Progression

Merits

Provisional English, translated from the French client. The game's own English text is not recorded yet.

Pioneer

In the game's Codex

March of Giants has a single progression resource, called Merits.
Every destroyed unit and Giant drops Merits; you get more for landing the killing blow and for bounties on certain Giants.
Destroying map objectives also grants Merits.
Merits buy upgrades from the War-Shell menu at the Arsenal or in upgrade camps.

In the game's tutorial

Finishing off units grants Merits to your Giant, letting it upgrade its War-Shell at the Arsenal.

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Version	Component	Value	State	Sources
Pioneer · In progress	In the game's Codex	March of Giants has a single progression resource, called Merits. Every destroyed unit and Giant drops Merits; you get more for landing the killing blow and for bounties on certain Giants. Destroying map objectives also grants Merits. Merits buy upgrades from the War-Shell menu at the Arsenal or in upgrade camps. Entry of the in-game Codex, read in the French client. The English wording is MoG Intel's rendering of the French text, not the game's English text.	Confirmed B	In-game Codex, French client (Pioneer build), recorded 2026-10-07
Pioneer · In progress	In the game's tutorial	Finishing off units grants Merits to your Giant, letting it upgrade its War-Shell at the Arsenal. What the game's how-to-play film says, read in its French subtitles in the live build. The English wording is MoG Intel's rendering of the French text, not the game's English caption.	Confirmed B	'Comment jouer' video of the game's menu (Pioneer build), recorded 2026-10-07
Pioneer · In progress	Merits for killing a unit (up to)	80 Tutorial bubble: 'Quand vous ou vos soldats tuez une unité, vous recevez jusqu'à 80 Mérites.' Another bubble says Merits are your only means of progression.	Confirmed B	Interactive tutorial, French client (Pioneer build), recorded 2026-10-07

B In-game Codex, French client (Pioneer build), recorded 2026-10-07 · In-game
Codex entry 'Mérites', read in full in the French client. · Timestamp: 14:11
B 'Comment jouer' video of the game's menu (Pioneer build), recorded 2026-10-07 · In-game
French subtitles of the game's how-to-play film, read in full in the live build and transcribed in docs/research/recordings-fr-menus-tutorial-2026-10-07.md. · Timestamp: 00:02
B Interactive tutorial, French client (Pioneer build), recorded 2026-10-07 · In-game
Help bubbles of the interactive tutorial, read one frame every two seconds in the French client and transcribed in docs/research/recordings-fr-menus-tutorial-2026-10-07.md. · Timestamp: 01:02

Research status: Partially verified Identity: Confirmed

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