveal relic shapes underneath. The objective is to expose complete relics efficiently—not to clear every square.

A practical digging method

1. Inspect the entire grid and any already exposed shapes before touching a tile.
2. Use free alliance help first where the live interface permits it.
3. Open isolated test squares with space around them; avoid beginning in a cramped corner without evidence.
4. When part of a relic appears, uncover around its likely boundary rather than clearing a whole row.
5. Stop once every required relic is activated and claim the Vault before its timer expires.
6. Share unusual layouts with the alliance so later players recognise shapes faster.

Return of the Dead: defend the Alliance Center

This is an alliance defence operation, not an ordinary individual base siege. Community-recorded Week 2 rules describe escalating attacks against the Alliance Center, historically in thirty waves separated by roughly one minute. Your live event panel decides the real schedule and wave structure.

Before the warning expires

• R4 publishes the exact event time in server time and the alliance’s normal time reference.
• Strong defenders empty unnecessary marches and send their best suitable squad to the Alliance Center.
• Leadership checks reinforcement capacity and removes weak or incomplete marches when stronger replacements are waiting.
• Members repair, heal and refill troop counts before reinforcing.
• No one starts a long rally, gather or relocation that traps the required squad.

During and after the attack

• Watch the wave result rather than assuming the opening waves predict the end.
• Replace defeated reinforcements quickly if the live rules permit it.
• Do not pull a surviving march without an R4 instruction.
• Claim the wave rewards after the event; successful alliance defence can reward members beyond only the direct garrison participants.
• Record the final successful wave and the first failure so the next defence roster can be improved.

Level 3–4 cities and the first Trade Posts

The city plan remains a chain: connected territory, legal declaration, sufficient resistance, strong rally, fast reinforcement and controlled garrison. Week 2 punishes alliances that treat each unlock as an isolated fight.

Hero Swap: decide from the finished squad backwards

Hero Swap can correct an old investment, accelerate a new main formation or rescue development locked in a hero you no longer use. It can also weaken two squads at once. Documented Season 3 versions exchange major development between eligible UR heroes; the live preview must confirm exactly what will move on your account.

Community documentation warns that an Exclusive Weapon is not itself transferred. If a weapon-bearing hero falls below its required star level, activation can be suspended until the requirement is restored. Wall of Honor levels are also described as remaining with the original hero. Treat the live confirmation panel as final authority.

R4/R5 Week 2 command sheet

1. Publish one weekly timetable: Return of the Dead, city unlock windows, Strongholds, Vault activation and Trade Post preparation.
2. Mark the Oasis front: name the city or area members should extend from and discourage isolated restoration.
3. Coordinate Vault activity: announce Alliance Compass use during peak attendance and remind members about help limits.
4. Maintain the resistance target: post the level 3 and level 4 requirements before members spend Water elsewhere.
5. Build the defence roster: list primary Alliance Center reinforcers and backups; do not rely on whoever notices the warning.
6. Control city declarations: confirm adjacency, protection, ownership and rally lead before the button is pressed.
7. Brief Trade Posts: choose the target, travel window, caller, rally groups, defence expectation and return procedure.
8. Preview Week 3: explain faction selection, Scarlett’s potential promotion and Schuyler’s Exclusive Weapon before reset.

Checkliste für das Ende der Woche

• Fountain production collected and useful upgrades running
• Curse Resistance ready for the declared target
• Daily greenification actions used on the shared route
• Personal Vault help allowance used
• Alliance Vault opportunities answered before expiry
• Return of the Dead rewards claimed
• Level 3 and level 4 city rewards checked
• Hero Swap used deliberately or safely retained
• Trade Post orders and return plan understood
• Week 3 resources, healing and hero decisions prepared

Week 2 mistakes that cost progress

• Letting Fountains sit full because the Week 2 event screen is busier.
• Clearing every Vault stone instead of identifying relic shapes.
• Activating an Alliance Compass while most members are offline.
• Ignoring Vault help requests even though assistance also gives the helper rewards.
• Greenifying isolated tiles that do not advance the alliance route.
• Entering Return of the Dead with weak reinforcements occupying limited capacity.
• Declaring the next city before the resistance leader is ready.
• Using Hero Swap because vouchers are available rather than because the finished formation is better.
• Travelling to a Trade Post without a target, caller or return plan.

Referenzen und Nachweise

1. Official Last War Support — S3 Guide: Build an Oasis (connected restoration, Recon actions, profession expansion, warzone progress and later-stage areas).
2. Last War Tutorial — Season 3 Week 2 (community-recorded mission order, Vault rules, defence waves, city windows, Trade Posts and Hero Swap timing).
3. Last War Tutorial — Golden Kingdom (season buildings, resources, Hero Swap caveats and Week 2 item sources).
4. Game Zone Academy — Season 3 Week 1 und Kompletter Leitfaden für Staffel 3.

Evidence reviewed 28 July 2026. Exact unlock times, donation totals, wave schedules, Hero Swap fields, city requirements and cross-warzone rules can differ between releases. The live Season Calendar, event preview and alliance order always take priority.