Alliance Field Guide

CaD Mad Vein Alliance Field Guide

Cross-server gathering, defense and scoring manual

Purpose: A living field guide for CaD leadership and members. Update the assignments, destination server, rally point and confirmed mechanics whenever the event changes.

Quick Start

The rules that matter most.

Enter through the Mad Vein event interface and use the event relocation. Do not use a normal Random Teleport.
Follow the event countdown timers. Do not trust the War in Progress text by itself.
Do not attack players from our own server, even if they are in another alliance.
Scout freely when needed: official patch notes confirm that scouting a Vein does not remove your Shield or trigger War Frenzy.
Stay with the CaD cluster. Isolated bases are easy ore targets.
Take only the resource level you can defend. Continuous safe income beats getting zeroed near the volcano.
Watch hospital capacity and keep alliance helps moving through both rounds.
Protect ore-heavy bases, especially during the final five minutes.
Complete both 30-minute rounds whenever possible.

01 Event at a Glance

Mad Vein, also called Volcano by many players, is a cross-server alliance event built around gathering, ore delivery, base defense and ranking. The destination server and opponents can change each time the event runs.

Phase	What CaD should do
Preview	Confirm the destination server, approximate resource areas, first volcano or meteorite location and likely combat zone.
Contest 1	Fight, gather and defend during the first 30-minute scoring round.
Preparation	Heal, reorganize and study the next resource drop and disputed zone.
Contest 2	Run the second 30-minute scoring round. Adjust assignments based on the first round.
Settlement	Review personal milestones, individual rank and alliance rank rewards.

Timing Exact start times vary by server and time zone. CaD will use the countdown shown in the event hub. The developers have already fixed a false War in Progress label outside the active War Phase, so the countdown is the safer indicator.

02 Scoring and Milestones

The best available player guide reports that all nine personal milestone chests require 600,000 points. It also reports that a base remaining in the dark combat zone for a full 30-minute round earns 72,000 points — enough for the first three chests.

Reported rate	Per minute	30-minute rate component	Completion bonus
40 points/sec	2,400	72,000	300
80 points/sec	4,800	144,000	1,500
160 points/sec	9,600	288,000	6,000

Important The 30-minute figures assume uninterrupted scoring and exclude delivered-ore income, combat interruptions and other bonuses. Public sources do not clearly prove whether every zone, gathering and ore-income stream always stacks — watch the live point ticker during our first run.

03 Ore: How Points Become a Target

Gathering and successful attacks can award unprocessed event ore.
When a gathering or victorious attacking squad returns, the ore is delivered to the base automatically.
Delivered ore begins producing additional event points.
The community guide lists ore income rates of 30 or 120 points per second, but the public text does not clearly map each rate to a specific ore grade.
A breached base can lose part of its stored ore. Previously generated points are reportedly retained after an ordinary breach.
The community guide warns that a completely burned or zeroed base can lose all accumulated event ore and event points.

CaD priority An ore-rich base is both an asset and a target. Reinforce it, place it inside the group, and avoid leaving it exposed while its main squads are gathering or attacking.

04 Map Zones and Risk

Area	Risk / reward	Recommended players
Volcano / inner area	Highest reported resource value, strongest opponents and constant combat.	Strong accounts, anchors and organized response teams.
Dark combat zone	Reported passive scoring while the base remains exposed to event combat.	Players able to hold position with nearby support.
Yellow / outer area	Lower earning potential but less pressure and a better survival rate.	Developing accounts and players who cannot hold the center.

Do not measure contribution only by proximity to the volcano. A developing player who stays alive and scores for the full round may contribute more than a stronger player who overextends and gets zeroed.

05 Shields, Scouting and Combat

Officially confirmed Scouting a Vein does not remove your normal Shield and does not trigger War Frenzy. This protection applies to the scouting action.

Community-reported event rule The detailed player guide reports that shields do not protect bases operating inside the active contested event area. Do not assume that a combat attack receives the same protection as scouting.

Safe interpretation Scouting is protected. Active event-zone combat remains dangerous. Treat any actual attack, occupation or exposed event base as a combat action unless the current in-game rules explicitly say otherwise.

06 CaD Roles and Assignments

Role	Job during the event
Event Lead / R4	Post destination server, countdown, rally point, friendly servers and any no-hit agreements. Direct movement between rounds.
Anchors / defenders	Establish the CaD cluster, hold central space, protect ore-heavy bases and absorb enemy pressure.
Inner gatherers	Work the highest-value resources that CaD can realistically defend. Call incoming attacks immediately.
Outer gatherers	Maintain safe, uninterrupted income from lower-risk areas and avoid unnecessary combat.
Mobile response	Intercept attacks, reinforce valuable bases and target exposed enemy ore carriers or gatherers.
Developing players	Use the safer zone, stay inside support range, preserve troops and build steady personal points.

07 Round Battle Plan

Before entering

Clear hospital space and finish urgent healing.
Recall important squads and confirm march availability.
Read the CaD server, rally-point and friendly-server announcement.
Know your assigned role and risk zone.
Prepare healing resources and stay available to press alliance help.

Opening — first 3 minutes

Relocate through the event interface.
Form one defensible CaD cluster around the assigned anchor.
Scout high-value targets and identify nearby enemy servers.
Take initial resources according to role — do not race alone into the center.

Main phase — approximately minutes 3–25

Keep gathering uptime high and return ore normally.
Call hostile marches with coordinates and player/server identification.
Reinforce ore-heavy CaD bases before chasing enemy kills.
Target enemy resource and ore value, not meaningless combat.
Check personal progress toward the milestone track and monitor hospital capacity.
If the center cannot be held, regroup into a safer zone rather than feeding the opponent.

Final 5 minutes

Recall exposed squads early enough to deliver their ore.
Reinforce the highest-value CaD bases.
Stop unnecessary attacks that leave bases open.
Do not risk complete base destruction for one final resource.
Protect the alliance cluster until the scoring timer ends.

Between rounds

Heal and empty hospital pressure as much as possible.
Review which enemies controlled the inner area.
Move assignments based on actual performance, not original expectations.
Check the next meteorite or volcano position and disputed zone.
Repost the second-round rally point and friendly-server rules.

08 CaD Command Post Template

Copy this block into alliance chat before each round and replace the blanks.

Command post

MAD VEIN ROUND: ___
DESTINATION SERVER: ___
COUNTDOWN / START: ___
CaD RALLY POINT: X: ___  Y: ___
FRIENDLY SERVERS / NO-HIT: ___
INNER TEAM: ___
ANCHORS / DEFENDERS: ___
OUTER GATHERERS: ___
MOBILE RESPONSE: ___

IMPORTANT: Enter through the event button. Do not Random Teleport.

09 What Is Confirmed vs. Still Uncertain

Status	Mechanic
Officially confirmed	Scouting Veins does not remove Shield or trigger War Frenzy.
Officially confirmed	The incorrect War in Progress label outside War Phase was fixed.
Officially confirmed	Alliance-base color and Squad 1 scouting ETA display bugs were fixed.
Community guide	Two 30-minute contest rounds, the 600,000-point milestone and the 40/80/160 scoring rates.
Community guide	Ore production, partial ore theft after a breach and severe loss after complete base destruction.
Not verified	Formal Tier 1 through Tier 5 Veins, a five-tier score table or guaranteed point transfer to an enemy occupier.
Needs live screenshots	Exact chest contents, intermediate chest thresholds and the 30/sec versus 120/sec ore mapping.

Reward tables

Screenshot pending

Figure 5. Personal rank reward table displayed before Round 1.

Screenshot pending

Figure 6. Alliance rank reward table displayed before Round 1.

10 Reference Links

Source order for future updates: current in-game Rules and Rewards screens first, official patch notes second, then community guides and gameplay evidence.

Official Z Route: Redemption Facebook page Official announcements and future patch notes. Link pending

Official patch: scouting protection Confirms Vein scouting no longer removes Shield or triggers War Frenzy. Link pending

Official patch: event notifications and War Phase label Confirms the false War in Progress status was fixed. Link pending

Official patch: base colors and Squad 1 ETA Covers alliance-base color and scouting ETA corrections. Link pending

Official patch: preview map mask Covers the Mad Vein preview map mask fix. Link pending

Detailed player-written Mad Vein guide Primary community source for phases, scoring, ore, teleport and loss mechanics. Link pending

ARES Mad Vein walkthrough Video walkthrough of event phases, cross-server entry, scoring and rewards. Link pending

ARES battle footage Gameplay reference for map movement and live combat. Link pending

Rutube mirror of the main walkthrough Backup link if YouTube is unavailable. Link pending

11 Living Guide Update Notes

After each Mad Vein run, CaD leadership should add only information verified by the live event Rules screen, Rewards screen or repeatable gameplay evidence.

Update	Added by	What changed / evidence