Whiteout Survival Hall of Heroes
Hall of Heroes in Whiteout Survival lets you exchange Marks of Valor for hero shards and other rewards, with a featured hero that changes by generation. Gems and paid packs supply Marks, so your main decision is how many exchanges to fund and which upgrade they will finish. Choose a hero target before buying currency. Checked in November 2026.
Marks of Valor and Points
The spendable currency here is Mark of Valor. Treat a points target as a shopping target: decide what you want to redeem, read its Mark cost and work back to the currency required. This is a different task from stockpiling speedups for a development leaderboard. A high power gain does not replace the Marks needed at the exchange counter.
Additional Marks have a listed price of 150 Gems each. Free allowances and the purchase cap vary by server: the free Mark and the cap of 100 can apply per event or per day. Read the reset label attached to the offer. A daily limit and an event-wide limit produce very different budgets over the 3-day window.
For a 100-Mark target, allow between 13,850 and 14,850 Gems depending on the offer in your shop. The straightforward case of 99 paid Marks at 150 Gems each costs 14,850 Gems when a free Mark supplies the rest. Use the total displayed before purchase; do not build your budget around the lower figure alone.
Featured Heroes by Generation
Generation 1 offers shards for Molly and Zinman. From Generation 2 onward, use this event-specific roster to identify the featured hero. It lists only Hall of Heroes picks, rather than every hero released in each generation. A hero's presence elsewhere in your state does not make that hero the current Hall of Heroes reward.
| Generation | Featured hero |
|---|---|
| 2 | Alonso |
| 3 | Logan |
| 4 | Reina |
| 5 | Gwen |
| 6 | Wu Ming |
| 7 | Gordon |
| 8 | Hendrik |
| 9 | Magnus |
| 10 | Freya |
| 11 | Rufus |
| 12 | Hervor |
| 13 | Flora |
| 14 | Cara |
| 15 | Hank |
| 16 | Ursar |
| 17 | Eleanor |
Use the hero's role to decide if the exchange is useful. Compare the current option with the heroes you already field, then check the hero rankings for wider account planning. Guides recommend setting an achievable star target before purchasing Marks. An upgrade that improves your main team is a clearer goal than collecting a new portrait without enough shards to develop it.
Generation release days depend on the state. Open the event's generation selector and reward list to see what your account can buy now. A predicted release date is less useful for this purchase than the hero and currency shown on the screen. For the broader sequence of releases, refer to hero generations.
Shard Rewards and Widgets
The Generation 2 exchange lists current-hero shards at 10 Marks each, with a shop limit of 370. That makes 100 Marks enough for ten of those shards. Generation 1 also lists Mythic General Hero Shards at 12 Marks each, limited to 100. These are separate shop examples; read the price attached to the reward in your own generation before converting an entire balance.
Older Exclusive Hero Gear widgets can offer another use for Marks. The table is a Generation 7 shop example and shows the cost by how far the widget's hero sits behind the current generation. It describes that offer, so do not carry its prices into a different shop without checking. See the hero equipment guide when deciding which hero still deserves gear investment.
| Generations behind current hero | Marks per widget |
|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 |
Compare the next useful upgrade on each side of the exchange. A lower widget price helps only if that hero still enters your rallies, Arena team, defense or Bear Hunt formation. Guides recommend leaving discounted widgets alone when their hero no longer has a job. Otherwise, a low price can scatter a limited Mark balance across equipment you never use.
The video goes through the Hall of Heroes shop item by item and says which widgets, shards and chests are worth your Mark of Valor.
Packs and Purchase Limits
The listed USD offers below show Marks rather than a bundle's other contents. Each pack has a daily purchase limit of 1. Treat those prices as examples to compare with the live offer, because the price displayed on your payment screen is the one you would pay. The table also calculates Marks per dollar so different bundle sizes can be compared on the same basis.
| Listed price, USD | Marks | Marks per dollar | Daily limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5 | 120 | 24 | 1 |
| $10 | 200 | 20 | 1 |
| $20 | 400 | 20 | 1 |
| $50 | 1,000 | 20 | 1 |
| $100 | 2,000 | 20 | 1 |
A useful purchase calculation starts with the missing Marks for one planned reward. Compare that shortfall with the bundle size, then decide what you would do with the remainder in the same generation. Avoid counting leftovers as automatic value for a future hero, since generation restrictions still apply. There is no reason to buy a larger pack merely because it makes the total currency number look better.
Decide your real-money limit outside the shop. The daily reset describes availability, not a requirement to purchase again. If the smallest offer already supplies the Marks needed for your target, a higher-priced offer needs its own reason. Keep this decision separate from how strong the featured hero looks in a showcase.
F2P Gem Spending Plan
For a free account, begin with the available free claim and the shop's 100-Gem daily chest. Then count the Gems you can spend after keeping your next Lucky Wheel goal intact. Guides recommend preserving currency for other priority events rather than exhausting it in Hall of Heroes. A Mark price tells you the conversion rate; it does not decide which event deserves your savings.
Next, write down a single desired result: finish a shard purchase for the featured hero, or buy a widget for a hero you actively use. Count the Marks already assigned to that generation. Compare the remaining cost with the Gem budget, and reduce the target if the purchase would consume reserves you meant for another upgrade. Keep your written target unchanged when a larger bundle appears.
Hall of Heroes commonly occupies Sunday, Monday, Tuesday for 3 days. It can return weekly or every two weeks depending on the server. Use the in-game event calendar to identify both the next opening and the reset period for your free claim. A sustainable F2P plan follows those actual offers instead of assuming every state gets the same weekly supply.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Alonso a Hall of Heroes reward?
Alonso is the featured Generation 2 hero. The corresponding shop lists a cost of 10 Marks per shard, so divide your available Marks by that price before setting an exchange target. Decide how those shards fit your Alonso upgrade plan first; the size of the shop's stock is not a recommendation to buy all of it.
Which hero comes in Generation 4 or 5?
Reina appears in Generation 4 and Gwen in Generation 5. Your state must have the matching generation available; a calendar day from another state does not determine your shop. Before saving toward either hero, inspect the generation label and the named Mark of Valor so your purchase belongs to the exchange you intend to use.
Should I buy a discounted older widget?
Guides recommend buying an older widget only when its hero still has an active job in your account. The Generation 7 example drops as low as 10 Marks for a widget five generations older. Compare the upgrade you would gain with the current hero shards those same Marks could buy before accepting the discount.
How do I compare packs with different prices?
Use Marks per dollar first, then check how many Marks your next planned exchange actually needs. A pack with a larger total is not automatically a better purchase. The listed entry pack has a higher Marks-per-dollar rate than the larger packs, but any purchase should still fit a spending limit chosen before you open the shop.
Can I buy Marks for a generation I missed?
New Marks cannot be purchased for earlier generations. Older Marks remain attached to their original generation shop, so they do not replace the currency needed for a newer featured hero such as Reina. Before a generation changes, review the balance in each named Mark rather than adding all the icons together as one usable total.
Read Next
Browse the full event schedule before setting a Gem budget, then review the hero roster to choose the account upgrade that budget should support.