Last Z Resources Guide — How to Farm Food, Wood, Steel, and Diamonds Fast

What Resources Matter Most in Last Z?

Not all resources matter in the same way. Food, wood, and electricity drive daily progression, steel becomes a major late-game bottleneck, and diamonds are your flexible premium resource for speeding up key account decisions.

Best Gathering Strategy for Fast Resources

If you want resources fast in Last Z, world gathering is the core system to optimize first. Full marches, overnight gathering, high-level nodes, and gathering bonuses do more for your economy than passive production buildings ever will.

Overnight Gathering

The most efficient way to get resources:

1. Before sleeping, send ALL marches to gather
2. Choose high-level nodes (more resources)
3. Use heroes with gathering speed bonuses
4. Fill marches completely — don't send half-empty
5. Collect in the morning

Gathering Heroes

These heroes have gathering speed bonuses (keep at 4-star for global effect):

• Giselle — Wood gathering speed
• Athena — General gathering bonus
• Blue heroes — Various gathering passives

Tip: You don't need to deploy gathering heroes — their 4th skill global effect works automatically.

Node Selection

• Higher level nodes = more resources per hour
• Closer nodes = less travel time
• Alliance territory = gathering speed bonus
• Avoid contested areas = risk of attack

Best Daily Resource Sources

The strongest resource income does not come from one source. The best accounts stack gathering, daily tasks, bounties, events, trucks, and alliance activity so no single shortage slows progression for long. If you want the routine behind this, use the Daily Checklist and the Events Schedule.

How to Get More Diamonds from Chests

Chests are a major source of diamonds, fragments, and rare items. Save them and open in bulk for better chances at rare drops.

Chest Opening Strategy

• Save chests — don't open daily, accumulate for bulk opening
• Open in bulk — better psychological feel, same odds but more chances
• Bounty chests: ~90% are resource boxes, 10% have good rewards
• Realistic expectations: 10k diamonds from 1,000+ chests is lucky

Real Example (from 10k+ chest opening)

• ~20k diamonds total (including 10k and 5k jackpots)
• ~40 universal orange hero fragments
• 6k+ badges
• 44 level 1 component boxes
• Days worth of speed ups (construction, training, research)

Note: This required saving chests for weeks. Don't expect these results from daily opening.

How to Get Steel Fast

Steel is different from normal resource flow. Once HQ and late-game systems start demanding it, steel becomes a separate bottleneck that needs its own farming plan through Tyrant, nodes, and event sources. See the dedicated Steel Guide for a full breakdown.

1. Tyrant Rallies (Best Source)

• Join alliance Tyrant rallies daily
• Enable "Engage Offline" — auto-join rallies when you're not playing
• Gives ~500+ Steel per week
• Also gives Power Cores and other materials

2. Steel Nodes on World Map

• Gather from Steel nodes (appear at higher levels)
• Lower yield than Tyrant but always available

3. Events & Tasks

• Alliance Duel rewards
• Special events occasionally give Steel
• Daily/weekly task rewards

Critical tip: Always enable "Engage Offline" for Tyrant. You get Steel passively without being online.

How to Get Diamonds

Diamonds are Diamonds. F2P can accumulate 20k+ diamonds from chest opening alone.

For the bigger question of what those diamonds should stay reserved for before you spend them, use the Diamond Reserve Guide.

Regular Diamond Sources

• Daily Tasks — Small but consistent
• Achievements — One-time rewards
• Events — Alliance Duel, Full Preparedness, special events
• Arena Rankings — Top 50 gives extra rewards
• Redeem Codes — Check our Codes page for free diamonds

Diamond Jackpots from Chests

Tip: Save bounty mission chests for weeks, then open thousands at once. One player got 20k diamonds from bulk opening (including 10k + 5k jackpots).

How to Spend Diamonds Wisely

• DO: Save for Lucky Discounter (90% off) and Gacha Go events
• DO: Buy VIP shop items (wrenches, badges)
• DON'T: Speed up random timers
• DON'T: Buy random chests (earn them instead)

How to Protect Resources from Raids

Warehouse Upgrades

Your Warehouse protects a portion of resources from raids:

• Upgrade Warehouse to increase protection limit
• Resources ABOVE the limit can be stolen
• Keep resources below protection limit when offline

Protection Strategies

• Spend before logging off — Start long upgrades/research
• Use shields — When you have large amounts saved
• Join NAP alliance — Non-Aggression Pact = less raids
• Stay in alliance territory — Harder for enemies to reach
• Don't hoard — Spend resources as you get them

For the weekly protection routine behind those choices, use the Shield Strategy guide.

When to Use Farm Accounts

Farm accounts are not an early-game requirement for most players. They become useful when your main account starts hitting regular resource shortages and you need extra long-term gathering support on the same server. For the full setup process, use the Farm Account Guide.

What is a Farm Account?

• Secondary account focused only on gathering
• Transfers resources to your main account
• Essential for F2P players in late game

How to Set Up

1. Create new account on same server
2. Join same alliance as main
3. Focus on gathering buildings and march capacity
4. Send gathered resources to main via alliance transfers

Tips for Farm Accounts

• Keep HQ low — no need to upgrade past gathering unlocks
• Max gathering research
• Build multiple farms if needed (1-2 is enough)
• Don't invest in combat — only gathering

Should You Build Resource Buildings?

Many players waste builder time on food, wood, electricity, and steel production buildings. In most cases, these buildings are much weaker than map gathering and should stay at minimum levels unless an HQ requirement forces them higher.

Why Resource Buildings Are Bad

• Terrible output — produce very little per hour
• Gathering is 10-50x better — one gathering trip = days of production
• Waste builder time — builders should focus on HQ prerequisites
• Waste resources — upgrading them costs more than they produce

What Buildings to Skip

• Farmhouse (food production)
• Residence (wood production)
• Wind Turbine (electricity production)
• Smelting Plant (steel production)

Exception: Only build these if required for HQ upgrade prerequisites. Keep them at minimum required level.