What Are You Here to Do?
Pick the problem, not the courseI just started and want to not waste a month
The core loop, and where new players break it.
My city is a mess
The Capitol rule, the support four, the resource split.
I keep getting farmed
The Shield of Peace, and the portal loophole.
My marches keep losing troops
How battles resolve, and why bosses hit your biggest group.
I do not know which captains to feed
Carter, Farhad, Aurora, Stror—and why depth beats stars.
I need to survive kingdom politics
Player-made law, and tile-hitting etiquette.
First Week Field Manual
Recruit · 5 lessons · 22 minThe five lessons that separate accounts that thrive from accounts that get farmed.
The Core Loop
How the whole game feeds one cycle—and where new players break it.
Build Order & Your City
The Capitol rule, the support four, and the split that decides your army size.
Never Idle: Research
Valor Points, the trees that matter, and the trap of unlocking a tier you cannot feed.
Shields & Staying Safe
The Shield of Peace, the portal loophole that beats it, and the offline checklist.
Clans 101
Why staying clanless is the worst opening mistake, and how to be worth having around.
Commander's Course
Commander · 5 lessons · 26 minTroop math, captains, and the revival economy—the systems that decide fights.
Troop Classes & Counters
Category decides the job, class decides the matchup, and matching them is free damage.
Stack Math & Layering
How battles resolve, why bosses hit your biggest stack, and how to size the rest.
Captains: Your First Four
Who to chase, why depth beats breadth, and the thirty seconds that compound forever.
Crypts & the Gear Engine
Tar in, permanent power out—the compounding loop most players skip for months.
Revival Economics & Event Timing
No hospital, only the Temple—and the timing that decides what your losses cost.
Kingdom Politics
Statesman · 4 lessons · 18 minRoE, the throne game, and clan wars—the layer of the game played in chat.
Reading Your Kingdom's RoE
Player-made law, tile-hitting etiquette, and how not to get your clan zeroed.
The Throne Game
Clash for the Throne, the Senate that actually decides it, and what a King controls.
The Clan War Calendar
Dark Omens, Trials of Olympus, and why matchmaking punishes tiers you cannot field.
KvK & Banners
Clash of Kingdoms—leagues, portals, and an economy built on things you must hold.