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Small spenders can’t outspend whales, but they can out-plan them. This guide covers two habits that work together. First, keep your resources locked in your bag so raiders find nothing worth taking. Second, save your speedups and upgrade items for the exact days when one action scores in two or three events at once. Neither habit will put you above the biggest spenders on your server. Both will help you grow faster than other small spenders and stop you from stalling, which is what happens to players who use every item the moment they get it.
Quick answer: Leave resource boxes unopened until an upgrade needs them. Use construction speedups on Tuesday, research data and research speedups on Wednesday, hero items on Thursday and training speedups on Friday. Keep healing speedups for Saturday and wars. Time each one with the matching Mission Readiness round for double rewards, and stop once you reach your target chest.
Watch the video: Speedup Optimization and Resource Stockpiling in Z Route: Redemption
Video by Devil King (server 184)
Note: This is a fan-made guide, not an official notice from the developers. Point values, troop power and chest rewards were read from in-game screens on one server and may differ on yours. Check the event Details panel before you spend.
Your bag is your real base
Think of your city as a shop window and your bag as the vault. Resources in the top bar are exposed. When someone attacks you, especially during a server war, they can take them. A resource box that is still closed in your bag can’t be stolen.
As an example, Devil King’s city shows about 9 million food and 9 million metal. His bag holds 105 million food, 148 million metal and 90 million oil, all still in boxes. A stronger player who scouts him sees a modest 9 million and moves on.
The rule: open boxes only for a specific upgrade
- Live on what you gather, and keep boxes as a safe reserve.
- Open boxes only when a particular building, research or event task needs them.
- Never open a big stack and leave it in your warehouse. If you open it, spend it before you log off.
Use a 24-hour shield when resources are loose
If resources end up sitting in your base, put up a 24-hour shield so nobody can rob you. This matters most during server wars and the Enemy Assault event.
Why stockpile: the weekly event cycle
Z Route runs on a repeating daily and weekly schedule. If you save your items, you can spend them on the day that pays points for that exact item type.
Alliance Competition: six stages, Monday to Saturday
The Alliance Competition opens at base level 10. Each stage gives personal points that unlock point chests.
| Day | Alliance Competition stage | What to spend |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Radar Exploration | Radar tasks |
| Tuesday | Base Construction | Construction speedups and resources |
| Wednesday | Tech Research | Research data and research speedups |
| Thursday | Hero Training | UR Omni Hero Shards, skill books, recruit tickets |
| Friday | Full Military Preparation | Training speedups |
| Saturday | Enemy Assault | Healing speedups (PvP) |
Mission Readiness: six 4-hour rounds every day
Mission Readiness opens at base level 7. It runs six 4-hour rounds a day on server time. Each round has a theme: hero upgrade, base construction, soldier training, tech research or fighter enhancement. The order changes by weekday. Every round has scored tasks and four point chests. On top of that, daily medals unlock a medal chest at 2, 8 and 18 medals. Reaching 18 medals gives 2 UR Omni Hero Shards every day.
Line up both events for double rewards
Most of the advantage comes from timing. Every day from Tuesday to Friday has at least one Mission Readiness round that matches that day’s Alliance Competition stage:
- Tuesday: the rounds run base, train, tech, fighter, hero, base. That gives you two Base Construction windows, one at the start of the day and one at the end.
- Wednesday: includes a tech round.
- Thursday: includes a hero round.
- Friday: includes a train round.
The in-game calendar shows the next round and how many hours are left until it starts. If you need to build, check the calendar and wait for the base round. One action then scores in both events.
Tip: triple rewards. Seven-day events such as the Halloween Carnival sometimes ask for the same task. If you line up all three, one upgrade pays out three times.
Day-by-day speedup plan
Tuesday: construction speedups
- Use construction speedups only on buildings that move your base forward. Skip resource buildings and anything that doesn’t help your base.
- When the Base Construction stage and a Mission Readiness base round are both running, open the resource boxes you need, start the upgrade and speed it up to finish.
- Real example: in his first Alliance Competition, Devil King saved his items earlier in the week. He then upgraded his base to level 20 to unlock T7 troops during the base round, earning Alliance Competition points, Mission Readiness points and Mission Readiness chests from one upgrade. His Soldier Training Camp upgrade from level 18 goes in the next base round.
Wednesday: research data and research speedups
- Every unit of research data you use scores points, and finished research adds power.
- Keep your research data for Wednesday, then use speedups to finish the research.
- Timing tip: if you start a long research, such as a 7-day one, plan it to finish on Wednesday and not before. Bigger research gives more power, which means more Alliance Competition points.
Thursday: hero items
Save UR Omni Hero Shards, skill books and recruit tickets for Thursday. That’s when they score in both the Hero Training stage and the Mission Readiness hero round. Don’t use them at random during the week.
Friday: training speedups
Training troops is the main way to raise your power, and higher tiers give much more:
| Troop level | Power per troop |
|---|---|
| Level 6 | 579 |
| Level 7 | 781 |
| Level 8 | 1,065 |
| Level 10 | 1,650 |
Troops can die, so they’re a riskier investment. Save training speedups until you have enough to reach a clear milestone with your highest-tier troop. Then spend them on Friday during the Mission Readiness train round.
Saturday and wars: healing speedups
Healing speedups are purely defensive, so don’t use them for everyday healing. Let normal healing run, and start the next batch when it finishes. Save them for PvP: the Saturday Enemy Assault stage, the Enemy Assault event, capital wars and server-vs-server wars. Never use them after monster fights.
Why it matters: in an invasion where anyone can attack anyone, losses pile up fast. A player with no stockpile has troops stuck in the hospital, no resources and no speedups, so those troops are lost. A player with healing speedups taps once, and the troops go straight back into the fight. That helps the player, the alliance and the whole server.
Treat resource chests like a locked bank account
- Open resource chests only when you have the matching speedup ready, so the upgrade finishes during the event window.
- Whatever you open, spend it before you log off. Opened resources that sit unused can be stolen.
- R, SR, SSR and UR resource chests scale with your Headquarters level, so their value goes up as your HQ grows. Check the actual amount in your own bag before you open a big stack.
When not to hoard
Saving is the right default, but don’t follow it blindly.
Brand-new accounts (first 14 days)
Don’t worry much about stockpiling at the start. The Alliance Competition isn’t running for you yet, and early events pay well. There are also city battles (level 5 city, level 6 city, then the capital war) where high-tier troops matter. Unlocking T7 makes those fights much fairer. Still, don’t use speedups on just anything. Mission Readiness starts early, so aim your spending at its rounds.
The cap-dump strategy: pick a chest and stop
You don’t have to win every event. If you fight a big spender for rank 1, especially in the training or Enemy Assault events, you’ll empty your inventory and get nothing back. Instead, check the point chests (there are nine), pick a target, spend exactly enough to reach it, and save the rest for next week.
| Chest | Points | Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Chest 3 | 550,000 | SR Omni Hero Shards + Tactical Boxes (chance at 10,000 Diamonds) |
| Chest 6 | 2,280,000 | 3 SSR Omni Hero Shards |
| Chest 8 | 3,620,000 | 1 UR Omni Hero Shard |
| Chest 9 | 7,190,000 | 390 research data, 1 UR Omni Hero Shard, 16 Tactical Boxes, Lv.3 fighter component chest |
Small players usually can’t reach 2 to 4 million points in their first week, but they get there as their account grows. The Alliance Competition comes back every week, so leftover speedups are never wasted.
Our recommendation: choose one target chest per week, stop once you reach it, and save everything else.
Bonus: stockpile fighter components too
Opening a fighter component chest of any level gives event points and adds power. Devil King is holding 174 level 1 fighter component chests to open all at once on the right research day, so they count toward points.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best day to use speedups in Z Route: Redemption?
It depends on the type. Construction speedups go on Tuesday, research on Wednesday, training on Friday, and healing on Saturday and during wars. Use each one during the matching Mission Readiness round to score twice.
Should I open resource boxes right away?
No. Closed boxes in your bag can’t be stolen. Open them only for a specific upgrade, finish that upgrade straight away, and spend anything left before you log off.
How do I protect resources that are already in my base?
Put up a 24-hour shield, especially during server wars and the Enemy Assault event.
How do I get double rewards from Alliance Competition and Mission Readiness?
Use the in-game calendar to wait for the Mission Readiness round that matches the day’s Alliance Competition stage, such as a base round on Tuesday. One action then scores in both events. A seven-day event asking for the same task, like the Halloween Carnival, makes it three.
When does the Alliance Competition unlock?
At base level 10. Mission Readiness unlocks earlier, at base level 7.
Should new players stockpile?
Not much in the first 14 days. Spend on early events and city battles, and aim at Mission Readiness rounds rather than using speedups at random.
Should I use healing speedups after monster fights?
No. Save them for PvP, like Enemy Assault, capital wars and server-vs-server wars, where getting troops back right away decides fights.
How many Alliance Competition points do I need for a UR Omni Hero Shard?
Chest 8 is at 3,620,000 points and gives one UR Omni Hero Shard. Chest 9, at 7,190,000, gives another along with research data, Tactical Boxes and a Lv.3 fighter component chest.
Summary
Keep resources packed in your bag, and use a 24-hour shield when they’re loose. Construction speedups go on Tuesday, research data and research speedups on Wednesday, hero shards, skill books and recruit tickets on Thursday, and training speedups on Friday. Healing speedups wait for Saturday and wars. Line each one up with the matching Mission Readiness round for double rewards, pick your target chest, and stop when you reach it.
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