F2P Season 1 Guide — Staying Competitive Without Spending
Where F2P Power Comes From in Season 1
In Season 1, your HQ caps at level 30 — so growth shifts away from HQ levels and into the systems you can keep deepening for free: finishing T10 / Unit X, pushing gold gear, investing in the right heroes, and levelling your Profession (which caps at Level 40 this season). There is no oil in Season 1 — that arrives in a later phase — so don't plan around it.
The F2P mission for the season is simple: concentrate everything into one squad, claim the free power spikes the game hands out, and win through your alliance rather than your wallet.
Every shard you invest in Mason on the Wall of Honor before you promote him from SSR to UR is refunded when he is promoted. That makes investing in Mason effectively zero net cost — you get the power now and the shards back later to reinvest. For an F2P account, Mason is the correct first major Wall of Honor project. Keep feeding him.
(The exact timing of the SSR→UR upgrade unlock is worth confirming in-game, as it has shifted between updates — but the refund mechanic is the constant, and it's why Mason is the F2P priority.)
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