How to Earn Free Lookup Units on LW Atlas
Every way to earn free lookup units on LW Atlas — the signup bonus, daily claims, the uncapped referral program, automatic refunds, and the rules behind each one.
LW Atlas organizes public Last War: Survival game data into a fast search interface — coordinates, player profiles, alliance rosters, and more that any player can already see in-game. Lookup units are the free internal usage counter that lets you access advanced lookups like Find Trucks, Secret Tasks, Ghost Ops, and DoomWalkers. There are plenty available for free, enough to use every advanced search tool for months.
Here's how to earn them, and the rules that decide when each bonus actually arrives.
1. The signup bonus
Create a free account and verify your in-game UID. Once verification completes, a signup bonus of lookup units drops into your account automatically — enough to try a stack of advanced lookups right away.
The bonus does not trigger at sign-up — it only arrives after you complete UID verification (the 4-digit code sent to your in-game inbox). This is intentional: the bonus is tied to a real Last War: Survival player, not an email address. If you sign up but never verify, you get nothing.
One signup bonus per Last War: Survival UID, ever. If you delete your LW Atlas account and create a new one with the same in-game UID, you don't get the bonus a second time.
2. The referral bonus
Refer a friend, and both of you earn a bonus when they verify. There's no cap — refer ten friends and you've collected ten bonuses.
The conditions:
- Your friend signs up using your referral link
- They verify their in-game UID
- Their in-game base is level 10 or above at the time of verification
The base-level rule blocks the obvious abuse path of creating throwaway level-1 accounts. A real Last War: Survival player past the early tutorial is past level 10, so this almost never blocks legitimate referrals.
Find your referral link on the referrals page after you've verified — referral links are only generated for verified accounts. Share the link directly; we don't count signups without it.
3. Automatic refunds
If an advanced lookup fails (no results, an error, the request couldn't reach your warzone), the lookup units you spent are automatically restored in full. You don't need to ask. The refund hits your account the moment the lookup marks itself as failed.
You can also cancel a request yourself while it's still PENDING — go to your transaction history and hit cancel for a full restoration.
If something else goes wrong — wrong results, unclear status, anything you'd reasonably want a human to look at — file a support request. Additional lookup units are granted when the situation warrants it, handled case-by-case.
What lookup units are for
Advanced lookups range from a handful of lookup units to a couple of dozen each — base-coordinate shares and resource-tile searches sit at the lower end, DoomWalker, Trucks, Secret Tasks, and Ghost Ops at the higher end. Even at the higher end, a single referral funds dozens of lookups.
See current pricing on the advanced lookups page.
Rules that catch people out
- Lookup units never expire. Whatever you earn stays in your account forever.
- Daily claims are small but real. Drop in once a day on the home, map, or search tools page and you'll find a small claim button worth a handful of lookup units. No promo codes — just regular use.
- You can't refer yourself. Trying to refer yourself with a second account silently does nothing — no error, no lookup units.
- One referral per person, ever. Even if a referred user deletes and recreates their LW Atlas account, the second account won't trigger another referral bonus.
- Verification is required for almost everything. Without verifying your UID, you can't earn the signup bonus, can't generate a referral link, and can't use any of the advanced lookups.
The fastest path to a stocked account
If you're starting from zero:
- Sign up and verify your in-game UID → signup bonus lands
- Share your referral link with an alliance member who's level 10+ → both of you earn the referral bonus when they verify
- Repeat step 2 for every alliancemate who'd find the tools useful
One referred friend doubles your starting lookup units. That's the fastest way to stock up.
Open the advanced lookups page to see what your lookup units can do.