Tiles Survive! Heroes Guide: Building a Core Team for Tougher Threats

As your shelter grows, the threats around it get tougher. Heroes with special skills help you deal with them – and a focused team goes much further than a large, half-built roster.

What heroes do

• Fight threats on the map and during events.
• Bring special skills that boost combat, gathering or production.
• Unlock tougher content as they grow stronger.

Roles to look for

Role	Job
Frontline	Absorbs damage and protects the team
Damage	Clears threats quickly
Support	Heals, buffs or boosts the team
Economy	Improves gathering or production

Who to build first

1. A durable frontliner.
2. Your strongest damage dealer.
3. A support to keep the team alive.
4. An economy hero once combat is stable.

Investing wisely

• Upgrade a small core consistently.
• Prioritise skills that change how the hero performs.
• Avoid levelling every new hero you recruit.

Heroes and your shelter

Heroes are only as strong as the resources behind them. Keep your survivors productive – see our survivor jobs guide – so you always have materials to upgrade your team.

Common mistakes

• Spreading upgrades across many heroes.
• All damage, no frontline.
• Ignoring economy heroes entirely.

A focused hero team makes every new tile safer to explore. Start with our beginner guide if you’re just getting going.