Currently, I operate several eBay shops in different categories as a full-time job.
In my spare time I like to indulge in writing mobile game guides and reporting on my reselling activities. I occasionally write guides related to Get Paid To sites like FreeCash and Swagbucks, but less than I used to.
I previously hosted wikis for: Apex Girl, Road to Rich, Dark Brides, and Passion Pit. In an effort to return this site to Family Friendly skies, I have removed such content.
I got so busy with my eBay reselling that I forgot I had this series of posts I had said I would run. It is now partway through Q1 of 2025, so I have a little catching up.
Q3 – July, August, and September
Site traffic for these months was roughly the same as the previous period. But I did see an uptick in the number of ads displayed. I would attribute the increased ad views to the continued fine-tuning of ads on the more popular post topics.
As mentioned in the previous article, my goal is to reach $66 in annual earnings. This should cover the price I paid for the premium hosting plan featuring ad revenue.
Month
Ads Served
Avg CPM
Revenue
July
22,531
$0.23
$5.11
August
37,472
$0.24
$9.09
September
30,110
$0.20
$6.05
I’m not entirely certain why the revenues shot up for August. The increased traffic was nice, but it seemed to peak and then fall off the next month.
I had removed some 20 redundant posts which may have caused the drop.
That “removal” had been in error due to a bad bot, and customer service was able to remove the error. They also clarified that the site was receiving traffic accurately.
After I got the green light, I relisted all the taken-down posts. This caused a surge in traffic to the “new” posts. Both the Google and Bing web crawlers showed an uptick in analytical data during this period. Many of those old posts had been removed from the indexes because they were old and didn’t get much traffic.
Q4 – October, November, and December
The holiday season was quite busy for me, which was a bit odd. As an atheist, I don’t celebrate anything and rarely go in for the irreligious events either.
Of course, if you shove a turkey my way, I’m not gonna pass off the food.
Anyway, I was busy with my eBay sales in the 4th quarter. I did some good sales volume and was able to finish the year at a break-even on my Excel balance sheet.
Month
Ads Served
Avg CPM
Revenue
October
33,274
$0.15
$5.00
November
33,556
$0.20
$6.87
December
64,570
$0.11
$7.05
The site traffic seemed to hit a plateau in October and November, and I figured I had found my sweet spot between the wind and waves. I was a bit miffed at the lower CPM in Oct, as you can see it dropped to $0.15 and I lost $1.05 in revenue earnings compared with Sept.
November saw a return to better numbers despite no change in site traffic. I was starting to see a confluence of visitors on three posts in particular, though.
The Game of Vampires Wiki page I had created was getting some really good numbers and had been edging close to the top of my traffic list for several months.
I was still seeing steady traffic on the Game Guides for Puzzles and Chaos and some other high-value offers. I think it was around this time when some of the offers started going into the four-digit range and the Reddit folks were going nuts.
In December, I received around 7k more views than the previous months and 2,440 more visitors. The CPM went down drastically, but I did see an increase in my site revenue. I think many of the extra views were from repeat customers.
Top Traffic Sources
Sept’s top post was Puzzles and Chaos, for Oct it was the Game of Vampires Wiki, but come Nov, both were supplanted by the Top Girl Wiki. The game had gone through a couple of rebrands as the Alpha and Beta releases were cleared away.
I think writing a “Wiki” instead of a game guide made the difference.
Honestly, the Fandom-branded (Wikia) sites are all covered in terrible, unsafe advertisements. I can understand why someone would prefer to come to FWR instead.
There are many sites with guides, but few that claim to be a wiki, and that is what people are searching for when they look for guides. They type in “game wiki” or “game Reddit” to find info on whatever game they need help with.
The traffic to Top Girl Wiki tripled between November and December.
I also realized that the page I had thrown together was loading slowly on mobile devices and that the majority of my traffic was from cell phones. So, I added separate posts for a lot of the content, and I started using Pages instead of Posts.
This allowed me to set the wiki page as a Parent Page and the associated articles as Child Pages. The hierarchy makes for a more structured design format. Basically, it’s easier to navigate.
That will be all for this quarterly report on Wordads. I will try and remember to write another one in April 2025.
Update December 2024: I occasionally run play tests to see whether offer terms are achievable. In a recent playtest, I managed to get 15 Orange heroes in 40 days.
MyPoints was referenced for this offer; however, it is currently (as of July 2025) only available through InboxDollars.
Of the advertised 251 USD, it should be possible to earn 100 USD through goal completions.
Additionally, there are two reimbursed purchases totaling 30 USD. Taxes or VAT may increase the purchase cost.
The purchases are optional; however, they are reimbursed and will set you on your way, so I would suggest spending the money.
Both purchases can be made on the first day. This is especially useful for the “Month Card.”
The VIP 4 goal requires you to spend $79.95 (if you also buy the Premium Pass) or $ 109.94 if you buy only Diamonds.
I advise against either option. The reward for reaching VIP 4 is not worth the cost. I also do not believe it is possible to get a Red Hero in the allotted time of this offer.
You would need to be extremely lucky and obtain multiple copies of a single premium hero through all your gacha pulls and events.
The heroes you will be dealing with for this offer come in 4 colors: Green, Blue, Purple, and Orange.
The “12 and 15” Orange Hero requirements for this offer may be difficult to achieve without an obvious focus on specific heroes.
Make sure you finish all steps of your Daily Quests and also collect each of the Online rewards in the control panel. The Hire coins you receive from these activities will be useful for the Hiring Events.
Game Codes
The following codes were available on social media and worked for me as of August 15th, 2024. You can check Instagram, Discord, or Facebook for new codes.
Code (Case-Sensitive)
Reward
Happy4th (valid until Nov 30th)
10 Senior Hire Coins and 1k Diamonds
BNCyber
1k Diamonds
Th777
1k Diamonds
Th7777
1k Diamonds
BN2024HNY
10 Senior Hire Coins and 500 Diamonds
To redeem the codes you need to tap on the Heart icon on your Player Info screen.
Friends
A game function includes a friends list with other players on your server. You can request people to add you to their list in the World chat.
Each day, you may send and receive flowers. The free flowers are Blue and provide a small number of points for exchange in the Mart. Purple flowers require Diamonds and give a larger amount of points for exchange.
Some players will only add friends who promise to send Purple flowers.
Lineup
My team changed quite a bit during the first week of play. I mostly placed higher-quality heroes in the front and blue/green in the back. However, this was not a proper lineup for battle.
After gaining access to PvP battles, I was able to observe better synergies with heroes and which ones had the best survivability. I also checked some YouTube videos on the game and found that some of the early game heroes were very good for PvE and PvP combat.
Kratos, Harpe, Charlotte, Fino, A-Zhao, and Arae.
My Tank is Kratos, and the Off-Tank is Harpe. The middle is occupied by Charlotte and Fino. The back row has A-Zhao and Arae.
Both Kratos and Charlotte have self-healing abilities. Kratos has a very high defense, which pairs with the healing to make for an excellent tank.
Kratos and Arae are acquired through Senior hires most often. Harpe is a reward from logging in on Day 5, Day 7, and the Trials. Charlotte is the 4th reward from the Perfect Hire event after spending 20 Coins. A-Zhao comes with a beginner’s event and some early purchases.
Early to Mid Game: Around level 70, the above lineup started to fail at PvE, and so I rearranged the group and replaced some members. I kept Fino for his group buff effect in battle. New members of my lineup include Charlotte and Phoebe.
Back
Middle
Front
A-Zhao
Harpe
Charlotte
Phoebe
Fino
Kratos
Charlotte has a more frequent self-healing ability compared to Kratos, and she also has a chance to stun enemies. Phoebe is a Crowd-Control type Warrior; she has a primary attack that can stun enemies. I found it pairs well with Charlotte’s Stun ability.
Both Charlotte and Phoebe can be evolved to Orange, and so this works well for the offer.
Camps (Evolve)
The game includes characters from 6 factions (called Camps), each Camp will have a Blue hero you will want to keep as a required ingredient to form an Orange hero.
It is important to note that of the Blue heroes that you get from Rookie/Senior hires, only those listed below in the “Fodder For” column can be evolved to Orange.
You may get “lucky” and pull a Purple hero that also has an Orange or Red version; however, you will still need 2 more copies of that hero and then 5 extra Purples from the same camp to complete the Evolution.
To make an Orange, you will need two Purple copies of the hero, plus 2 Purples from the same camp, and two random Purples. A total of six Purple heroes are needed to make an Orange from the first set of heroes listed below.
To make an Orange from the advanced heroes listed below, you will need three copies of the original, three copies of the fodder, and two Purples from the same camp.
Check your Mart and Exchange Shops every day for the copies you need. Save up Perfect Hire coins, General and Royal tokens, and Bullets for the weekly events.
Check to see how much you need to use to reach a milestone, and then stop there and save the rest until the next event. We have 6 weeks to complete the offer.
Name
Camp
Rarity
Fodder For
Heloise
Machine
Blue
Poll
Leah
Tamer
Blue
Phoebe
Mayne
Martial
Blue
A-Zhao*
Camilla
Nature
Blue
Kratos
Evelynn
Fallen
Blue
Dreyfus
Daria
Hacker
Blue
Samuel
Harpe
Nature
Blue/Purple/Orange
Harpe*
Tiger
Martial
Blue/Purple
Wassily
Arae
Tamer
Blue/Purple
Nymeria
Naomi
Machine
Blue/Purple
Gilbert
Lyse
Nature
Blue/Purple
Raphael
Grinborth
Fallen
Blue/Purple
Arngreene
Attis
Fallen
Blue/Purple
Misteltein
Gassol
Hacker
Blue/Purple
Beamon
Fino
Hacker
Blue/Purple
Sayung
Blues to Keep
*Harpe and Zhao may be the easiest to get to Orange because the tutorial and tasks provide copies of these heroes. Some of the early game purchases will also provide more copies.
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A recycling function is available on the Backstreet Map that will allow you to dismantle your unwanted Green and Blue heroes in exchange for resources to upgrade the keepers.
B.C.P.D (Police)
You can unlock 4 tasks daily, with additional uses available with VIP status. Tasks can be refreshed using Bullets or Diamonds. Police Badges will open a new task after completing the currently available tasks. Each task will require heroes from different Camps, varying Star and Quality ranks, and each hero can only be assigned to a single mission at a time. Your score during the Bounty Event will be based on the number of completed tasks.
Mart (Shop)
You can purchase items from the Mart using Gems and occasionally Gold. Many additional shops will become available as you increase in level and unlock the Arena and similar features.
If you see Senior or Rookie Hire Coin, I would advise you to purchase these. The Hero fragments only need to be bought if they correspond with one of the heroes on the Camp chart provided.
Sometimes you will encounter discounted prices on items either in the Mart or on the Chapter Stages. Always buy items that are available for Gold.
Please consult the chart below for item values.
Item
Original Cost
Basic Hire
Senior Hire
250 D (60 FP)
Perfect Hire
1,200 D
General Poker
50 D (30 FP for 2) [250 AP for 2]
Royal Poker
Orange Blueprint
3,000 D
Blue Fragment
800 D
D= Diamond, FP= Friend, AP= Arena
Events
The in-game events last a week and run monthly on a set cycle.
Bounty > Perfect Hire > Arcade + Dawn Event
You can save unused items from the events for the next time around. We have 6 weeks to complete the offer terms, so you will get a chance to use them again.
Specifically, we are looking for Perfect Hire Coins and Blue/Purple Fragments for select heroes. Consult the chart for the names of your upgrade materials.
The Arcade
Rookie Hire
Perfect Hire
You will want to save up your Perfect Hire coins. In the events panel, you will receive rewards for completing sets of hires. See pictures for details. I had 20 coins available when the event started.
Dawn Commission
You need to reach level 50 before completing tasks for this event. As you play, you will receive Dawn Cinema Tickets, which can be used to refresh commissions at the Dawn Cinema.
You can complete 5 missions each day, and using a filmstrip will unlock an extra play. You get more points from Purple missions, so keep refreshing to get purples and complete them. You can also give yourself a handicap in exchange for a % increase in rewards.
The Dawn Commission Shop includes Fragments for Purple heroes for 70k points.
Bounty Event
Complete bounty tasks at the B.C.P.D. to earn points to redeem.
You’ll want to keep refreshing the available tasks until a Purple one shows up. We need to complete 30 Purple tasks to receive 2 Blue copies of Charlotte. We will also get 16 Senior Hires, 1 Perfect Hire, and 1,200 Diamonds.
We need to earn 264 points in the Bounty Event to spend in the Bounty Store. This is enough to purchase all of the Hire Coins, Purple Fragments, Poker Chips, and Energy Orbs.
Gear
Using the Workshop on the Backstreet Map, you can craft gear for your heroes. Part of the tutorial will include instructions on how to manage this function.
Halidoms
These become available to heroes level 45 and above. They are an additional form of equipment that adds extra enhancements to your hero’s stats. The Halidoms come in different Quality levels of Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, and Red. Upgrade materials can be acquired from the Chapter Missions.
This title is offered on Swagbucks for $365.50 and $414.23 on MyPoints. The terms now state a 30-day time limit. When I completed the offer at a lower reward level ($231.67), I had a 45-day limit.
Swagbucks TermsMyPoints Terms
A standard merging game, County Story is food-themed. Your character has just had her wedding fall through and has decided to restore her family’s cafe/restaurant.
The gameplay is restricted to a single game board. Events have screens and do not affect objects on the main board. Events will supply additional resources such as Energy, Food, Gold, or Gems.
Tip: put Benny’s dog house away in the fridge and don’t bother merging this item. The dog house task and subsequent tasks are intended to slow down the player’s progress through the game. The rewards provided for completing these tasks are very small and they do not improve over time.
You will advance through the game by accruing experience points from completed customer orders. No other task in the game will provide experience points. Gold coins are awarded for completing orders. The coins are then used to complete upgrades to the cafe.
Completing a full bar of tasks will move the story to the next day. Your player level will eventually decouple from the game day to some degree. Some tasks will allow you to choose decorations for your cafe. The building continues to grow in size throughout gameplay.
I purchased the monthly membership to get daily bonuses. I also purchased the VIP access, but I did encounter issues with that which I mentioned later.
Most items can be merged with the final tier displaying a yellow star. For chests, the higher the tier the better the reward upon opening. I would suggest saving your chests in the storage until you have enough to merge to the max tier before opening.
Each day you may claim an Energy chest and a Daily Gift (S). If you save the Daily Gift, it can be merged into either a Medium (2 days) or Large (4 days). The rewards from the Large chest are quite ample and in my opinion worth the wait.
I found the storage area to be a bit too small to be useful given all the objects that you have on the board. I would suggest spending the Gems to unlock 2 extra slots.
Warning: the VIP Fridge can only be unlocked for a limited period. The slots are only valid for the currently active seasonal event. They will go away regardless of how recently you purchased the VIP Pass. If you buy it on the last day, then you will have less than 24 hours of VIP Fridge access.
Tips:
Completed Paint sets can be freed from bubbles by watching an ad
Once a day you may collect up to 12 Energy in the Event Center menu
20 Energy points may be claimed by watching an ad every 10 minutes on alternating days. On alternate days, you can only watch ads to open bubbles. This resets at midnight.
If you watch an ad for Energy, you cannot open a bubble for another 10 minutes and vice versa.
Kryphos has changed almost beyond recognition in the last five years, and fallen celebrity Rowan needs your help to turn things around. Come and join us, and get lost in the world of Seaside Escape!
Terms
Reach the listed goals within 60 days to earn Up to 7,705 SB! (77.05 USD)
Must be installing Seaside Escape for the first time to receive SB.
Must complete events within 60 days of installing to receive SB.
In-app purchases and upgrades are available.
Award will pend for 10 days
Strategy
This title is a Merging game from the same developers as Gossip Harbor. It is similar to Alices Adventure.
There are rotating Events every week. A photo scrapbook will provide rewards for completed collections.
How you manage your playing space will be an important factor to consider. We will not have an Inventory function to manage space, and only five producers can be left active at a time.
We have been given a healthy 60 days to complete this game and the rewards have been structured without requiring purchases. Keep in mind though that reaching level 40 will only net us 10 USD.
The true value of this offer will be going beyond this point.
Leveling
Your Dock has seven levels and is the main entryway to the island map. This is where you will interact primarily.
Completing orders for goods from producers will earn you EXP to raise your level.
Tips & Tricks
Check the official Facebook page for energy giveaways.
Earlier this year I made the decision to upgrade my WordPress account from a free to a paid plan. A big part of my decision was being able to monetize the site. I have tried my hand at affiliate marketing but have not had any success so far.
In the previous post, I detailed the costs of the upgrade and the discounts that I was able to apply to my purchase. My average cost per year is about 66 USD and so that has been my goal as far as revenues from the advertising on the site.
Divided by 9 (I started in March) it brings my monthly goal to 7.33 USD for ad revenue.
As you can see, my earnings have not yet reached that goal. April marked my first full month of advertising on the site. The FAQ page in the WordPress help files said that it would take up to 3 months for advertisers to fine-tune their presence on the site.
You can see there was a small drop in ads served after April, but this went up noticeably once June was finished.
Above you can see that I only published 3 posts for the period of June 17th through June 23rd. My visitor traffic was only 975 with total views of 1,720 pages.
The CPM was 0.26 USD which yielded revenues of 1.78 USD for that period. This was a large portion of the earnings for June.
I think the increased ads served came from completing the Daily Writing prompts.
These writing questions will often get a lot of traffic in the WordPress Reader and posts can garner Likes and Reblogs. On days when I complete a writing prompt, I will see my visitor traffic swell.
I still need 53.63 USD to break even this year on the cost of the upgrade. I am still hopeful that my site traffic will increase over time. My gaming guides continue to be the main source of site traffic.
I have tinkered with the idea of migrating over content from my other blog which gets more traffic, but I am concerned that it may not fall under the “family-friendly” guidelines for WordAds. This site received 15k views from April to June while the other site gets 17k+ each month.
Anyway, I will continue to track my progress and post another update for quarter three in October. Thanks for reading and have a great day!
“For centuries, this world has been plagued by wars and massacres, until you, a valiant commander emerge.”
Got a new Build & Battle title available through Swagbucks for $61.25 in total rewards. (This is a low reward. Best wait until it doubles or triples in value).
We do have an advantage though. This title is actually from the same developer as Puzzles and Conquest, Survival, and Chaos.
Level 30 is the end game and we are not likely to reach that stage within the 30-day time limit on this offer. The level 26 stage may be possible, but will likely require the spending objectives to be completed.
It is a play on the post-apocalyptic, State of Survival style games but instead of zombies, you have these Dinosaurs with robotic parts. It looks like someone in development really liked Transformers: Beast Wars.
There are two purchases required for the full prize. The current valuation for this offer is low, and it would probably be better to wait for a better reward tier list. The final two goals are $30 and the purchases are $20, so you will only get $11.25 from this offer if you don’t spend money on it.
So we know what to expect to some degree.
Warning!
There are AI bots actively trying to scam players into stopping this game. This is discussed on both the Facebook and Discord channels for the game. Some of the Alliance Leaders you encounter in the game will be bots.
If your Alliance leader says you need to add them on Discord to stay in the Alliance, this is a scam. The bot will send you a faked screenshot of server maintenance taking 15 days to complete. It will then try to get you to play a different game. The bot uses AI and may seem like a real person.
Offer Terms
Must be a new user of the app to earn SB.
Reach all levels listed below within 30 days of installation to earn Up to 6,125 SB.
We have limited time to reach our goal, so we will want to stock up on resources and speed boosts. You can find these items in the Shop and other menus throughout the game.
Resources can be gathered by your troops on the World Map or by attacking other players. It may be a good idea to get some 8-hr Shields for the Killing event that usually takes place in these games.
You can spend Diamonds (premium currency) to buy resources for cheap in the VIP shop. I saved my first initial 8,000 Diamonds and used them to unlock the Advanced Supply Pack. This will pay me back my Diamonds over a week and I get various other items as a bonus.
I used maybe 4,000 Diamonds to upgrade my VIP rank to 2 for the extra economic bonuses and access to additional VIP Shop items. I was able to buy some VIP Points in the Alliance Shop.
Unfortunately, you don’t get VIP time extension items without paying money or Diamonds. There is a free boost, so you will have maybe 3 days of VIP.
I would suggest saving up to get the 30 days of VIP.
Effect
Cost (Diamonds)
24h VIP
600
7d VIP
3,600
30d VIP
12,000
VIP Activation Costs
2nd Builder: To unlock the second building queue you can either make a purchase in the shop for 4.99 USD or you can spend Diamonds to “rent” the extra slot for 48 hours for 1,200 Diamonds.
Alliances
As with any multiplayer game, you will benefit from joining an Alliance and taking part in group activities. You can get some construction timer discounts from fellow members as well as free items from everyone completing daily tasks. In addition, there are many Alliance-based events to take part in.
The Alliance Glory tab will include some prizes that become available as your members complete their goals. Gold buttons on your taskbar (bottom-right) are shortcuts to Alliance functions such as Help, Building, and Battles.
Player
In addition to setting your Avatar image, you can change your character model. This is purely ascetic and will not affect gameplay. In the Settings panel, you can disable notifications, enter game codes, and access your game achievements.
Stamina: Your bar will display as full at 200 points of Stamina. Each day you can get a refill of 80 points from the Airship building. There is no maximum or cap on the amount of Stamina you can accrue. The highest amount of Stamina I reached was 620 points.
Commander Gear: At HQ level 22 you gain access to crafting and equipping gear for your commander. Six pieces of gear can be made and equipped. They boost the stats of your combat troops.
Heroes
Unlike the other games in this genre, we do not have people as heroes, instead we get mecha dinosaurs. The game uses a merging mechanic to upgrade the dinos to higher tiers (colors). You will mostly capture dinosaurs on the world map and then use the copies to upgrade your main unit.
Dinosaurs have both Exploratory and Military bonuses that will impact your city and armies. These can be upgraded with Skill Manuals.
Capturing is always a success up through level 7 beasts, but starting at level 8 you will need to use a “net” item with a varying success rate. These can be collected by completing your Daily Tasks. Level 8 and higher beasts are likely to be Blue or Purple rarity.
Tip: The Sickleclaw has a Passive ability that increases construction speed. At max rank, you get 15% off. You will want to hunt the Sickleclaw to get extra copies for upgrading.
Pyodra can increase Research speed by a maximum of 20%.
Caesar is only available in Advanced Hunt or through purchases. You may find Caesar on the World Map, however capturing it requires a Beast Lab at level 20.
Upgrading Dinosaurs
The process is pretty straightforward. Your dinosaurs start as Green and you will need three (3) additional green copies to upgrade the dino to Blue. Once you hit Blue you just need an extra Blue to make a Purple. To upgrade a Purple, you need four (4) more Purple copies.
This will get you your first Orange dinosaur. My first orange beast was the Dune Crawler. An early game event gives you a bunch of Purple copies.
CORRECTION: After 9 Orange pips, the cost increases to 2 Orange copies per pip, for a total cost of 15 Orange copies to reach Red.
Base
Upgrade
Quick Alter
4x Green
1x Blue
40x Green = Orange
2x Blue
1x Purple
10x Blue = Orange
5x Purple
1x Orange
45x Purple = Orange (1* T3)
15x Orange
1x Red
45x Orange = Red2
Each completed Star (*) represents an increase in the dinosaur’s stats.
If you consistently complete your daily capture task, you can likely upgrade 1-2 dinosaurs up to Red during this offer. But it is not necessary to complete the deal.
HQ Upgrade Requirements
I skipped the Tutorial levels for the following chart. I forgot to screenshot some levels. My building time numbers may differ some from yours based on timer reductions from bonuses.
A player in chat lamented that the upgrade time from HQ 22 to 23 was almost 8 days!
Note: I was not scrolling down on the upgrade screen, so the list is missing the Oil amounts for levels 12 through 19.
My construction Speed bonuses increased over time, and I received a 50% boost at level 22. This took 3.5 days off the timer.
Level
Buildings
Resources
Time (Approx.)
7
Alliance Hall 6
48k Food/Water
00:16:19
8
Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 9
131k Food/Water
01:27:15
9
10
Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 9
482k Food/Water
07:24:57
11
12
Beast Lab 11
1.96M Food/Water and 67.2K Steel
10:34:58
13
14
Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 13
2.97M Food/Water and 216K Steel
15:41:36
15
Ranged Ground and Beast Lab 14
4.62M Food/Water and 458K Steel
19:07:58
16
Research Institute and Beast Lab 15
6.6M Food/Water and 867K Steel
1d 01:10:49
17
Fighter Grounds and Beast Lab 16
9.68M Food/Water and 1.76M Steel
1d 09:36:07
18
Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 17
13.5M Food/Water and 2.64M Steel
1d 19:41:32
19
Ranged Grounds and Beast Lab 18
17.8M Food/Water and 3.63M Steel
2d 08:00:58
20
Research Institute and Beast Lab 19
23.1M Food/Water, 5.17M Steel, and 887K Oil
3d 05:49:09
21
Fighter Grounds and Beast Lab 20
29.9M Food/Water, 7.15M Steel, and 1.54M Oil
3d 23:53:15
22
Rider Grounds and Beast Lab 21
38.1M Food/Water, 9.79M Steel, and 2.53M Oil
5d 12:47:20
23
Ranged Grounds and Beast Lab 22
49.3M Food/Water, 13.8M Steel, and 4.07M Oil
7d 12:22:02
24
25
26
27
HQ Leveling Requirements (up to Level 23)
The Headquarters Level-Up Pack will display on-screen after finishing the HQ 12 upgrade. If you close the window, you can reopen it by tapping the countdown timer on the right side of the screen just below the Events button.
The Deluxe First Top-Up is priced at $19.99, but we only get back $15. I decided not to buy it.
Town Layout
I found another player using this layout, so I did my best to copy the design. It is much easier to upgrade the resource buildings with this layout.
Airship
You can collect 80 Stamina points from the Airship facility each day. Additionally, the facility will provide 5-minute speedups periodically throughout the day. I placed it near the center of my base to make it easier to select and see.
Each day you may also claim a Secret Crate bonus by entering the correct code. The Airship should give you the code in the dialog, but this is not always noticed. Your best option is to check the World Chat log to find the code or ask other players in your Alliance.
Codes
You can find codes for the game both on the official Facebook page and their Discord server. There are links to both in-game.
To enter them just tap on your Avatar and then go to Settings and “Gift Code.”
If you are playing on iOS, you will need to use their code redemption website since the Apple Store no longer allows apps to include code redemption options in-game.
The following codes were active when I started playing (July 2024).
Codes are Case Sensitive
MCDBEER2024
DC15KFANS
DC20KFANS
DC25KFANS
FB50KFANS
FB60KFANS
FB70KFANS
FATHERS2024
Mother’s Day and Children’s Day codes are Expired
They said an 80k Facebook Fans code would be released
Mecha Domination Codes
If you have access to either Facebook or Discord you should make sure you enter all of their contests on those platforms. You will need your UID which can be found in your settings.
The rewards can be useful when completing offers. I know for Sea of Conquest the Facebook rewards came in really handy near the end of that offer.
Bugs
There are a few UI bugs, most notably that the Military and Exploratory categories are backward. You’ll also notice the chat window does not separate the text, so you will see World Chat and Alliance Chat on the same screen.
Final Result
I was partway through the upgrade to HQ level 23 when the offer expired. I did not make any purchases. I earned a total of 11.25 USD for my time. Not really worth the 30 days I spent working on the offer but perhaps you will do better or maybe they will raise the reward.
Join this exciting idle merge adventure and enjoy a lot of challenging levels! Reach the listed levels to earn up to 404,620 SB!*
We are given 60 days to clear 100 levels in this Tycoon game. Reaching level 35 is worth $12.24 or $14.24 if you complete the purchase goal.
The rewards have been balanced since the last update to this offer. The level 90 goal was altered to be $200 instead of $266. The difference in value has been distributed among the lesser goals.
Must be installing Goblins Wood for the first time to receive SB.
Must complete events within 60 days of installing to receive SB.
In-app purchases and upgrades are available.
The award will pend for 10 days
My Experience: I played in 2024 when the reward was less than 100 dollars.
I only reached level 35, which took 25 days. I had caught the flu early on in the offer and was bedridden to the point where I could not even play games.
Whether or not the lost 5 days would have been enough to reach the next goal is difficult to say. I earned $14.50, including a reimbursed purchase. Not really worth the time invested.
With the new goals and values, I think this offer is worth attempting.
Generally, when you are getting ready for bed, this is a good time to set your Goblins to work on a particularly stubborn tree. Somewhere in the 6-10 hour range.
Any other blocks of your day where you will not have ready access to your goblin workforce should also be delineated in the same manner.
Events
During regular gameplay, when you have run into a slowdown or a lull in lumber clearance rates, this is a good time to switch over to whichever Event map is currently active.
As with the Gold variety of Goblins, Lumber also runs Event maps concurrently with your main field for this offer. You should definitely take advantage of these events for the rewards they provide.
I would suggest saving your premium currency to use exclusively in Events.
The higher your ranking in the event, the greater the rewards from the Leaderboard, which can be substantial, and more than you would get from spending on the main map.
Ads
I know they are irritating, but you need to watch them, every single one of them. You can set your phone down or walk away if you need to, but run those ads.
The boosts from watching ads can include big chunks of resources or even fully leveled Goblin workers. This will make a huge difference in the speed of clearing a map.
We have 90 maps to clear, so any boost will be of benefit in the long run.
Tips
As far as I know, there are no codes available in this game.
I have been unable to locate a Facebook page for the game or any other social media presence other than a YouTube video they released.
There is already a popular woodcraft business called “Goblin Wood” on Facebook.
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It’s a different company; however, these games are often licensed out to publishers on a contract basis.
This is why you often see mobile games getting re-released by different businesses in the App Store.
Recently, I received a DM on Reddit asking about Swagbucks and how to get started with the service. As I was going through suggestions and advice I realized that others may benefit from what I had to say.
It looked quite long on a small screen but here it is nonetheless.
I’d be happy to offer some advice.
For a new person to Swagbucks, I would suggest strengthening your demographic profile.
The Swagbucks platform is wary of new accounts hitting big offers, cashing out, and then promptly disappearing.
You can show them that you are genuine in your intent to engage with the platform and its services by completing some Surveys. You can follow up with some of the smaller offers like Magic Receipts, or online shopping using the browser extension.
I’d also suggest bookmarking their Facebook page so you can collect the weekly codes. These are worth a few points but are especially useful when they run a Swago event (Bingo).
Game offers and Bank account bonuses have the best payouts. If you are looking at a bank bonus I would suggest comparing what Swagbucks is offering with the listings on “Doctor of Credit,” occasionally there is a better offer being made directly by the bank.
For cashing out, Amazon gift cards are a popular choice. PayPal is also a good option. If you are using PayPal, both your Swagbucks email address and the PayPal email address need to match. PayPal does allow you to list multiple email addresses on the same account. Just something to keep in mind. Also, once a month your first gift card redemption will be discounted.
Depending on the State/Region you reside in, you may have the option to purchase SB (points). Some US States do not allow this. The same can be true of receipt/shopping deals for Alcohol or offers for Gambling apps or services. If you see people talking about an offer like them, but you don’t see it, then, it is likely not allowed where you live.
Make sure you never connect to Swagbucks using a VPN. If you have one, make sure it is disabled when you are accessing the Swagbucks website. This is in their Terms of Service as a bannable offense. VPNs can be used to cheat the offers, so they are not allowed. Be especially careful if you decide to complete an offer that is selling a VPN service. Using said service to connect to Swagbucks can result in a ban. You can search the r/Swagbucks sub for examples of this happening to other users.
Searching the sub for the terms “ban” or “banned” may actually be a healthy decision. This can inform you as to the things you should avoid doing.
I should also mention that there are members of the sub that actively, and quite unashamedly, cheat the offers and abuse the system using various means. Unfortunately, their activities do harm the rest of the community. I do hope you keep clean and do not stray. Best of luck!
FWR 