Your buildings are your strength
Your citadel is a set of plots, and everything you build on them adds to one of two things: your attack, or your spies. Attack buildings decide how your raids land. Spy buildings decide how your steals land, and how well you resist other people's. Upgrade a building and you feel it straight away.
The citadel is the foundation, not the whole story. Your gear, your allies, your aura and the companion at your side all add to your strength, and the warlords at the top of the leaderboard have built every one of them.
Tiers and levels
Buildings come in tiers, and each one can be levelled up. Higher tiers are a different class of building entirely, not just a bit better, so unlocking the next tier is always a bigger moment than polishing the last one. Work out for yourself when the jump is worth it; that judgement is a big part of the game.
Getting started
- An empty plot earns nothing. Fill them first, even with cheap buildings.
- Decide whether you are an attacker or a spy, and build mostly toward it. Kingdoms that try to be both tend to be raided by both.
- Gold you are carrying is gold that can be taken. Put it to work.
- Log in every day. The Daily Tribute rewards a streak, and the later days are the good ones.
- Walk. The Voyage turns your real steps into rewards in the realms, and on the seventh moon the realms pay threefold.
Citadel skins
Skins change how your island looks to everyone who visits it. They are purely cosmetic and never change your strength.
