The Tech Center is the main research building in Last War Survival. It allows you to unlock technologies that improve construction, resource production, troops, base defense, and other progression systems. This guide covers Tech Center unlocks, upgrade costs, research-speed bonuses, Age of Oil levels, and practical upgrade priorities.
Understanding the Tech Center
The Tech Center is where you conduct research to improve different areas of your account. The first Tech Center becomes available when your Headquarters reaches level 7. According to the supplied progression information, a second Tech Center becomes available after clearing District 102, while a third can be unlocked after reaching Headquarters level 30.
If you have not reached the first requirement, review the Last War Headquarters upgrade guide to prepare the required buildings and resources.
Each Tech Center upgrade increases research speed and supports access to more advanced technologies. Higher research speed becomes increasingly valuable later because major technologies can require substantial amounts of time and resources.
Key Tech Center benefits include:
- Increasing research speed.
- Unlocking advanced technologies.
- Improving resource and construction efficiency.
- Strengthening troop statistics.
- Supporting base defense.
- Unlocking advanced progression systems such as HQ Expansion.
Tech Center Upgrade Requirements
Upgrading the Tech Center requires Iron and Food from the early levels. Coin becomes an additional requirement at level 10, while advanced Age of Oil levels may also require Oil.
The table below shows the supplied resource requirements, construction times, building power, and research-speed bonuses:
| Level | Iron | Food | Coin | Upgrade Time | Power | Research Speed Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90 | 90 | – | 6s | 900 | 0.5% |
| 2 | 230 | 230 | – | 12s | 1,800 | 1% |
| 3 | 1,000 | 1,000 | – | 47s | 2,700 | 1.5% |
| 4 | 2,500 | 2,500 | – | 1m 57s | 3,600 | 2% |
| 5 | 20,000 | 20,000 | – | 11m 42s | 4,500 | 2.5% |
| 6 | 91,000 | 91,000 | – | 35m 6s | 5,400 | 3% |
| 7 | 210,000 | 210,000 | – | 1h 21m 54s | 6,300 | 3.5% |
| 8 | 340,000 | 340,000 | – | 2h 43m 48s | 7,200 | 4% |
| 9 | 540,000 | 540,000 | – | 3h 49m 20s | 8,400 | 4.5% |
| 10 | 650,000 | 650,000 | 210,000 | 4h 58m 7s | 9,700 | 5% |
| 11 | 1,600,000 | 1,600,000 | 520,000 | 5h 44m 31s | 11,800 | 5.5% |
| 12 | 2,800,000 | 2,800,000 | 890,000 | 8h 11m 32s | 14,500 | 6% |
| 13 | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 | 980,000 | 10h 23m 47s | 17,300 | 6.5% |
| 14 | 4,300,000 | 4,300,000 | 1,400,000 | 1d 13h 50m 41s | 20,700 | 7% |
| 15 | 6,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 1,900,000 | 1d 19h 22m 58s | 24,600 | 7.5% |
| 16 | 11,000,000 | 11,000,000 | 3,400,000 | 2d 2h 29m 3s | 29,900 | 8% |
| 17 | 14,000,000 | 14,000,000 | 4,400,000 | 2d 13h 5m 8s | 35,900 | 8.5% |
| 18 | 24,000,000 | 24,000,000 | 7,800,000 | 3d 2h 42m 44s | 43,800 | 9% |
| 19 | 29,000,000 | 29,000,000 | 9,300,000 | 3d 22h 59m 49s | 52,400 | 9.5% |
| 20 | 52,000,000 | 52,000,000 | 17,000,000 | 4d 1h 8m 13s | 64,000 | 10% |
| 21 | 73,000,000 | 73,000,000 | 23,000,000 | 5d 6h 16m 40s | 77,600 | 10.5% |
| 22 | 95,000,000 | 95,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 7d 16h 30m 48s | 93,100 | 11% |
| 23 | 120,000,000 | 120,000,000 | 38,000,000 | 8d 7h 56m 31s | 110,600 | 11.5% |
| 24 | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | 48,000,000 | 9d 19h 21m 3s | 130,100 | 12% |
| 25 | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000 | 81,000,000 | 12d 20h 1m 8s | 155,300 | 12.5% |
| 26 | 350,000,000 | 350,000,000 | 110,000,000 | 16d 14h 30m 31s | 185,100 | 13% |
| 27 | 460,000,000 | 460,000,000 | 150,000,000 | 22d 14h 17m 7s | 219,400 | 13.5% |
| 28 | 640,000,000 | 640,000,000 | 210,000,000 | 30d 15h 17m 30s | 259,800 | 14% |
| 29 | 900,000,000 | 900,000,000 | 290,000,000 | 39d 12h 40m 44s | 307,600 | 14.5% |
| 30 | 1,300,000,000 | 1,300,000,000 | 400,000,000 | 47d 9h 58m 18s | 364,800 | 15% |
| 31 | 1,400,000,000 | 1,400,000,000 | 440,000,000 | N/A | 424,300 | 15.5% |
| 32 | 1,500,000,000 | 1,500,000,000 | 490,000,000 | N/A | 486,100 | 16% |
| 33 | 1,700,000,000 | 1,700,000,000 | 540,000,000 | N/A | 551,700 | 16.5% |
| 34 | 1,800,000,000 | 1,800,000,000 | 570,000,000 | N/A | 619,200 | 17% |
| 35 | 1,900,000,000 | 1,900,000,000 | 590,000,000 | N/A | 688,400 | 17.5% |
Important Note: The table contains base values. Research, alliance bonuses, profession benefits, VIP perks, and other active effects may reduce actual construction costs and upgrade times.
Levels 31 to 35 and the Age of Oil
The Age of Oil introduces an advanced research tree that includes HQ Expansion. Completing the required research allows the Headquarters and supporting buildings to progress beyond level 30.
Oil becomes an additional resource for advanced progression. Since levels 31 through 35 also require large amounts of Iron, Food, and Coin, players should plan these upgrades alongside their Headquarters and other essential buildings.
Before using Oil on the Tech Center, compare the additional research-speed bonus with the benefits available from your military buildings, resource production, Hospital, Barracks, and other late-game priorities.
How Multiple Tech Centers Work
Additional Tech Centers allow you to manage more research activity as your account develops. This can reduce the amount of time your progression is restricted by a single research queue.
However, additional research capacity also increases resource demand. Running several research projects may quickly consume Iron, Food, Coin, Valor Badges, and other technology-specific materials.
Before starting multiple projects, confirm that you have enough resources to maintain your Headquarters and building progression. Faster research provides less value if every available queue remains empty because of resource shortages.
Choosing Research Priorities
The best research path depends on your current account stage and main objective. Avoid spreading resources evenly across every available category without considering which upgrades provide the greatest immediate value.
- Construction and development research: Useful when building costs and upgrade times are slowing your base progression.
- Resource research: Supports passive production and gathering efficiency.
- Military research: Improves troop statistics, formations, and combat performance.
- Defense research: Helps strengthen your base and reduce vulnerability during attacks.
- Advanced expansion research: Required for unlocking progression beyond level 30.
Players focused on combat should review the Last War troop stats guide to understand which military attributes may provide the most useful benefits.
Strategies for Efficient Tech Center Upgrades
- Improve resource production: Keep your Iron Mine, Farmland, and Gold Mine developed enough to support both research and construction.
- Keep research queues active: Start another useful project whenever a queue becomes available. Idle Tech Centers do not contribute to account development.
- Use alliance assistance: Request help when beginning research or a Tech Center upgrade. Improving the Alliance Support Hub can make this assistance more effective.
- Save speedups for long projects: Research and construction speedups usually provide greater value on projects that would otherwise take several days.
- Plan around events: Check the Last War Event Hub before completing expensive research or building upgrades that may earn event points.
- Use VIP benefits: Higher VIP levels may provide construction, research, or development bonuses. Review the Last War VIP levels and perks guide before allocating VIP points.
- Research according to your main squad: Prioritize technologies that support the hero and troop type used in your primary formation.
- Check prerequisites early: Some important technologies require earlier research branches to be completed first. Review the full path before spending resources elsewhere.
Is a High-Level Tech Center Worth Prioritizing?
A high-level Tech Center can provide substantial long-term value because its research-speed bonus affects future technology projects. The earlier the bonus is obtained, the more time it may save across later research.
However, upgrading the building does not replace the research itself. A high-level Tech Center with incomplete technology branches may provide less practical value than a slightly lower-level building with well-developed military, resource, and construction research.
Balance Tech Center upgrades with the resources needed to keep its research queues active. At higher levels, spending all available resources on the building may leave you unable to begin meaningful research afterward.
How the Tech Center Supports Account Progression
The Tech Center affects nearly every major area of account development. Construction bonuses can accelerate building progression, resource technologies improve income, and military research strengthens troops used in PvE and PvP activities.
Its value becomes greater as more technologies and research queues become available. However, developing multiple Tech Centers and completing advanced research can require months of resources, speedups, and regular activity.
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FAQs
Q: When can I unlock the first Tech Center?
A: The first Tech Center becomes available when your Headquarters reaches level 7.
Q: How many Tech Centers can I have?
A: According to the supplied progression information, you can unlock up to three Tech Centers.
Q: How do I unlock the second Tech Center?
A: The supplied information states that the second Tech Center becomes available after clearing District 102.
Q: How do I unlock the third Tech Center?
A: The third Tech Center is listed as becoming available when your Headquarters reaches level 30.
Q: What resources are required to upgrade the Tech Center?
A: Early upgrades require Iron and Food. Coin becomes necessary from level 10, while advanced progression may also require Oil.
Q: How can I speed up Tech Center upgrades?
A: Use construction bonuses, speedups, VIP benefits, profession perks, and alliance assistance.
Q: How can I complete research faster?
A: Upgrade the Tech Center, use research-speed bonuses, request alliance help, and apply relevant research speedups.
Q: Does reaching Tech Center level 30 automatically unlock HQ Expansion?
A: Reaching the required progression stage allows access to the relevant Age of Oil research, but the HQ Expansion technology must still be completed.
Q: Should I prioritize the Tech Center or Headquarters?
A: Both buildings depend on each other at different progression stages. Check your next Headquarters prerequisites and current research needs before deciding which upgrade provides more immediate value.
Q: Is upgrading the Tech Center worth the investment?
A: Yes, particularly when you consistently use its research queues. Its bonuses support long-term progression across construction, resources, defense, and military development.
Conclusion
The Tech Center is a central progression building in Last War Survival. Its upgrades increase research speed and support access to technologies that improve construction, resources, troops, defense, and advanced account development.
Keep research queues active, prioritize technologies that match your current objectives, and balance Tech Center upgrades with the resources required for research. Careful planning will provide more value than increasing the building level while leaving important technology branches incomplete.
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