Overview

This game is similar to a city builder game, except you're upgrading a space ship instead of a town. The game itself is pretty easy, but it's incredibly slow paced. Upgrading things takes forever, but that doesn't even matter because gathering resources will take even longer. This game requires minimal effort once things are set up, and it's best for people who can check on it every 4-5 hours or so.


Game Name	Ark Of War
Device	Android only.
Amount	$15 on GG2U under the Gaming offers section
Time Limit	14 days
Time Spent	I technically finished in 6 days, but the last two days were just waiting on the bridge to finish

Leveling your ship

Leveling up your ship is very straight forward in this game. Your Bridge is what determines your level. This is equivalent to the castle/city hall/etc in other games. In order to upgrade it, you will need to upgrade Gas Station -> Forge -> Armored Board -> Bridge.

This game has 5 main resources, but you will only want to focus on Gas, Electric, and Cash. The Food and Parts are not used for upgrading buildings, so you shouldn't run into any limitations by ignoring them.

Don't go too crazy with upgrades aside from what is needed to upgrade your Bridge. Go through the main quest line and upgrade what it tells you to, but then stop when you are opened up to all of the Storyline quests. The later quests will not pay for the upgrades, and upgrading the buildings doesn't offer much of a benefit. For example when upgrading a resource building:

6 to 7 would take about 2 days to pay for just this upgrade.
7 to 8 would take approximately 5.5 days to pay for just this upgrade.

Get set up for success

This game is super slow paced, but there are a few things you will want to get out of the way first. Here's what you'll need to do:

Go through the main quests. These will unlock important buildings.
Upgrade the Gas, Electric, and Cash production Research technologies under the Develop tree to level 1.
Go to the Time and Space War under your Space Station and upgrade some ships. This area looks tricky, but all you need to do is upgrade your ships. Placement doesn't matter, and you'll go to the next wave once you have enough power. To upgrade the ships, you want to click on the button on the bottom right hand corner which will spawn a low level ship. Tap this button as many times as you can (you're allowed to have 15 or so), then upgrade the ships by dragging them on top of each other. Similar ships will combine making space for more ships. I got my ships up to around wave 25, but you could stop sooner. This area gives you Meta Energy and Crystals which can be used to speed up healing and troop training.
Make sure to keep production boosters going - you will get more than you need so use them up.

Research

The only thing worth upgrading is your Gas, Electric, and Cash production technologies under the Develop tree. Get these to level 1, and then stop. Level 1 will take about a day to pay for itself. Level 2 would take about a week.

Personally, I also upgraded to unlock Lurker under the Battle tree, but I don't feel it was really worth it. Seagull would probably be a better choice, but I'm not sure any of them are even worth the cost. Having tier 2 warriors is necessary if you want to progress further in the Explore section, but the Explore section's only benefit is to help upgrade your commanders which I didn't feel was too necessary to focus on. If I were to do it again, I would likely just ignore them unless it was part of the story quests.

Dailies

Daily Rewards - This will show up each day in the bottom right corner. You will get a login reward and a monthly reward - be sure to claim both. There is also a link reward, but I did not end up doing this so I'm not sure if it's daily. It'd probably be worth doing though.
Mega slots - This shows up each day in the bottom right corner.
One free commander at the Warp Gate - this has a 24 hour cool down.
Weekly Free Pack - Click on the gold icon in the top right corner, go to the Super Value Pack, and click the chest in the bottom right corner. I swear there was also a daily, but I can no longer find it.
VIP rewards - Click on VIP on the top left corner, and click on your free VIP Daily Chest. Note: You do not need VIP active for this.
Daily Missions - You can get to these by clicking on the Quest button on the bottom bar and going to the Daily Missions tab. You'll have more missions available than necessary to get all 5 rewards, and I do recommend doing what you need to finish this out. The last reward gives you a box with a random item, which can give you a resource box with 1.2 cash or 2.4 other million resources of your choice.
Daily Exploration - You can get to these by clicking on the Quest button on the bottom bar and going to the Daily Exploration tab. Do everything you're able to do, and make sure to hit the Reset button before the end of the day. These won't reset on their own, so you are fine to do them whenever. The 1-hour missions can be skipped for free.
Faction Tasks - You can get to these by clicking on the Quest button on the bottom bar and going to the Faction Tasks tab. I mostly ignored these. Upgrading your faction can offer you some benefits, but you will only get to Friendly in the time limit, so it's not worth it to really focus on this.
Market - This isn't technically a daily, but you will want to keep up with it. Go into the For Sale part and put up a trade offering your Food/Parts for Gas/Electric. You could also ask for Cash, but it's unlikely you will get it. I found Parts for Electric to be the best, but it may depend on your server.
Investment - Once you unlock the Cargo Hold you can invest your gold for profit. The Black Market Trading seems the best option with a 7% profit after 1 day. Invest as much as you can.

Troops

Keep up a good amount of warriors in case you get defeated. You will likely not have enough room in the Medical Center to house everyone if you get defeated. At the end of the game, I would lose about 1/2 to 2/3 of my troops with any defeat, and upgrading the Medical Center gets expensive.

Make sure to send your troops out to gather Gas/Electric/Cash as much as possible, and don't forget to tell them to return once they've finished gathering. You may want to limit your troops to the resource node's capacity in case you get attacked in order to minimize your losses.

Commander

Commanders are pretty important in this game. The higher level your commander is, the more troops he can take with him. Commanders are ranked by level with D > C > B > A > S. I got an S commander named Galileo pretty early on. It says he came from an event, but I swear I got him through quests once I reached a certain level.

A few things to make note of with the commanders:

Your Warp Gate determines how many commanders you can have. Make sure to upgrade it so you can get 3 commanders (I believe it's level 4 or 5)
Your commanders can only do one thing at any time. Training, upgrading, gathering resources, exploring, etc - you are limited to one action.
Gathering resources uses 1 energy, so make sure not to blow it all in the Exploration right before you want to gather.
Upgrade your Leadership to allow your commander to take more troops with him. Always use Magazines in groups of 10 for the extra bonus.
Upgrade your commander's skills. It doesn't use many resources and it's quick.
Put equipment on if you have it. You will get equipment from the Explore section and various other places. Purple equipment can be upgraded using Melange which you can acquire by selling other equipment.
As your commander levels up, don't forget to attack higher level monsters. Your first win with each level will give you some gold. I was only able to kill up to level 5 by the time I finished. I probably could have gotten further if I focused on the Exploration and gear crafting more.

Events

You can get to the Events by clicking on the button on the right hand side that looks like a gold trophy with people underneath. There are a few events that run at one time that you can do, but it's not really worth going out of your way to do them. The first two rewards are so-so, and the last reward which offers gold is hard to reach. For low little time this game takes, I recommend just ignoring them.

Should you spend real money?

If you do the offer through GG2U - absolutely. They have a special rebate offer which you can receive a rebate if you purchase the $4.99 pack within 7 days of installing the game. Make sure to check if this promotion is still mentioned on their page before making the purchase. I highly recommend buying the resource boost package.

Aside from that, I really don't recommend spending money on this game. Resources are the hardest thing to get, and even the $4.99 pack only got me to level 8 or 9. For the level 12 bridge upgrade alone, even buying two of these packs wouldn't be enough.

Other tips/notes for this game:

Be careful tapping when going through the tutorial. There are times where it will ask you to use gold to speed things up, and if you tap anywhere it will use the gold. Gold is precious so it's better to wait the few seconds for it to finish.
Make sure to join a Guild. I recommend watching chat for a Guild advertising, because you will be flooded with empty Guilds if you check the Guild section.
At level 7 you will lose your protection shield. I highly recommend saving all resource packs until after this point - use your troops to gather instead.
Keep a shield on all the time. Resources are hard to get, so you will get attacked often. It's okay to let it lapse if you are under your storage limits, but that is unlikely to happen often because the limit is very low.
You need to recall your warriors after they finish gathering. They won't come back on their own!
Open your Starter Kit every time you upgrade your bridge.
Use up your Magazines on your best S-rank commanders. I loaded mine all into NB-SS who was given as a 7-day trial event.
You will get a ton of rewards sent in the Mail. Make sure to collect these regularly.
Regularly check your inventory for useful items. You will get all sorts of boxes, vip points, equipment, etc.
If you get asked to sign in with your Google Play account, you can get around it by taping outside of that box a few times.
You can get a free 7 day trial subscription by hitting the little blue android button in the top left corner. It says $0.99 on it, so I suspect that is what you will get charged after the 7 days. I did not sign up for this, but it does offer some very nice rewards.

General tips for these type of city builder mobile games:

When you click the offer on the offer wall, download the app right away. As soon as it's done downloading, open the app right away and let it run for a while (play the game, make an account, let it sit, whatever). Do not navigate away at any point during the process. Taking too long or messing around while the game is downloading/installing may cause problems with it crediting later.
Make an account and confirm your email. This is required for most of these types of games, but it is never mentioned.
Never stockpile resources above your protected limit - and try to keep them as low as possible. Don't open resource items or other things until you need them.
Rename your city/character. You're more likely to get kicked out of an alliance and/or attacked if you have the default name.
Make sure to do your Daily, Alliance/Guild/Clan and VIP quests (if applicable).
Join an alliance asap. I always recommend aiming for a lower to mid-tier alliance. You want something that has a lot of newer players and a high turnover rate. This will allow you to get the much needed speedups from alliance helps. If your alliance isn't helping enough, join a new one. Don't bother teleporting to their hive - just stay where ever it puts you unless you start getting ganked. Alternatively, you could attempt to find a generous and friendly higher tier guild and ask for them to send you resources... but good luck with that.
Make sure to hit that Help Alliance button. Most games will give you an alliance currency that can be used to purchase useful items.
Make sure to turn off notifications - these will get really annoying.
Go into the Options and change the setting to warn you when spending any coin (if applicable). It is incredibly easy to misclick and needlessly waste gold.

Common Questions

Can I do this if I already completed it on another offer wall or played the game before on my own?

Generally, no. Almost all of these games state that it's for new users only.

What if I do it on another site?

No.

I don't see the offer! What do I do?

It's possible it simply isn't available for you. I'm from the USA, and many offers are not available outside the USA. If you are from the USA, try checking on the site I did the offer on or on a different site. Sometimes they're only on certain sites. It's also possible that the offer is no longer available.

What do I do if the mobile shortlink isn't working? What does ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED mean?

First off, try using a different browser. I have had issues with Chrome opening links before. If you are still getting an error, it's likely that your device isn't eligible for this offer. Even if it might be able to run the app, sometimes the offers put in specific requirements for devices. In this case, the only thing you can do is try a different device.

I completed the task but I didn't get credit for it! What do I do?

First, wait 24 hours. Most of these games credit within a few minutes, but they may take up to a day sometimes.

Next, check to see if the offer has been completed through the offer wall. If it has not, you must contact the specific offerwall that you completed the task on. For example, if you do this task on Site-xyz through AdGate you have to contact AdGate. If the offer shows as completed but you did not get your points, then the points may have been held and you will need to contact the specific site.

This takes so long! Why would you waste your time for a couple bucks?!

I play these games in between other work or on the weekends. I don't do them instead of better paying work, but rather along side it in my down time or while I'm watching TV. City builder games take a while, but most of it is just waiting around for things to finish building. I'm also a gamer, so I enjoy playing games.

Have any more tips? Let users know in the comments!

As always, this is my first time playing this game. I have a lot of experience playing these sorts of games, but each one is a little bit different. All advice is based on my personal experience and my playstyle.

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