The King has arrived! Get ready for Ezekiel in this week’s direct purchase Hero Card sale.
Ezekiel is larger than life. In a world filled with death, that’s a welcome addition to any empire. But King Ezekiel is more than his flowery language. He’s a resourceful survivor and talented leader who inspires his people, guiding them through seemingly insurmountable challenges… and yet he smiles.
Sale Details
This sale takes place on Friday, September 13th at 7am PT. Ezekiel Hero Cards will follow a tiered pricing structure based on the remaining supply, with Common Hero Cards staying at one low price throughout the sale.
This sale is not time limited, and Ezekiel will stay available in The Walking Dead: Empires Store until the supply is exhausted or it is taken down to make room for new Heroes in the future.
Like our other direct Hero Card sales, Ezekiel cards purchased in this sale will fulfill directly to GalaChain and be usable in the game right away.
Survive Together
Good luck out there this weekend, survivors. Fight for survival, but build for the future!
Ezekiel was never the type to just look out for himself. He’s always stood for making a difference and bringing joy and community into this dark and brutal world – exactly the kind of hero who can help you build a lasting empire.!
Visit The Walking Dead: Empires store tomorrow to recruit the King himself, Ezekiel, to your team!
The Walking Dead: Empires is a survival MMO game set in the thrilling and dangerous world of AMC’s The Walking Dead. Players can download and play the game for free on PC or Mac through Gala Games, then take on walkers and hostile survivors alike in an open-world strategic challenge for survival.
If you haven’t played The Walking Dead: Empires yet, follow this simple guide from the development team. It will take you through essentials like crafting, shelter, leveling and food gathering, as well as the added advantages of NFT item ownership.
To fully experience The Walking Dead: Empires, follow these key steps:
1. Hero Selection
Once you’ve installed the game, choose a hero. You’ll find beloved characters from the show, along with some new game-exclusive heroes you haven’t met yet! The variety of characters’ weapons and skill sets provides for unique gameplay experiences with every character you have available.
2. Early Game
Start your journey in an apocalyptic world crawling with walkers and all sorts of other dangers. Your primary objective is to gather materials, then use them for crafting to survive the challenges and enemies you encounter.
Tool and Weapon Crafting: Use the materials you’ve gathered to create tools and weapons. Crafting enhances your hero’s abilities and opens up a progression to higher-quality items. This is crucial for facing the increasingly difficult threats of the wasteland.
Shelter Construction: Collect resources like wood and metal to build and upgrade your shelter. A higher-level HQ offers stronger defenses, additional crafting stations, and improved facilities that provide key advantages.
Build HQ
Food Gathering and Preparations: Search and hunt for food to keep your hero in good condition. As you improve your culinary skills, you can craft meals that boost your hero’s recovery, which is vital for surviving tough battles.
NFTs: Owning and activating NFTs offers significant advantages that can enhance your gameplay experience. Player-owned items may include unique heroes, advanced crafting stations that allow you to create higher-quality tools, weapons, and other items. However, it is important to note that players who do not own NFTs can still enjoy the same gameplay experience. The core gameplay experience—focused on survival, combat, and shelter building—is accessible and equal for all players.
3. Leveling Up and Masteries:
Hero leveling: As you complete missions or explore the world while eliminating walkers, your hero gains experience (XP). Once you have enough XP, your character will level up. With each level, new skills and upgrades are unlocked, increasing your combat effectiveness and survival capabilities. Each level-up comes with specific requirements or conditions:
Mission and Exploration: Actively participating in missions and exploring new areas is key to earning XP. The more you engage in these activities, the faster you will level up.
Elimination of Walkers: Defeating enemies is also an important source of XP. Each enemy defeated contributes to your progress toward the next level.
Resource Gathering: While not directly related to leveling up, resource gathering is essential for keeping your character in good condition, allowing you to continue facing missions and battles.
HQ leveling: Upgrading your HQ is essential, as it directly affects your survival capabilities and shelter efficiency. A higher-level HQ unlocks more advanced interior structures, crafting stations, and stronger defensive structures, giving you a significant advantage against walkers. To level up your HQ, you need to collect specific resources such as wood and other valuable materials. The amount and type of resources required will increase with each upgrade level.
A higher-level HQ also improves the defense of your shelter, making your survival more sustainable. Additionally, as you progress in the game, walker herds become stronger and more numerous. A high-level HQ is crucial for withstanding attacks from these herds, protecting your hero and defending your resources.
Masteries: Specializations in different skill disciplines are known as masteries. By mastering a particular skill, you can craft high quality weapons, tools, and equipment that provide an edge in combat, exploration and defense. For example, tool crafting mastery can be leveled up by simply crafting more tools.
4. Gameplay Choices: Cooperative or Solo
The Walking Dead: Empires allows you to decide how to face this horrific new world. While you can choose to play solo, relying on your own skills alone to survive, there comes a point in the game where joining an alliance becomes almost essential. As you level up your HQ to higher levels, the herds of enemies attacking your base will become increasingly challenging, defending it alone nearly impossible. Working with other players in an alliance lets you share resources, overcome tough challenges, and effectively protect your base. This cooperative approach is key to surviving and thriving in the world of The Walking Dead.
Screenshots from game
Inventory: The snapshot shows the moment when the player collects supplies from an abandoned military truck and stores them in their inventory.Combat 1 and 2: Combat between the players and herds of walkers.Police station interior: Player inside the building in combat against mid-level enemies.Collect resources: Player using a crafted weapon to cut down a tree and collect wood.
The fight continues, survivors! The challenges of this apocalyptic world require that everyday people rise from the ashes. These new heroes can come from any background, boasting skills honed by the need to survive.
We’re continuing to build new systems and ways to survive in The Walking Dead: Empires. Before we talk about what’s in store for September, though, we still have one epic hero left in August…
Carol was an unlikely candidate for apocalyptic warrior, but she quickly proved herself to be infinitely adaptable, becoming fierce, reliable, and a major advantage to any group she supports. And soon, you could recruit her to help build your empire.
Carol Sale
This sale takes place on Friday, August 30th at 7am PT. Carol Hero Cards will follow a tiered pricing structure based on the remaining supply, with Common Hero Cards staying at one low price throughout the sale.
This sale is not time-limited; Carol will be available in The Walking Dead: Empires Store until the supply is exhausted or her remaining Hero Cards are taken down to make room for new heroes in the future.
Like our other direct Hero Card sales, any Carol purchased in this sale will fulfill directly to GalaChain, ready to play in the game!
September Updates
Just as your empire grows, The Walking Dead: Empires is hard at work to implement new ways of bringing the world of the apocalypse to life. Before we wrap up our August event cycle, we wanted to talk about what to expect in September.
We’ll be taking a break from the regular event cycle during September. We appreciate you participating in these events over the past months. We’ve learned a lot from them, and the insight you’ve contributed will help shape the game in the future!
The current event cycle will end after this weekend’s stockpile event closes on Monday, September 2nd. Good luck with this last leaderboard, survivors!
This last event begins tomorrow. Are you ready?
There will certainly be more events coming in the future, but for now our team is concentrating on some important features that we can’t wait to get out to you, including an all-new. dungeon system that players will hopefully be able to check out in October. These instanced areas will soon give you more ways to survive and new challenges to overcome.
The Fight to Survive
Tomorrow begins the last leaderboard event for a while. Are you going to show off a top score this weekend?
Whether or not you’re crafting up a storm to dominate the competition, starting tomorrow you can suit up as Carol to face the challenges ahead. Don’t just survive with your empire… grow your empire.
Hot diggity dog! It’s time for Negan to make his appearance in our weekly direct Hero Card sales.
Negan is a force to be reckoned with. Negan’s past actions were distasteful, to say the least… but no one can dispute that his leadership and strength helped The Saviors survive and rise to prominence. Sound like somebody who could help grow your empire?
Sale Details
This sale takes place on Friday, August 9th at 7am PT. Negan Hero Cards will follow a tiered pricing structure based on the remaining supply, with Common Hero Cards staying at one low price throughout the sale.
This sale is not time limited, and Negan will stay available in The Walking Dead: Empires Store until the supply is exhausted or it is taken down to make room for new Heroes in the future.
Like our other direct Hero Card sales, Negans purchased in this sale will fulfill directly to GalaChain and be usable in the game right away!
Survival at Any Cost
The new event cycle for August has begun. Are you ready for this weekend’s Walker Wipeout? Have you scavenged enough this week to climb the leaderboard?
Negan will arrive for direct purchase very soon. Will you add him to your empire? Lucille is thirsty, and Negan is ready to put her to work building your empire.
One of the most beloved characters from the hit AMC seris is coming to The Walking Dead: Empires. Maggie’s journey from farmgirl to powerful leader makes her an invaluable addition to the game, so don’t miss your chance to add Maggie to your survivor squad and Gala Games NFT collection.
Maggie NFT Sale Details
The Maggie Hero NFT sale begins on Friday, July 26th, at 7am PT.
All rarities of Glenn Hero NFTs are also still available, giving you a unique chance to reunite the ultimate TWD power couple to fight side-by-side once again!
Each available rarity will be sold in multiple tiers with increasing prices for each tier, so be ready to get your Maggie Hero card early at the best possible price.
Act fast to get the best prices in Tier 1! The sale continues until the supply runs out or until we prepare for the next Hero NFT release.
NFT Supply and Price Tiers
All Maggie NFTs will be directly fulfilled to GalaChain and immediately available for use in the game, which is currently live with its Public Development Build. Equip Maggie and help her lead your empire to new heights!
Maggie Stands Ready
Armed with her fierce determination and survival skills, Maggie is prepared to face any threat –from maniacal adversaries looking to take what’s yours, to hordes of walkers constantly encroaching on your territory. With Maggie by your side, your chances of survival and dominance increase exponentially. Will you call on her?
Ongoing Hero Sales
You can also still pick up multiple rarities of the following playable NFT Heroes while supplies last:
Unite the ultimate TWD couple with Maggie + Glenn
When we first released Glenn Hero NFTs, only Common and Ancient rarities were introduced, but in honor of this week’s Maggie release, we’ve opened access to all other rarities of Glenn NFTs!
In the treacherous world of The Walking Dead: Empires, survival is paramount. Good people with indomitable instincts are key to your success. Visit The Walking Dead: Empires Store on July 26 to secure your Maggie NFT and prepare for the fight of your life!Play The Walking Dead: Empires
