Frequently Asked Questions

Last Asylum: Plague is a mobile strategy survival game published by Cloudwalker Ltd. and 37Games. You manage a sanctuary base, recruit heroes, research technology, train troops, and fight plague zones, bosses, and other players. Last Asylum Guide is an independent fan site — we are not affiliated with the developers.

Clear plague zones around your Sanctuary to unlock buildings, join an alliance, complete daily tasks, and start your Research Lab and Training Grounds. Our first 24 hours guide walks through the exact order — expansion, alliance gifts, and which buildings to prioritize before you spend speed-ups.

Yes. You can progress without spending, but progression is faster with purchases. F2P players should focus on one main five-hero squad, buy Gear Blueprints from the honor shop (not curio chests), and push Sanctuary and Research Lab levels steadily. See our fastest way to increase power guide for the full F2P priority stack.

Warrior heroes like Marlena work well for early PvE, but after your first Capital War the Ranger faction becomes the dominant meta. Plan to build Shadow, Zoya, Harper, and Daskal around your carry rather than spreading UR shards across every Warrior you pull. The first 24 hours guide explains when and why to pivot.

The top five regrets we see: buying curio chests instead of gear blueprints, wasting UR shards on the wrong heroes, ignoring the Smelting Workshop, forging gear on the wrong slots, and maxing skills on secondary heroes. Read the top 5 beginner mistakes guide for the full do-not list with honor shop and gear screenshots.

Marlena is the best early carry for most accounts — star her before secondary warriors. Shadow, Zoya, Harper, and Daskal form the Ranger core for mid-game and PvP. Our tier list ranks every documented UR hero on this site, and each hero page includes skills, stats, and investment advice.

Level your main damage dealer first, then your tank, then support. Forge weapons and gloves on your carry before spreading gear across the roster. Match purple or orange gear to the hero role and tier. The how to level up heroes guide covers squad formation, skill stone priority, and slot-by-slot gear screenshots.

Max one main squad of five heroes. A single red-star carry with proper gear outperforms five half-built heroes. Pour UR shards, skill stones, and forge materials into heroes you will still use at Sanctuary 30 — not every SSR you pull in week one.

We rate heroes SS through D based on documented testing on this site: PvE bossing, PvP burst, F2P investment cost, and current faction meta. Marlena holds the only SS slot among heroes we have fully guide. Rankings update after major patches and when new hero guides publish.

Full guides with skill breakdowns, stats images, and meta verdicts exist for Shadow, Marlena, Daskal, Harper, and Zoya. More heroes are added when we can verify in-game skill order and stats. Browse all heroes from the Heroes hub.

Sanctuary (headquarters) gates every other building, hero level cap, and research depth. Push Sanctuary as high as your resources allow, then Research Lab, Training Grounds, and Gear Workshop. Building calculators on this site show exact Wood, Grain, and Herb costs for every level.

Open Development first, push troop tiers through Military, then Alliance Duel and Economy branches. Skip caravan and late-game trees until your lab level allows them. The ultimate research roadmap guide ranks all 13 trees with screenshots of Development, Economy, and Alliance Duel nodes.

Go to Calculators, pick a building (Sanctuary, Research Lab, Farm, etc.), and select current and target levels. The tool totals resource costs across every upgrade step using data from our building database. Use it before spending speed-ups so you do not stall one level short.

Research speed depends on Lab level, Sanctuary level, Development tree nodes, and whether you are spending Study Scrolls on side branches. Alliance Duel research is a common early trap — it matters, but not before core troop tiers and Construction Master nodes in Development.

Open the game, tap your profile avatar, go to Settings, find Gift Code or Redeem Code, enter the code exactly as shown (case-sensitive), and tap Confirm. Rewards arrive in your in-game mail. Our gift codes page lists verified codes and shows when we last checked them.

Codes expire quickly and are often one-per-account. Double-check spelling and capitalization. If a code we list fails, it may have hit its global cap — contact us and we will remove or update it. We do not list unverified or fabricated codes.

Developers drop codes during launch milestones, seasonal events, alliance competitions, and social campaigns. Check our gift codes page after major patches. The first 7 days events guide covers week-one shops, packs worth skipping, and daily must-buy priorities.

Yes. Every guide, hero analysis, tier list, calculator, and gift code page is free with no registration. We sustain the site through unobtrusive advertising. Your gameplay always comes first.

No. Last Asylum Guide is an unofficial fan site. We are not affiliated with Cloudwalker Ltd. or 37Games. All game trademarks belong to their respective owners. See our disclaimer for the full legal notice.

We revisit guides after major patches and events. Each guide page shows a last-updated date in the frontmatter. Gift codes are checked after milestones and social announcements. Hero guides update when skill data or meta shifts.

Use the contact page — it opens your email client with a prefilled message to contact@lastasylumguide.com. Include the guide URL and what looks wrong. Content corrections are usually addressed within 24–48 hours.

We test strategies in-game, cross-check community discussion and patch notes, and use building data files for calculators. Guides include in-game screenshots where possible. If something drifts after a patch, tell us and we will flag or update it.