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If you’ve ever gotten rolled by a Kimberly main with fully maxed Mythic gear during Capital War, you already know the unforgiving math: hitting Level 40 gear from scratch requires roughly
200,000 Upgrade Ore
and
40 Mythic Blueprints
— a progression wa... moreIf you’ve ever gotten rolled by a Kimberly main with fully maxed Mythic gear during Capital War, you already know the unforgiving math: hitting Level 40 gear from scratch requires roughly
200,000 Upgrade Ore
and
40 Mythic Blueprints
— a progression wall that separates casual F2P players from SVS-viable powerhouses. Orange (Legendary) gear already delivers 4–5x the base stats of Purple (Epic) gear, and Mythic (Red) gear is another tier above that; without it, your entire hero lineup is irrelevant in late-game PvP and server-level alliance conflicts.
Understanding the Gear Factory: Mechanics You Must Know
Unlocking at
HQ Level 9
, the Gear Factory is the core of all your equipment progression, with a non-negotiable upgrade gate at
Factory Level 20
that unlocks star promotions and Mythic transcendence. Players who delay upgrading their factory to Level 20 push their full Mythic gear roadmap back by weeks or even months, as lower factory tiers cannot process high-rarity upgrade materials or support red gear crafting.
The factory has four core functions that form the backbone of its internal economy, with the merge function being the most underutilized by new players. The merge chain follows a consistent 4:1 ratio for all material tiers, as outlined below:
Input Material (Quantity)
Output Material
Rarity Tier
4x Screws
Refined Iron
Rare
4x Refined Iron
Superalloy
Epic
4x Superalloy
Synthetic Resin
Legendary
4x Synthetic Resin
Dielectric Ceramic
Mythic Upgrade Material
Dismantle and Disintegrate serve complementary roles, but the community follows one cardinal rule to avoid wasted inventory and materials: dismantle every piece of gear below Legendary (Gold) tier immediately. Hoarding blue, green, or even purple gear gives you no long-term progression value, and dismantling lower-tier items feeds directly into the merge chain to produce high-end materials faster.
Gear Upgrade Priority: What to Upgrade First and Why
Aligning your gear upgrades to the current Rock-Paper-Scissors troop meta (Tanks > Missiles > Aircraft > Tanks) cuts your time to a competitive lineup in half. Your first upgrade priority should always match the core of your primary hero formation: for example, a Kimberly/DVA missile main will need to max offensive Railgun and Chip slots first, while a tank-focused main running Gavin will prioritize Armor and Radar slots to boost frontline survival.
Upgrade Ore costs scale exponentially with each level bracket, which is why veterans never spread Ore across multiple gear pieces at once. The cost breakdown per 10-level bracket for a single gear piece is as follows:
Level Bracket
Total Upgrade Ore Required
% of Total Level 40 Cost
1–10
~20,000
10%
11–20
~40,000
20%
21–30
~60,000
30%
31–40
~80,000
40%
Blueprints are the far more restrictive bottleneck for competitive players. Legendary Blueprints cover 1–5 star upgrades for orange gear, but Mythic Blueprints are required to transcend to Red Gear, with a direct purchase cost of
$50–$100 per blueprint
when bought individually in the in-game store. This makes Mythic Blueprints the highest-priority item to target during limited event windows like Ammo Bonanza, where drop rates are doubled for select bundles.
Legendary to Mythic Gear: The Full Progression Roadmap
Many new players underestimate the total investment required for a full competitive Mythic set, which is why mapping out concrete costs early prevents wasted resources down the line. A full set of 5-star Red Gear for one primary carry requires
40 Mythic Blueprints
and approximately
200,000 total Upgrade Ore
, plus 24,000 Dielectric Ceramics and 200 Legendary Blueprints to complete all star upgrades across four gear slots.
The stat payoff for hitting this milestone is non-negotiable for late-game play: Mythic gear is the threshold at which a player becomes genuinely SVS-competitive and relevant in server-level Alliance Duel Burn Day scenarios, with red gear passives adding 30% critical damage reduction, 25% troop attack boost, and other game-changing buffs that cannot be unlocked any other way. This grind is not a mindless resource dump, but a strategic investment that directly determines your alliance role in endgame content.
Timing your upgrades to match event cycles maximizes your return on every material spent. The community consensus is to stockpile all Dielectric Ceramics and Blueprints for 2–3 week periods, then deploy all of them during Arms Race or special gear events that multiply gear upgrade points by 2x or 3x. This lets you climb event leaderboards for extra rare rewards while progressing your gear, rather than wasting materials on off-cycle upgrades that give no secondary benefits.
Cutting the Cost: How Smart Players Buy Gear Materials More Efficiently
Buying all required materials for a full Mythic set through direct Apple/Google Play in-app purchases can exceed $1,000 over an account’s life less