Alliance ranks: R1 to R5
- Switching alliances mid-Duel: you can lose your rewards.
- Attacking someone without checking the kingdom's agreements.
- Staying unshielded with lots of resources while you are away.
Mistakes to avoid
Every mistake flagged in the guides, in one place. Each block links to the guide that explains why.
123 mistakes across 8 topics
Getting started
Getting started: priorities for your first days
- Judging a team only by its power.
- Spending Gems without looking for a free alternative.
- Following an old strategy without checking the game's current rules.
Alliance Duel
Alliance Duel: overview
- Leaving the alliance mid-week: you lose the victory reward, even if you come back the next day.
- Using speedups on the wrong day.
- Joining mid-Duel and expecting to contribute right away: your alliance contribution is capped on your first day.
Preparing for the Duel: Sunday and what to save for which day
- Finishing a construction on Sunday evening: it counts for nothing.
- Using Healing Speedups before Saturday.
- Promoting gear on any day but Friday: Ore and Pig Iron score points then.
Alliance Duel, day 1: Intel Training
- Using your Beast Cores mid-week.
- Relying on Hero EXP: it scores almost nothing today (1 point per use of 250 EXP or more).
Alliance Duel, day 2: Castle Expansion
- Placing a UR decoration on any other day.
- Sending all your UR Wagons on day 2 if the alliance is behind on day 5.
Alliance Duel, day 3: Tech Research
- Finishing research on other days for no reason.
Alliance Duel, day 4: Hero Development
- Doing your recruitments early in the week.
- Counting on Hero EXP to score: 1 point per use.
Alliance Duel, day 5: Soldier Training
- Emptying your training speedups before day 5 (they also count on day 6).
Alliance Duel, day 6: Enemy Elimination
- Attacking a strong target alone: you lose troops for few points.
- Leaving your castle without a shield if you are not taking part in the fights.
Events
Alliance Cargo Ship
- Thinking that gifting contracts guarantees a seat: it does not.
- Paying with Gems expecting to get them back.
- Queuing in a cabin you don't actually want.
- Forgetting to check the ship log and the reward mail.
Archery Master: spend your arrows without waste
- Buying arrows hoping for a grand prize on the first shot: it's rare.
- Forgetting to pick the grand prize before shooting.
- Leaving arrows unused when the event ends.
Breakout: the level playing field
- Leaving a stage in progress: it counts as a failure.
- Copying a video route without checking the mode: stage numbers overlap between modes (Prologue, Hard…).
Capital Siege
- Planning on March Speedups: they are disabled.
- Switching targets without returning to your castle.
- Relying on your Shield in the Deadzone.
Caravan Trade: sending and plundering wagons
- Looking for wagons from your own alliance: you can only plunder lords outside your alliance.
- Attacking a wagon that has already been plundered twice: it is protected.
Gold Mine Conquest
- Leaving the event area: you can't come back.
- Signing up without being sure you'll be available.
Golden Nest
- Sending a long march without opening the encounter first.
- Tying up your combat or gathering squad at the wrong time: keep an eye on it.
Kingdom Duel
- Going alone at the enemy Capital without following the plan.
- Spending your teleporters on something else during duel week.
Race to Ace
- Spending Duel items just for Race to Ace: the Duel comes first.
- Forgetting that the theme changes every 4 hours.
Royal Chest: 7 days to earn keys
- Burning all your speedups: the Alliance Duel starts the day after day 7.
- Crafting or enhancing gear for points: it doesn't count.
- Spending gems hoping for points: only gems in purchased packs count.
Taking cities as an alliance
- Attacking before protection ends or outside the declaration.
- Chasing the final hit: it decides nothing.
- Letting shop items expire before Monday.
Tusk Spoils Rush
- Shielding by reflex in the outer zone while carrying lots of spoils.
- Teleporting out of the zone at the end of a round.
- Entering the dead zone alone against big players.
Tusk Vanguard: individual and alliance challenges
- Waiting until the end of the event to start: the alliance won't be able to summon the Elite in time.
- Picking a low difficulty "to be safe": you also hold yourself back for the next event.
- Attacking the Elite alone: wasted time and soldiers.
Heroes and squads
Crafting your gear
- Stacking attack on everyone, even a support or a tank.
- Forgetting enhancement and promotion costs in your budget.
- Comparing an enhanced piece to a fresh one.
Faction buffs and squad composition
- Fielding a weak hero just for the faction: the bonus ignores skills, stars and gear.
- Confusing this bonus with Tribe, Legion or Ranger bonuses from buildings and research, which are separate.
King's gear promotion and the Dragonslayer sword
- Promote gear on the Castle Master or a bench hero.
- Start a promotion you cannot finish: check the Coin cost isn't red before committing materials.
- Try to promote before level 40: the button won't let you.
Placing heroes in your squad
- Putting your main damage hero in front.
- Spreading resources over ten heroes at once.
- Rebuilding the whole squad for every new hero.
Recommended compositions: which UR hero teams
- Lining up five strong heroes from three different factions: you lose the whole bonus.
- Putting a tank in the back because it has a lot of power.
- Splitting your shards between Attila and Joan of Arc: they deal the same type of damage, pick one.
Tavern recruitment: when each UR hero arrives
- Thinking that waiting raises your odds: saving tickets only changes when you pull.
- Trusting old screenshots: pools change with the seasons.
- Thinking a bigger pool gives better odds for your hero. It's the opposite.
UR hero skills: upgrade order and medal costs
- Leveling the skills of a hero you are about to replace.
- Sinking all your medals into a 50,000 level while other heroes have 5,000 levels waiting.
- Forgetting stars: without them you hit the cap quickly.
UR heroes: who to upgrade first
- Spreading EXP, Skill Medals and universal shards over every UR.
- Splitting rare shards between two similar heroes (for example Attila and Joan of Arc) without comparing.
- Treating this ranking as absolute truth.
Wall of Honor
- Spreading shards everywhere instead of aiming for a milestone.
- Thinking the bonus covers the whole squad: only heroes of that faction.
- Putting universal shards here while a hero in your squad isn't at five stars yet.
Your first squad and when to change it
- Leveling one hero of each faction "just in case".
- Spending Skill Medals on an SR you're about to replace.
- Waiting for five URs before joining rallies and the Duel: your starting squad is enough early on.
Castle and research
Alliance Tech
- Thinking Auto Rally makes you join rallies against players.
- Thinking Soldier Load makes your march bigger: it only raises what it carries.
- Thinking Senior Medic heals faster: it heals more soldiers at once.
- Counting on attacker and defender bonuses against monsters: they only apply in PvP.
Hathaway and Derian: the special workers
- Moving to another kingdom during the Chamberlain Hathaway event: it stops and the stored chests are lost.
- Buying every Hathaway pack too early: it ends the event ahead of time.
- Paying for Derian before you have a solid squad: the bonus mostly helps big players.
Leveling your Castle: requirements, order and costs
- Finishing timers with gems.
- Leaving a build queue empty.
- Upgrading every building to the same level.
Royal Favor: a free boost you just have to ask for
- Asking before you have the resources: your turn goes to waste.
- Using it on a few-minute upgrade.
- Forgetting to start the build while it's active.
Troops and combat
Arena: climbing the ranks without losing troops
- Fighting right after the reset: it scores less than at the end of the day.
- Attacking a much stronger player "just to see".
- Forgetting your defense after changing heroes.
Going to another kingdom without teleporting
- Using a teleport item for this: you don't need one.
- Repeating the action without waiting the 5 minutes.
Plunder: limits and protection
- Plundering inside the kingdom when a law forbids it (see the Kingdom Laws guide).
- Sending a small squad: it only brings back its load.
- Leaving large unprotected resources before going offline.
Rallies and castle defense
- Scouting the target before an ambush.
- Letting the infirmaries fill up: the next soldiers die.
- Staying against a much stronger attacker without alliance instructions.
Surviving SvS: keeping your troops and hitting back
- Letting your wards fill up: once full, the next wounded die.
- Manning your wall with weak troops against a big player.
- Sending your defense squad after a target that isn't worth it.
Waterfall training
- Filling your Drill Ground with unpromoted low-level soldiers.
- Needing your troops for a march before the waterfall is done.
- Upgrading every barracks to the same level.
Resources and currencies
Kingdom Fair and Shimmer Coins
- Buying coins without knowing what to get.
- Spending a small leftover balance just to use it.
- Thinking more coins unlock a sold-out offer: the purchase limit stays the same.
Tips and mistakes
Skins and frames: the hidden bonuses
- Thinking a timed skin gives a permanent bonus.
- Assuming every frame works the same way.
Speed bonuses: how much time you really save
- Thinking a speed bonus lowers the cost: it only changes the duration.
- Subtracting percentages from the clock: +50% and then +50% don't make the time disappear.
- Using speedups before activating a temporary bonus.
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