Tips & Tricks (2025 Guide)

A TopHeroes fan guide to building your kingdom and conquering the world!

Welcome to the guide

    This guide focuses on servers 108 and newer, as it reflects the game's current progression timeline and is applicable to both new and veteran players. The typical server progresses for approximately 90 days before Season 1 begins. After the season, there is a ~4 week break, during which your server will merge with another based on a player vote. Server transfers will also become available during this period, so buy those scrolls from the guild store if you are looking for a change. Following the merge, Season 2 will start at around the server's six-month mark. Season 3 is coming to older servers and should hit the rest around the ~10 month mark.

    This guide is a compilation of knowledge from my own experience and from communities on Discord and Reddit. While I strive for accuracy, some information may have errors. Your feedback is welcome! If you notice anything incorrect, please reach out so I can verify and update the content.

    Find me on Server 431, Guild: SFO, Username: funkychikn, Discord: @funkychikn

General Advice for New Players

  • Don't Rush Your Castle: While upgrading your castle is important, it's crucial to balance it with other upgrades. Having a high-level castle but weak heroes and low research can leave you vulnerable.
  • Join Discord and Facebook Groups: The community is a huge resource. You'll find many players willing to share tips, data, and strategies for success. These groups are also a great way to stay up-to-date with new content and events.
  • Use Speed-ups Wisely: Never use a speed-up item for anything less than an hour. The smaller speed-ups are more valuable in mass for events.
  • Save Your Relic Scrolls: Relic scrolls are a valuable currency. Do not use them as soon as you get them. Instead, save them for the relic events to maximize your chances of getting a powerful relic.
  • Keep Your Troops Protected: If you are not actively online, shield your city. Leaving your troops and resources vulnerable is a surefire way to lose a lot of progress.
  • Complete Daily and Weekly Missions: These missions provide a steady stream of resources, experience, and other valuable items. Make sure to complete them daily to maintain your progress.
  • Don't Overlook Your Epic Heroes: Many players ignore Epic heroes after getting a few Legendaries. However, a fully awakened Epic hero can be stronger than a non-awakened Legendary, so don't discard them! Also see the section on unlocking epic hero traits.
  • Join an Active Guild: This is arguably the most important tip. A good guild provides support, resources, and protection from enemy raids. Actively participate in rallies and guild events to maximize your benefits.
  • Focus on Research: The Research Cottage is a key building. Prioritize research that increases resource yield (especially rubies and timber) and troop strength.
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Hero and Resource Management

  • Focus on One Faction: At the start, it's best to choose one of the three main factions (League, Horde, or Nature) and focus your resources on that faction. This will allow you to build a powerful, cohesive team more quickly.
  • Focus Your Resources: It's better to have one strong, fully-invested hero queue than several mediocre ones. Concentrate your gear, shards, and other resources on your main team to get the most power out of them.
  • Soldiers are a Must: Don't neglect your soldiers! They are a significant part of your team's overall power and are often the difference between winning and losing a fight. Always make sure your heroes are accompanied by the maximum number of soldiers.
  • Save Universal Legendary Shards: Universal Legendary Hero Shards are precious. Do not use them on Legendary heroes. Instead, save them to upgrade your Mythic heroes, who are much stronger in the long run.
  • Use Meat for Your Main Queue: Be mindful of how you spend your meat resource. Focus on your main hero queue to ensure they have enough power to advance in the game. When you first start the game you'll need to get more heroes from Adventure mode or the Tavern. Blue/Purple heroes I wouldn't spend meat past level 110 or 120. It'll be very important to maximize your meat supply. See the meat requirement guide on this site.
  • Read Hero Abilities: Don't just pick heroes based on rarity. Read their skills and passive abilities to build strong, synergistic teams. For example, some heroes gain damage from attacking 'burned' enemies, so pair them with heroes who can inflict that status effect. Also, pay close attention to Hero bonding for more bonuses.
  • Gather Rubies: Rubies are a crucial bottleneck in the late game. Actively mine for rubies on the world map and assign your strongest heroes to the ruby mine back at your home base.
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Horde Faction

Legendary Heroes

These are the heroes you'll likely start with. While they are useful in the early game, they will eventually be replaced by Mythic heroes.

  • Wilderness Hunter: An early-game hero who will be replaced by Storm Maiden.
  • Swordmaster: This hero's role will be replaced by Desert Prince.
  • Shaman: This hero's role will be replaced Witch.
  • Barbarian, Soulmancer, Warlock: These heroes have roles that continue into the mid-game, but keep an eye out for their Mythic replacements.
  • HeadHunter: Available in S1 Adventure Mode, not a main hero but optional to collect.

Mythic Heroes

Mythic heroes start arriving in week six and are the long-term investment for your team. They will replace your legendary heroes based on their respective roles.

  • Storm Maiden: Replaces Wilderness Hunter.
  • Desert Prince: Replaces Swordmaster.
  • Witch: Replaces Shaman.

Important Notes for Horde Heroes

  • Horde currently has 5 Mythic heros so one of the following Legendary will complete the lineup.
  • Barbarian: Is particularly good against the Nature faction.
  • Soulmancer: Is a strong hero against both League and Horde factions.
  • Warlock: Is a great hero to use for PvE damage rankings.
  • Awakening priority Soulmancer or Barbarian to (4+1), Warlock would be second.
  • Final Lineup Front: Beastmaster & Desert Prince, Middle: Wu Kong & (Barbarian, Warlock or Soulmancer) and Back: Storm Maiden & Witch
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League Faction

Legendary Heroes

These are the heroes you'll likely start with. While they are useful in the early game, they will eventually be replaced by Mythic heroes.

  • Astrologer: An early-game hero who will be replaced by Paragon.
  • Secret Keeper: This hero's role will be taken over by Rose Princess.
  • Bard: You will eventually replace this hero with Bishop.
  • Pyromancer: Has a role that continue into the mid-game, but will be replaced by Artificer later in the game.

Mythic Heroes

Mythic heroes start arriving in week six and are the long-term investment for your team. They will replace your legendary heroes based on their respective roles.

  • Paragon: Replaces Astrologer.
  • Rose Princess: Replaces Secret Keeper.
  • Bishop: Replaces Bard.
  • Artificer: Replaces Pyro.

Important Notes for League Heroes

  • Legendary awakening order is Pyro (2+1), Adjudicator (Max), Nun (2+1), Finish Pyro, Finish Nun, Bard.
  • Some endgame players use Bard and Pyromancer over Bishop and Nun.
  • Final Lineup: Front: Adjunicator & Rose Princess, Middle: Nun & Bard or Biship, Back: Artificer & Paragon
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Nature Faction

Legendary Heroes

Nature only has two initial Mythic heroes, so you'll be relying on these legendary heroes for a while.

  • Treeguard: An early-game hero who will be replaced by Monk.
  • Druid: This hero's role will be taken over by Tidecaller.
  • Windwalker, Stonemason and Sage: These heroes are useful in the early to mid-game, but keep an eye out for their Mythic replacements.
  • Stonemason: Available in S1 Adventure Mode, not a main hero but optional to collect.

Mythic Heroes

Mythic heroes start arriving in season one and are the long-term investment for your team. They will replace your legendary heroes based on their respective roles.

  • Monk: Replaces Treeguard.
  • Tidecaller: Replaces Druid.
  • Petalis: Replaces Sage.
  • Ne Zha: Replaces Windwalker.

Important Notes for Nature Heroes

  • The recommended legendary awakening order is Pixie (2+1), Forest Maiden (2+1) and finally Sage.
  • Exclusive gear upgrade priority is Tidecaller and Ne Zha (if available) to +10 first.
  • Focus on Tidecaller first, Pixie, Forest Maiden, Monk and Sage in that order.
  • Final Lineup: Front: Ne Zha & Monk, Middle: Petalis & Tidecaller and Back: Pixie & Forest Maiden
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Obtaining and Using Hero Shards

You can obtain hero shards through various in-game activities:

  • Adventure Mode: Progressing through the main campaign.
  • Daily Tasks & Bounties: Completing your daily goals.
  • Events: Participating in special events often rewards hero shards.
  • Tavern: Recruiting new heroes can yield shards.
  • Plundering Carriages: A potentially lucrative method for gaining shards daily.
  • Battlefield: Your guild's performance can earn you a significant amount of shards weekly.

Blue hero Shards

Blue shards are most common in the early game. Here's how to make the most of them:

Leveling Up: Your primary focus initially should be on using blue shards to level up and star your heroes to their maximum potential.

Trade Store: This is the most recommended use for your extra blue shards. You can exchange them for epic hero shards. The store allows for **10 purchases weekly**, with each purchase costing 20 blue shards.

Hero Tower: After your blue heroes are maxed out, you can use their specific shards in the Hero Tower (unlocks at level 22) to boost faction stats. It's generally advised to prioritize the Trade Store exchange due to the high shard cost for minimal returns here.

Epic Hero Shards

Epic shards are more valuable and require a more strategic approach:

Prioritize Unique Traits

Before exchanging epic shards for legendary ones, focus on maxing out the unique traits of specific epic heroes that provide game-wide bonuses. The top priorities are:

  • Brawler: 30% Tech Research Speed
  • Knight: Training Speed Increase
  • Ranger: Ruby Gathering Speed Increase

Strategic Exchanges

  • Trade Store for Legendary Shards: Once you've maxed the essential epic hero traits, use their extra shards in the Trade Store to acquire shards for legendary heroes.
  • Recruitment Tokens: You can also exchange extra shards from non-priority epic heroes for recruitment tokens.
  • Maintain a Reserve: It's a good practice to keep a reserve of around 100 extra shards in case a new legendary hero you want becomes available for purchase.

Legendary & Mythic Hero Shards

The ultimate goal of shard management is to acquire and empower legendary and, eventually, mythic heroes.

Universal Shards: Be very selective with your universal legendary shards. Community wisdom suggests **saving these for mythic heroes**, as they are much harder to obtain. If you use them on a legendary hero, focus on a top-tier hero that will be a long-term part of your team, like Pyromancer.

Long-Term Planning: Identify a target team composition and focus your shard investments on those heroes. Don't spread your resources too thin across many heroes.

Mythic Focus: Once you are in a position to do so, prioritize investing your universal shards in mythic heroes like **Rose Princess** or **Paragon**, as they are the most powerful in the game.

Epic Hero Passives

After getting Epic Heroes to 2-star Platinum rank, you unlock their Passive Traits. The third Passive Trait is Universal and can be leveled up to Lv30 using more Epic Hero shards.

Brawler

30% Tech Research Speed

Knight

30% Soldier Training Speed

Ranger

30% Ruby Gathering Speed

Outlaw

30% Wood Gathering Speed

Rogue

30% Stone Gathering Speed

Minister

30% Soldier Healing Speed

Priestess

30% Soldier Healing Speed

Dancer

30% Soldier Healing Speed

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Building Hero Queue Power

Improving your hero queue power is a multi-faceted process that involves strategic hero upgrades, smart gear management, and overall account progression. A core strategy is to focus your resources on a single faction to build a powerful main queue with faction bonuses.

1. Hero Upgrade Priority

  • Focus on a Single Faction: This allows you to create a powerful main queue with faction bonuses.
  • Prioritize Your Main Queue: Don't spread your resources too thin. Focus on maxing out your main team of heroes before moving on to others.
  • Key Hero Priorities:
    • Tanks First: Max out your main tank (like Prince) early. Their survival is key.
    • Damage Dealers: Heroes like Wukong and Storm Maiden are great investments after your tank is solid.
    • F2P Staples: Tidecaller and Monk are often high-priority upgrades for free-to-play players.
  • Read Abilities: Pay close attention to hero abilities and passive skills to find powerful synergies.

2. Gear Upgrade Suggestions

  • Epic > Legendary (at first): A fully upgraded Epic faction gear set (+10) is often stronger than a base-level Legendary piece.
  • Upgrade Path: Get Epic gear to +10, then save shards for Legendary. A base Legendary piece is an instant upgrade from Epic +10.
  • Keep Sets Leveled: Keep your four gear sets within the same upgrade tier (0-10, 10-20, etc.) to maintain stat bonuses.
  • Faction Gear: Aim for gear with faction bonuses from the guild store for a significant power boost.
  • Mythic Gear: This is an extremely long-term goal for after your Legendary gear is maxed out.

3. General Power Improvement Tips

  • Research: Provides significant passive bonuses to your heroes and army.
  • Buildings & Statues: Directly increase your power level and provide various benefits.
  • Training Soldiers: Regularly train soldiers to keep your army strong.
  • Join a Strong Guild: Access to valuable resources and rewards.
  • Morale: Understand the morale system to maximize your damage output.
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Hero Meat Requirements

Meat is a crucial resource for leveling up your heroes. This chart shows the total meat required for each hero within a given level range. All values are in thousands (k) unless otherwise specified. **These numbers are subject to change based on your server.**

Hero Level 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80
Level Costs 0-45 50-60 80-130 140-310 400-900 1,000-2,600 2,800-4,700 5,300-8,000
Total Meat 225k 885k 1,935k 4,145k 9,845k 27,145k 65,145k 131,645k
Hero Level 81-90 91-100 101-110 111-120 121-130 131-140 141-150 151-160 161-170
Level Costs 8.3-11.8M 12.2-15.8M 16.7-20.7M 21.2-26.5M 27.1-33.1M 36-66M 7-113M 120-260M 190-253M
Total Meat 231,745k 371,745k 556,245k 794,345k 1.09M 1.59M 2.44M 3.96M 6.21M
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Hero Shard Requirements

Upgrading your heroes requires a significant amount of shards. This chart breaks down the shard requirements for both Legendary and Mythic heroes to help you plan your resource usage.

Legendary Tier Shards per Step Total Shards
Tier Star Per Star Overall
Gold ★ 1 5 50
★★ 1 5
★★★ 2 10
★★★★ 2 10
★★★★★ 4 20
Red ★ 6 30 150
★★ 4 20
★★★ 4 20
★★★★ 8 40
★★★★★ 8 40
Silver ★ 16 80 300
★★ 4 20
★★★ 8 40
★★★★ 16 80
★★★★★ 16 80
Grand Total 500
Mythic Tier Shards per Step Total Shards
Tier Star Per Star Overall
Gold ★ 2 10 100
★★ 2 10
★★★ 4 20
★★★★ 4 20
★★★★★ 8 40
Red ★ 12 60 300
★★ 8 40
★★★ 8 40
★★★★ 16 80
★★★★★ 16 80
Silver ★ 32 160 600
★★ 8 40
★★★ 16 80
★★★★ 32 160
★★★★★ 32 160
Grand Total 1000
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Troop Morale & Power

Troop Morale is a crucial hidden stat that gives an attack boost of up to 300% in battle, based on which side has higher morale. Here's how you can boost it:

  • Increase Troop Level & March Size: A higher troop level and larger march size directly increase your morale. Focus on upgrading your barracks and completing research that boosts troop capacity.
  • Upgrade Faction Statues: Upgrading the statues for your main faction increases the number of soldiers each hero can bring, significantly boosting your overall power and morale.
  • Choose the Right Lord Trait: Picking the "Warlord" lord trait can increase your march size, which in turn boosts morale.
  • Equip Castle Skins & Decorations: Certain castle skins and decorations can also provide a morale bonus. Be on the lookout for these from events and in-game rewards.
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Castle Upgrade Costs (Levels 20-40)

This chart provides a breakdown of the resources and building requirements for castle upgrades. The resource values for wood/stone and rubies are in millions. ** Currently verifying actual wood/stone/ruby requirements but these are close **.

Level Wood/Stone (M) Rubies (M) Required Building 1 Required Building 2
20 N/A N/A Guild Hall 19 Warehouse 19
21 2.04 660k Research Cottage 20 Hospital 20
22 2.3 750k Guild Hall 21 Training Grounds 21
23 2.68 890k Research Cottage 22 Watchtower 22
24 3.55 1.1M Guild Hall 23 Warehouse 23
25 5.76 1.9M Research Cottage 24 Hospital 24
26 6 2M Guild Hall 25 Training Grounds 25
27 7.12 2.3M Research Cottage 26 Watchtower 26
28 8.55 2.8M Warehouse 27
29 9.97 3.2 Research Cottage 28 Hospital 28
30 11.8 N/A Training Grounds 29
31 13.7 N/A Guild Hall 30 Watchtower 30
32 17.5 N/A League Statue 31 Warehouse 31
33 21.3 N/A Research Cottage 32 Hospital 32
34 27 N/A League Statue 33 Training Grounds 33
35 36.1 N/A Guild Hall 34 Watchtower 34
36 47.5 15.6 League Statue 35 Warehouse 35
37 57M/57M 18.4M Research Cottage 36 Hospital 36
38 90.2 29M League Statue 37 Training Grounds 37
39 118 38M Guild Hall 38 Watchtower 38
40 147 48M Research Cottage 39 Warehouse 39
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Castle Upgrade Costs (Levels 41-55)

This chart shows the resource requirements for upgrading your castle beyond level 40. The costs are significant and introduce a new resource, Dragon Essence (DE). Dragon Essence will becoming available during Season 1 (roughly 3 or 4 months from server creation)

Level Dragon Essence (DE) Wood (M) Rubies (M)
41-43 126 99.7 17.1
44 151 133 22.8
45 151 166 28.5
46-48 151 166 28.5
49 151 166 28.5
50-55 238 N/A N/A
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Tips for Free-to-Play (F2P) Players

  • Patience is Key: You won't be able to compete with players who spend a lot of money, and that's okay. The F2P strategy is about delayed gratification and maximizing your resources over time.
  • Save Diamonds for Events: Save your diamonds specifically for the Dice and Wheel events to get Mythic heroes and other rare items. Avoid spending them on small daily and weekly store items.
  • Don't Overextend: Focus all of your resources on one primary hero queue. Don't waste valuable gear, shards, or experience on secondary queues. Use "hand-me-down" gear for your other teams and let them catch up naturally.
  • Prioritize Construction: Your Castle is the most important building. Its level determines the max level of other buildings like the Hospital, Research Cottage, Guild, and Training Ground. Always keep a builder working on these key structures.
  • Prioritize Your Faction's Statues: When building, focus on the statues for your main faction's barracks to boost your troop power. Images in the game show a clear prioritization of upgrading the Horde, League, and Nature Statues.
  • Save Universal Legendary Shards: Universal Legendary Hero Shards are precious. Do not use them on Legendary heroes. Instead, save them to upgrade your Mythic heroes, who are much stronger in the long run.
  • Use Free Resources Wisely: The game gives you a ton of free items. Prioritize spending your diamonds on useful things like the second construction queue (if available) or event-specific gold chests. Skip the fancy cosmetics or unnecessary items.
  • Take Part in All Guild Activities: An active guild is your best friend. Participate in rallies, guild bosses, and other guild events to earn a consistent stream of rewards.
  • Spending Real Money: If you are going to spend money these will be worthwhile investments: Pyro Hero Unlock $1.99, Permanent Privilege $9.99 (store), Monthly Pass (14.99/month), Contruction Queues $1.99 and Research Queues $9.99 these will make your leveling experieince much more enjopayable. Additionally, once you get to a higher level and castle these packs are decent one time purchases in the store: Adventure Fund, Contruction Fund, Power Fund and growth fund but are not required by any means. These packs range from $9.99 to $19.99 and are one time purchases.
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Spending Diamonds

Good Investments

These are the best ways to spend your diamonds for maximum value, especially for F2P players.

  • Wheel, Dice, and Gacha events to unlock mythic heroes, Ulitmate Weapons, and legendary decor.
  • Additional egg bounties every day (2 per day, 200 diamonds each).
  • Guild Race task tickets to earn guild honor.
  • Purchasing silver chests, stamina, speed-ups, and pet food from the VIP store.
  • Donating to guild traits.

Situational Investments

These investments can be useful, but you should only spend diamonds on them if the situation calls for it.

  • Refreshing carriages for shards.
  • Buying a relic scroll from the VIP store.
  • Buying resources from the VIP store.
  • Purchasing the temporary additional construction queue.

Bad Investments

Avoid these investments as they are a poor use of your diamonds.

  • Don't recruit from the tavern without tickets. Farm these in adventure mode and daily tasks.
  • Wishing for relics without scrolls.
  • Refreshing ruin hunt.
  • Speeding up using diamonds.
  • Refreshing guild race tasks.
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Guild Shop Spending Suggestions

This guide provides a breakdown of what to prioritize in each of the game's shops to get the most value for your resources.

VIP Shop

  • Silver Chest
  • Speed Ups
  • Stamina Potion

Daily Shop

  • Universal Hero Shard
  • Silver Chest
  • Pet Food
  • Stamina Potion

Arena Shop

  • 5 Pyro Shards (save up slowly)
  • Hero Skins
  • Diamonds
  • Recruitment Token

Combat Valor Shop

  • Promotion Stones
  • Legendary Shards (Relic/Hero)
  • Lords Gear

Guild Honor Shop

  • Soul Stone
  • Universal Hero Shard
  • Universal Gear Shard
  • Dragon Essence

Guild Store

  • Vault Key
  • Pet Eggs
  • Diamonds
  • VIP Points
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Smart Money Spending Guide

Knowing where to invest your money can make a huge difference. This guide provides a detailed breakdown of the best value purchases to accelerate your progress based on different budget levels.

Core Spending Priorities

For any spender, the highest value comes from permanent account upgrades. These should always be your first purchases.

  • #1 - 1st & 2nd Construction Queue: A permanent boost that doubles your building speed. Absolutely essential.
  • #2 - 2nd Research Queue: Permanently doubles your research speed, critical for long-term progression.
  • #3 - 3rd Construction Queue: Another permanent build slot that further accelerates your development.

High-Value Recurring Purchases

These items offer the best ongoing value and are worth considering after securing permanent upgrades.

  • Monthly Pass: Highly valuable early on for the extra gathering queue, resources, and daily rewards. Its value diminishes slightly after a couple of months but remains a solid daily deal.
  • Hero Shards (End-Game): The Daily Special for $6 is the best option. Only buy shards for end-game heroes to maximize long-term impact.
  • Growth Fund: A one-time investment with a very high diamond return, perfect for stockpiling for events.
  • Permanent Privilege: A one-time investment with a good return on training, tech research, auto egg hatching and auto research queue.

Low Spenders (< $20/month)

Prioritize permanent unlocks to build a strong foundation for your account.

PriorityItemCost
1 2nd Construction Queue One-time
2 2nd Research Queue One-time
3 Monthly Pass (first 1-2 months) $5
4 5 Hero Shard Pack $5
5 Adventure Begins - First Tier $2
6 7-Day Login Pack $1
7 Growth Fund (if possible) $20

Mid Spenders (~$50/month)

Acquire all core permanent upgrades and supplement with high-value monthly packs.

PriorityItemCost
1 All low-spender options -
2 3rd Construction Queue One-time
3 Adventure Begins - all 3 tiers $17
4 Daily Special (Hero Shards) - 5x Packs $30
5 Growth Fund $20
6 Occasional Monthly Pass $15

Heavy Spenders ($50+/month)

Focus on gaining a competitive edge through battle passes, privilege packs, and cosmetic buffs.

PriorityItemCost
1 All above spending -
2 Adventurer's Battle Pass $20
3 Wheel Pass / Dice Privilege $20 each
4 Castle Skins Premium

Avoid These Purchases

  • Instant Training Privilege: Potentially low impact for its cost. However, if you have the permanent privilege this will give you 500 extra soliders per day vs the 200 without the permanent priviliege purchase. It's worth it IMO as a one-time purchase, but expensive at $49.99 USD
  • Troll's Strike Pass / Similar Passes: Often provide inefficient rewards.
  • Overpriced Battle Passes: Avoid passes not tied to long-term growth or core progression.
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The Ultimate Guide to Pets

This guide is focused on the pet system which will be available once your server starts Season 1. We'll help you understand pet buffs, choosing the right pet for your hero lineup and maximize your team's power.

1. Understanding Pet Buffs: Promotion vs. Skill

Pets offer two types of benefits, but the passive promotion bonus is by far the most impactful.

Passive Promotion Bonus (Most Important!)

This provides a permanent, account-wide increase to your heroes' Attack and HP. This bonus is ALWAYS ACTIVE, even if the pet is not equipped.

Active Skills

These are used in battle by an equipped pet. They are useful but are secondary to the massive passive buffs from promotion.

Key Insight: Faction-Specific Buffs are 3x Stronger

Pets provide either a universal buff to all heroes or a more potent, faction-specific buff. Faction bonuses are about three times stronger, making them the top priority for your main hero queue.

2. A Complete List of Pets

Buff Type Pet Name Faction How to Get
Faction-SpecificCactini🟩 Nature🐣 From Eggs
Faction-SpecificEggy🟦 League🐣 From Eggs
Faction-SpecificFlickerkit🟥 Horde💰 Pack-Only*
All-HeroSpoutfang (Snake)🟩 Nature💰 Pack-Only
All-HeroCubbly (Bear)🟩 Nature🐣 From Eggs
All-HeroSnowpal🟩 Nature💰 Pack-Only
All-HeroZappy (Sparrow)🟦 League🐣 From Eggs
All-HeroHowli (Wolf)🟥 Horde🐣 From Eggs

*Note: Flickerkit can sometimes be obtained through special events.

3. Pet Leveling, Promotion, and Strategic Progression

Pet food is a limited resource. A well-planned progression is crucial for maximizing your power.

First Pet: Your Main Faction

Your absolute first priority is to level up the faction-specific buff pet that matches your strongest hero queue (Q1). This gives the largest and most immediate power boost.

Second Pet: All-Hero Buff for Q2

Next, focus on an all-hero buff pet that matches the faction of your second strongest queue (Q2). This provides a permanent bonus to all heroes while its active skills support your Q2 lineup.

Subsequent Pets: Broaden Your Buffs

Once your first two pets are well-progressed, you can begin leveling other all-hero buff pets to provide broad, incremental boosts to all of your teams.

4. Special Considerations for F2P Players

Free-to-Play players have a more limited selection. Knowing which pets are unobtainable is crucial for an efficient strategy.

Unobtainable for F2P

  • Snowpal
  • Spoutfang

Special Availability

Flickerkit, while generally a pack-only pet, is occasionally available through special events. F2P players who main the Horde faction should save resources for these events.

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Choosing Your Path: Harvest Lord vs. Warlord

One of the most critical decisions you'll make is your Lord type. This choice fundamentally shapes your gameplay, aligning with either economic growth or military might. Your playstyle and spending habits should guide your decision.

Harvest Lord

The path of the provider, focusing on building a powerful economic engine to fuel your growth.

Key Benefits:

  • Increased Resource Production: More Gold, Food, Wood, and Stone generated passively.
  • Increased Warehouse Capacity: Protects more of your resources from being plundered.
  • Faster Gathering Speed: Your troops bring back resources from the map more quickly.
  • Instant Production Skill: A powerful active ability that grants a large sum of resources instantly.

Who Should Choose Harvest Lord?

This is the **highly recommended** path for **Free-to-Play (F2P)** and **low-spending players**. A strong economy is essential in the early and mid-game to keep up with research, construction, and troop training without spending money. It builds a sustainable foundation for late-game success.

Warlord

The path of the conqueror, focusing on military supremacy and dominating your opponents through force. Genersally once you hit castle level 40+ you will swap between this trait and harvest depending on current events.

Key Benefits:

  • Increased Troop Training Speed: Build and replenish your armies faster than your enemies.
  • Reduced Troop Upkeep: Maintain a larger army with less food consumption.
  • Increased March Speed: Move your troops across the map faster for attacks and reinforcements.
  • Powerful Combat Buffs: Boosts to your troops' Attack, Defense, and Health.

Who Should Choose Warlord?

This path is best suited for **high-spending players ("Whales")** and those in the **late-game**. A Warlord thrives on constant conflict and requires significant investment to maintain a powerful army. If your goal is PvP dominance and leading your alliance in server-wide wars, this is the path for you.

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Research Priorities for Early Game

Research in the Research Cottage is one of the most critical aspects of growth. Focusing on the right research early can give you a significant advantage. The general consensus from top players is to follow this priority order:

1. Combat Expertise / Growth Tree

This is your top priority. The Combat Expertise tree will be the first one that gets unlocked when you start the game. The Growth tree offers universal benefits that accelerate all other aspects of your game.

  • Construction Speed: Reduces the time it takes to build and upgrade your buildings. Essential for rushing your castle.
  • Research Speed: Reduces the time it takes to complete other research projects. This has a compounding effect over time.
  • March Size Increase: Allows you to send more troops on rallies and gathering missions. More troops mean more power and efficiency.

2. Arms Race Prep & Commendation

Once your basic growth is in a good place, you should focus on the research lines that help you score higher in the weekly Arms Race events.

  • Arms Race Prep: Unlocks bonuses that give your soldiers a free level up. This is a massive boost to your troop power without spending resources.
  • Arms Race Commendation: Boosts the rewards you get from Arms Race events, giving you more premium chests and resources.

3. Solider, Hero & Faction-Specific Trees

After securing your foundational research, it's time to invest in military strength.

  • Solider, Hero Research Provides general combat boosts to your troops, like increased attack and defense.
  • Faction-Specific Research: Once you have decided on a primary hero faction (Horde, League, or Nature), invest heavily in that faction's research tree to unlock powerful bonuses for your main team. (unlocked Premium Tree at Castle Level 40, 100% Solider tree completed.
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Villager Management Guide

Optimizing your villagers is key to a thriving city. This guide breaks down which villager traits to prioritize, which to avoid, and how to strategically manage them for maximum efficiency.

Top Villager Traits: Always Keep These!

  • Resource Buildings: More resources from farms, mines, etc.
  • Castle: More resources & faster building.
  • Research Cottage: Faster research.
  • Guild Hall: Better help for allies.
  • Barracks: Quicker troop training.
  • Faction Statues: Bigger march size.
  • Troop Skin Center: Faster soldier training.
  • Medal Hall: Higher soldier HP.
  • Hero Statue: Stronger hero attack & HP.
  • Watchtower: Faster PvP marching speed.
  • Tavern: Chance to get extra villagers.
  • Blacksmith: Faster gear forging.

Advanced Strategies

Top Priorities: Survival and Power

  • Queue Status: Focus on Damage Reduction over Damage Increase. Staying alive is more important, especially in Adventure mode.
  • Training Grounds: Keep one of each faction and two for your main faction. These are crucial for boosting your soldier cap but require consistent investment to be worthwhile.

Get More Resources, Faster

  • Boost Production: Only use villagers with production boosts for farms, mines, etc. Ignore "Storage Time" villagers as they're useless if you log in often.
  • Combine Villagers Smartly: Only merge villagers if you have a plan. Sacrifice useless villagers for traits you need. Random merging can mess up your future setups.

Strategic Swapping

Be flexible! You don't need every villager active all the time. Swap them based on your current needs.

  • War Time: Use "Castle: Building HP" during war days, then switch back to production or construction buffs afterward.
  • Hospital Sets: Keep two sets of gear. One for capacity when you expect heavy losses, and one for healing speed to recover troops faster.
  • Gray Villagers: Don't upgrade a gray villager until you have multiple copies of the same useful trait. Two 0.6% grays (1.2%) is better than one 1% green.

Mid-Tier Traits

  • Queue Status: Damage Reduction
  • Training Ground: 1 per faction, 2 for main

Situational Traits

  • Castle: Building HP (for War Days)
  • Hospital: Capacity & Healing Speed sets
  • Guild Hall: Attack/HP for tough bosses

Trash Tier Traits

  • Resource Storage Time
  • Training Cap
  • Scout March Speed
  • Warehouse Stone/Wood Storage
  • Free Construction/Forging/Research Time
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How to Aquire Meat

Meat is a vital resource for training and healing soldiers. Here are the best places to get it and how often they refresh.

Guild Store

  • Item: Level-tied Meat Chest
  • Limit: 20 per week
  • Cost: 50

Trade Store

  • Item: Meat (15,000)
  • Limit: 3 per day
  • Cost: 25,000

VIP Store

  • Item: Level-tied Meat Chest
  • Limit: 50 per week
  • Cost: 40

Medal Store

  • Item: Level-tied Meat Chest
  • Limit: 15 per day
  • Cost: 800

Valor Store

  • Item: Level-tied Meat Chest
  • Limit: 30 per week
  • Cost: 100

Honor Store

  • Item: Level-tied Meat Chest
  • Limit: 10 per week
  • Cost: 60

Dark Invasion

  • Item: Level-tied Meat Chest
  • Limit: 100 per event
  • Cost: 5

Guild Ranch

Collect meat from your guild's ranch. You can only collect one queue at a time.

Rally Bosses

Defeating rally bosses, especially higher-level ones, is a great source of large amounts of meat.

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Daily & Weekly Events

Guild Arms Race

A weekly guild-based event where each day focuses on a different task. These are crucial for guild progression and individual rewards. It's smart to "stack" resources for these days.

  • Day 1: Gathering & World Mobs - Gather resources on the world map and kill mobs. Focus on rallies to earn more points.
  • Day 2: Construction - Get points for upgrading buildings and using speed-ups. Stack building upgrades and claim them on this day.
  • Day 3: Research - Earn points for completing research and using research speed-ups.
  • Day 4: Summoning - Get points for using tavern recruit vouchers and hero shards. Save these up for this day!
  • Day 5: Soldier Training - Earn points by training soldiers and using training speed-ups.
  • Day 6: Combat - Get points for killing enemy troops and healing your own.
  • Day 7: Lord's Gear & Relics - Earn points for upgrading your Lord's gear and relics.

Kingdom vs Kingdom (KvK)

A large-scale, server-wide event where your kingdom competes against another. The event consists of a prep phase and a final war day.

  • Preparation Phase: This phase has a 5-day schedule of tasks similar to the Guild Arms Race, where you earn points for your kingdom. The team with the most points at the end of this phase gets the advantage on the final war day.
  • War Day: The final day of KvK is for direct combat. The winning kingdom from the preparation phase gets to invade the losing kingdom's server. Your goal is to defeat enemy players and capture their Imperial City.
  • Daily Tasks: The daily tasks during the KvK preparation phase are very similar to the Guild Arms Race: Construction, Research, Gathering, etc. You should prepare resources ahead of time and claim them on the corresponding days to maximize your points for the kingdom.

Event Resource Guide

Here is a friendly chart to help you understand which resources to save for each major event. An "X" indicates the resource is used for that event.

Resource Rush Event Guild Arms Race Kingdom Duel Top Lord Guild Race
Arcane Crystal X
Boost Def/Atk Rating X X X
Boost Facility Power X X
Boost Technology Power X X
Chests X X
Complete Bounty X X
Coin Token X X
Diamonds (Buy) X X X X X
Diamonds (Spend) X X X
Dragon Essence X X
Gear Enhance Runes X X
Hero Gear Materials X X X X
Hero Shard (Rare) X X X
Hero Shard (Epic) X X X
Hero Shard (Legendary) X X X
Hero Shard (Mythic) X X X
Lord Gear Materials X X X
Magic Stone X X X
Meat X
Medals X X
Mix (Promotional Material) X
Pet Release X
Pet Food X X
Recruitment Token X X X
Relic (Awaken) X X
Relic Shard (Rare) X X X
Relic Shard (Epic) X X X
Relic Shard (Legendary) X X X
Relic Wish Scroll X
Resources (Wood/Stone/Ruby) X X X X
Runes X X X
Skill Books X X X
Speed-up (Construction) X X X X
Speed-up (Research) X X X X
Speed-up (Training) X X X X
Speed-up (Healing) X X X
Train Soldiers X X X
Troop Skins X
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The King's Title

How to Become King

The King is chosen through the **Throne War** event, which happens periodically (roughly every two weeks). The leader of the guild that successfully captures the central castle on the world map during this event becomes the King. Once a King is appointed, they hold the title until the next Throne War. On some servers the top guilds have an arrangement and rotate theh title.

King's Responsibilities

The King has significant power and a few key responsibilities that affect the entire server:

  • Appoint Titles: The King can grant positive and negative titles to other players. Positive titles provide buffs (e.g., increased research speed, construction speed, or troop stats), while negative titles can apply debuffs. Players can request titles from the King.
  • Server-Wide Mail: The King can send mail to all players on the server, often used for diplomacy, announcements, or messages.
  • Rule the Kingdom: The King can choose how to rule, from a hands-on diplomat to a more passive leader. This can greatly impact server-wide politics and alliances.

How to Request a Title

Titles are usually requested through in-game mail or a dedicated channel on the server's Discord channel. They can be given to help with specific progression goals, such as a construction speed buff to help with a castle upgrade. You can auto-join the queue for titles by going to the World Tree in the world view, this will be in the middle of the Map. Once there, click King Priviliges > Titles > Select the Title and click Apply. ** You only need the title for 5-10 minutes while you start the upgrade, training etc **

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