Welcome to the Frozen Wasteland

Season 2 drops you into a polar region controlled by Emperor Boreas, who has frozen the entire land. Your goal is simple: defeat Boreas and restore heat. Everything else — the new resources, the furnace system, the city captures — serves that objective.

If you came from Season 1, forget most of what you knew about map control. Season 2 is a fundamentally different game. The temperature system alone changes how you move, fight, and plan. If you ignore it, you will be locked out of rallies and teleports within days.

The Biggest Change from Season 1

Ranking is based on total Rare Soil accumulated throughout the season — not territory held at the end. This is a massive rule change. In Season 1, what mattered was where you stood when the clock ran out. In Season 2, every day of Rare Soil production counts. Start early or fall behind permanently.

The Temperature System

Temperature is the central mechanic of Season 2. Your base has a temperature reading that fluctuates based on heat sources and environmental events. If it drops below -20C, you are in serious trouble.

What Happens Below -20C

You cannot start rallies — your troops refuse to march in extreme cold
You cannot teleport — your base is frozen in place
Resource production slows significantly — farms, mines, and oil wells lose output
Healing speed drops — wounded troops take longer to recover
Troop morale suffers — combat effectiveness drops across the board

This is not a minor debuff. Falling below -20C effectively removes you from the game until you can raise your temperature back up. Preventing this is your number one priority at all times.

Heat Sources

Heat stacks from multiple sources. You need several of these running simultaneously to stay above -20C consistently:

Heat SourceNotes

High-Heat FurnaceYour personal furnace. Max level 30. The single most important building in Season 2

Alliance FurnaceHeats a wide area for all nearby alliance members. Must be defended during Beast Crisis events

Captured CitiesHolding cities raises the temperature in the surrounding area for your alliance

Tower of VictoryProvides a server-wide temperature bonus when held

ResearchCertain Season 2 research nodes provide permanent temperature bonuses

The key insight is that no single heat source is enough. You need the furnace AND the alliance furnace AND captured cities to stay comfortable. Losing any one of these during a Cold Wave event can push you below the threshold.

See the Temperature & Furnace Guide for the full breakdown on heat stacking and furnace upgrades.

Ranking by Rare Soil

This is the change that defines Season 2 strategy. Your alliance is ranked by total Rare Soil accumulated over the entire season. Not Rare Soil held at the end. Not territory controlled. Total accumulated.

Why This Matters

Early investment pays off permanently — Rare Soil earned on Day 1 counts the same as Rare Soil earned on the last day. Alliances that set up Rare Soil production early build an insurmountable lead
You cannot catch up with a last-minute push — unlike Season 1 where a final territory grab could flip rankings, Season 2 rewards consistency over burst
Holding Rare Soil locations matters more than holding territory — controlling a Rare Soil dig site for 30 days is worth more than controlling half the map for the last 3 days
Every day offline is permanent ranking damage — if you are not producing Rare Soil, you are falling behind and can never recover that lost production

Alliance Priority

Capture Rare Soil producing locations immediately and hold them for as long as possible. Every hour you control a dig site or Rare Soil city is ranking points your opponents can never take away from you. Treat Rare Soil production the way you treat oxygen — constant and non-negotiable.

No Inter-Server Wars

All confrontations in Season 2 happen within your own server. There are no cross-server wars, no SvS, no external enemies. Your opponents are the other alliances on your server and Emperor Boreas.

This changes the political dynamic significantly:

Diplomacy within your server matters far more — you cannot band together against an external threat
Alliance mergers and NAPs (non-aggression pacts) become critical — smaller alliances need friends
Burning bridges has permanent consequences — you will face these same alliances every day for the entire season
Server balance determines your experience — if one alliance dominates your server, Season 2 will be a long, painful grind for everyone else

Key Resources

Season 2 introduces three new resources that did not exist in Season 1:

ResourceRole

CoalFuel for your furnace. You burn through this constantly. Gather it, stockpile it, never let it run out

Titanium AlloyUsed to upgrade your High-Heat Furnace. Produced by Titanium Alloy Factories

Rare SoilThe ranking resource. Accumulated total determines your alliance's final standing

Coal is the one you will worry about daily. If your furnace runs out of coal, your temperature drops. If your temperature drops below -20C, you are locked out of combat. Keep coal production and gathering running at all times.

Titanium Alloy is your progression bottleneck. Furnace upgrades require large amounts of titanium, and your Titanium Alloy Factories produce it slowly. You can build up to 4 factories (a 5th is available through the season pass). Prioritise factory upgrades early.

Rare Soil is what you are fighting over. It comes from dig sites and certain captured cities. See the City Capture & Rare Soil Strategy for how to maximise your intake.

Key Season 2 Events

Cold Wave Alert

Periodic server-wide temperature drops that push everyone's base temperature down. During a Cold Wave:

Temperature drops sharply across the entire map
Weaker furnaces may not be enough to stay above -20C
Alliances with higher furnace levels and more heat sources ride it out comfortably
Alliances that skimped on furnace upgrades get locked out of combat

Preparation is everything. You cannot react to a Cold Wave after it starts. Your furnace level and heat sources need to be strong before the event hits.

Polar Dishes

A cooking event where you prepare meals for Snowflake the Husky. This is a resource-conversion event — you spend ingredients to cook dishes and earn rewards. It sounds silly. The rewards are not silly. Do not skip this event.

Beast Crisis

Waves of enemies attack your Alliance Furnace. If the furnace falls, everyone in your alliance near it loses a major heat source. This is a mandatory defence event.

Coordinate with your alliance to garrison the Alliance Furnace
Bring your strongest squads — the waves escalate in difficulty
Losing the Alliance Furnace during a Cold Wave can cascade into a -20C lockout for multiple members
Treat this event with the same urgency as an alliance war

Gathering Supplies

Supply crates are scattered across the map but buried under frozen ground. You can only uncover them by raising the ground temperature to 0C or above in that area. This means:

You need to capture and hold nearby cities or place furnaces in the area
Alliances that control warm zones get access to more supply crates
Smaller alliances may need to coordinate with neighbours to warm enough territory

Off-Season Content

Between seasons, two systems keep you busy:

Black Market

The Black Market appears during the off-season and lets you acquire weapons you missed during the season. If you failed to get a key Exclusive Weapon during Season 2, this is your safety net. Prices are higher than during the season, but availability is guaranteed.

Transfer Surge Events

Events that let you move resources, items, or progress between seasons. Pay attention to the timing — these are limited windows and missing them can set you back.

Cross-Season Tip: Hot Deals Currency

Hot Deal Currency Change

Hot Deal events in Season 2 use Spins, not Roulette. Season 1 and Season 3 both use Roulette as the Hot Deal currency. Season 2 is the exception — it uses Spins. If you are hoarding Roulette tokens expecting to use them in Season 2, they will not work. Plan your Hot Deal spending accordingly.

Season 2 Priority Checklist

Upgrade your High-Heat Furnace — this is the single most important activity in Season 2. It gives temperature AND virus resistance
Build and upgrade Titanium Alloy Factories — they fuel furnace upgrades
Secure Rare Soil locations early — every day of production counts toward final ranking
Stockpile coal constantly — never let your furnace run dry
Stay near your Alliance Furnace — the heat bonus is essential
Defend the Alliance Furnace during Beast Crisis — losing it hurts everyone
Maintain temperature above -20C at all times — falling below locks you out of combat
Coordinate with your alliance on city captures — you are limited to 6 towns and 4 dig sites
Participate in Polar Dishes — the rewards are better than they look
Plan for Cold Wave events — build heat margin before they hit, not during

Common Season 2 Mistakes

Treating Season 2 like Season 1 — the ranking system is completely different. Territory control at the end does not matter; cumulative Rare Soil does
Ignoring the furnace — players who delay furnace upgrades get locked out during Cold Waves and fall behind permanently
Running out of coal — your furnace does nothing without fuel. Coal management is a daily task
Skipping Beast Crisis defence — losing the Alliance Furnace cascades into temperature problems for your entire alliance
Starting Rare Soil production late — every day without Rare Soil income is ranking points you can never recover
Burning bridges with other alliances — there are no inter-server wars. You are stuck with your neighbours for the whole season
Not building enough Titanium Alloy Factories — furnace upgrades stall without titanium, and you cannot rush factory production

Related Guides

Temperature & Furnace Guide — detailed furnace upgrade path and heat stacking strategy
City Capture & Rare Soil Strategy — how to maximise Rare Soil production
Season 1 HQ Guide — what to complete before entering Season 2
Hot Deals Guide — remember, Season 2 uses Spins not Roulette

Season 2 Overview: Polar Storm

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