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Transformers Earth Wars - every headquarters unlock revealed

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Transformers Earth Wars - every headquarters unlock revealed

The most important building in your Transformers: Earth Wars base is the headquarters.

Every time this thing goes up a level you'll get access to a bunch of cool new toys like the scanner, the research lab, and the beam laser.

You upgrade your headquarters by increasing your player rank, which is boosted every time you construct or upgrade buildings, or improve your Transformers in the research lab.

Here's what you get at each headquarters level. It's the same for both Autobots and Decepticons.

Headquarters Level 2

Requirement - Story Progress
Time - 1 minute
Energon required - 280
Alloy required - 840

New items Outpost

The Transformer Outpost lets you assign one of your robot chums to defend your base. Your bot of choice will come into battle and fight off invading Transformers.

Extra items

You can now build two new walls

Upgraded items

The following items can now be upgraded

  • Energon Harvester - Level 2
  • Energon Storage - Level 2
  • Alloy Harvester - Level 2
  • Alloy Storage - Level 2
  • Wall - Level 2
  • Auto Cannon - Level 2
Headquarters Level 3

Requirement - Player Rank 2
Time - 6 minutes
Energon required - 1700
Alloy required - 3000

New items Laser Turret

The Laser Turret has a shorter range than the Auto Cannon, but it can hit airborne units for extra damage.

Scanner

The Scanner lets you fight rival players, which is a handy way to earn some resources. The more you upgrade the scanner, the more rewards you'll win.

Extra items

You can now build an extra Energon Harvester and an extra Alloy Harvester. You can build two more walls, and one extra Auto Cannon.

Upgraded items

The following items can now be upgraded

  • Energon Harvester - Level 3
  • Energon Storage - Level 3
  • Alloy Harvester - Level 3
  • Alloy Storage - Level 3
  • Wall - Level 3
  • Auto Cannon - Level 3
  • Transformer Outpost - Level 2
Headquarters Level 4

Requirement - Player Rank 4
Time - 15 minutes
Energon required - TBA
Alloy required - TBA

New items Research Lab

The Research Lab lets you research your robots to boost their power of their special ability. You can also boost their power further every 10 levels.

Mortar

The Mortar is a handy defensive weapon that can target robots from a long range. It can't attack air Transformers but it will do a number on ground troops.

Extra items

You can now build two new walls

Upgraded items

The following items can now be upgraded

  • Scanner - Level 2
  • Energon Harvester - Level 4
  • Energon Storage - Level 4
  • Alloy Harvester - Level 4
  • Alloy Storage - Level 4
  • Wall - Level 4
  • Auto Cannon - Level 4
  • Transformer Outpost - Level 3
  • Laser Turret - Level 2
Headquarters Level 5

Requirement - Player Rank 6
Time - TBA
Energon required - TBA
Alloy required - TBA

New items Stasis

The Stasis Mine explodes when enemies are nearby, freezing them in place so other defensive weapons can do the dirty work. You can build two of these mines after upgrading to HQ Level 5.

Extra items

You can now build an extra Energon Storage and an extra Alloy Storage. You can build another pair of walls, and a new Auto Cannon and a new Laser Turret.

Upgraded items

The following items can now be upgraded

  • Scanner - Level 3
  • Energon Harvester - Level 5
  • Energon Storage - Level 5
  • Alloy Harvester - Level 5
  • Alloy Storage - Level 5
  • Wall - Level 5
  • Auto Cannon - Level 5
  • Transformer Outpost - Level 4
  • Laser Turret - Level 3
  • Mortar - Level 2
Headquarters Level 6

Requirement - Player Rank 10
Time - 4 hours
Energon required - TBA
Alloy required - TBA

New items Beam Laser

You can now build the Beam Laser, which fires a powerful laser shot at long range. It won't defeat airborne units but any ground troops in its line of fire will have a bad day.

Extra items

You can now build two more walls, and another Transformer Outpost.

Upgraded items

The following items can now be upgraded

  • Scanner - Level 4
  • Energon Harvester - Level 6
  • Energon Storage - Level 6
  • Alloy Harvester - Level 6
  • Alloy Storage - Level 6
  • Wall - Level 6
  • Auto Cannon - Level 6
  • Transformer Outpost - Level 5
  • Laser Turret - Level 4
  • Mortar - Level 3
  • Stasis Mine - Level 2

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Mark Brown
Mark Brown
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