Part of the Resources Series:
- Resource Management: Plan what you need before opening crates.
- Alliance Tech and Store: Separate personal Honor from alliance funds.
Quick Answer
Open Trading Post → Supply Convoy to request eligible resources or Chief Gear materials from members of your alliance. Use the Give tab to help fill their requests. This is a direct sharing feature; attacking a farm account is not the only way to move resources between accounts.
The documented convoy format allows one request every 22 hours. A completed request can be collected immediately. A partially filled request must wait until its timer ends. Collecting a full delivery early does not restart the request clock.
What You Can Request
Your Trading Post level controls the available choices and request limits. Pick from the actual request menu: a resource being in your Backpack does not automatically make it transferable. Convoy is not a general exchange for Biocaps, hero fragments or every event currency.
Decide what the next useful upgrade lacks before submitting. If an HQ upgrade needs metal but you request food because its displayed quantity looks larger, you can finish the convoy and still have the same blocked builder. For Chief Gear, check the missing material on the individual piece's upgrade screen first.
| Situation | Useful request decision | What it will not solve |
|---|---|---|
| Enough food, missing metal for a prerequisite | Request eligible metal within your cap | A separate building or research prerequisite |
| A gear piece is blocked by adhesive | Select adhesive if your menu offers it | Missing Tactical Gear Designs as well |
| Preparing for a large healing session | Request the resource your healing preview lacks | Hospital overflow or permanently lost troops |
| Alliance HQ cannot be built | Inspect the alliance's own construction currency | Personal convoy resources do not become alliance warehouse funds |
The Chief Gear guide helps distinguish a material shortage from a set-bonus target.
Request, Fill and Collect
- Open the Trading Post and enter Supply Convoy.
- Inspect the item, quantity and next-request timer before confirming.
- Tell alliance members which request needs filling if it blocks an immediate task.
- Watch the filled amount, not just the presence of a delivery icon.
- Collect when the full request is ready, or after the timer expires for a partial request.
In the documented format, each donation fills one tenth of the requested amount. Ten donations complete a request. Donors choose from alliance requests in the Give tab; its filters help find the resource they can spare.
For example, if your request cap permits 10 million food, each contribution would supply 1 million under that format. Three contributions leave a 3-million partial delivery. The fact that someone donated does not make that partial amount immediately collectible. This example explains the fractions; it does not assert a universal 10-million cap.
Before committing a builder or a rally timetable to incoming supplies, allow for the collection condition. A convoy still waiting for donors is not spendable inventory.
Why the Button Is Unavailable
| What you see | Check first | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Cannot make another request | Remaining request cooldown | Wait for the clock; early collection did not remove it |
| Resources arrived but cannot be collected | Partial fill versus completed request | Finish filling it or wait for expiry |
| Missing item in the request menu | Trading Post level and eligible item list | Use another acquisition route for that material |
| Cannot find a friend's request | Same alliance, current request and Give-tab filters | Confirm all three before assuming a bug |
| Donation earns no additional Honor | Today's Honor limit | Distinguish helping a member from earning more personal currency |
If the interface shows a different cooldown or quota, use that displayed rule. Do not apply an old Trading Post level chart to a newer state simply because the building has the same name.
Donation Rewards and Research
Supply Convoy donations award Alliance Honor, the personal currency spent in the Alliance Store. The documented daily Honor ceiling from this source is 2,000. Supply Convoy research affects the Honor reward per donation; it does not mean you can request unlimited materials.
Older Economy-tree references may call the related research Trade Caravan. Look for Supply Convoy in your available tree before concluding the feature has no research support. Read the next level's actual benefit alongside its cost, especially when it competes with construction or research speed upgrades.
Donate resources you can replace without blocking your own planned work. An alliance gets less value from a member donating all their metal and immediately needing an emergency request for the same metal.
Does a Farm Account Still Help?
A second account can gather resources, but maintaining its marches, buildings and login routine takes time. Start with the shortage: an account blocked by Plasma Cores or hero-specific capsules will not remove that shortage by producing more food.
If two accounts are eligible for convoy in the same alliance, compare its caps and waiting time with the amount you need. It cannot instantly empty an entire farm's inventory into your main account. Older advice that assumes resource transfer always requires an attack misses this option.
Before choosing any attack-based transfer, account for combat losses, protected resources and state rules. The shield and settlement protection guide explains why exposed resources and safe storage are different concerns. Do not create a combat loss just to avoid waiting for a small convoy.
FAQ
Where is Supply Convoy in State of Survival? Open the Trading Post and select Supply Convoy. The request and Give tabs handle receiving and donating respectively.
Can I transfer resources without attacking a farm? Yes, eligible alliance members can share listed resources through Supply Convoy. Item restrictions, request caps and cooldowns still apply.
Why can I not collect a partially filled convoy? In the documented format, partial requests become collectible when the request timer expires. A fully filled request can be collected earlier.
Can Supply Convoy send resources to another alliance? It is an alliance-member sharing system. Do not plan a transfer to a player outside your alliance through this menu.
Does collecting early let me request again immediately? No. Early collection of a complete request does not reset the request cooldown.
Key Takeaways
- Request the material that blocks a specific upgrade or healing plan.
- Separate the fill percentage, collection condition and next-request cooldown.
- Use convoy donations for useful alliance support, with a separate daily Honor limit.