The Walking Dead: Survivors Beginner Guide and Gameplay Tips

With The Walking Dead Franchise growing every year, it was only a matter of time before the series finally hit the mobile gaming space. And, it did exactly that with an absolute banger of a game titled The Walking Dead: Survivors. The game developers, Galaxy Play Technology, have set the game up in a post-apocalyptic environment where base building and strategizing are the key. Not to worry, however, the game does make put up some serious strides to improve pre-existing formulas already present in base building games.

 

As such, we’re going to be providing you with a complete beginner's guide alongside tips and tricks that should help you succeed in the game. If you haven’t already, you can download The Walking Dead: Survivors for free on LDPlayer.

 

Game Overview:

 

 

If you have been a fan of The Walking Dead franchise or have generally played Zombie Survival games, you’ll know that co-operation and teamwork are the keys to victory. As such, many adaptations of the genre have always been about creating settlements and trying to survive as a group for as long as possible. The Walking Dead: Survivors takes the same approach.

 

The game's main objective is to gather and try and save as many people as you can so that you can start building your city. You will then need to ally with other colony leaders who share the same principles as you and then live in a world riddled with powerful unforgiving zombies. While you do so, you'll still have to face off against humans factions in their eternal quest for resources and power.

 

The game is not one of the easiest ones out there. However, the tutorial is quite comprehensive, and it should let you get a well-versed grip of the mechanics. However, if the gameplay explanation seems lacking, this is exactly where we come in with our guide. However, just like any other game that revolves around strategy, practice makes perfect. The longer you wait and give the game a chance, the better your overall chances of success will be. Following the tips mentioned below should serve as cornerstones for you to easily identify what you need to do next if you ever get stuck.

 

Complete the Main Campaign:

 

The Walking Dead: Survivors does a wonderful job of easing you into the game world and showing you the ropes. However, after that, it might feel a little absent at times. Not to worry. However, if you end up following the campaign to the nooks and cranny, you will quickly end up understanding what you need to do and where you should be using particular mechanics. One of the first challenges you will encounter in the game is determining which of the tasks you should be focusing on first.

 

No one will be stopping you in terms of the game from completing objectives your way. If you want to, you can complete the side stories first and then move onto the campaign. But, in any case, your primary goal for the game is not to win but to collect as many resources in the shortest time possible. This leads to efficiency and why doing certain things first might save you a lot of time.

 

For example, Campaigns always provide more Gold and XX per quest. What this means is that there’s a high chance that you might be able to get an item or amp your level up significantly that lets you destroy enemies that you once couldn’t with relative ease. Do note that no one will be forcing you to pick a particular task at any point in time.  However, it leads to the most efficient growth curve.

 

After you take a gander at the amazing graphics the game offers, you should seriously invest some of your time into the original storyline The Walking Dead: Survivors has. Each storyline relies on multiple tasks and chapters. Each task might also have a chance of dropping items or resources that cannot generally be found from side quests or other objectives. The storylines themselves are beautifully crafted and present you with an intriguing plotline that remains engaging and fun till the very end.

 

Once you get into questing and campaigns, the most important tasks you should be doing first will always be present on the lower left of your screen. The list of these tasks is generally much longer and can take up more of your screen. If they end up doing so, you can scroll through them and take a look at the objectives that are currently being completed. When it comes to construction and upgrading buildings, the only building that focuses on both aspects of the game is the Town Hall. However, it cannot be bogged down by the number of tasks you present to it. So, you can perform other tasks while you wait for your constructions/upgrades to finish.

 

Once you’ve done enough campaign tests to the day, your next objective should be to make sure you complete your daily quests. These provide you with activity points which can then be used to unlock treasure chests that provide you with cool loot and items. Make sure to unlock all of the chests every day, no matter how many activity points it takes, as they do have a chance of dropping something extremely valuable.

 

Start Practicing Your Mechanics:

 

 

Most base-building strategy games are not reliant on mechanics. Most of the players who end up playing this do not have the slightest clue on things that require mechanical fidelity. However, multitasking is an important aspect of the game that must be taken into account. The game, as mentioned earlier, is not easy to play, and the fact that you need to constantly be on your toes to keep up is a testament to just that. A basic requirement of this game is to stay online as much as possible while also managing your tasks diligently and having a mental note of what you need to do next.

 

As soon as you start the game, your first order of business is to expand your camp/settlement as much as possible. However, unlike other base building games, you start off with two builders and tons of construction options and upgrades to choose from. Once you hit level 8, you get an additional builder. You can also get to the Elite Rank by spending real-life money and getting another builder, amongst other perks. The subscription costs only 1$, so it is fairly inexpensive.

 

Strategizing your builders as best as possible and making sure they are being used extremely efficiently is your best bet. While objectives force you to upgrade or build certain buildings, you’ll have to move away from them plenty of times. Most of the game’s tasks breeze through particular buildings, which might mean that you may end up not upgrading whatsoever if ignored. As such, going away from the matter at hand ad focusing on making sure all your buildings are being upgraded at the same time with levels relatively similar to each other is extremely important.

 

Our best recommendation to you, in this case, is to always choose constructions that take a low amount of time when you are playing the game. But, if you are stuck in a dilemma where it's not possible for you to get upgrades of smaller durations, you might need to start spending some of your speedups in order to finish quickly. In most cases, our primary objective is to ensure that long construction times are saved for when you want to go on long breaks and to have shorter construction times when you are playing the game. Do not spend speedups when you need them at all, as the first days of developing your settlements are extremely important.

 

The activities in which you can engage in yourself are seen by icons on the left side of your screen. Having all of the icons active is the best way to do it. Once you get into training, you’ll need to start training melee, ranged, and cavalry units. Once you start turning units across all of your camps, you will be able to promote even low-level units later once you start upgrading your buildings.

 

In order to get high-level units, you will need to reach specific milestones to get to the level of the structures. Since this isn’t a part of your quests, make sure to upgrade your facilities as soon as possible. You can train units while facilities are being upgraded as well.

 

Another important task you need to focus on is research. As soon as you unlock the library, make sure to start conducting research to improve the performance of your troops and camps as well. However, at first, the development will be the only feature that will be unlocked for you.

 

Never Stop Exploring:

 

Once you start exploring the world, you start expanding and leveling up your camps as much as you can. Before you get out, we recommending getting your camp up and running as much as you can. But, after you’ve gotten in the habit of multitasking, you should definitely start trying to venture out as much as you can because they provide you with rewards you cannot get in your camp.

 

One particular feature that the developers have put in to add some enjoyment in exploration in The Walking Dead: Survivors is the mist that the entirety of the map. If an area is covered with mist, you will not be able to go there unless and until there’s an exploration camp or an explorer is sent there. Once you get to town hall levels 9 and 4, more explorers will be unlocked.

 

In order to explore, click on your exploration camp and click on the go button to explore a clouded area. If your explorer finds an area that has something interesting, you will get a notification in your mailbox. If you visit the area and click on the gift box, you will receive extra rewards.

 

However, other than rewards, there are other reasons for you to send out an explorer. For example, you can hunt down walkers by going to explored areas. Do note that this ends up consuming stamina. But, on the other side, you get tons of rewards like clay which are quite important in upgrading your camp.

 

Other than just walkers, there are other stronger NPCs present in the game that provide you with even more rewards, like the Woodbury Armies. However, we recommend getting in an alliance before you get into these stronger fights to guarantee a win. You can generate basic resources inside the camp. But, these still won't be enough to keep expanding your camp. Therefore, we recommend keeping track of your resources while also accumulating them on your own to keep upgrading your base as much as you can.

 

Whenever you go out to explore, make sure to take a look at adjacent bases. The main reason for this is to identify threats as much as possible as they turn out to pillage you. Therefore, we recommend making defensive preparations in case of an attack. So, keep tabs on neighbors near so that you can either prepare yourself for defense or just relocate to a spot.

 

Start Managing Your Camp:

 

 

Perhaps the most intriguing part about The Walking Dead: Survivors is the absolute treat of weapons and characters they can unlock in the game. All of the survivors are either based on references to comic books or the TV Show. To be able to recruit survivors, you need to go to the broadcast station to do so. However, there are some methods you can take advantage of to be able to recruit characters faster.

 

At the start, you’ll need to level the broadcast station until level 8. Each level will unlock an additional recruit slot. Then, you can either get a recruit from a short-range broadcast or a long-range one. You are then allowed five free pulls from the short-range and one from the long-range broadcasting. Do note that you will only be getting epic, rare, and common survivors from short ranges, while epic and legendary ones can be obtained from long-range ones.

 

This method is kind of Gacha since the recruiting part is completely randomized. However, you should be getting a good pull every ten turns. You can also pay to get more pulls or just spend tickets that you get from completing quests and events. However, we recommend saving your gems for other more important factors in the game.

 

You can also upgrade survivors using XP books. But, even if you aren’t that lucky, you will still be able to get a few legendary and epic grade survivors if you stay consistent with your long-range summons.

 

However, don’t be very happy when you get a good survivor. You will then need to unlock them and make sure that they are enhanced. You will also need to add them to the pool of possibilities you have for your base camp and understand what their particular strength is. While legendary characters do have better base stats than worse stats, it is not uncommon to see a low-tier survivor having better stats and effectiveness after they have been upgraded quite a bit. Once you get a survivor to a new level, more fighters can be lead by them. After every five levels, you unlock a brand new survivor for a survivor, or your existing one is upgraded quite heavily.

 

Other than ranking up, another factor for a survivor you can focus on is on survivor's star grade, which can be ranked up with shards. This also goes on top of the boost that fighters get when they are under a survivor's army. You will have to wait quite a bit before you can rank up a survivor of legendary rarity to a grade higher than 1.

 

Forge Alliances As Quickly As You Can:

 

 

RPGs or MMORPGs, in general, are known for their player interactions. Numerous names have been given to groups of players, clans, guilds, alliances, and even factions. These provide players within a game with the ability to band up together, chat, and socially interact. In most games, you don't need to band up together, and you can play the game solo in most cases. However, The Walking Dead: Survivors is not an adventure game where you can go against all odds and try to take on the entire lobby alone. There’s a high chance that you are going to be raided by multiple opponents at once. This game is considered more of a clan vs. clan game rather than a player vs. player game.

 

So, as soon as you jump into the game, you should instantly join a clan. While there is an option to make your clan, we do not recommend you do it as a beginner as there might be too much on your plate. There are tons of active clans in the game that you can find once you click on the clan option.

 

As soon as you are in a clan, you will be allowed to teleport your base to where your clan is. Do not worry about doing so, as sticking together is the primary benefit of joining one. Also, try to interact with the chat to know what’s happening with the activities and plans in the clan.

 

Perhaps the best benefit of clans is that you can send aid and gifts to one another. Whenever you build a new structure, get troops or even conduct research, you can ask for help from your clan members so that they are able to speed up the process of upgrading. Every time a clan member assists, your total time is cut down by a minute which is extremely useful as you start getting into upgrades that last for longer. You should also stay on good terms with your fellow clan members by sending them aid and gifts from time to time by click on the hand icon present on the lower right side of your screen.

 

 

Make sure to donate resources whenever someone asks for them, as you should be helping out people as much as you can. Other than the initial 20 donations you can make, you can also make more after some time. All these technology researches provide you with various buffs that act on all members of the clan. Staying in a prosperous clan can be extremely advantageous for you in the long run as you get to learn more from people around you and help others who are new to the game. This helps establishes a communal sense of belonging in the game, which adds to the overall immersion, experience, and fun.

 

LDPlayer Features For The Walking Dead: Survivors

 

LDPlayer is arguably the best Emulator out there for Strategy games like The Walking Dead: Survivors. While the game is relatively new and more features will be supported over time, LDPlayer prides itself in providing lag-free smooth high FPS gameplay for The Walking Dead: Survivors. Moreover, you can expect features such as Multi-Instance and the ability to change your key binds and remap them completely. More specific features specially made for the game might also be added.

 

Conclusion:

 

These are all the comprehensive beginner tips we have for you right now for The Walking Dead: Survivors. We’re also going to be making more comprehensive advanced tips and tricks guide as well. By the end of this guide, you should have an idea of everything you should be doing as soon as you start the game off as a beginner.