“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.
- The award will pend for 10 days
Direct link to offer: https://www.swagbucks.com/offer?oid=24262&rb=69384823
Goals
| Goal | Reward |
|---|---|
| Install | 0 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 5 | 25 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 9 | 50 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 12 | 100 SB |
| Buy the HQ Level-Up Pack within 24 hours after Level 12 | 500 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 15 | 150 SB |
| Buy First Top-up Deluxe Gift | 1,500 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 18 | 300 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 20 | 500 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 26 | 1,000 SB |
| Reach City Hall Level 30 | 2,000 SB |
| Total | 6,125 SB |
- Warning!
- Offer Terms
- Goals
- Strategy
- Alliances
- Player
- Heroes
- Upgrading Dinosaurs
- HQ Upgrade Requirements
- Town Layout
- Airship
- Codes
- Bugs
- Final Result
Strategy
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 |
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 |
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- 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 |
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.
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