SEASON 1 · WEEKLY ROADMAP

Week 1 — Build the Engine

Protein, VRI, Resistance, Serum and the first territory route.

ScopeModern Serum rollout

Quick read

Week 1 determines how quickly the account reaches the rest of Season 1. The objective is to build the resource/resistance engine and use the first Strongholds to create a useful City path.

Facts

  • Maintained schedule: Day 1 Purge Action, Purge the Polluted Area and Serum Shop; Day 2 Serum Collection; Day 3 Lv1 City; Day 4 Kimberly Exclusive Weapon; Day 7 Lv2 City.
  • Sunny weather provides +30% base Profession EXP from monster kills in the captured modern S1 weather guidance.
  • Alliances can capture up to 2 Military Strongholds per day under the current Season 1 structure.

BlackBar Gaming recommends

  • Keep Protein production and VRI moving together.
  • Complete Serum Collection daily.
  • Use Sunny windows for useful monster farming when stamina allows.
  • Plan the first Stronghold around future City access.

R4 / R5

  • Track daily Stronghold captures, the next City unlock, and live protection timers.

Watch out

  • Stronghold protection is version-sensitive: the target Serum rollout was firsthand-confirmed at 36h, while a newer retained S1 client string says 60h. Follow the live countdown.
  • Lv1 City has had rollout wording conflicts; use the live City Clash timer.
DETAILED GUIDE

How it works

Page: Season 1 Week 1

This week matters because

Week 1 determines how quickly the account can access the rest of Season 1. The objective is not simply to gain temporary power — it is to build the resource/resistance engine that unlocks stronger enemies, better seasonal rewards and territory progression.

Player priorities

  • Keep Protein Farms producing and progressing.
  • Keep VRI moving with the Protein generated.
  • Complete Serum Collection every day after it opens.
  • Use the Serum Shop to accelerate real progression.
  • Take advantage of Sunny weather when possible for Profession EXP farming.
  • Clear new seasonal enemy levels as Resistance allows.
  • Do not judge PvE readiness from squad power alone.

Territory priorities

  • Alliances may capture up to 2 Military Strongholds per day under the currently documented Season 1 structure.
  • Stronghold protection is version-sensitive: the target modern Serum deployment was firsthand-confirmed at 36 hours, while a newer retained S1 client string says 60 hours. Public guidance must tell players to use the live Stronghold protection timer.
  • City protection: the current client now gives the precise rule. Protection ends at 12:00 server time after the six-full-day period; once Warzone Declaration is active, the endpoint extends to 12:00 on the next eligible Wednesday/Saturday declaration day. The live city timer remains final authority.
  • The first capture should already support the route toward later cities and Lv6 objectives.

Week 1 weather

  • Days 1–2: Cloudy / no effect in the previously captured official modern weather guide.
  • Day 3 onward: server-specific random weather begins.
  • Sunny has been captured as a +30% base Profession EXP bonus from monster kills.

The public Weather page should tell players what to do during each weather state, not merely display a table of effects.

Week 1 common mistakes

  • Maxing one Protein Farm while cheap equal-production levels remain elsewhere.
  • Ignoring Serum Collection.
  • Spending Serum Fragments on weak sinks immediately.
  • Treating raw squad power as the seasonal PvE gate.
  • Taking Strongholds with no future route plan.
  • Following legacy Genetic Recombination guides as though they describe the modern Serum rollout.
  • Ignoring useful weather windows.