Read Me / VERSION HISTORY

Version History

A dated log of every update made to this site, newest first.


V(20/08/26-17.32)

Fixed Search showing 31 near-identical "Hero Attributes & Stats" results when searching "Hero" — each of the per-hero stat cards on Hero Attributes & Stats now gets its own heading (the hero's name) and its own direct anchor, instead of sharing one generic heading and a bare, unanchored link.

V(19/08/26-16.49)

Added a "Claim Gold Bricks" entry to the Dashboard's How To list — what they are, and how to claim the current milestone giveaway via store.lastwar.com.

V(19/08/26-16.23)

Replaced "Links / Social" with a direct "SEARCH" link in the nav bar on every page (the page itself is untouched, just removed from the header for now). Corrected and expanded the Economy & Currencies page's Gold Bricks entry — it's a premium payment currency that redeems eligible packs, not a direct exchange for specific systems — and added the current 800,000-registration milestone giveaway as a worked example.

V(19/08/26-14.02)

Added an image to the Crystal Factory building entry.

V(19/08/26-13.32)

Added the newly-launched Crystal Event as a 13th Additional Challenges system, plus a Crystal Factory building entry and a matching How To — the Crystal Boss, the Crystal Shop, and an honest note on which exact numbers aren't confirmed yet for such a fresh feature.

V(18/08/26-19.29)

Fixed a usability gap on the Dashboard's How To list: with 22 topics now in it, clicking one near the top left the answer hidden off-screen below the fold. Clicking a topic now highlights it and smoothly scrolls its answer into view.

V(18/08/26-19.20)

Added a "Find the age of your account" entry to the Dashboard's How To list — using your daily VIP Chest login streak as a stand-in, since the game doesn't show account age directly.

V(18/08/26-16.24)

Added two new Dashboard widgets: "How to Use This Site" (audience-based wayfinding for new visitors) and "Seasons" (jump straight to any season's story and related content). Reordered the Dashboard so Search Everything now sits after these guidance tools rather than first, since not every visitor arrives with something specific to search for.

V(18/08/26-15.29)

Corrected Braz to a confirmed Season 6 SSR-to-UR promotion hero, added the Wall of Honor refund timing tactic, and expanded Rare Soil War with the general Season 2 temperature system and season timeline. Added a Scattered Supplies note to Seasons & Story, and clarified the HQ31 Combat Center requirement on Prerequisites & Unlock Requirements.

V(18/08/26-15.04)

Added Rare Soil War as a 12th Additional Challenges system — Season 2's alliance-vs-alliance Furnace War, sourced from the owner's alliance leader and cross-verified. Filled in the previously thin High-heat Furnace and Titanium Alloy Factory entries on Buildings & Base, and added a missing Alliance Furnace entry.

V(12/08/26-13.40)

Redesigned the Dashboard around four fast-access tools (Search Everything, Shortcuts, How To, and FAQ), replacing the old Branches card grid. Added a "Start Here" link to every page's nav and moved Shortcuts there from the nav to the Dashboard only. Fixed the Search page's input styling, and overhauled the Read Me page (renamed from "About This Site") with a new overview and a pointer to this Version History page.

V(10/08/26-21.27)

Rolled the dashboard's two-row header and Shortcuts menu out to every page on the site, so the same jump-to-related-pages menu is now available everywhere, not just the Dashboard.

V(10/08/26-20.26)

Added The Capitol as an 11th Additional Challenges system — the President role and its six subordinate titles, their exact bonuses, and how to apply — sourced from owner-provided screenshots and an alliance leader's mail. Also added a matching "Gain Capital buffs" How To entry.

V(10/08/26-18.59)

Fixed the background hero image site-wide: it no longer rescales unpredictably with browser window height, and now sits closer to the page content instead of overhanging so far past its edges.

V(10/08/26-18.40)

Added a two-stage Shortcuts menu to the Dashboard nav (HQ, Buildings, Heroes, Alliance, Drone, each expanding into curated related pages), tagged Headquarters as a pinned top search result for "hq", and restructured the dashboard's top nav layout.

V(05/08/26-22.43)

Added a Hero Cap column to the Full Upgrade Cost Table, showing the hero level cap unlocked at each Headquarters level alongside its resource costs.

V(05/08/26-22.31)

Turned Hero Level Cap Formula into a milestone table with a progression strategy tip, added a matching How To entry, and cross-linked it from every other page that already mentioned hero level caps.

V(04/08/26-15.15)

Added The Queen's Revenge as a full 10th system on Additional Challenges, sourced from the owner's own in-game screenshots, and cross-linked from the Crimson Queen lore on Seasons & Story.

V(31/07/26-21.32)

Added Desert Storm Battlefield as a full 9th system on Additional Challenges, sourced from the owner's own in-game screenshots (map, structures, Oil Wells) plus a real R5 alliance strategy briefing.

V(29/07/26-12.21)

Fixed Doom Walker's threat-list detail — the "Alliance/Warzone Threat" lists belong to the Doomsday event page, not everyday play, which normally means manually scanning the map instead, per the owner's own experience.

V(29/07/26-12.02)

Corrected Doom Walker to clarify it's an everyday world-map boss (not event-exclusive), added how to find one via the Alliance/Warzone Threat lists, and moved inline sourcing caveats site-wide into a strengthened Disclaimer note instead.

V(29/07/26-11.02)

Added "Kill a Doom Walker" to Getting Started's How To dropdown, linking to the new Doom Walker section.

V(29/07/26-10.45)

Added Doom Walker as a full 8th system on Additional Challenges — power-threshold mechanic, strength requirements by level, and the full reward structure.

V(29/07/26-00.28)

Broke dense How To and FAQ answers into readable paragraphs with a blank line between distinct ideas, on Getting Started and FAQ & Ask a Question.

V(28/07/26-23.03)

Lightened the dim grey label text (breadcrumbs, section labels, footer text) site-wide for readability, after checking the new shade on Insider Tips first.

V(28/07/26-22.53)

Added the ID Rewards Center (Last War ID) to Economy & Currencies and Getting Started's How To dropdown.

V(28/07/26-22.42)

Removed a duplicate question from the FAQ & Ask a Question dropdown that was already covered as a How To topic on Getting Started.

V(28/07/26-15.56)

Added 2nd/3rd/4th squad unlock requirements to Heroes and Getting Started, using official "1st Squad" through "4th Squad" naming rather than community slang.

V(27/07/26-00.23)

Added confirmed 4th Barracks unlock requirements to Troops and a matching Getting Started How To entry.

V(26/07/26-23.36)

Added content from owner-provided screenshots: a real Waterfall Training example on Troops, enriched Taylor numbers on Survivors, a Store Buy Priorities section on Economy & Currencies, a Shields Aren't Cumulative tip on Insider Tips, and Wanted Bosses as a full 7th system on Additional Challenges.

V(26/07/26-22.53)

Added a new VS Week Overview page, built from the owner's own infographic — a day-by-day checklist plus the advanced Saturday PvP strategy, with a full text backup underneath the graphic.

V(26/07/26-14.46)

Added Winter Storm Battlefield as a full 6th system on Additional Challenges, sourced from the owner's own in-game screenshots of the official rules text.

V(26/07/26-12.27)

Answered the site's first user-submitted FAQ question — confirmed with in-game testing that entering the Winter Storm / Desert Storm Battlefield doesn't drop your shield or expose your real base.

V(26/07/26-12.13)

Added a new FAQ & Ask a Question page — ask anything and browse a growing list of previously answered questions — linked from every page's footer and a new Dashboard card.

V(24/07/26-17.39)

Added confirmed structure and mechanics for Frontline Breakthrough (Prologue/Hard/Nightmare tiers, chapters, stages) to Additional Challenges, and fixed "Frontline" returning no useful search results.

V(24/07/26-15.39)

Added robots.txt and a machine-readable sitemap.xml (listing all 45 pages) to help Google properly discover and index the site.

V(24/07/26-15.28)

Fixed search results for "Marshal's Guard" jumping to the top of the Alliance page instead of straight to the section, roughly halfway down.

V(24/07/26-15.22)

Added an Offline Participation section with an in-game screenshot to Alliance, showing exactly where to enable it for Marshal's Guard.

V(24/07/26-14.49)

Added a community-made Waterfall Training diagram to the Troops page, with extra detail on the weekly training/Mobility Day upgrade cycle it shows.

V(24/07/26-12.27)

Added Zombie Invasion (Golden Zombies) as a full entry on Additional Challenges, covering the invasion mechanics, Courage Medal rewards, and strategy; trimmed the short blurb on Event Walkthroughs to link through to it.

V(24/07/26-12.10)

Added four more topics to the Getting Started How To dropdown: checking battle results, viewing president announcements, finding your alliance's top-50 ranking, and using long speedups against shorter requirements.

V(21/07/26-14.02)

Fixed an inconsistency where content boxes only turned solid on hover on the main hub pages (Dashboard, Reference, Guides, etc.) but not on deeper pages like Getting Started. Every card/box across the whole site now has the same hover-to-solid effect.

V(21/07/26-13.51)

Made every panel/card background slightly see-through site-wide, so a hint of the background image shows through, and matched the Dashboard's "Search Everything" subtitle text style to the other cards.

V(21/07/26-11.27)

Added the decorative background image to every page on the site (previously Dashboard-only), and brightened it up (opacity 0.22 → 0.42) after feedback that the site looked a little dull.

V(21/07/26-11.18)

Added three more topics to the Getting Started How To dropdown: building troops quickly (the Barracks "waterfall method"), building your VIP level, and checking the Arms Race events calendar.

V(21/07/26-00.16)

Sorted the Getting Started How To dropdown options into alphabetical order.

V(21/07/26-00.14)

Added three more topics to the Getting Started How To dropdown: gaining resources efficiently, messaging another player, and avoiding accidentally popping presents (Construction Confirmation setting).

V(20/07/26-22.53)

Added a note to the "Attack a base quickly" answer on the Getting Started How To dropdown: marching to a resource tile is quicker than marching straight to a base.

V(20/07/26-20.14)

Added a new "How To" dropdown to the top of Getting Started with quick answers for joining an alliance, attacking a base quickly, being ready for HQ upgrades, and building a strong troop. Also expanded the direct-march warning tip on Insider Tips with the resource-tile redirect technique.

V(20/07/26-18.01)

Fixed a follow-on search bug: stray single letters left over from mid-typing (e.g. "t" while typing "Too") were matching almost everything on the site. Short but meaningful game terms like T10, R5, UR, and HP still work as before.

V(20/07/26-15.55)

Added "Find Your UID" and "Register at the Official Last War Store" info to the bottom of Getting Started, for extra free resources and offers not available in-game.

V(20/07/26-13.18)

Fixed a real search bug where typing a natural question (e.g. "How do I apply to join an alliance?") produced chaotic, near-meaningless results due to common short words matching everywhere. Also added missing "How to Join/Leave/Switch Alliances" content to Alliance and Getting Started.

V(20/07/26-11.48)

Added a new step 2 to Getting Started: how to press-and-hold to rearrange buildings around your base, a basic mechanic that was missing from the site entirely.

V(19/07/26-18.01)

Added a "Version History" link to the footer of every page on the site (previously only on the About page), and added links from every existing changelog entry through to the actual page(s) that were changed.

V(19/07/26-17.41)

Renamed "Alliance Center" to "Alliance Support Hub" throughout the site (confirmed in-game across two accounts, HQ 13 and HQ 29), keeping a short "Alliance Center" entry on the Buildings page so the old name still turns up in search.

V(19/07/26-16.55)

Added the "Offline Participation" toggle tip for Marshal's Guard across all its mentions (Alliance Strategy, Alliance, Glossary), so squads still auto-join a rally if you have to step away mid-event.

V(18/07/26-21.27)

Added a new day-1 priority to Getting Started (step 7): timing upgrades and troop training with the Arms Race and VS calendars for bigger rewards.

V(18/07/26-21.10)

Added a "Start Here" card to the Dashboard's Branches list (linking to Getting Started) so brand-new players have an obvious entry point, plus a matching "Basics" link on the Insider Tips page.

V(18/07/26-19.03)

Added the "join with your strongest squad, lead with a weaker one" tactic to every remaining mention of Marshal's Guard on the site (Alliance reference page and Glossary), so it's consistent everywhere.

V(18/07/26-18.54)

Renamed the discreet version link at the bottom of the About page from "V-" to "Version History", so it's clear what it links to.

V(18/07/26-18.51)

Fixed Marshal's Guard search discoverability (it was being buried by hero Marshall results), added a Glossary entry, and corrected an inaccurate old "Federation Military Training" description on the Events guide.

V(18/07/26-18.38)

Added two previously-missing mechanics: War Fever (Insider Tips and Glossary) and Marshal's Guard / Alliance Exercise (Alliance reference page and Alliance Strategy guide).

V(17/07/26-10.53)

Restored the cyan hover highlight on the "V-" link at the bottom of the About page, to make it a little easier for visitors to discover this version history.

V(17/07/26-10.36)

Renamed "Links / Videos" to "Links / Social" (including the page's own address), and added an official Discord server widget to the Links / Social page so visitors can see who's online and join the community.

V(17/07/26-00.28)

Added the Next HQ Level calculator, a full cross-checked HQ upgrade cost table (levels 1-35) on the Upgrade Costs page, and building requirements pulled into the calculator.

V(16/07/26-23.59)

Added a new "Calculators" section: Hero Level Cap, Drone Parts, and Gear Crafting Cost calculators, built from data already on the site, plus a link to Last War Handbook's larger calculator collection on the Links / Videos page.

V(16/07/26-22.27)

Added this Version History page and a version-number link at the bottom of the About page, so every future update gets logged here.

V(16/07/26-19.50)

Added SEO meta descriptions to every page, so Google shows clearer, more accurate search result snippets.

V(15/07/26-13.52)

Added a new "Links / Videos" section and page, updated the Site Map, About page, and search index to match, and fixed a missing analytics tag and a dead feedback link on two pages.

V(15/07/26-13.01)

Added images for Tank Base, Protein Farm, Virus Research Institute, and the newly-renamed Missile Vehicle Base building on the Buildings page.

V(15/07/26-12.51)

Removed an unused duplicate building image file.

V(15/07/26-12.03)

Updated the Armament Institute description on the Buildings page to note it's a Season 4 off-season building, to avoid confusing players who don't have it.

V(15/07/26-11.50)

Standardized every building image filename on the Buildings page to lowercase, fixing a case-sensitivity issue that could silently break images on the live site.

V(15/07/26-11.38)

Fixed four building images (Air Center, Alert Tower, Iron Warehouse, Squad) on the Buildings page that weren't displaying correctly on the live site due to filename case mismatches.

V(15/07/26-11.06)

Added the Air Force Base building image to the Buildings page.

V(14/07/26-23.00)

Removed an extra star icon from the Dashboard's status indicator.