Azurtane Heist

Compete for Resources and Survival!

Azurtane's most anticipated Heist is back! Azurtane Heist is a solo event where you can attack anyone who is occupying a gas building in the field , whether allied or from a different State. The event is a bit similar to *Reservoir Raid,* but instead of water, you need to occupy buildings and mine gas on your own! You need to collect as much natural gas as you can. The longer you mine, the more gas you collect which means the higher your ranking and the greater rewards you will get when the battle is over!

## Background Story

The Azurtane Area is renowned for the rare blue rocks that appear in the early stages of mining. It is one of the highest quality and most productive natural gas mines, with both shallow and deep reservoirs. It is also the only onshore natural gas mine that has been able to maintain normal extraction since the apocalypse. Being the single most important fuel deposit, it has not only attracted various factions, but also hordes of the Infected, throwing the area into chaos. In order to stabilise the situation in the mines and regain control of the resources, Gigacorp and the various Settlements have agreed to cooperate. Act now, take control of the gas mine and win great rewards!

## Optimization of Azurtane Heist

According to the Announcement made in *The Official Discord Server of State of Survival*, Optimization of Azurtane Heist Event are as follows:

Players can now choose a time of day to participate in the Azurtane Heist, on the day of registration. Players no longer need to confirm twice when signing up for the Azurtane Heist event. If the player misses a battle, they can't re-register for a new one, therefore the player need to make sure that once they registered they need to attend the time they have chosen.

A single Azurtane Heist battle is now shortened **from 1 hour to 30 minutes**, It eases the burden of time on players, but makes the battle more intense.

In Azurtane Heist battles, players can now gain Azurtane Heist EXP by killing the Infected in the battlefield. This can be used to upgrade Azurtane Heist Talents and thus gain more powerful abilities and skills

Players can now use skills to trigger special effects in Azurtane Heist battles to turn the tide. New Azurtane Heist Skills are unlocked through Azurtane Heist Talents.

*Note: These optimizations will be tested in a few States first. Please pay attention to in-game mail notifications and community announcements to stay informed regarding the details*
## Game Mechanics

In the Azurtane Heist, your troops will not be killed. All troops are provided by GigaCorp for Chiefs to command, and the number of troops is unlimited. The level of different types of troops are aligned to the highest troop level currently available to the Chief. All Marching types will no longer require the use of Mining Stamina. However, Heroes will now have cool down period in case of failed attack. Injured Heroes can not be dispatched for that period of time. Chiefs who registered for the same time slot will enter different Azurtane battlefields based on the system's arrangement.

Natural Gas can be obtained by occupying various resource buildings. Lv. 1-3 gas fields are initially guarded by packs of infected. Chiefs have to defeat the Infected to gather natural gas. After defeating the infected, several natural gas piles will be randomly scattered around the Gas Field. Chiefs can then send a pick-up march to pick them up, each Chief only send 1 pick -up march at the same time (this does not take up the Chief's regular March Slots). Meanwhile, Chiefs can fight for the gas resources. If the defender has mined resources greater than or equal to a certain amount, once being defeated, a portion of the natural gas will be dropped for others to pick up.

After the event countdown, the system will issue generous rewards based on the total amount of natural gas resources mined by the Chiefs.

### Registration

* Chiefs whose HQ level is greater than or equal to 16 are qualified to choose a suitable time to register.
* Chiefs can freely change the time before the deadline for registration. If you fail to attend your chosen registration time, you will be given a chance to re-register.
* Only Chiefs who are successfully registered can participate in the Heist.
* Chiefs will be given 20 minutes before the registration closes on their selected time slot. Pay attention to the timer seen at the bottom left of the Azurtane Heist screen. The countdown will guide you when the Battle begins.

### Matching

* After the registration, Chiefs who registered will be matched to different battlefields by the system.

### Preparation

* After matching, Chiefs can enter the battlefield for Heist within the registration time they selected. Before entering the battlefield, there should be no troops under Recon or engaged in marching.
* After entering the Azurtane area, your HQ will open a Peace Flare automatically.

### Combat

#### STAGE 1

During the Preparation Stage, at the beginning of the event, the battlefield refreshes resource mines of various levels. Chiefs are not permitted to do any marching or relocating during the Preparation Stage.

#### STAGE 2

Following the Preparation Stage, Chiefs can occupy various levels of resource mines to obtain natural gas . At the same time, some more advanced resource mines will be refreshed regularly at this stage. Remember to dispatch your marches strategically.

*Note: 10/20 minutes after the event begins, Eruptive Gas Fields will appear randomly in all levels of the Azurtane area, and will erupt for 5 minutes at a time. They have very small reserves, but extremely fast to gather and are not guarded by any Infected. If you find a vacant Eruptive Gas Field, don't hesitate to occupy it!*

#### STAGE 3

Twenty-three minutes after the event begins, the building at the center of the map [Gas Research Lab] will be unlocked. At the end of the event, generous Natural Gas rewards will be issued to Chiefs based on the Length of time they have occupied this building (suitable only for the most powerful Chiefs).

*Note: A timer at the bottom left shows the remaining time for Registration and the Start of the Battle.*

## Talents and Skills

Azurtane Heist Talents are only available on the Azurtane Heist battlefield and will be reset once the battle is over.

Killing an Infected on the Azurtane Heist battlefield will help you upgrade your Azurtane Heist Talents. Eliminating Level 1 Infected will render 75 EXP. points while Level 2 gives 150 EXP. points. Upon reaching level 5 Talent, you will be able to acquire one of the two (2) Skills.

* Talents
* Skills

*Note: You can only learn one (1) Talent per level, So choose wisely!*
## Building Information

There are 5 Buildings in the Azurtane Area:

Only lv. 1 gas field will randomly produce lv. 1 gas . lv. 1 gas fields are very common, at the same time, the mining speed is the slowest and they hold the least reserves. There are relatively weak Infected guarding these locations, suitable for players with a weaker level of power. Located in the core area of the Azurtane Area, with the richest natural gas reserves
Only lv. 2 Gas Field will randomly produce Lv.2 gas. Lv.2 Gas Fields are common, at the same time, the mining speed is slow and the reserves are not abundant. There are stronger Infected guarding these locations, suitable for players of medium power.
Lv3 Gas Field will randomly produce Lv.3 gas. Lv.3 Gas Fields are the rarest, at the same time, the mining speed is the fastest and the reserves are the most abundant. There are very strong Infected guarding these locations, suitable for powerful players.
10/20 minute(s) after the official opening of the Azurtane Area, Eruptive Gas Fields will be randomly refreshed in fields of all levels. The Gas mine reserves are limited, but the mining speed is extremely fast, and no Infected roam the vicinity. Each Eruptive Gas Field lasts a to tal of 5minutes, if you find a free Eruptive Gas Field, don't hesitate ! Occupy it!

## Rewards

After the Combat, rewards will be issued based on the natural gas resources obtained. Rewards will be sent via System mail.

* Mining Rewards
* Ranking and Rewards

*(Rank 11-20 Photo Credit to Bruno the Brave)*

*Frames Rewards Information:*

* Alloy Master (Legend) Frame Skin
* Alloy Master (Epic) 7d Frame Skin
* Alloy Master (Rare) 7d Frame Skin
* Alloy Master (Advanced) 7d Skin

## Key Information

* *HQ LVL 16* *and above* is required for Chiefs to be able to register in the Azurtane Heist Event.
* Azurtane Heist takes place every Tuesday. If you miss the time you registered for, you can still reregister for another time.
* In Azurtane Heist, troops will not be killed. All troops are provided by the GigaCorp and the number of troops are unlimited.
* Since all troops are provided by the GigaCorp, Chiefs can enter Azurtane map even with troops inside their hospital and enlistment office. *(Credit to Amalone the Undefeated)*
* After entering the Azurtane Area, your HQ will open the Peace Flare automatically.
* In the Azurtane Area, Chiefs cannot attack other player's settlements. However, allies can attack each other during the Heist.
* You cannot cross to another State (Azurtane Map) if you have troops outside your settlement
* Occupying resource buildings is a means of acquiring a large amount of natural gas. The higher the level of resource buildings , the faster the speed of mining natural gas resources/ some special and newly refreshed fields can be mined faster but the resource amount acquired will be smaller.
* Free Advanced Relocation is available in the Azurtane Area, but it comes with a cooldown. You can also use your own Advanced Relocator items.*You can relocate 1 time for every 720 second(s), after which it will enter a cooldown period*. The maximum number of relocations during the cooldown period is 5 time(s). Each relocation will use an additional advanced relocator based on the cost of the previous relocators (following the cooldown period, the use of relocators will be reset).
* When the Heist is under way, Chief can temporarily leave the battlefield, and then return through the [Azurtane Heist] via the event Billboard without losing any progress they've made. However if you recon or march in the Wilderness, you will be forced to withdraw from the event and the your rewards will be settled immediately.
* Research, Alliance Tech, Chief Talents, VIP, Boost Items, and Skin benefits are effective during the Heist.

*Source:* *In-Game Information*
## **Tips**

1. Know your place
2. Focus on Eruptive gas fields when they appear
3. For low to minimum spenders, try to go for lvl1 or lvl2 gas field instead of lvl 3 to collect more gas. Let the big guys fight each other.
4. Collect gas leaks as much as possible , it gives an instant amount of gas.
5. Attack infected to upgrade your Talent Tree and Skills.

*Credits to Death of Shadows, Bruno the Brave and Angmar of the North*

*Author: The Derp Builder*