Whiteout Survival : Hero Gear Guide Ultimate Upgrade & Tips

Unlock Hero Gear by upgrading your Furnace to Level 15, granting your heroes powerful boosts in Attack, Defense, and Health, as well as Troop Health or Lethality bonuses.

Each Hero Gear is troop-type specific, meaning it only works for the corresponding unit type. For example, Serry (Infantry Hero, marked by a blue shield icon) can only equip Infantry Hero Gear (also labeled with a shield symbol). The game automatically filters gear, so you’ll only see compatible options—no risk of mismatching!

This guide covers the essentials to maximize your heroes' combat potential with the right gear.

 

How to obtain Whiteout Survival hero gear ?

Whiteout Survival give you various ways to obtain and use hero gead.

Clear Exploration Stages

Advancing through Exploration Stages earns you valuable loot, including Hero XP and Hero Gear—with rewards improving at higher levels. Your offline progress keeps working too, automatically collecting resources even when you're away. Simply log back in to claim your accumulated Exploration rewards, giving your heroes a constant power boost !

 

Partake in Arena Battles

You can partake in up to five Arena battles per day. Winning each battle gives you a handful of supplies, which includes Whiteout Survival hero gear.

 

Purchase gear from shops like Arena

Players receive 300 Arena Tokens at the end of each day for taking part in all five Arena battles daily. In Arena Shop, there are Hero Gear Chests. Try to save up Arena Tokens and only buy gear from them. 

 

What is the quality of equipment ?

Hero Gear comes in 5 different qualities (colours) :

Grey＞Green＞Blue＞Purple＞Gold

Grey is the lowest quality Gear, providing the weakest buffs, and Gold is the best quality Gear, providing the best buffs.

⚠️At this time the only ways to get Gold quality Gear is via the Arena Store or by pack purchases. Hopefully, this will change in the future.

 

How many types of Hero Gear can be equipped into ?

There are 4 different slots Hero Gear can be equipped into: Headgear, Gloves, Belts and Boots.

Headgear: Hero Attack and Health

Gloves: Hero Defense and Health

Belts: Hero Defense and Health

Boots: Hero Attack and Health

 

Gear Enhancement

Boost your hero's power by enhancing their gear, which improves both hero stats (Attack, Defense, Health) and troop bonuses (Troop Health/Lethality). You can upgrade gear using: enhancement XP Components, other Hero Gear or a mix of both.

⚠️Grey quality Gear cannot be Enhanced.

When you tap on a Hero, at the bottom of the screen you will be presented with three tabs: Stats, Skills and Gear.

When you see a red dot on the Gear tab, it means:

You have gear that can be enhanced for better stats / you've obtained higher-quality gear to replace weaker pieces

Clicking the Gear tab reveals:

• Four equipment slots for your hero
• Currently equipped gear
• Available upgrades or replacements

This visual cue ensures you never miss a chance to strengthen your hero ! Depending on the quality of the gear enhanced, these points will vary.

Tier (Color)	Enhancement Points
Grey	10
Green	30
Blue	60
Purple	150
Gold	-

It is said if you use a low-quality gear, like a grey one, your equipped gear will receive only 10 points.

 

Steps for the Gear Enhancement

The green arrow means that piece of gear can be enhanced.Tapping on one of the pieces of Gear brings up a Gear Details popup.

Then tap the Enhance button to get to the Gear Enhancement screen.

The interface clearly displays the specific Gear piece you're enhancing, along with its current Enhancement level and the power increase it provides when equipped. You can see both Hero buffs and Command buffs - with currently active buffs shown in grey text, while green numbers indicate the stat improvements that will be applied at the next Enhancement level.

Directly below this information appears a progress bar that shows exactly how many Enhancement points are required to reach the next upgrade level.

 

Mastery Forging

Mastery Forging is another form of Enhancement exclusive to Gold quality Gear only. To accessthis Enhancement, you must have your Furnace upgraded to level 20 along with the piece of Gold Gear at Enhancement level 20.

Mastery Forging provides an large buff to both the Gear Strength along with all other buffsprovided by that piece of Gear.

Once both requirements are met, tapping on the piece of Gold Gear to Enhance it presents youwith the Mastery Forging button along with the normal Enhancement button.

Tapping the Mastery Forging button opens the screen where you can see the items needed toincrease the Mastery Forging level of the Gear. Essence Stones are used for these upgrades

Here is a chart that shows the amount of Essence Stones and Whiteout Survival Hero Gear required for each Mastery Forging level.

 

Exclusive Gear

Exclusive Gear Gold quality Heroes have an extra Gear slot available to them to equip a piece of Hero Gear that is specific to that Hero only. This becomes available to unlock once you have Ascended the Hero to 1 Star. You will then need 5 Widgets specific to your Hero's Exclusive Gear to unlock it.

The exclusive Gear provides a huge buff to vour Hero's power along with buffs to Hero Attack, Defense and Health. lt also provides Command buffs for both Troop Health and Lethality. In addition, this Gear gives your Hero 2 extra Exclusive Skills at their disposal.To Enhance the Exclusive Gear, you will need Widgets specific to that piece of Gear. To Enhance the Exclusive Gear, you will need Widgets specific to that piece of Gear.

As you can see, the only way to obtain the Widgets needed to enhance Exclusive Gear is from buying packs or via the Mystery Shop. This is another thing l hope changes in the future as lthink we should have more avenues available to us for upgrades to this Gear.

 

Conclusion

That concludes our comprehensive Whiteout Survival Hero Gear guide! We've walked you through all essential mechanics - from basic gear types to advanced systems like Mastery Forging and Gear Reforge. For more combat optimization tips, check out our previous Chief Gear Guide.

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