Whiteout Survival War Academy research costs, FC1 to FC10

Finishing every War Academy research for one troop type takes about 1,451 days of base research time: 556 days for the research that opens from FC1 to FC5 and 895 for the research that needs a War Academy at FC10. The three troop types cost the same, so all three together come to about 4,353 days, and the four Molten lines of tier III alone take 150 days each per troop.

All times are base research time, before any Research Speed bonus.

What each troop's research costs

Wood matches Meat on every level, with Coal at about a fifth and Iron at about a twentieth. Fire Crystal Shards are the currency that sets the pace: 82,106 for the FC1 to FC5 research of all three troops and 196,392 for their FC10 research. Refined Fire Crystal is needed only for the FC10 research, 3,537 per troop, and for the Exalted gear.

The FC10 research gives a little more power per day: 34.58M per troop for about 895 days, against 18M for 556 days below it. The Exalted gear pieces add 11.7M power for all three troops and take no research time, only Steel, Refined Fire Crystal and Fire Crystal Shards.

FC1 to FC5

Bonuses are percentages except Troops Deployment Capacity and Rally Capacity. Each line costs the same for every troop; only the names change. Flame Squad opens at War Academy FC1, the Lethality and Health lines follow from Flame Squad level 3, and the Attack and Defense lines from level 6 of those. The Attack and Defense lines and Flame Legion, all at level 12, open the Helios troop, which costs about 91 days and 2,236 Fire Crystal Shards in a single level, and the three Helios lines after it hold the costliest research of this stage: about 114 days each for Helios Healing Cost Reduction and Helios Training Cost Reduction.

One cell breaks the symmetry: Infantry's Flame Squad level 1 costs no Fire Crystal Shards, where Lancer and Marksman pay 16, so Infantry's FC1 to FC5 research comes to 27,358 shards against 27,374.

The bands are for one troop. Research that waits for War Academy FC5 holds 89% of the time below FC10, about 495 of 556 days, so FC1 to FC4 research is a short run of about 61 days.

Exalted gear

Totals are per piece for one troop. The first piece opens with the Helios troop and the War Academy at FC5; each next piece needs the one before at level 5 and the War Academy one FC level higher, so the last piece waits for FC10. That last piece at level 5 is what opens the FC10 research.

FC10

Every line here needs a War Academy at FC10. The Exalted troop line lists no cost or research time, and 8M power. The four Molten lines then run in three tiers: tier I has 20 levels for 20% at about 14 days each, tier II 50 levels for 50% at 38 days, and tier III 50 levels for another 50% at 150 days, with 9,360 shards per line. Tier III opens only once Solar Supremacy is at level 15, and Solar Supremacy needs all four tier II lines at level 30.

The skill unlock between tiers I and II (Indomitable Wall, Meridian Phalanx or Starfire) has three levels and costs 60 days and 975 shards.