To maximize the Unicorn pet in State of Survival, you must acquire its base Legendary form during the Doomsday Gala event and promote it to Mythic quality using dedicated shards. Promoting the pet removes standard attribute limits, unlocking a maximum stat potential of 2,250 across your troops. To make the most of this stat ceiling, delay locking attributes until the pet reaches Mythic tier, then use Pet Gene Reagents to prioritize Troop Lethality and Troop Health over raw Defense.
Unicorn Stat Potential and Tier Differences
The Unicorn introduces a dual-rarity progression model consisting of a base Legendary (Orange) tier and an evolved Mythic (Red) tier. Advancing to Mythic expands the companion's attribute pool, allowing higher percentage bonuses to roll across Infantry, Riders, and Hunters.
| Pet Tier & Rarity | Maximum Stat Potential | Primary Focus | Acquisition Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generation 1 (Legendary) | ~1,000–1,200 | PvE and settlement defense | Standard Pet Crates and Taming Calls |
| Unicorn (Legendary Orange) | ~1,600–1,800 | Balanced rally and march support | Doomsday Gala milestones and vouchers |
| Unicorn (Mythic Red) | Up to 2,250 | High-end rally leading and SvS combat | High-tier Gala Crates and Mythic Pet Shards |
The 2,250 cap represents the total cumulative bonus percentage available through training. Because each training roll draws from this expanded pool, a Mythic Unicorn provides significantly higher combat stats per upgrade than older companions.
How to Unlock and Ascend the Unicorn
Unlocking and upgrading the Unicorn requires specific event currencies and ascension items gathered during the Doomsday Gala.
- Base Unlock (Legendary Quality): Collect limited-time Gala Vouchers and open tiered event crates. You can earn vouchers without spending biocaps by completing daily celebration challenges, reaching alliance point milestones, and defeating infected fiends on the wilderness map.
- Tier Promotion (Mythic Quality): Ascending from Legendary to Mythic requires dedicated Mythic Pet Shards. These shards come from high-tier Gala Crates, event exchange bundles, and leaderboard ranking rewards.
Ascending the pet to Mythic immediately raises the stat potential ceiling toward 2,250 and unlocks passive combat skill slots.
Stat Optimization and Training Priority
Training the Unicorn consumes Pet Food and Pet Gene Reagents. To avoid wasting scarce reagents, follow this progression order:
- Ascend to Mythic before locking rolls: Tier evolution changes the maximum stat brackets. Spending Pet Gene Reagents to lock stats on a Legendary Unicorn wastes resources that will need to be rerolled once the cap expands.
- Lock high-tier Troop Lethality: Once at Mythic quality, reroll until you hit high lethality rolls for your primary march types, such as Infantry or Hunters. Lock these attributes immediately to secure offensive scaling.
- Target Troop Health next: Invest your remaining stat locks in Troop Health to help frontline infantry withstand burst damage during coordinated attacks.
- Reroll flat Defense attributes: Avoid locking raw defense stats. Offensive lethality and effective health yield better combat trades in extended rally clashes than flat defensive stats.
Deployment by Player Role
Because reaching the 2,250 stat ceiling requires heavy resource investment, tailor your upgrading strategy to your alliance role:
- Rally Leaders: Prioritize pushing the Unicorn to Mythic quality. The pet's advanced skills activate during State Warfare (SvS) capital clashes and Fortress battles, delivering rally-wide damage amplification and enemy defensive debuffs that benefit all joined alliance members.
- Rally Joiners and Free-to-Play Chiefs: Unlock the base Legendary Unicorn through free Doomsday Gala milestones to gain passive settlement stats. Because joiners contribute troop numbers rather than companion stats to a shared rally, you can safely hold your Pet Gene Reagents for future progression milestones rather than purchasing crates to force a Mythic ascension.
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Good guide for State of Survival players. The strategy part was useful.
I wish I had read this before upgrading the wrong thing.
I tried this today and it worked better than my old setup.
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