Each troop type levels its own expert skills — plan all three; totals sum across the tabs.
Flame Squad
→
Flame Strike
→
Flame Shield
→
Flame Legion
→
Flame Protection
→
Flame Tomahawk
→
Helios Infantry
→
Helios Infantry Healing
→
Helios Infantry Training
→
Helios Infantry First Aid
→
infantry materials (this tab)
Just this troop type — switch tabs to see each one; the all-types total is below.
FC Shard
27,374
need 27,374 more
Steel
8,056,000
need 8,056,000 more
Resources you already have
Total materials needed (all troop types)
Infantry + Lancer + Marksman combined.
FC Shard
82,122
need 82,122 more
Steel
24,168,000
need 24,168,000 more
FC Shard exchanger
War Academy research is paid in FC Shards. In-game you can convert 10 Fire Crystals → 13 FC Shards or 5,000 Steel → 1 FC Shard. Here's the cost to make the shards you need.
Fire Crystal63,180
Steel410,610,000
Fire Crystals are exchanged in batches of 13, so that option yields 82,134 shards.
