Special Items in Mini War are the structures you buy to push your country past the early grind. A few of them carry real gameplay weight by spawning extra builders, collecting resources, and boosting your army or production. The rest are pure decoration. Knowing which is which keeps you from dumping cash on a fountain when you needed faster construction.
Quick answer: Open the Special Items tab through the Shopkeeper NPC, then prioritize the Workshop, Storage Center, Soldier Statue, and Worker Statue. Everything else in the tab is cosmetic and gives no stat bonus.
Special Items with real gameplay effects
Only a handful of Special Items change how your country performs. These are the ones worth saving for, since they cut construction time, hold surplus materials, and raise combat output. Most are bought straight from the Shopkeeper, while two higher-tier versions only drop from crates.
| Item | Function | Cost | Build Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 Workshop | Adds one builder for construction (up to 8 with full research) | $10,000 | Instant |
 Storage Center | Auto-collects production from nearby factories, 5,000 material cap | $50,000 | 3 min 45s |
 Soldier Statue | +10% damage to military units in radius (does not stack) | $100,000 | 10 min |
 Worker Statue | -10% production time for nearby buildings (does not stack) | $100,000 | 10 min |
 Worker Statue V2 | -20% production time for nearby buildings (does not stack) | Raid Crate | 8 min |
 Construction Yard | Spawns construction vehicles that build defenses in captured Territories | Nuclear Crate | 12 hours |
Note: The Worker Statue V2 is the upgraded form of the standard Worker Statue and only appears from a Raid Crate, with a small drop chance. The Construction Yard is tied to the Nuclear Crate, so neither shows up in the regular Special Items list at the Shopkeeper.
Decoration Special Items and prices
The rest of the Special Items tab is cosmetic. These structures build instantly and apply no buffs, so they are purely for the look of your base. Prices climb from a couple hundred for ground cover up to $20,000 for the largest monument.
| Decoration | Cost | Build Time |
|---|---|---|
 Grass | $200 | Instant |
 Road | $300 | Instant |
 Rocks | $400 | Instant |
 Striped Road | $500 | Instant |
 Curved Asphalt Road | $750 | Instant |
 Street Lamp | $1,000 | Instant |
 Pine Tree | $1,300 | Instant |
 Lamp | $1,700 | Instant |
 Tree | $2,500 | Instant |
 Flowers | $4,000 | Instant |
 Bench | $6,000 | Instant |
 Fountain | $10,000 | Instant |
 Saluting Statue | $14,000 | Instant |
 Statue | $20,000 | Instant |
How to buy Special Items in Mini War
The Special Items tab does not sit in the same place as Factories or Houses, which trips up a lot of new players. You reach it through the Shopkeeper instead of the standard build menu.
Which Special Items to buy first
Spend on function before looks. The Workshop is the cheapest meaningful buy at $10,000 and adds a builder, which speeds up every structure you queue afterward. The Storage Center keeps surplus production from going to waste once your factories outpace your spending. The Soldier Statue and Worker Statue cost $100,000 each and are worth it during mid- to late-game, since one raises military damage and the other shaves production time. Keep in mind neither statue effect stacks, so building duplicates in the same radius wastes money.
Decorations can wait. They build instantly and never affect output, so treat them as a reward once your economy and army are stable. If you care about how your base looks, the Statue and Saluting Statue act as landmark centerpieces, but they pull nothing extra in resources or combat.
