https://www.warzone.com/blog/index.php/2025/04/update-5-35-idle-premium-mods-in-mega-games-mods-browser/

I just want to comment on how wonderful it is that pay-to-win features are restricted to Idle and haven’t made their way to WZC

This is the single most important design decision that the game has ever made and continues to reinforce with every update

Indeed!

I hope that just like the SuperCamp those premium features are disabled for WZIB tho?

i would love a dedicated UI update at some point, i know you have said you dont see the point of it. but new sound and dash design would level it up so much. use the tech mr.fizz

^What's wrong with current UI to cause redesign?
Only thing I can think of is theming (light/dark, instead of forced light/dark depending on which page you're on)

Does premium idle renew or can you arrange for it manually. I would intend on paying via guest on paypal.

A question: why did you create WZ Idle Premium ?

Several people have asked me for where to buy the idle premium. The link is on the blog post, or for everyone too lazy to open that: https://www.warzone.com/Idle/Premium


Link to the AMA stream/questions thread for this update: https://www.warzone.com/Forum/821371-fizzer-ama-sunday (for the sake of easily being able to find it later)

A question: why did you create WZ Idle Premium ?

In part, because it was requested, see https://www.warzone.com/Forum/818438-60-second-ads-annoying

(they allow you instant access to otherwise video ad bonuses, and usually some other goodies) are typically $9.99 ($10) USD / mo

Since we're at it, I want to spend a word to support Idle Premium as revenue stream for Warzone, however its implementation could use some adjustment.

Idle was never strictly pay-to-win, rather pay to speed it up a tiny bit. The price of powers and artifacts were so much out there that no one was really willing to spend thousands upon thousands to see any meaningful result.
The rewards that came from Warzone engagement were much more powerful than anything you could buy, boosting engagement in Clan Wars and the Ladders and classic in general. Before this update, whatever you could get would make Idle a little bit faster, without essentially breaking its core dynamic. However things have changed.

Free daily bonus and spins? Fair
Tank? Nice Idea
Instant mortars? A little too much, but why not, there's still %hit to balance things out.
More Idle time? Great for new players
Access to standalone? Fantastic

Instant hospital upgrades? No. This single feature alone is the one that breaks Idle for good. So many dynamics in Idle are tied to Hospital Upgrades and this power bypasses all of them, rendering a good chunk of Idle essentially meaningless. Great reward for few outstanding ladder players, awful choice as a pay-to-win feature.

In the past, we had Idle-breaking-features like this removed from the game to keep it balanced and enjoyable. Like TW cooling itself down for example. Now they come back as a pay-to-win mechanic. It's really sad.

^ Are you getting at premium being pay to win in idle battles?

Do hospital upgrades work in battle? I just assumed they don't

I'm struggling to find any use for the tank - it's advertised as useful for taking down the biggest territories but they're so far away from the starting point that I can't see how I'll ever be able to get any use out of it. Maybe i'm just too idle-active to benefit from it

So I signed up for the premium, Idle is my at work go to, but only able to access the new features from the idle link in my regular WZ, when I try via the idle app itself the new features are not there. Tried logging off/on, and the app doesn’t need an update, ideas?

Edited 4/26/2025 18:20:20

Latest version of Warzone Idle on the AppStore is 5.34.1 (not 5.35).

Latest version of Warzone Classic on the AppStore is 5.35.1.

Not sure about the Android versions, but looks like the Idle app hasn't been updated.

Android is updated:
5.35.1 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.warlight
5.35.1 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.warzoneidle

iOS only has an updated normal app, not the idle-only app:
5.35.1 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/warzone-turn-based-strategy/id597467995
5.34.1 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/warzone-idle/id1542564543

Kindle is updated too:
5.35.1 https://www.amazon.com/WarLight-LLC/dp/B00E3J07DE/

Edited 4/26/2025 19:46:25

I'm struggling to find any use for the tank - it's advertised as useful for taking down the biggest territories but they're so far away from the starting point that I can't see how I'll ever be able to get any use out of it. Maybe i'm just too idle-active to benefit from it

Yeah I agree with this. The fact that the tanks has to crawl towards where its would be useful makes it inherently useless for active players.

I just counted and its 68 moves to get to Puchezhsky on Europe Huge.
While taking 3 days on EH might be reasonable for both idle newbies and noobs, anyone thats actively playing idle (which I assume is the target audience for Idle Premium) can do it in less.

But I think we should just see the tank as something aimed as a nice bonus for slow players, while the fast players can enjoy their 72 second (!!!) hospital update time instead.

"Free coin wheel spin every day, without ever watching an advertisement and without needing to win a Warzone Classic game!"
I don't play (or rarely) with phone, so I have not the wheel, have I?

With idle premium the coin wheel also works on pc (both on browser and standalone), without idle premium you need to use one of the apps to watch an ad to unlock the wheel.

Warzone Idle version 5.35.1 came out 4 days ago on AppStore
Warzone Classic 5.35.2 came out on AppStore 3 days ago

All apps now have the 5.35.x update