Zombie Air Force Updates
Zombie Air Force updates every Saturday. That single sentence is the most useful piece of schedule information in the game: new zones, new planes, new rewards and new codes all arrive on the weekly cadence, and every guide on this wiki gets rechecked against it. This page tracks what each update shipped and what to check for when the next one lands.
Update 1 — The Wastelands
The game's first major update set the pattern for the Saturday cadence. Its headline additions:
- New zone: The Wastelands — the newest, hardest rung on the zone ladder, with payouts scaled to match
- Three new planes — the aircraft step-ups built to survive the new zone
- Daily rewards — a login bonus that pays Credits just for showing up
- Bug fixes and balancing across the existing roster
Update 1 is also the current reference point for the game's economy: the daily reward system changed baseline income, the new planes changed the aircraft ladder, and the new zone changed the farming math at the top end. The zones guide covers where The Wastelands sits in the push-versus-farm decision.
Why the weekly cadence matters for your Credits
Weekly updates turn every purchase into a timing decision. A plane bought Friday can be power-crept Saturday; a zone's farming math can shift overnight; and codes — historically attached to updates and milestones — can rotate without warning. The players who progress fastest treat Saturday as a checkpoint: read what shipped, fly one test session, then commit Credits to whatever the new ladder actually rewards.
The cadence also protects late joiners. Every update rebalances the climb for returning players — daily rewards, new planes and fresh codes mean the game is measurably friendlier each week than the week before. There is little long-term penalty to starting now versus having started earlier.
What to check after every update
The Saturday routine, in order: first, the codes page — updates are when new codes historically appear and old ones expire. Second, the aircraft list — new airframes can reset which plane is worth buying next. Third, the zone ladder — a new zone changes the farming destination for anyone near the top. Fourth, your own session: one test flight tells you more about balance changes than any patch summary.
This page is updated weekly
Like the game itself, this page runs on the Saturday cadence: each update's additions get logged here with the parts that matter for progression — new zones, planes, reward systems and any changes to codes or boosts. If you are deciding whether to start playing, the honest summary is that the update rhythm has been expansion-shaped so far: more zones, more planes, more free income, and no signs of the ladder shrinking. The wiki's guides — beginner guide, upgrades, coins — stay aligned with whatever the latest Saturday shipped.