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Guides · V4

Whiteout Survival V4 beginner guide

Three short guides for your first week, then the day-by-day timeline of what unlocks on a V4 State, and the latest videos from the channel.

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Guides

Beginner guides

Short, practical, and written for V4. Start with the first one.

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Your first day 15 min
  1. 1 Redeem every gift code on this page before anything else.
  2. 2 Spend the 1,000 Gold Keys in Epic Recruitment straight away (100 ten-pulls). Saving them earns nothing.
  3. 3 Claim the sign-in gift every day for 7 days. Day 2 is Hector, a legendary hero.
  4. 4 Join an active alliance. Several Frost Star events pay by alliance rank.
  5. 5 Pick your main five heroes and put all hero EXP into them.
The 10-minute daily routine 10 min / day
  1. 1 Claim the sign-in gift (first week).
  2. 2 Take your free hero pulls: 5 in Advanced, 1 in Epic Recruitment.
  3. 3 Finish daily missions to 80 points and claim both chests (6,000 Frost Stars).
  4. 4 Fight your Arena battles before the daily reset. Top 500 pays stars.
  5. 5 Tap alliance help and join any Frost Star event that is live.
Spend Frost Stars wisely 5 min
  1. 1 Frost Stars buy any pack in the shop, so spend them like real money.
  2. 2 Hero gear and hero upgrade packs first. They win fights.
  3. 3 Build five heroes deep. For Arena: Gatot, Sonya, Hendrik, Edith and Bradley.
  4. 4 Skip cosmetic bundles until your lineup is done. They come back.
  5. 5 Packs marked 'Remaining: 3' that feed your main heroes are worth taking all three.

Server timeline

What unlocks, and when.

Every State follows the same schedule from the day it opens. New heroes arrive every 42 days.

Your State is on Day 1
Next unlock — —
  1. Launch

    Gen 1–8 heroes

    Available from launch

  2. Day 5

    Pets (Gen 1)

    First pet generation

  3. Day 15

    Pets (Gen 2)

  4. Day 22

    Gen 9 heroes

    Plus Red Equipment

  5. Day 30

    Pets (Gen 3)

  6. Day 59

    Fire Crystal 3

  7. Day 60

    Experts, group 1

    Plus Pets (Gen 4)

  8. Day 64

    Gen 10 heroes

    Plus Level 11+ Gems

  9. Day 80

    Experts, group 2

  10. Day 90

    Fire Crystal 5

    Plus Pets (Gen 5)

  11. Day 100

    War Academy

    Plus Experts, group 3

  12. Day 106

    Gen 11 heroes

  13. Day 120

    Pets (Gen 6)

  14. Day 130

    Fire Crystal 8

  15. Day 148

    Gen 12 heroes

  16. Day 160

    Pets (Gen 7)

  17. Day 180

    Fire Crystal 10

  18. Day 190

    Gen 13 heroes

  19. Day 210

    Flame Technology

  20. Day 232

    Gen 14 heroes

  21. Day 274

    Gen 15 heroes

  22. Day 316

    Gen 16 heroes

Scroll for later unlocks. Dates follow the published V4 roadmap and can change.

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Your first week, in order

Day 1: redeem every gift code, spend your Gold Keys and join an active alliance. Every day after that: claim the sign-in gift, take your free hero pulls, finish daily missions to 80 points and fight in the Arena before the reset. Hector arrives on day 2 and the first pets on day 5.

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Community

Find your alliance in Discord

Ask questions, get the latest codes before they show up here, and find players on your State. I'm in there too.

  • Download link and setup help
  • New gift codes first
  • Alliance recruiting by State
  • SvS and Bear Hunt call-outs
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