Infinite Octagon

Timeline

Use the countdowns in your Octagon bracket to plan preparation and each round.

• Preparation: confirm when the bracket opens and check the initial matchups.
• Quarterfinal: check the battle countdown and your assigned role.
• Semifinal: recheck the countdown and assignments after the quarterfinal.
• Final: confirm the countdown and assignments after the semifinal.

Check your attacker or defender role in the bracket before each Capitol battle.

What Week 4 is actually for

Week 4 is not yet the first knockout battle.

It is for:

• reading the bracket;
• understanding server position;
• identifying likely opponent;
• setting server-wide command channels;
• agreeing which alliances/players will perform which jobs;
• protecting member availability for the scheduled battle windows.

Server-level lesson

Infinite Octagon is not an “R5 of the #1 alliance” event.

It is a warzone coordination event.

Think at the warzone level rather than the alliance level:

• “your alliance”

to:

• “your warzone”
• “server leadership”
• “major alliances”
• “shared objective”

Check the active Octagon panel for your eligibility requirements.

Do not rely on an older threshold when planning for the Octagon.

Check the current in-game eligibility screen before planning:

• follow the eligibility requirements in the active bracket;
• do not use a number without its exact metric label;
• treat the current live Octagon rules screen as final authority.

Your active event screen is the final authority for eligibility.

Headline

Week 5 is where Season 1 becomes a warzone event rather than an alliance event. Personal progression still matters, but the major outcome is determined by coordinated server-level execution.

Current timing

• Quarterfinal: follow the countdown in your Octagon bracket.

Player priorities

• Know whether the warzone is attacker or defender.
• Keep troops and resources ready for the battle shown in the bracket.
• Follow rally, garrison and objective assignments instead of chasing random PvP.
• Keep VRI / Profession / main Military Base progression moving, but do not spend temporary resources only to inflate displayed account power.

Leadership priorities

• Opponent scouting.
• Server-wide command structure.
• Capitol/objective role assignment.
• Rally and garrison leads.
• Attendance planning.
• Clear communication between major alliances.

Core lesson

Random base kills are secondary if they do not help the Capitol objective.

Common mistakes

• Treating Octagon as the top alliance's private event.
• Failing to share the plan before the battle.
• Overcommitting to random PvP instead of the objective.
• Entering the battle with no server-wide chain of command.

Current timing

• Tesla Exclusive Weapon: Season Day 39.
• Semifinal: follow the countdown in your Octagon bracket.

Tesla Exclusive Weapon guidance

Use the same activation distinction already taught for Kimberly and DVA:

• hero-specific activation shards/chests activate the weapon;
• Universal Exclusive Weapon Shards upgrade an already activated weapon;
• do not substitute universal upgrade shards for hero-specific activation materials.

If you miss a weapon’s initial activation period, check later Black Market inventories; another opportunity may appear.

Week 6 resource question

By Week 6, every seasonal-resource spend should answer:

Does this still create meaningful value before the season ends?

Good uses:

• main-squad Military Base levels that materially improve battle performance;
• VRI / Profession progression still needed for seasonal goals;
• useful Serum Shop purchases.

Weak uses:

• pushing off-squad temporary Military Bases simply for displayed power;
• hoarding seasonal currency only because the settlement conversion is unknown.

Current timing

• Final: confirm the countdown and your attacker or defender role in the Octagon bracket.

Player checklist

• Finish Profession goals.
• Spend useful seasonal currencies before value disappears.
• Check remaining Serum Shop targets.
• Avoid unnecessary investment into temporary systems that will vanish shortly.
• Preserve troops/resources for the final major war if participating.

Leadership checklist

• Final Influence-position check.
• Final City/Stronghold route decisions.
• Publish settlement reward criteria before Week 8.
• Save contribution/attendance records if they will be used for allocation.
• Make sure members understand which resources disappear and which permanent gains stay.

Common mistake