Tutorials & Reference Library
Crypting
& Clan Chests
- Citadel Strategy -
- Clan Wealth Gifts -
- Crypting Basics -
Events
& Epic Monsters
- Ancient Vaults -
- Arachnes Swarm -
- Armageddon -
- Doomsday -
- Hellforge -
- Summon mastery -
- The Great Hunt -
- Tinman Strategy -
- Trade Routes (Mercenary Exchanges) -
Player
Vs. Player
- IKFPA Agreement -
- Open Kingdom -
- Pointers for kingdom opening -
- Spies and Their Secrets -
- Zero Value City Defence -
Leader
Advice
- Improving Clan Wealth -
- Pocket Fort Strategy -
Beginners
New players
- City Teleport -
- Crafting Equipment -
- Game reset -
- Hero Skill Points -
- Heroic Monsters -
- Heroic Monsters 2 -
- How to Find a Chat -
- RSS Protection Tip -
- Silver Struggles -
- Simplified Troop Stacking -
- Summoning Circle -
- The Watchtower -
Miscellaneous
informations
- Captain Artefacts -
- Captain Artefacts 2 -
- Hall of Fame -
- Illegal Attack Process Example -
- Initiative -
- Mansions vs Farms -
- Reduce Troop Training Time -
- Resource Gathering Tip -
- View and Activate Bonuses -
- Palace functions -
- Vocabulary & abbreviations -
- Chat list for mercenary exchange -
Citadel Strategy

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If you use higher-tier catapults than what is listed, only half the amount needs to be sent.

ELVEN CITADELS
Level 10 : 100 Tier 2 catapults — Ranged + Gargoyles
Level 15 : 320 Tier 3 — Mounted + Gargoyles, Boars, Phoenix
Level 20 : 800 Tier 4 — Melee + Griffins
Level 25 : 3200 Tier 5 — Melee + Griffins
Level 30 : Tier 6 — Boop & pray

CURSED CITADELS

Level 20 : 2000 Tier 4 — Melee + Griffins
Level 25 : 7800 Tier 5 — Melee + Griffins
Note: Units listed in brackets are optional.

Clan Wealth Gifts

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Clan wealth scores are driven by chest rewards which are opened among the clan. Each chest is worth a score which increases with rarity.
One chest earned is awarded to all clan members, meaning that a full clan and active members is crucial for growth. This is why Carter really is so crucial! Superiors and leaders can claim these gifts every 6.5 hours via: Clan Menu > Wealth
Crypt points guide
Lvl 5 - common : 13
Lvl 10 - common : 35 - rare : 66
<Lvll 15 - common : 75 - rare : 130 - epic : 308
Lvl 20 - common : 167 - rare : 319 - epic 598
Lvl 25 - common : 427 - rare : 628 - epic 890
Lvl 30 - rare : 1349 - epic 1184
Lvl 35 - epic 1480
Elven Citadel / Cursed Citadel Points
Lvl 10 - Elven : 18
Lvl15 - Elven : 30
Lvl 20 - Elven : 38 - Cursed : 38
Lvl 25 - Elven : 95 - Cursed : 95
Lvl 30 - Elven : 130
Heroic Monsters
Lvl 16 : 115 pts
Lvl 17 : 115 pts
Lvl 18 : 115 pts
Lvl 19 : 115 pts
Lvl 20 : 205 pts
Lvl 21 : 205 pts
Lvl 22 : 205 pts
Lvl 23 : 205 pts
Lvl 24 : 205 pts
Lvl 25 : 455 pts
Lvl 26 : 640 pts
Lvl 27 : 640 pts
Lvl 28 : 640 pts
Lvl 31 : 640 pts
Lvl 45 : 640 pts
Ancients
Lvl 10 - 24 : 135 pts
Lvl 15 - 19 : 155 pts
Lvl 20 - 24 : 250 pts
Lvl 25 - 29 : 290 pts
Lvl 30 - 34 : 425 pts
Lvl 35 - 39 : 765 pts
Lvl 40 - 44 : 805 pts
Lvl 45 : 880 pts
Crypting Basics

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One of the best ways you can help your clanmates is by providing clan chests. They are the lifeblood of the clan, allowing all of us to keep moving forward.

To help each of us be better at it, here are a few tips:
Only use Carter for crypts — it is his job. Dress him in the best quality Tomb Raider or Omniscience equipment you can, with Amber and the Pioneer enchantment embedded.
Level up Carter every chance you get (Doomsday, Archane’s, Tinman, Rag XP, etc). He should always be one of your highest-level captains.
It’s great to occasionally test your progress by doing higher-level crypts, but the priority should always be to do the highest-level one-march crypt you can. This is the most efficient use of tar.

Attacking citadels provides you with rare crypt keys and a clan chest. If you are nervous about tackling these, ask for tips in clan chat.

Ancien Vaults
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How to build your vault
Complete daily quests.
Summon your vault in the Events tab.
Call your raid.
Kick players who don't follow the information below.
Full raids of 5 players only or cancel them.
Raid Strategy and Vault Colors
Green: G2 minimum.
Blue: G3 minimum.
Purple: G4 minimum.
Gold: G5 minimum.
Red: G6 minimum.
Silver: G7 minimum.
Do not join a raid if you are below the minimum Guardsmen level.
If others join your raid below the minimum level, please remove them from the raid.
Troop Strategy
Fighting Captains only.
Vault Level 1–19: Use Mounted & Range.
Vault Level 20–29: Use Mounted.
Vault Level 30–39: Use Spearmen & Archers.
Arachnes Swarm
Courtesy of [BBD] Heisenberg
Another event where you can exchange the life of your army for Valor, XP, Dragon Meat, and other rewards, while also climbing the ladder in any current side quest.
This event is special because you can level three captains in one run. Here are a few key points:
Activate personal bonuses to increase XP and Valor.
Aydae is the captain best used in a group march.
Combine a fighting captain with two other captains you want to level up (Cleo + Carter / Strorr, for example).
Stack troops using your highest two-level guards. Add a small amount of mercenaries and monsters for best effect.
Fight, then retrain your army (do not revive with gold).
Use your gold to invest in 30-day bonuses.
Close portals when they are not active (open kingdom advice).
Arrange your troop health in this order for maximum damage: guardsmen > monsters > mercenaries.
Armageddon
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Armageddon is an event specifically designed for levelling your hero.
Earn XP and Valor.
Level up your hero.
Unlock more of the skill point tree when your hero reaches Level 65.
Earn skill points for your hero.
Important Warning
Hero leveling:
Be careful when levelling your hero. A common guideline is that your hero’s level should be roughly half the level of your best captain.
Levelling your hero too much, too quickly can cause you to struggle with quests, missions, and events, slowing your overall progress.
Level your hero — but keep this in mind.
Doomsday

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Doomsday is an event where you intentionally sacrifice your army to earn XP and Valor.
Your troops will die.
Activate bonuses beforehand.
If you can’t send large armies, use only your strongest troops.
If you can build large armies, stack troops.
Level Carter as a priority.
Use Valor to research Archeology and Guardsmen.
Save your mercenaries (epic monster hunters) for these events.
Hellforge

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Hellforge is an event that takes place every 24 days and can help you obtain better-quality equipment with less effort.
Troop Ratio
Take as many different troops as possible on each march and stack using the following ratio:
1: Rider
2: Archers
2: Spearmen
Completing personal goals earns coins, which can be exchanged for equipment in the Hellforge shop during the tournament. Equipment items of a selected quality can be purchased directly.
Coins are saved between each event and do not disappear.
Hellforge saves you time and tar that you might otherwise spend exploring faraway crypts.
Purchasing Hellforge Equipment
Take your time selecting gear to buy with Hellforge coins. It may take more than one Hellforge tournament to accumulate enough coins for a good-quality piece.
Only purchase equipment if its bonuses exceed what you can make in the Forge Workshop. For example, blue Tomb Raider gear offers the same crypting efficiency as the lowest-tier Omniscience gear. Godlike Tomb Raider gear matches the efficiency of purple Omniscience.
Summon Mastery

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Summon Mastery is an event that gives you the chance to earn puzzle pieces for a specific captain. Each elite scroll used earns 10 points, and each basic scroll earns 1 point.
Collect points to climb the ladder of your personal quests and earn puzzle pieces.

The featured captain alternates each event.
Here are some tips to maximize your results:
Save all the scrolls that you earn.
Wait until the event contains a captain that benefits you.
Use your scrolls 10 at a time for a better chance of receiving higher-tier pieces.
The summons place is located in your city.

This is a great event for gaining pieces for captains such as Carter, Strorr, Aydae, and others. Keep your eyes peeled in the Events tab.
The Great Hunt

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The Great Hunt is a clan tournament where each player receives a list of contracts to kill monsters on their Tournament page. Successfully killing these monsters earns tournament points for the clan.
Contract Difficulties
Easy: Two contracts, 100 points each — one for your Hero and one for a Captain.
Medium: Four contracts, 200 points each — two for your Hero and two for a Captain.
Hard: Four contracts, 300 points each — two for your Hero and two for a Captain.
Expert: No default contracts.

The difficulty of contracts can be increased. When a contract’s level increases, it is replaced with a new one of the next highest difficulty (Easy → Medium → Hard → Expert).

The entire list of contracts can be refreshed three times per tournament. All outstanding contracts are replaced with ten new ones, and points already earned are preserved.

Expert contracts are difficult to complete alone, so teamwork is essential. Clanmates can help weaken Expert contracts by sacrificing troops.
Contracts for rare monsters can level up your Hero. Keep your Hero lower than your best Captain to keep Triumphal Challenges achievable; rare Expert contracts are not recommended.
Battles against contract monsters grant a personal bonus that awards extra Valor and Experience. The effect increases as more contracts are completed.

Clan leaders can activate an additional bonus for the entire clan once per tournament. This bonus doubles the effect of the individual player bonus.
Tinman Strategy
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Rise of the Ancients troop strategy using Tinman.
Minimum Ratio
1: Rider
2: Archers
2: Spearmen
Example
G1 — Riders: 500, Archers: 1000, Spearmen: 1000
G2 — Riders: 250, Archers: 500, Spearmen: 500
Adjust these numbers to the capacity of your Captain. Add mercenaries and monsters as needed.
Do Not Take
Catapults, spies, swordsmen
Attack as much as you can to earn as many clan chests as possible. The Event tab will show how many points are required for each chest.
Trade Routes (Mercenary Exchanges)

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During this tournament, you can send your Captains to Exchanges in other Kingdoms to buy mercenaries in exchange for Silver.
It is not possible to trade on exchanges in your own Kingdom. Your city must have a Caravan building to participate. The maximum march time to an exchange is two hours, unless you have Ayrin as your Hero.
Finding exchanges is the toughest part of the tournament. There are exchange chats where players share coordinates, but you may also have success tracing red lines on the world map as hundreds of players flock to the exchange.

Each Exchange is slightly different for each player, depending on your completed research. Exchanges that have sold out disappear from the Kingdom Map.

Send your fastest Captain (Tengel with the Drum artifact) to the Exchange. Silver is deducted as soon as the Captain begins the march.

Mercenaries are hired the moment the Captain arrives at the Exchange if they are still available. If successful, a notice appears in your Journal showing the number of mercenaries acquired, and the Captain automatically returns to the City with them.

If the Exchange sells out before your Captain arrives, your Silver will be returned to the City when the Captain returns.
Trade Routes – Exchange Locations on the World Map
Trade Routes – Exchange Detail
IKFPA Agreement

Courtesy of [LTZ] Badder

Updated: January 12th, 2026
These are the rules our Kingdom has agreed to play by when visiting any of the following Kingdoms and, in general, represent good principles for visiting any Kingdom.
THIS IS NOT A NON-AGGRESSION PACT!
Applicable Kingdoms:
84, 87, 114, 115, 116, 120, 121, 124, 129, 130, 135, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 154, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 212, 213, 216, 217, 218, 219, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 273, 274, 275, 277, 281, 282, 283, 1000, 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008
Summary
No hate speech.
No attacks on clan buildings, memorial portals, or players under 100K might.
All RSS tiles are protected from attacks except during PvP events: CoT, KvK, War Tools, Gold / Silver Rush, War Games, Lava Trials (does not include Ruthless Slaughter).
Fort attacks in other Kingdoms result in immediate outlaw status per Kingdom ROE.
Compensation required within 48 hours.
Open Kingdom

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Updated: January 12th, 2026
These are the rules our Kingdom has agreed to play by when visiting any of the following Kingdoms and, in general, represent good principles for visiting any Kingdom.
What Does the Kingdom Opening Mean?
Right now our Kingdom is closed or protected, similar to how a Shield of Peace protects cities. When the Kingdom opens, we gain access to other Kingdoms, and they gain access to us.
As a result, we will be able to participate in several new tournaments.
Players using Ayrin from our Kingdom will also have the opportunity to attack players in other Kingdoms for CP, resources, and gold ingots to bring back home. Of course, we can also be scouted and attacked by players from other Kingdoms at any time.
Because of this, it is very important to develop the habit of maintaining a no-value city.
What New Tournaments?
The most important tournaments for clans include:
Trials of Olympus
Dark Omens
Clash of Kingdoms
Trade Routes (Mercenary Exchanges)
There are also many smaller tournaments for personal rewards (Wargames, Silver Rush, Gold Rush), where leaderboard placement becomes possible in an open Kingdom.
I Don’t Like the Idea of Being Attacked All the Time
Preventing attacks is straightforward: keep your city from having value to outsiders. Keep resources below your warehouse protection limits, send troops to the fort when offline, and pay your taxes.
Newly opened Kingdoms attract curiosity for the first few weeks, so expect increased scouting. If cities remain valueless, attackers will eventually move on.
Ayrin — Cross-Kingdom Hero
What’s So Special About Ayrin?
Ayrin is the only Hero who can access other Kingdoms at any time you choose. Other heroes are restricted to specific tournaments and must use special portals.
Ayrin is best suited for PvP-focused players, allowing targeted raiding of other Kingdoms for silver, resources, and gold ingots.
Pointers for Kingdom Opening

Courtesy of [BBD] Heisenberg, edited for K279 by [AWO] Prime

Kingdom 279 Battlegroup Opening — 5th of February - 2026
It’s official — we have a more days to prepare as much as possible. Our "Battlegroup" is new to Total Battle and is only opening us to a select group of Kingdoms. Don’t panic or worry; the game is about to become much more fun. If you are not under a bubble, here is some advice.
How to prepare ?
Hero Ayrin — get her if possible.
Upgrade your warehouses as much as possible.
Send your ingots regularly.
Send your armies to forts when not in use.
Report hostile portals to the palace so they can be closed.
Keep your resources below warehouse protection limits.
Reserve your resource boxes (ask the clan).
Spread your resources to other players.
Send surplus resources to clan buildings.
More updates will come.
Do these things and you give attackers no reason to target you. No sensible player will attack with nothing to gain.
Ayrin — Cross-Kingdom Hero
Spies and Their Secrets

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Did you know that you can send spies on a march alone, allowing them to travel extremely fast and without restrictions? It’s effectively a special ability unique to spies.

This makes spies perfect candidates for farming Wellsprings (WS) and Dragon Mounds (DM).

Spies can also be used to launch long-distance attacks quickly, making them valuable for rapid-response and tactical strikes.
Zero Value City Defence

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Kingdom opening is coming soon. In preparation, here are some basic tips to help protect your city. Start getting into these habits now.
Shield
Shield is the easiest strategy.

Or:
March your army to clan forts when it is not in use.
Keep resources on hand below your warehouse protection.
Close inactive portals.
Send your ingots regularly to the palace.
This is a very basic strategy that makes you a less attractive target. No sensible player will attack if there is nothing to gain. This approach protects both your city and the clan capital.
Improving Clan Wealth

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This guide is based on personal experience and knowledge gained as a growing clan leader.
Ensure new players are active and responsive. Active players opening chests directly drive clan wealth. Vet new members from the beginning.
Educate players as they join on the importance of prioritising Carter for levelling and research. Set weekly crypt targets for members and review them. We reached 30 million wealth with 45 players using a 21 weekly crypt target.
Drive Tin-man participation. This event significantly boosts wealth. Monitor participation closely.
Educate members on the benefits of the Golden Pass. Encourage participation, but never force real-money spending. The pass drives important Tar gains.
Educate new members, when requested, on the benefits of Wellsprings.
Educate the clan on the overall benefits and rewards of crypting.

1 chest × (number of members) × activity = wealth
Pocket Fort Strategy

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The clan capital is protected by your forts. Once the forts are destroyed, the capital activates a 20-hour shield. Damaged forts cannot be repaired for 40 hours. This creates a 20-hour vulnerability window where the clan capital can be attacked once the shield expires.
What Can You Do?
There is an advanced strategy to protect your capital in this scenario. Full instructions will be provided in a later part.
This section provides a brief explanation to help you prepare for Kingdom opening.
Keep one fort unbuilt at all times.
To activate another bonus, you can temporarily build and then demolish your spare fort.
If all forts are destroyed, build the unbuilt fort to recharge the capital shield and protect the capital.
Now is the time to free up or unlock a spare fort before Kingdom opening.
Instructions
All forts are destroyed and your shield has deployed on the clan capital.
Before the shield expires, begin building your spare fort, but do not complete it immediately.
As the shield is about to fall, complete the build, open the clan capital menu, and select "Recharge".
These are basic instructions. There are several additional factors to consider, and the best approach is to delegate tasks to Superiors.
Warnings
Do not complete the fort too far in advance of the shield falling. If it is attacked before recharge, the capital is exposed.
Do not press "Help" when building the fort, for the same reason.
A future part will be provided to fully finalize this strategy.
City Teleport

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How to Teleport Your City
Find a location.
Press on the tile you would like to teleport to.
Select "City Teleport".
If you do not own a teleport, you will need to purchase one using gold coins.
Where Should I Teleport?
For larger armies, choose a tile with a food production bonus. Armies require food, and higher production allows larger armies.
For silver-based cities, desert tiles are the best option.
Important: Keep your city as close to the clan group as possible. This makes reinforcing, sending caravans, and coordinating with the clan much easier.
Crafting Equipment

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Combine materials whenever possible before crafting. This ensures the strongest possible final product. All materials, including gems and spells, can be combined to improve their effectiveness.

Select Craft and look for equipment that boosts specific abilities. Equipment bonuses can be matched to individual captains, or mixed to make captains more versatile. Materials can also be swapped to minimize or maximize bonuses.

Add gems and spells in the workshop to enhance existing bonuses or add new ones.

Thank you for reading. Please direct any questions to the Academy chat.
Game Reset

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What Is Game Reset
Reset is the time each day when the game “resets” events, ending old ones and starting new ones. This is also when your quests refresh.
How to View Reset Time
Press the Quests tab.
You will see two countdown timers.
The second countdown, underneath your six quest rewards, shows the time remaining until the next reset.
Example
Your clan arranges Tin-man for “Next Reset +2”.
This means the time shown on your reset countdown plus an additional two hours.
For example, if your quest menu countdown shows 15 hours and 30 minutes, your Tin-man is scheduled for 17 hours and 30 minutes.
Hero Skill Points

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Did you know you can assign skill points to your Hero every time they level up?

These skill points can be assigned to different categories to gain an edge in various areas of the game. You can also reset your skill point assignments, redistribute them into different categories as needed, and then reset them back again.
Heroic Monsters

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Remove equipment from heroes if you wish to preserve durability, as equipment is likely to be damaged.
Send a minimum of two fighting captains. Amanitor is a key captain for Heroic monsters.
Do not send more than two tiers of guardsmen.
Avoid using G1 guardsmen where possible.
Send as many troops as your captains can carry.
Be aware that troop losses are very likely. Highest-tier guardsmen or large groups of mercenaries will be the first to suffer losses. Using two tiers helps distribute losses more effectively.
Do not use your Hero to avoid unnecessary leveling.
Use guardsmen and monsters. Mercenaries can be used in large groups at your own risk. Heroic monsters are crucial for obtaining clan resources used in research and building. These resources improve many aspects of your city, including march speed, construction speed, troop strength, and resource production.
Heroic Monsters 2

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Recommended troop compositions by Heroic monster level:
Heroic Lv16: Mounted, Flying
Heroic Lv17: Mounted, Flying (No Dragons)
Heroic Lv18: Flying (No Dragons or Elementals)
Heroic Lv19: Mounted (No Elementals)
Heroic Lv20: Flying (No Beasts or Elementals)
Heroic Lv21: Melee, Flying (No Dragons or Elementals)
Heroic Lv22: Flying (No Dragons or Elementals)
Heroic Lv23: Mounted, Flying (No Dragons or Elementals)
Heroic Lv24: Flying is your best option; Mounted is risky (No Elementals)
Heroic Lv25: Flying (No Beasts or Elementals)
Heroic Lv26: Flying (No Beasts or Elementals)
Heroic Lv27: Flying (No Giants or Dragons)
Heroic Lv28: Melee, Flying (ONLY Elementals)
Heroic Lv29: Flying (ONLY Giants)
Heroic Lv30: Flying (No Beasts or Dragons)
Heroic Lv31: Flying (ONLY Giants)
Heroic Lv32: Melee, Flying (ONLY Giants)
Heroic Lv33: Melee, Flying (ONLY Elementals)
How to Find a Chat

Courtesy of [BBD] Heisenberg, updated by Varape

How to Find a Chat by Name
Open the Chat menu.
Select "Find Chat" (bottom right corner).
Spell the name of the chat exactly as shown, including upper/lower case letters and spaces. Chat name is case sensitive.
RSS Protection Tip

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How to Check Warehouse Protection Levels
Enter your city.
Press on your capital building.
Select "Statistics".
Select "Resources".
From this screen, select each resource. Each one displays its own protected quantity.
Resources below this amount cannot be stolen.
Silver Struggles

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Low on Silver?
If you’re struggling for silver, avoid the common mistake of filling your city with mansions. Instead, keep your city primarily focused on Farmhouses and consider the following strategies.

Scout cities that are outside the coverage of Rules of Engagement (ROE), and attack only when it is profitable.
Going to sleep? Send all your captains to villages with spearmen.
Keep one captain farming while you are online (Strorr is ideal).
Research Logistics and level up Strorr. Use Hero skill points on resource gathering bonuses.
Stacking troops is an effective way to save silver and reduce speed-up usage.
Scout across Kingdoms and pillage when profitable.
There are many ways to generate silver if you approach the game strategically.

Total Battle rewards planning — so be strategic.
Simplified Troop Stacking

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Use your two best tiers of troops. You may use more if you wish, but for this strategy, focus on your best two tiers of guardsmen.
Example Stacking
Rider G1: 500 + G2 : 250
Spearmen G1: 1000 + G2 : 500
Archer G1: 1000 + G2 : 500
Ratio: 1 Rider / 2 Spearmen / 2 Archers
Event Ratios
Swarm : 2 rider + 2 spearmen + 1 archer
Doomsday : 2 rider + 2 spearmen + 1 arche
Ragnarok : 2 rider + 2 spearmen + 1 archer
Hellforge : 1 rider + 2 spearmen + 2 archer
Shadow : 2 rider + 1 spearmen + 2 archers
Tinman : 1 rider + 2 spearmen + 2 archers
Summoning Circle

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You can hire new Captains by collecting their fragments. The Summoning Circle is a structure in your city where you can obtain fragments for most (but not all) Captains.
Summoning Circle building

You receive five free common summons and one elite summon every 20 hours. Additional scrolls can be obtained through:
Daily quests
Triumphal Challenge shop
Tournament rewards
Certain in-game purchases
Instead of using summons immediately, save them to use during the Summon Mastery Tournament to secure fragments for a Captain of your choosing.
Summon Mastery Tournament
This tournament allows you to gain additional summoning scrolls and extra fragments for a specific Captain by using common and elite summons. The more summons you complete, the more points you earn.

The Captain rotation always follows the order below. Captains marked with a slash (/) are only available every other rotation.

Aydea
Minamoto
Aurora / Brunhild
Carter
Alexander
Farhad / Ye Ho-Sung
Dustan
Leonidas
Ingrid / Bernard
Doria
Wu
Strorr / Lucius
The Watchtower

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The Watchtower is one of the most valuable tools in the game, and obtaining it is relatively straightforward.
Purchase it using real-life money.
Save in-game gold from rewards and purchase 30 days of Watchtower access.
Farm Dragon Mounds.
To farm Dragon Mounds efficiently and reach them quickly, send one Captain carrying spies only. Trust me!
There are ways to obtain the Watchtower without spending money if you apply yourself. In the meantime, ask in clan chat for someone to provide coordinates for what you need.
Captain Artefacts

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Guardsmen level 4 and above
Artefacts are permanent boosts for your Captains, providing long-term stat bonuses. They can be levelled up using fragments and experience earned from events.
Books allow you to add quick levels to an artefact and provide an immediate might boost.
Use artefacts in combination with the correct equipment for different Captain or Hero roles (such as fighting or building) to optimize their overall effectiveness. Think of artefacts as permanent skills.
Artefact keys can be found in your Summoning Circle (located to the left of your city capital). Once claimed, select a Captain and click the small circle to the left to assign an artefact.
To use books, click the artefact you wish to level, select Details, and use the top arrow pointing upwards.
This provides a significant might boost. Keys and books are commonly rewarded during the Pursuit of Experience event.
Captain Artefacts 2

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Guardsmen level 4 and above
Artefacts are wearable, permanent items that can grant new bonuses or enhance existing bonuses on your captains. However, artefacts come with a significant Might increase. Because of this, careful selection is critical.

/!\ DO NOT UPGRADE OR STAR UP USELESS ARTEFACTS /!\
/!\ TOO LARGE A MIGHT INCREASE CAN ACTIVELY HINDER YOUR DEVELOPMENT /!\
Priority Artefacts and Usefulness
Mythril’s Pickaxe: Resource gathering speed
Ifrit Lord’s Belt: Army strength
Fan of the Five Winds: Guardsman strength
Technobomb: Catapult strength
Thunder Drum: March speed
Shadow Dagger: Scout strength
Hall of Fame

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he Hall of Fame can be accessed by clicking the small lion icon on the left of your Hero’s armor. It is divided into three factions: Tenacity, Courage, and Resolve. Your captains are evenly distributed across these three factions.
Hall of Fame factions
Faction Bonuses
Tenacity (blue wolf): Improves your army’s resilience and defensive strength.
Courage (red lion): Enhances offensive power and increases damage output.
Resolve (green hawk): Boosts army stability and efficiency.

This video provides a brief overview of each faction:
Hall of Fame overview video
Captain Rarities
Rare: Blue background
Epic: Purple background
Legendary: Orange / gold background
Faction upgrades require captains of a specific rarity to meet level conditions. These requirements are shown in red at the bottom of each faction panel.

Upgrade each faction to unlock stronger permanent bonuses for your entire army. Click the round table beneath the three stained glass windows to view the requirements for upgrading your Hall of Fame level.
Illegal Attack Process Example

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Illegal Attacks
Approach the attacker yourself. Use the following link to calculate your compensation: hyperlink-incoming If there is no response or resolution within 24 hours, post the journal report in the appropriate chat along with your compensation calculation.
Tootl for calculta compensation for K279
Initiative

Courtesy of [DQD] Lord Fuzzy

Initiative Stat
Initiative is the primary factor that determines which troops strike first in a combat round. Troops with higher Initiative will always attack first (one attack per side per round).
Stacking for Control
Create large, equally sized stacks based on total health (Health per Troop × Number of Troops).
This causes your strongest troops (those with the highest health and level) to attack first within that stack, allowing you to target specific enemy types first.
Sending many small stacks can be risky. A single large enemy stack may attack first, disrupting your intended strategy.
Troop Types & Bonuses
Guardsmen: Effective against monsters
Specialists: Effective against other players’ troops
Engineer Corps: Effective against fortifications
Monsters: High base stats, useful for general damage
How It Plays Out
Your stack with the highest Initiative attacks first, targeting the enemy squad it deals the most damage to.
The enemy’s highest Initiative stack then attacks, and the sequence continues.
If Initiative values are tied, the first attack is determined on a 50/50 chance.
Mansions vs Farms

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This advice is based on personal testing conducted within a city to identify a simple but safe long-term strategy.
As a new city and player, running 12 Farms / 12 Mansions is completely fine. However, as time goes on, you will need to reduce mansions and increase farms.
A simple strategy that avoids having to demolish your city is to maintain 6 mansions. You can deviate from this number by +3 or −3 depending on certain factors.
Factors to Consider
Whether you have Captain Helen
Your tile bonus
Your play style
In simple terms, use 6 mansions as the default, then adjust by +3 or −3 based on the factors above. It is important to level only one building at a time rather than levelling them all evenly. Production gains are significantly higher at upper levels. Captain Helen (requires the Golden Pass) plays an important role in this strategy.
Reduce Troop Training Time

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There are many ways to reduce the amount of time required to train troops.
Captain Helen increases food production and reduces training time — one of many reasons to purchase the Golden Pass.
Wherever possible, ensure every available city slot contains a Barracks. Remove obsolete resource buildings when appropriate.
Allocate Hero skill points to reduce training time in the Guardsmen skill section.
Upgrade your city Barracks.
Attach appropriate gems and enchantments to Captain and Hero equipment.
All of these methods reduce the number of speed-ups required and lessen your reliance on expensive revives.
If you find yourself struggling in any area, there is almost always a solution available to improve efficiency.
Resource Gathering Tip

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As clan territories expand, it can sometimes be difficult to determine whether a resource node is wild or located within another clan’s territory. Next to the resource, attempt to open a portal. If the resource is within another clan’s territory, you will receive a warning. If no warning appears, you can either open a portal if the distance is significant, or allow your troops to march normally to the resource.
View and Activate Bonuses

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Menu → Bonuses
From this page you can view a wide range of bonuses and activate them as needed. Spending gold on 30-day bonuses is a wise long-term investment. You can also earn free bonus activations through various rewards.

Personal
In this section you can activate bonuses for your own personal use. Activating these bonuses before fighting Epic monsters is a very effective strategy.

Clan
This section shows which clan bonuses are currently available and which ones are actively running.

Royal
In this section you can view the bonuses that have been activated by the King.

Premium
Premium bonuses require real money, but their benefits can be switched every 15 minutes. This makes them especially useful for building and for exploring crypts.
Palace functions

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King
Responsible for overall strategy, diplomacy and ROE enforcement.

Queen
Focuses on internal stability and well-being and maintains contact with diplomats.

Hand of the King
Manages kingdom bonuses and posts daily updates in Kingdom Chat.

Centurion
Leads the Royal Guard and oversees military security and protocols.

Chancellor
Handles disputes, ROE violations and rule interpretation.

Treasurer
Manages tax collection and posts daily tax requests in Kingdom Chat.

Archon
Coordinates military organization, attack days, wars and conquest trades.

Quaestor
Manages compensation for illegal attacks and RSS-related issues.

Legate
Handles diplomacy with other kingdoms and alliances.

Tribune
Represents players and brings their concerns to leadership.
Vocabulary and Abbreviations

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TERMS
VP - Valor Points
CP - Conquest Points
RSS - Resources
XP - Experience Points
COT - Clash for the Throne aka The Purge
PvP - Player versus Player
KvK - Kingdom versus Kingdom
NVC - No Value City
ROE - Rules of Engagement
NAP - No Aggression Pact
KC - Kingdom Chat
TB - Total battle
PALACE - The people in charge of ROE (King...)
Chats list about mercenary exchange

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1. Mercenary exchange
2. MERCENARY EXCHANGE
3. MERC EXCHANGES
4. MercsEx
5. Exchange
6. !!MERC EXCHANGES!!
7. EXCHANGE
8. merc exchange
9. exchange
10. SALE (Mercs Exchange)
11. SALE
12. Mercenary K126-K146
13. MERCENARY XCHANGE
14. Mercenary 145-155
15. my MERCS
16. K144 Mercenary
17. MERCENARY exchange
18. Mercs 175-195
19. Merc X No Chat
20. Dougie Merc Exchange
21. Mercenary Exchange
22. MERC CENTRAL
23. !!MERC EXCHANGES!!
24. MERCENARY XCHANGE
25. MERCENARY exchange
26. Mercenary Exch Only
27. Merc Exchanges K118+
28. MercenaryExchange138
29. K114 mercenary xchange
30. exchange_mercenary
31. K118 Merc Exchange
32. mercenarysexchange
33. trade routes
34. 111