To become the most powerful kingdom by exploring land, building buildings and sending your troops into battle.

If you find a clan to join and participate in epic battles, you will earn much more gold. Your clanmates are also great for providing help in the game.

The grayed out portion of your kingdom indicates that you have not explored that land yet. You need to explore it to reveal the land underneath.

Unlike other games, you can only earn gold by attacking other kingdoms.

In medieval times, there was no 'bank', so you must buy items and hire allies to save your money.

You can earn gold by battling other kingdoms, performing quests or trading allies.

The amount of gold you earn depends on the quest/battle you perform. Additionally, the larger number of units you have, the more gold you will gain. allies also bring in gold.

Allies enhance your strength. They can also be sold to make a profit. When you sell an ally, you get back the original amount you paid plus a portion of the profit (although we tax each sale, so you'll lose money if you keep buying back the same ally). They also increase the amount you gain from winning a battle (this is capped by how much gold your own army can bring in).

If you are bought, you get a portion of the profit. This amount is limited to $1 million.

This is to prevent a loophole that can be exploited to generate infinite income. For example, take 2 players (player A and player B) and an ally. If player A and B buy the ally from each other over and over again (known as volleying), they will make money. If the ally then resets, the final owner (let's say player B) will get his final purchase price back, and player A will have kept all the money he made. Thus the final refund price on a reset must be adjusted by the profits made up to the point of reset.

The amount that you receive from dropping an ally is 60% (that's 60% of the value you purchased them at, not 60% of their current value). Also, there is no infinite money loophole. Allies drop in value after they are dropped, but their value is higher than the refund amount.

Defensive buildings add to your defensive stats. They will never get weaker, but they do not help you bring in gold in a battle.

You can upgrade your building by clicking on the building you wish to upgrade on the Kingdom page.

If you have defensive items, one of each item in your inventory is automatically used whenever someone attacks you.

If you have offensive items, you will be prompted to choose the items you with to use prior to attacking or performing espionage someone.

Permanent items are items that remain around forever. They give you a permanent enhancement to your strength.

Equipment is a special kind of permanent item. Equpiment will enhance your strength only if it is equipped. You may check and equip your equipment from your profile. You will lose all equipment you have on reset.

Some equipment can be enchanted with magical power. When enchanting your equipment, it has a chance to gain additional bonuses. However there is also a chance having the bonus decreased. Enchanting is performed by the Mage, which is unlocked by Level 3 Castle.

Whenever you fight a person, there is a probability that you will lose. Even if you are stronger than the person, you still have a small chance of losing the battle. To see the chances of you winning a battle, you must scout them.

You lost more soldiers because they gave their lives to ensure your victory. By having more troops when you enter into a battle, you may lose more units but at the same time your chance of victory is higher.

Legends are special tasks that are available during events that award you with a variety of rewards!

You can access Legends by tapping at the “Legends” button from your main menu. You’ll be notified when a new Legend is available by an indicator on the Legends button. You’ll also be able to tap this icon at any time to view current and past legends. When you tap the Legends button, a new message will appear at the bottom of the screen. Tap it to start the Legend.

Pick a Legend from your list and try to complete the task that is given to you. You can also tap the “!” button next to a Legend to get a hint or more information on how to complete it.

Once you complete the task just tap on a Legend and press “Collect Rewards”.

The difficulty of a quest is based on your current strength. If you lose soldiers due to quests or battles, the difficulty of the quests will increase. If you regenerate units, the difficulty of the quest will decrease.

Quests give you gold and on rare instances items.

Points are rewarded when you achieve certain goals throughout the game or can be purchased directly from the Oracle in the Marketplace.

Points can be exchanged for gold or unit regeneration. Some items can only be purchased with points. Items bought with points cannot be sold for gold.

Clans are groups of players that can chat privately, co-operate and participate in wars together.

You request to join a clan, and a clan admin or owner can accept you into the clan.

Wars are battles between two clans that last for various durations.

After returning from the desert, wielding the legendary Estoc, Arkosa, daughter of King Darius, slew her father and took the throne. Her first act as queen was initiating the Estoc Trials. From that day forward, the innocent blood of the Damascene people would stain the memory of the king forever...

Read the entirety of the Estoc Trials backstory below.

The Estoc Trials are a series of regularly scheduled wars occurring throughout the week with various starting times to accommodate multiple time zones. The events are open to clans of various strengths and sizes; there may be restrictions on these numbers, which are announced at the beginning of each week. Once your clan signs up, we will attempt to match you with another clan of similar strength and size. There will also be special tournaments from time to time. Your goal is to work together with your fellow clan members to defeat an opposing clan in a timed war.

1-Clan Admins must sign up their clan for the next available war.
2-Players will have to cast the opt-in spell; Wave of Conflict, found at the Alchemist’s, before match-up deadlines to be included. Casting it afterwards will not work.

*For Admins: When you sign up for an Estoc Trial, we will inform you of the number of players who have opted-in for that war.
*For Admins: If your clan members affect the qualified number of participants in any way (leaving the clan, casting Wave of Conflict, etc) and that number exceeds or falls below the requirements for the event, then your clan will be disqualified. It is up to you to manage your members and ensure that your clan meets the size requirements once matchups begin.

Players can join/leave a signed-up clan for up to 30 mins before the sign up deadline. After that, the clan roster becomes locked. If admins wish to modify the roster, they will have to cancel their sign-up, adjust their clan roster, then sign up again.

After the deadline passes, the roster is locked and no one can join/leave until the end of the war. However, players may join/leave should the clan end up with a no-match situation (for more information on no-match situations, please see the “No-Match Bonus Epic Battle” section below)

Wave of Conflict - Clarifications
The Wave of Conflict always opts you in for the first war within the next 24 hour period. Example:

War #1 - 1 hour from now
War #2 - 12 hours from now

Casting Wave of Conflict will only opt you in for War #1, not War #2. To opt-in for War #2, you have to cast it again after War #1 is over.

Weekly Schedule: Please check the forums for specific information regarding war times and requirements as they are updated on a weekly basis.
Signup: 3 - 6 hours prior to War Start Time. This varies based on how close the wars are together.
Duration: 2 hours
Matchmaking: 2 hours prior to War Start Time (Must sign up before this, rosters lock at this point).
Activity Lock: Approximately 1 hour prior to the earliest War Start Time.
Start Time: This can vary up to 15 minutes. This will be reflected in your war timer.
Forfeit: All forfeits are disabled.

Estoc's Edge - This will be given out to all winning clans. They will gain one level for winning, one level for losing. It lasts for 2 weeks and provides a bonus on all Epic Battle plunder and rewards. Should you decide to leave a clan, your Estoc’s Edge level will drop by 1 level. The maximum level is five.

Mithril - Mithril is the main payout of Estoc Trials. In the event of a no-match scenario, you can earn Mithril by completing the Vanished Paladins EB. Mithril payout is roughly dependent on the following formula:

Contribution = Mithril Spells cast + Attack Pots Spent + Defensive Pots you caused your opponents to use

Payout = Contribution + Your cut* of the sum of your opponent's contribution
*Your cut is determined by your involvement in the war

Mithril spells must be cast after you receive the notice to cast them and before the battle starts in order to be considered in the Mithril award formula. NOTE: You should wait until you’ve been matched-up before casting any Mithril spells so you don’t end up spending any unnecessary Mithril if no matches are found for you. The Vanished Paladins EB does not require any Mithril spells.

For the uses of Mithril, please check the forums for further information.

The first Estoc Trials were held in the desert city of Damas, to honor the great king, Darius. Darius was a benevolent king, and his reign over Damas was long and peaceful…until the birth of his daughter Arkosa.

Arkosa was as fierce and unyielding as a sandstorm. She would disappear into the desert for days at a time, returning wind-blown and spent, her long hair tangled and full of sand. Arkosa never spoke of her time in the desert, but when questioned, her eyes would flare with an ancient hunger.

Soon the Damascene people came to see Arkosa as a harbinger of some great, inexplicable power. Even Darius ceased to view his daughter as a flesh and blood being—her vitality was too great.

When Arkosa returned from the desert for a final time, the sun had left its mark—her hair was bleached white and her skin burnt red, and in her hands rested a sleek longsword of blue, translucent glass. The Damascenes knew at once: it was the Estoc.

Until that day, Darius had relegated the Estoc to myth, a mere story kept alive by the elders. But now, seeing the fabled sword in his daughter’s hands, Darius believed. The Estoc was real. A great change was at hand.

Darius rushed to embrace Arkosa. It was only after the Estoc pierced his chest that the king registered the lifeless look in his daughter’s eyes. Arkosa was no longer his daughter: she was of the desert now.

After the slaying of her father, Arkosa took the throne. Her first act as queen was initiating the Estoc Trials. From that day forward, the innocent blood of the Damascene people would stain the memory of the king forever...

The Legend of the Vanished Paladins

Long before the Mage uttered her fateful curse, an unusual incident befell the Red War Paladins…
It happened on a still, moonless night, when the faint rustle of the desert wind was the only sound to be heard. No shrieks pierced the noiseless night, yet in the morning, the captain awoke to discover five of his bravest soldiers gone—vanished without a trace.

The captain claimed the men fled of their own volition, they were cravens not worthy of the Paladin name. Yet inwardly, the captain knew this was a lie…
For the vanished knights were of the bravest stock—they had not fled, they had been taken.

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