Build Master: Open Fire is a game from FirstFun that is filled with good vibes and light-hearted fun which is sure to keep you busy during those boring hours in between commutes, waiting for the laundry or those moments in the morning when you’re still waiting for your brain to wake up.

In Build Master: Open Fire you are chosen as the Pioneer for the colonization of Mars. Your job is to secure an area of land and build a city. But your mission is not that simple. You must find resources, and construct your city from the ground up while fending your growing civilization from Pirates, Sandlords, and other threats who want to destroy it.

But fear not for you are not alone in your journey. Alongside you is Phoebe, your intelligent and beautiful assistant who instructs you in what you must do to accomplish your goals. Later on, you’d also meet Captain Gru who takes care of trades in MarsMart, giving you the funds you need and Bob the Pilot who helps you fight against your first threats. Along the way, you’ll meet even more friends and foes and even form alliances with fellow players.

While the game itself is pretty simple and can be picked up by just about anyone, the amount of content in the game can prove to be confusing or overwhelming to a new player. To help get you started, we created this handy-dandy guide to Build Master: Open Fire!

1. Bind Your Game Account to an Email Address

Before everything else, we highly recommend binding your game account to an email address. This will allow you to save your progress and be able to access it on any of your other devices. It also serves as a backup for when you delete the game but want to play it in the future. It prevents your account and its progress in the game from being lost.

2. Build a Team of Strong Heroes

As you create a bustling civilization on Mars, it is unavoidable to encounter threats lurking on this mysterious planet. Heroes can be deployed, along with units they may lead, to explore areas and battle against threats and enemies.

Combat Power is Everything

Combat in Build Master: Open Fire is very straightforward. Having more Combat Power than the enemy will give you higher chances of winning. The Heroes at the top of your list will always have the highest Combat Power. If you don’t have enough, you will need to train your heroes or rank them up to boost them.

Strengthen Your Heroes

In order for your Heroes to reach their full potential, you will need to get them to level up, rank up and star up!

Level Up!

There are two ways to level up your hero: using EXP Books to boost them or putting them under Special Hero Training. EXP Books can be obtained in many of the activities and tasks you can do in the game. One of the quickest ways is by exchanging your crops and products for them in the MarsMart.

Special Hero Training on the other hand plays out the same way as Explorations that you do when you claim blocks of land. Harvesting all of the resources in the instance is not required and you only really need to get enough trophies to clear each area up to the very end in order to get EXP for the Heroes you deployed.

Leveling up your hero is essential to ranking them up to make them stronger. Every 10 levels, you will get a prompt to breakthrough your hero level cap by ranking up.

Rank Up!

To Rank up your heroes, you will need to use Medals specific to that hero. Alternatively, you could get medals of the same color as your Hero’s rarity and turn them into hero-specific medals. You will need several of these medals to rank up along with a few coins. There are 4 hero rarities:

• Green – C-Rank
• Blue – B-Rank
• Purple – A-Rank
• Orange – S-Rank

Ranking up your heroes will increase their Combat Power, Attack, Defense, and number of Units they can lead. It also unlocks the hero’s passive and active skills. Legendary heroes also have an expertise skill unique to them. This will not change their color or rank rarities.

Star Up!

Increasing a hero’s star level involves consuming other hero posters. This gives duplicate heroes a valuable purpose since you can use them without losing a part of your hero collection. Heroes can usually only consume hero posters with similar heroes. However, when starring up heroes with half-stars, they allow you to consume posters of different heroes as long as it is within the same faction.

Every promotion adds half a star to your hero. After getting 1 full star, the game will require you to consume a hero poster with the same amount of full stars. A-Rank and S-Rank heroes’ star-up requirements are quite different.

At the start, an A-Rank will require you to use any 1-star poster of the same faction as the hero. While the requirements make you consume more posters, it also makes things a lot easier since A-Ranks and S-Ranks are hard to get and may even be impossible to star-up if they have to be promoted with duplicates of themselves.

Recruit More Heroes

Recruitment Tickets can be used in the Stargate to recruit more Heroes to your team. There are two types: Basic Recruits and Prime Recruits. Basic Recruits require you to use normal Recruitment Tickets with a 94.5% chance to get a C-Rank Hero, a 5% chance to get a B-Rank Hero, and a 0.5% chance to get an A-Rank Hero. Premium Recruits require you to use golden Premium Recruitment Tickets and give you far better chances.

Using them gives you a 65% chance to get a C-Rank Hero, a 28.5% chance to get a B-Rank Hero, a 5% chance to get an A-Rank Hero, and a 1.5% chance to get an S-Rank Hero. Premium Recruit also gives you a Luck meter which increases your chances to get an S-Rank Hero every time you use a ticket and get a non-S-Rank Hero. After getting 90 failed attempts, the next one would be a guaranteed S-Rank Hero.

Know the Different Hero Factions

There are 3 Hero Factions in Build Master: Open Fire: Fanatics, Federal Guard and Mafia. These Factions function like elements similar to most games that involve a battle system. Each Faction is strong against one and weak against another.

• Fanatics Heroes are strong against Federal Guard Heroes and weak against Mafia Heroes.
• Federal Guard Heroes are strong against Mafia Heroes but weak against Fanatics Heroes.
• Mafia Heroes are strong against Fanatics Heroes but weak against Federal Guard Heroes.

To help you become more familiar with the heroes of each faction and learn what they can do, we’ve listed each of them down and separated them by faction and rank:

Fanatics

C-Rank

• Lima
(X-sports Fan)

Special Ability: Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 733

Max Hero DEF: 733

Max Units led by the Hero: 155

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Well Training	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	0.5%	5%	Passive
Gathering Speed	Increases Troop’s Water Pumping Speed by %	1.5%	15%	Passive
Directional Drilling	Increasing Water Tank’s Productivity by %, and extends Water Storage Cap by %	2% (both)	20% (both)	Passive

• Goliath

(Hunter)

Special Ability: Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 733

Max Hero DEF: 733

Max Units led by the Hero: 155

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Well Equipment	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	0.5%	5%	Passive
Basic Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	1.5%	15%	Passive
Rational Planning (Aircraft)	Increases Aircraft Training Speed by %	1%	10%	Passive

• B-Rank 

• Lúcio

(Hippie)

Special Ability: Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 2005

Max Hero DEF: 2227

Max Units led by the Hero: 169

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Fire Suppression	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	1%	10%	Passive
Atomic Pump	Increases Troop’s Water Pumping Speed by % and Troop Load by %	1.5% and 3%	15% and 30%	Passive
Faction Defense (Fanatics)	Increases Fanatics Faction Heroes’ DEF by %	0.5%	5%	Passive

• Hua Mei

(Female Monk)

Special Ability: Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 2227

Max Hero DEF: 2005

Max Units led by the Hero: 169

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Full Preparation	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	1%	10%	Passive
Intermediate Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	5%	50%	Passive
Efficient Recycle	Increases Wind Turbine’s Productivity by % and extends its Storage Cap by %	3% (both)	30% (both)	Passive

A-Rank

• Miguel

(Senator)

Special Ability: Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4504

Max Hero DEF: 4966

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Emergency Heal	Heals lightly wounded units by %	220%	400%	Active
Advanced Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	7.5%	75%	Passive
Faction Attack (Fanatics)	Increases Fanatics Faction Heroes’ ATK by %	1%	10%	Passive
Hymn	“Emergency Heal” increases damage dealt by % for 3 seconds	1%	10%	Active

• Hanzo

(Samurai)

Special Ability:

Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Train (Speeds Up Unit Training

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4735

Max Hero DEF: 4735

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Iaido	Deals damage to the target by %	180%	450%	Active
Coin Harvester	Increases Troop’s Coin Mining Speed by % and Troop Load by %	5% (both)	50% (both)	Passive
Auto Production Line (Aircraft)	Increases Aircraft Training Speed by %	2%	20%	Passive
Samurai Dojo	“Iaido” deals more damage by %	15%	150%	Passive

• Renee

(Cowgirl)

Special Ability:

Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Construct (Speeds Up Construction)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4966

Max Hero DEF: 4504

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Sharpshooter	Deals damage to the target by %	180%	450%	Active
Atomic Pump	Increases Troop’s Water Pumping Speed by % and Troop Load by %	5% (both)	50% (both	Passive
Advanced Printers	Increases Construction / Structure Upgrading Speed by %	2%	20%	Passive
Lasso	“Sharpshooter” reduces enemy defense by % for 3 seconds	1%	10%	Active

S-Rank

• Sukune

(Jumbo)

Special Ability:

Garrison (Gains Buffs when Garrisoning Structures)

Leadership (Boosts Attributes of Heroes of the Same Faction)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 9087

Max Hero DEF: 8353

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Heroes	Skill Type
Absolute Terror Field	Deals damage to the target by % and Increases Troop Counterattack damage by % for 3 seconds	500% and 2%	1040% and 20%	Sukune	Active
Bombshell	Increases damage by % during siege defenses	2%	20%	Sukune	Passive
Coordinated Defense (Fanatics)	Increases Fanatics Faction Heroes’ DEF by %	3%	30%	Sukune	Passive
Unbreakable	If less than 50% HP, reduce Damage Taken by Troop by %	3%	30%	Sukune	Passive
Leadership Medal (Brown Bear)	Decreases Damage Taken by Troop by % for every 1 Fanatics Hero	5%	—	Sukune	With Expertise

• Lee

(Kungfu Boy)

Special Ability: Gear (Grants free Gears everyday, Reduces Gear Consumption in APC Transformation and Tech Research)

Max Stars: **★★★★★**

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 8353

Max Hero DEF: 9087

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Heroes	Skill Type
Jeet Kune Do	Deals damage to the target by %	300%	750%	Lee	Active
Gears Everyday	Get __ free Gears at Garage I everyday	50	500	Lee	Passive
One-inch Punch	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	2%	20%	Lee	Passive
Balanced Management	Reduces Gear Consumption of APC Transformation and Tech Center by %	1%	30%	Lee	Passive
War Mode	“Jeet Kune Do” deals more damage by %	300%	—	Lee	With Expertise

• May

(Cat Girl)

Special Ability: Special Hero Training (Boosts your Hero EXP Gains, Grants more Special Hero Training Chances and Increases Deployable Heroes for Training)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 8720

Max Hero DEF: 8720

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Heroes	Skill Type
Merge with Shadow	Deals damage to the target by % and Reduces Enemy Attack by % and Defense by % for 3 seconds	300%, 1% and 1%	750%, 10% and 10%	May	Active
Trainer	Deploy 1 more Hero for each Special Hero Training and increases Hero EXP gains by %	10%	150%	May	Passive
Agility	Increases Damage Dealt to Martian Creatures by %	3%	30%	May	Passive
Formal Declaration of War	Grants 1 more chance of Special Hero Training per day and increases Hero EXP Gains by %	10%	20%	May	Passive
Master Thief	“Merge with Shadow” deals more damage by % and reduces Damage Taken by % for 3 seconds	10%	—	May	With Expertise

Federal Guard

C-Rank

• Gru

(Captain)

Special Ability: Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 733

Max Hero DEF: 733

Max Units led by the Hero: 155

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Well Equipment	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	0.5%	5%	Passive
Gathering Speed	Increases Troop’s Wood Gathering Speed by %	1.5%	15%	Passive
Rational Planning (Infantry)	Increases Infantry Training Speed by %	1%	10%	Passive

• Ben

(Pioneer)

Special Ability: Finance (Improves Resource-obtaining Efficiency)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 733

Max Hero DEF: 733

Max Units led by the Hero: 155

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Impregnable	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	0.5%	5%	Passive
Advanced Printers	Increases Construction / Structure Upgrading Speed by %	1%	10%	Passive
Efficient Recycle	Increases Wind Turbine’s Productivity by % and Extends Storage Cap by %	2% (both)	20% (both)	Passive

B-Rank

• Scarlett

(Candy)

Special Ability: Finance (Improves Resource Obtaining Efficiency)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 2005

Max Hero DEF: 2227

Max Units led by the Hero: 169

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Full Preparation	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	1%	10%	Passive
Optical Timbersaw	Increases Troop’s Wood Gathering Speed by %, and Troop Load by %	1.5% and 3%	15% and 30%	Passive
Faction Attack (Federal Guard)	Increases Federal Guard Faction Heroes’ ATK by %	0.5%	5%	Passive

• Bob

(Pilot)

Special Ability: Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 2227

Max Hero DEF: 2005

Max Units led by the Hero: 169

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
High Morale	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	1%	10%	Passive
Intermediate Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	5%	50%	Passive
Overwhelming Power	Extends Unit Training Cap by __	1	10	Passive

A-Rank

• Drake

(Bounty Hunter)

Special Ability:

Jungle (Gains Buffs when fighting Mars Creatures)

Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4735

Max Hero DEF: 4735

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Superior Marksmanship	Deals damage to the target by %	180%	450%	Active
Advanced Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	7.5%	75%	Passive
Rapid Replenishment	Increases Energy-Restoration Speed by %	1%	10%	Passive
Veteran Hunter	“Superior Marksmanship” increases allies’ defense by % for 3 seconds	1%	10%	Active

• Bangalore

(Ranger)

Special Ability:

Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Construct (Speeds Up Construction)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4966

Max Hero DEF: 4504

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Master Shooter	Deals damage to the target by %	180%	450%	Active
Atomic Pump	Increases Troop’s Stone Mining Speed by % and Troop Load by %	5% (both)	50% (both	Passive
Faction Defense (Federal Guard)	Increases Federal Guard Heroes’ DEF by %	1%	10%	Passive
Preemptive Strikes	“Master Shooter” deals more damage by %	15%	150%	Passive

• Einstein

(Scientist)

Special Ability:

Finance (Improves Resource-obtaining Efficiency)

Research (Speeds up Tech Research

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4504

Max Hero DEF: 4966

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Research Maniac	Increases Troop’s Attack by % and Defense by % for 3 seconds	1.5% (both)	15% (both)	Active
Citrines Everyday	Get __ free Citrines at the Trade Center everyday	5	50	Passive
Generalist	Increases Research Speed by %	2%	20%	Passive
Panacea	“Research Maniac” reduces allies’ Damage Taken by % for 3 seconds	1%	10%	Active

S-Rank

• Dwayne

(Federal Cop)

Special Ability: Legion Mercenary (Brings free Mercenaries everyday, extends Unit Training Cap, reduces Training Consumption)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 9087

Max Hero DEF: 8353

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
EM Shield	Deals damage to the target by % and absorbs Allies’ Damage Taken by % for 3 seconds	300% and 120%	750% and 300%	Active
Legion Mercenary	Recruit __ Mercenaries for free in the Gear Factory (Infantry), Tank Plant (Tanks) and Aircraft Factory (Aircraft). Mercenaries’ level is equal to your training facilities’ highest unlocked unit level.	20 (all)	150 (all)	Passive
Super Batteries	“EM Shield” deals more damage by %	1%	10%	Active
Federation’s Special Approval	Extends Unit Training Cap of Gear Factory, Tank Plant and Aircraft Factory by __ and reduces Coin Consumption for Unit Training by 20%	10 and 1%	30 and 20%	Passive
Sophisticated Weapons	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	5%	—	With Expertise

• Hercule

(Detective)

Special Ability:

Support (Grants Buffs in combats)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 8720

Max Hero DEF: 8720

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Password Box	Deals damage to the target by % and reduces enemy defense by % for 3 seconds	500% and 1.5%	1040% and 15%	Active
Territory Defender	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	1%	10%	Passive
Coordinated Attack	Increases Federal Guard Heroes’ ATK by %	3%	30%	Passive
Shrink Ray	If Troop has less than % HP, Normal Attack doubles	15%	60%	Passive
Leadership Medal (Lone Eagle)	Increase HP by % for every 1 Federal Guard Hero deployed	5%	—	With Expertise

• Phoebe

(Assistant)

Special Ability: Construct (Speeds up Construtction)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 8353

Max Hero DEF: 9087

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Burst of Energy	Heals lightly-wounded units by %	250%	700%	Active
Free Construction	Provides Free Construction time of ___ min	30	120	Passive
Wonderful Ideas	Each Normal Attack has a % chance to deal extra damage to the target	5%	50%	Passive
Faster Building	Accelerates Construction by %	5%	100%	Passive
Lullaby	“Burst of Energy” healing effects increase by % and reduces enemy attack by % for 3 seconds	100% and 10%	—	With Expertise

Mafia

C-Rank

• Sonny

(Robber)

Special Ability: Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 733

Max Hero DEF: 733

Max Units led by the Hero: 155

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Well Training	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	0.5%	5%	Passive
Basic Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	1.5%	15%	Passive
Rational Planning (Tanks)	Increases Tank Training Speed by %	1%	10%	Passive

• Jack

(Brawler)

Special Ability: Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 733

Max Hero DEF: 733

Max Units led by the Hero: 155

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Impregnable	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	0.5%	5%	Passive
Gathering Speed	Increases Troop’s Water Pumping Speed by %	1.5%	15%	Passive
Continuous Cutting	Increases Stone Mill’s Productivity by % and extends Stone Storage Cap by %	2% (both)	20% (both)	Passive

B-Rank

• Morgan

(Bad Cop)

Special Ability: Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 2227

Max Hero DEF: 2005

Max Units led by the Hero: 169

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Full Preparation	Increases Troop’s Defense by %	1%	10%	Passive
Intermediate Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	5%	50%	Passive
Faction Defense (Mafia)	Increases Mafia Faction Heroes’ DEF by %	0.5%	5%	Passive

• Corleone

(Mafia King)

Special Ability: Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Max Stars: ★★★

Max Level: 80

Max Hero ATK: 2005

Max Hero DEF: 2227

Max Units led by the Hero: 169

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Fire Suppression	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	1%	10%	Passive
Coin Harvester	Increases Troop’s Coin Mining Speed by % and Troop Load by %	1.5% and 3%	15% and 30%	Passive
Photovoltaic Revolution	Increases Solar Plant’s Productivity by % and extends its Storage Cap by %	3% (both)	3% (both)	Passive

A-Rank

• Khoi

(Gold Tycoon)

Special Ability:

Coin (Improves Coin Production Rate)

Train (Speeds up Unit Training)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4735

Max Hero DEF: 4735

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Arms Supplier	Absorbs Damage Taken by Troop by % for 4 seconds	120%	300%	Active
Advanced Saving Pot	Coin revenue for Banks, Trade Fair and Business Giant events, as well as for filling MarsMart and Trade Center orders increases by %	7.5%	75%	Passive
Auto Production Line (Tanks)	Increases Tank Training Speed by %	2%	20%	Passive
Force Suppression	“Arms Supplier” reduces Enemy Attack by % for 3 seconds	1%	10%	Active

• Hutier

(General)

Special Ability:

Attack (Strong DPS)

Finance (Improves Resource Obtaining Efficiency

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4966

Max Hero DEF: 4504

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Charging Horn	Deals damage to the target by %	180%	450%	Active
Sapphires Everyday	Get __ free Sapphires at the Military Center everyday	5	50	Passive
Impregnable	Extends Unit Cap in the Military Center by __	50	500	Passive
Bodyguard	“Charging Horn” deals more damage by %	15%	150%	Passive

• Rhodes

(Profiteer)

Special Ability:

Gather (Improves Gathering Efficiency)

Support (Grants Buffs in combats)

Max Stars: **★★★★★**

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 4504

Max Hero DEF: 4966

Max Units led by the Hero: 215

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Bullet-proof Vehicle	Deals damage to the target by %	180%	450%	Active
Optical Timbersaw	Increases Troop’s Wood Gathering Speed by %, and Troop Load by %	5% (both)	50% (both	Passive
Faction Attack (Mafia)	Increases Mafia Faction Heroes’ ATK by %	1%	10%	Passive
Warrior Wanted	“Bulletproof Vehicle” deals more damage by %	20%	200%	Passive

S-Rank

• Moriarty

(Consigliere)

Special Ability: Research (Speeds up Tech Research)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 8353

Max Hero DEF: 9087

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
The Godfather	Deals damage to the target by %	300%	750%	Active
Free Research	Provides free research time of __ min	30	120	Passive
Bodyguard	Increases all damage dealt by % when Troop has 70% or higher HP	3%	30%	Passive
Quicker Research	Accelerates Tech Research by %	5%	100%	Passive
Crushing Blow	% chance of casting “The Godfather” again after using it	30%	—	With Expertise

• Cipher

(Princess)

Special Ability: Energy (Saves Marching Energy, Accelerates Energy Restoration, get Free Energy everyday)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 9087

Max Hero DEF: 8353

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Fatal Beauty	Deals damage to the target by %	300%	750%	Active
Princess’ Gift	Gets __ Free Energy everyday	50	300	Passive
Concentrated Fire	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	1%	10%	Passive
Auto Lock	Reduces hero’s Energy Consumption by 2 points when attacking Pirates and Sandworms, and increases Energy Restoration Speed by %	1%	15%	Passive
Princess’ Blessing	Increases Troop’s Attack by %	5%	—	With Expertise

• Fenix

(Joker)

Special Ability:

Siege (Gains Buffs when attacking other Settlers’ Bases)

Leadership (Boosts Attributes of heroes with the Same Faction)

Max Stars: ★★★★★

Max Level: 100

Max Hero ATK: 8720

Max Hero DEF: 8720

Max Units led by the Hero: 440

Skills:

Skill	Effect	Level 1	Level 10	Skill Type
Perfect Crime	Deals damage to the target by % and increases Troop’s Attack and Defense by %	500% and 1.5%	1040% and 15%	Active
Wreck It All	Increases Rally Attack Damage by %	2%	20%	Passive
Faction Collaboration	Increases ATK and DEF of Mafia Heroes by %	1.5%	15%	Passive
The Joker	Reduces Counter Attack Damage Taken by Troop by % when their HP is 30%	3%	30%	Passive
Leadership Medal (Snow Leopard)	Increases Troop’s Damage Dealt by % for every 1 Mafia Faction Hero deployed	5%	—	With Expertise

3. Pick the Best Power-ups for Exploration

Power-ups are only offered during explorations of unclaimed land in your city or during training explorations. These power-ups appear once you clear a section of the area and offer three options: More hands, Faster, and Efficiency. Each power-up can be chosen 4 times in one exploration mission.

• More hands – This option adds a logger to your party who will help you chop up some Wood or destroy other harvestable obstacles like Stone. Among all of the power-ups, this seems to have the best benefit since having multiple units moving will let you harvest a lot of wood which is spread-out in the area.
• Faster – This option makes your units move and chop wood faster. This may be a good option if you’re in a hurry to finish the exploration.
• Efficiency – This option makes it easier to cut down trees, lessening the number of swings they need to finish the job. Between Faster and Efficiency, this one seems to be a lot more beneficial if you want to chop as many trees as you can to renew your resources.

4. Don’t Harvest What You Can’t Carry

Clearing an exploration or expedition does not require you to wipe the area off of its resources. There is always a carry limit and we highly recommend only taking what is necessary in order to not waste time.

For training explorations that require you to collect a certain number of trophies to unlock the next area, getting the minimum number is all that it takes for you to clear it and earn the EXP listed in the rewards. There is no need for you to harvest so much Wood or other resources. The only time you should consider staying to harvest a lot of Wood is if you lack the resources to upgrade your buildings.

Once you hit the carry limit, an option will pop up to use the Wood for your upgrades to make space for more wood that you can harvest. However, if you don’t want to use any of those options, you should just move on to the next area or the next exploration or expedition.

Increasing your warehouse storage by upgrading will increase the amount of items you have on hand in the city but it will not increase the number of items you can carry in explorations and expeditions.

5. Participate in Expeditions

Expeditions are an integral part of the progress of the story. These expeditions require you to deploy Heroes to explore an area and take longer than explorations. In expeditions, you can harvest resources, fight threats and discover the lore of the land.

Because there are more resources to harvest and more things to encounter in expeditions than explorations in Hero Trainings, you may miss a few things. To avoid that, you can toggle the switch next to the telescope icon to zoom out, giving you a bird’s eye view of the area.

There may be cases where you will need more Combat Power than you currently have or you may run out of energy as you go. In those cases, it is usually better to tab out of the expedition and come back again at another time. Leaving expeditions will not reset your progress. You can come back at any time with all your previous progress intact. The same is true for explorations that you do when clearing squares of land or when you train your Heroes.

6. Construct Your City

Building a life on Mars requires you to cultivate the land and construct the city from the ground up. From farms to apartments and even military bases, each decision falls to you. You can become creative in the way you organize and design your land, but you must also keep in mind what each structure’s function is to make an effective layout. The Building menu can be accessed by clicking on the icon with a hammer and wrench on the upper left side of your screen. Below are what each tab in the menu contains:

Robots

The Robots tab displays 6 robots you can bring to your city. Robots are in charge of building and upgrading your structures as well as research. At the start of the game, you will only have 1 robot: Eva. Once you level up your Headquarters you will be able to choose your Talents. Choosing the “More Robots” Talent will allow you to build a console that can house your second robot: Walle.

The robots in the Robots tab do not have any differences other than visual and all work the same way. The only benefit of having more than one robot is being able to build and upgrade multiple structures at a time. In the beginning, having many robots do not really matter much since it doesn’t take much time to build and upgrade your structures.

However, in later levels, where durations are a lot longer, they will be vastly helpful in speeding up your progress. Only the first two robots are free. The other four robots must be purchased with real money.

Life

The Life tab displays structures you can build that can improve life in your city. These buildings include facilities that can produce crops, products, and resources, structures that house robots, and shops where you can buy and sell goods.

Building	Requirements	Purpose
Headquarters	n/a	Serves as your headquarters in the Base. Many buildings are dependent on its progress to be built.
Console I	n/a	Houses a robot that carries out construction work.
Toolroom	n/a	Produces Tools for exploration and as requirements for certain things.
Farmhouse	n/a	Produces Food products used for selling at the MarsMart and as requirements for certain things.
Farmland	n/a	Produces Explosives and Weapons used for selling at the MarsMart and as requirements for certain things.
MarsMart	n/a	Lets you exchange Crops and Products for Coin and EXP Books.
Apartment	n/a	Lets you exchange Crops and Products for Energy. Each Apartment adds to your total Population which is a requirement for certain upgrades.
Solar Plant	Research “Solar Plant” in the Tech Center	Generates Electricity
Laboratory	Level 4 Headquarters	Affiliated to Tech Center and can send Robots for research.
Bank	Level 2 Apartment	Generates Coins.
Console II	Level 3 Headquarters	Houses a robot that carries out construction work.
Lumber Mill	Level 3 Headquarters	Generates Wood.
Warehouse	Level 3 Headquarters	Stores resources like Stone, Wood, etc.
Arms Factory	Level 3 Headquarters	Produces Explosives and Weapons used for selling at the MarsMart and as requirements for certain things.
Expedition Camp	Level 4 Headquarters	Lets you go on Expeditions with your Heroes.
Console III-VI	Level 5 Headquarters	Houses a robot that carries out construction work.
Camp Golo	Level 6 Headquarters	Functions as a VIP Store filled with expensive items and items that are mostly bought with amethysts and premium currency.
Ostrich Farm	Level 8 Headquarters	Produces Ostrich Eggs.
Industrial Plant	Level 8 Headquarters	Produces Industrial Products used for selling at the MarsMart and as requirements for certain things.
Stone Mill	Level 9 Headquarters	Produces Stones.
Trade Center	Level 10 Headquarters	Receives trade orders from different planets.
Cow Farm	Level 10 Headquarters	Produces Milk.
Grocery Store	Level 13 Headquarters	Allows you to sell farm produce and buy resources.
Department Store	Level 13 Headquarters	Transforms Pearls into Jewelry.
Tech Center	Level 14 Headquarters	Allows you to research the development of structures, tools, vehicles, machines and so on.
Water Tank	Level 14 Headquarters	Used to melt ice sealed on Mars.
Wind Turbine	Level 14 Headquarters	Produces Electricity.
Load Module	Level 27 Headquarters	Collects more resources on Mars.
Bookstore	Level 35 Headquarters	Collects scientific research books.

Military

The Military tab displays structures you can build to protect your base, strengthen your heroes and attack enemies. Most of them are unlocked later in the game and are not required right away.

Building	Requirements	Purpose
Tank Plant	Research “Engine Theory”	Produces Tanks.
Aircraft Factory	Research “Aerodynamics”	Produces Aircrafts.
Hero Monument	Level 3 Headquarters	Increases EXP bonus to gain more EXP. Lets you train your Heroes through exploration.
Stargate	Level 5 Headquarters	Allows you to recruit Heroes.
Alliance Center	Level 6 Headquarters	Allows you to form or join an Alliance. Lets you access Alliance, Members and Settings for Alliances.
Gear Factory	Level 6 Headquarters	Produces military units.
Radar	Level 6 Headquarters	Detects anomalies and threats surrounding your city.
Garage I	Level 8 Headquarters	Allows you to customize an APC Challenger’s gun, body, windshield and track.
Plaza	Level 12 Headquarters	Allows you to access Personal Intel, Rally Details, and Wars.
Guild Bounty	Level 15 Headquarters	Allows you to take on Bounty Missions.
Garage II	Level 15 Headquarters	Allows you to customize an APC Challenger’s gun, body, windshield and track.
Maint Depot	Level 16 Headquarters	Allows you to repair damaged units.
Garage III	Level 20 Headquarters	Allows you to customize an APC Challenger’s gun, body, windshield and track.
Hero Council	Level 24 Headquarters	Allows you to appoint Heroes for official positions for huge bonuses.
Space Police Station	Level 28 Headquarters	Helps you defend your base.
Sandworm Subway A	Level 30 Headquarters	Gives you faster troop travel speed.
Martian Camp	Level 35 Headquarters	Accelerates troop training and boosts training cap.
Military Center	Clear obstacles to unlock	Extends your base’s unit cap.

Roads

The Roads tab allows you to pave or remove roads. Roads are essential for most of your buildings to become functional and must be placed near them. Farms are one of the only structures that do not require roads and can be placed away from them.

7. Upgrade Your Buildings

There are many reasons to upgrade your buildings. The most prevalent one is improving their function. A Bank would produce more Coins and an Apartment will have more population once upgraded. These upgrades are also required in the building and upgrade of some structures. Some will also require you to have a certain amount of resources which can be met through upgrading, especially if there is no option for you to construct multiple buildings of the same type.

Zooming in or out with your fingers on the screen will reveal the levels of your buildings, making it easier for you to know which ones are under-leveled. Another quick way to see which buildings can be upgraded immediately is by opening up your Building Menu and clicking one of the robots you own in the robot tab. Doing so will automatically bring you to that building.

Take note that you can only upgrade and construct buildings one at a time by default. If you want to upgrade and construct multiple buildings at a time, you will need to purchase additional robots with real money or unlock the “More Robots” talent from the Headquarters. Only 2 robots are obtainable without using real money.

Once a structure has finished being constructed or upgraded, it will be wrapped in a gift box. Before it becomes usable, you have to click it to activate it.

8. Accomplish Your Tasks

There are many tasks a Pioneer of Mars colonization has to accomplish day by day. Below are a few of those tasks:

Work on New Journey Tasks

New Journey Tasks are tasks you can only accomplish within your first 7 days of playing the game and are separated between New Beginnings and Keep Evolving. These tasks can be accessed by clicking on the “7” icon found at the upper right side of your screen next to the Calendar icon.

3 tabs of tasks are unlocked each day in New Beginnings. While it only shows 5 days, the extra 2 days are for any tasks you were not able to finish or for when you skip days. Tasks found in this tab include logging in every day, researching tech, training units, defeating pirates, helping allies, and so on. Keep Evolving on the other hand only requires you to reach a certain number of Combat Power.

Find Tasks With the Radar

Once you unlock and build the Radar at level 6, you will be able to take on tasks outside of your city such as investigating anomalies, clearing sandworms, collecting samples, and so on. While these tasks can also be found by changing the view by clicking the Globe icon at the lower left side of your screen, the number of cities surrounding you could make it hard to see.

Finding them through the radar makes things a lot simpler and will also indicate what kind of tasks they are and what kind of rewards you can earn. The colors of the icons of the Tasks show you what difficulty they are:

• Gray – Basic
• Green – Intermediate
• Blue – Senior
• Orange – Epic
• Yellow Orange Icon (Purple Text)- Special (not always difficult but doesn’t appear often)

Heroes used for these tasks can be set in the Headquarters under Defensive Troop.

Do Phoebe’s Tasks

Phoebe can be found next to the Headquarters. Clicking on her will open up a list of tasks along with the rewards that you can obtain from them. These tasks usually ask you to upgrade or build buildings, fill up MarsMart orders, or fight enemies.

Occasionally, Phoebe’s character will appear with a dialogue box with 3 dots on them, and clicking on her will prompt her to ask you a two-choice question. Upon answering correctly, you will receive an award which is usually Energy. Below are a few questions we encountered and the answers to them:

Q: How to improve a hero’s level quickly?

A: Head to the Hero Monument for special hero training.

Q: Which of the following ways can you extend the troop capacity?

A: Upgrade heroes.

Q: Which of the following attributes can be enhanced by leveling up heroes?

A: ATK, DEF and the number of units led.

Q: Upgrading Consoles will?

A: Extending free construction time, enabling instant building completion.

Q: Which of the following attributes can be enhanced by increasing hero stars?

A: ATK and DEF.

Q: Which of the following attributes can be enhanced via breakthrough?

A: Hero’s level cap.

Q: Which is the correct hero quality sequence?

A: Green<Blue<Purple<Orange

Q: How to increase special hero training chances?

A: Upgrade the Hero Monument.

Q: What should you do if you are way far from your allies?

A: Use Alliance Teleport to move.

Q: How to extend hero level cap?

A: Increase Hero Star.

Q: Data chips are mainly obtained from?

A: Filling radar tasks.

Q: Which is the main source of obtaining crystal chests?

A: Filing radar tasks.

Q: Which is the shortcut to command your troops?

A: Select troop at the lower right and drag to the target location.

Q: Purple heroes are stronger than blue ones in terms of:

A: Stronger stats, more skills, and bigger troop capacity.

Q: Upgrading the trade center can:

A: Increase the coin bonus to gain more coins.

Q: How to defeat Sandlords to get recruitment tickets?

A: Launch/engage in an alliance rally to attack.

Q: How to spend Amethysts cost-effectively?
A: Purchase energy.

Finish Chapter Tasks

Chapter Tasks are tasks that must be completed before you move on to the next chapter of the game. Each chapter introduces a new feature of the game along with its lore. Tasks may include defeating Pirates, upgrading buildings, constructing new structures, progressing your heroes, and so on.

Carry out Your Daily Tasks

Daily tasks can be found in Daily Events which can be accessed by clicking on the Compass icon on the left side of your screen. These tasks only last for a day before being reset for new tasks. Finishing a task will earn you points. Obtaining a certain number of points will open up a chest, granting you rewards. Getting 100 points will let you get all 5 chests.

The Daily Events page also serves as a shortcut for easy access to other daily tasks you can do.

Clear Warrior’s Battle Pass Tasks

The Warrior’s Battle Pass can be found by clicking on the Calendar icon at the upper right side of your screen. This section features both a list of Daily Tasks (which resets every day) and Regular Tasks (which don’t).

Accomplishing any of the tasks in these lists will earn you points and a few extra rewards like Crates and Recruitment Tickets. The points you accumulate can level up your Battle Pass and award you additional rewards. Basic Rewards are free while Prime Rewards require you to pay to unlock them along with the ability to claim double rewards of Daily Tasks.

Fill-Up MarsMart Orders

Filling up MarsMart orders is a quick way to earn Coins and EXP books. These orders can vary from crops and goods produced by your Farms, or products made by your Factories. Constantly having your Farms and Factories busy will make it easier to fill up those orders when you need to.

Exchange Goods at the Trade Center

The Trade Center functions similarly to Mars Mart where it requires you to produce a certain amount of goods in exchange for rewards. There are 9 orders at a time and completing them will allow you to launch the rocket and grant you a bonus reward.

If you don’t have enough of those products that they require, you can complete the order by paying with Amethysts. After the rocket leaves, you will have to wait a few hours before you can fulfill orders again. However, you can get a hint of what types of goods they will need and how much time is left before they arrive by clicking the building.

Contribute to Alliance Milestones

There are several Milestones you can achieve alongside your allies which include collectively doing similar tasks. This could include defeating Sandlords, filling-up MarsMart orders, finishing radar tasks, and so on. Accomplishing a Milestone will earn every ally a reward.

Auto-Join Rallies

Once you get your Headquarters to level 12, you will be able to make a Plaza that allows you to automatically join rally attacks of your allies. Auto-joining will passively earn you rewards even when you’re away from your game for the next 8 hours. You can have up to 30 Rally-joining rewards. These rewards can be claimed in the mail under the Jungle Tab.

Take on Bounty Missions

Once you’ve upgraded your Headquarters to level 15, you’ll be able to unlock the Guild Bounty. This building allows you to take on Bounties by dispatching your Heroes. Each Bounty displays the rewards you can receive along with the required heroes for them. These bounties are unlike Expeditions or Explorations and finish itself after a set amount of time has passed.

9. Claim Items and Rewards

While playing the game, it’s easy to lose track and forget to claim items and rewards. To aid you with this, we’ve listed a few of them down for reference. Note that collecting resources can quickly be done by clicking the icon above the building and not the building itself.

Check Mail for Freebies

In some cases, freebies you obtain from doing a particular task like Binding your Email account, Joining the Discord Server, or even just playing the game for the first time will end up in your Mail. Your Mail can be accessed by clicking on the Envelope icon on the upper left side of your screen. You’ll be able to know if there’s new mail if there’s a red dot on the upper right side of the icon.

Harvest From Your Buildings

You can harvest various resources for free from certain buildings regularly. It’s ideal to have at least one of these buildings. Below are a few of these buildings which you’ll be able to build in your first few levels playing the game:

• Lumber Mill – Wood
• Stone Mill – Stone
• Bank – Gold
• Expedition Camp – Energy
• Wind Turbine – Electricity

Don’t Harvest the Energy From Apartments Unless Needed

Energy obtained from Apartments comes at a cost which is usually crops that you can grow on your farms. While these crops are not too difficult to obtain, we recommend selling them in the MarsMart instead if your Energy bar still has enough energy. Once you get an Expedition Camp, you won’t need to solely rely on these buildings to get your energy.

However, if you are a frequent player and are always in need of more energy, you have to constantly replant your crops once they are ready to harvest. Take note that each apartment will ask for different things in exchange for energy. If you only have potatoes and one of the apartments are asking for corn, you can view other apartments that need what you have instead.

Use your Item Stocks

There may be instances where you feel like you harvested more Wood than what was in your warehouse. Your warehouse has a limited storage capacity and can only hold a certain amount of items at a time. But that doesn’t mean that the items you harvested before are gone.

If you open up your warehouse inventory (by clicking the inventory icon next to the energy bar), you will notice two tabs: one for the warehouse and one for items. All the extra items you obtained are placed there.

Beginners may not be aware of this feature and long-time players could also forget all about them since you won’t regularly open your storage as you play the game. If you want to use your stock, you have to transfer them to your warehouse first. To do that, you have to select and use them. Other materials such as stone and currencies such as gems and coins may also be found here and obtained in the same manner.

Obtain 7-Day Login Rewards

The 7-Day Login Rewards screen pops up once you open the game if you haven’t claimed it yet. However, if you click away and weren’t able to claim it, you can find it by clicking on the Calendar icon at the upper right side of your screen.

Get Daily Freebies

You can get Daily Freebies by going to the shop (by clicking on the chest icon at the upper right side of the screen), clicking on Daily Sale, and clicking on the white and gold chest at the upper right side of the screen.

Acquire Free Supplies

Free Supplies can also be found in the shop. It is the white and gold chest that can be found in Super Value Supplies at the upper right side of the screen.

Take Your Growth Program Rewards

Growth Program Rewards are also found in the shop. These rewards are 200 Amethysts which are granted to you every 5 levels. Upon unlocking the premium rewards for this, you will have 1,000-3,000 additional Amethysts.

Collect Radar Rewards

After accomplishing a Radar task, you won’t immediately obtain the rewards from it. You have to go back to the Radar Detection screen and click on the task you took before (which is marked with a red dot) and claim it. You will also have to claim Battle Rewards from these by clicking the Chest icon on the lower right side of your screen.

Claim Gifts from Allies

You can claim gifts from your allies by clicking on the Alliance Button at the lower right side of your screen. From there, click Gifts and Claim All to claim all Common Gifts. Rare Gifts have to be claimed one at a time. Note that this option and button will only be available once you’ve unlocked and built the Radar on your city at level 6.

Help Allies to Gain Individual Credits

Helping Allies not only positively contributes to their city’s progress, but it also earns you Individual Credits. You can also earn Individual Credits by donating Coins and Amethysts to your Alliance’s Techs. These Credits can be used to buy items in the Alliance Shop. If you are an Admin of the Alliance, you can spend these Credits to exchange for items in the Alliance Storehouse which will restock the Alliance Shop.

Items you can purchase in the Alliance shop include Speedups, Rename Cards, Peace Shields, Alliance Teleports, Agricultural Supply Chests, Data Chips, and so on. You can earn up to 1,000 Individual Credits per day.

Take Freebies from VIP Shop

After building Camp Golo, you’ll be able to access the VIP Shop. While this shop mostly contains goods that can only be bought with large amounts of Coins, Gems, or Premium Currency, it also has random freebies which you can claim. You could also refresh it once for free which will allow you to get another freebie.

Receive Free Golo the Finder Everyday

Upon upgrading your headquarters and getting a prompt to choose your talent, if Golo’s Diplomacy comes up, choose it to get a free Golo the Finder every day which gives you a chance to get Data Chips, Crystals, and other rewards. You can obtain them from Camp Golo.

Gain Freebies from VIP

From our experience, there doesn’t seem to be a straightforward way to access the VIP window. This is different from the VIP shop found in Camp Golo. The way we discovered it was by going through the shop > Life > Laboratory. It doesn’t matter if it says it is not yet available.

Clicking it will immediately open the VIP window where you can claim the blue and white chest found on the upper right side of the window. This can be claimed every day. Make sure to click the left arrow until you reach the very end as there will be another freebie you can obtain as VIP level 0 which is in a grayed-out chest. You might be able to access this page a lot more easily once you finally built the Laboratory.

10. Join the Discord Server

Joining the game’s official Discord Server doesn’t just introduce you to a community of passionate players and an even more passionate team behind it, the game also rewards you with a special in-game gift.

And this marks the end of our Beginner’s Guide to Build Master: Open Fire! We hope that this guide helped you in your mission to create a booming civilization on Mars! Do you have any interesting tips and tricks that we did not cover in this article? Please share them with us by writing them down in the comment area!