What’s new
New and updated guides and the site’s new tools, most recent first.
Sunday, 8 November 202613 guides
On the site
New: a troop calculator for the food, wood and time to train or promote soldiers, from costs recorded in game (levels 1 to 7).
On the site
New: choose your kingdom so every date matches it, hero profiles, bosses and monsters, active gift codes, site-wide search, a hero and Griffin calculator, video links in the guides and Breakout runs by stage.
On the site
New: a Duel points calculator, a building upgrade calculator, reading paths by player profile and this What’s new page. Every guide now has a button to report a mistake.
On the site
The site opens to every Top Lords player and becomes Top Lords HQ, with English as its main language.
New guideTroops and combatArena: climbing the ranks without losing troopsWhen to fight, who to attack, how to set your defense and why you should use every challenge each day.New guideResources and currenciesBounty Tasks: send heroes, assist, plunderThe daily missions of the Bounty Lodge: rarities, refreshing, UR bounties, assisting allies and 5 plunders a day.New guideEventsBreakout: the level playing fieldThe event where your power doesn't matter: how the ranking works, how not to lose a stage for nothing, and where to find walkthroughs.New guideEventsCaravan Trade: sending and plundering wagons4 wagons a day: how to escort them, when to refresh for a UR wagon, and how to plunder wagons from other servers.New guideHeroes and squadsKing's gear promotion and the Dragonslayer swordWhat promotion changes after level 40, which order to promote in, and the full bill for turning the King's Sword into Dragonslayer.New guideHeroes and squadsMartial damage and Tactical damageEvery skill deals one damage type: how to read it, which bonuses and protections apply, and what to check before changing your squad.New guideTips and mistakesSkins and frames: the hidden bonusesSome skins give a bonus as soon as you own them, others only while you wear them: how to tell them apart.New guideTroops and combatSurviving SvS: keeping your troops and hitting backWhen to man your wall, how to react depending on who attacks, a job for each squad, and how to heal without losing your wounded.New guideEventsTusk Vanguard: individual and alliance challengesThe two-part event: everyone beats the Vanguard troops at their difficulty, then the alliance takes down the Elite troops with rallies.UpdatedAlliance DuelAlliance Duel: overviewThe 6 themed days, who can take part, and the mistakes that cost you the weekly reward.UpdatedCastle and researchHathaway and Derian: the special workersWhat Hathaway (Intel Task chests) and Derian (hero attack and march size) give you, the rank breakpoints that matter and what their shards cost.UpdatedTroops and combatRallies and castle defenseLaunching an ambush rally with no time to shield, setting up wall defense, and surviving an attack.UpdatedTroops and combatWaterfall trainingTrain low-level soldiers, then promote them barracks by barracks: the method, and which barracks to build at each Castle level.
Sunday, 1 November 20264 guides
New guideEventsRoyal Chest: 7 days to earn keysThe Royal Chest event day by day: themes, Badges of Merit, keys, milestones, and how to play it right before the first Alliance Duel.UpdatedCastle and researchLeveling your Castle: requirements, order and costsThe buildings each level requires, what to upgrade first, how much it costs to reach Castle 30, and the habits that stop you wasting build time.UpdatedHeroes and squadsTavern recruitment: when each UR hero arrivesWhich UR heroes can come out of recruitment tickets depending on kingdom age, at what odds, and the dates for kingdom 108.UpdatedHeroes and squadsYour first squad and when to change itA starting squad with SSR and SR heroes, why Tribe is the right pick to start, and which hero to replace as each UR arrives.
Saturday, 31 October 20269 guides
On the site
German and Russian versions, guides as images to save or share, and a Tools page: speedup calculator, mistakes to avoid and R4 toolbox.
New guideEventsArchery Master: spend your arrows without wasteThe rules of the Archery Master event: a grand prize you choose, a guaranteed hit per floor, and how many arrows to plan for.New guideTroops and combatGoing to another kingdom without teleportingTwo ways to go plunder in another kingdom without a teleport item: through a wagon, or through the Duel's Alliance Raid.New guideHeroes and squadsRecommended compositions: which UR hero teamsOne team per faction with the 15 UR heroes, a 3 + 2 mix with the best heroes, and the right picks for bosses, attack, garrison and Vanguard.New guideTips and mistakesSpeed bonuses: how much time you really saveWhy +100% speed halves a timer instead of erasing it, how to work out the real time, and in which order bonuses, alliance help and speedups apply.New guideHeroes and squadsUR hero skills: upgrade order and medal costsWhich skill to level first for each of the 15 UR heroes, in PvP and against bosses, and how many Skill Medals each step costs.UpdatedAlliance DuelAlliance Duel, day 2: Castle ExpansionDecorations, wagons, bounty tasks and construction speedups: how to score big on day 2.UpdatedAlliance DuelAlliance Duel, day 6: Enemy EliminationThe highest-scoring day: fighting the opposing alliance, healing speedups and following the R4s.UpdatedEventsGold Mine ConquestThe alliance event with no troop losses: requirements, sign-up, buildings to take and rules to know.UpdatedTroops and combatPlunder: limits and protectionHow much you can plunder per day (castles, wagons, Bounty Tasks, ships), what is protected, and how to avoid being emptied.
Friday, 30 October 202627 guides
On the site
Launch of the site: the first guides in English and French, the weekly calendar, the glossary and the “Where to start?” questionnaire.
New guideEventsAlliance Cargo ShipHow to board, pick your cabin, protect your cargo, and what to know about Trade Contracts.New guideAlliance DuelAlliance Duel, day 1: Intel TrainingIntel Tasks, stamina and beast items: what scores most on the first Duel day.New guideAlliance DuelAlliance Duel, day 3: Tech ResearchIntel Tasks, research speedups and Medals of Honor: the recipe for day 3.New guideAlliance DuelAlliance Duel, day 4: Hero DevelopmentRecruiting, shards and Skill Medals: how to rack up points on hero day.New guideAlliance DuelAlliance Duel, day 5: Soldier TrainingTraining, ore, pig iron, wagons and Intel Tasks: what counts on day 5.New guideGetting startedAlliance ranks: R1 to R5Who can do what in the alliance, what the R4s and R5 handle, and how to help the alliance at any rank.New guideCastle and researchAlliance TechThe 29 alliance technologies, what they give at max level, and the recommended order to help every member grow.New guideEventsCapital SiegeThe weekly siege of the kingdom's Capital: requirements, the Deadzone, Honor score, Kingdom Titles and the King's awards.New guideHeroes and squadsCrafting your gearThe 12 craftable gear pieces (SR, SSR, UR), their starting stats and how to choose based on the hero's role.New guideGetting startedDaily and weekly routineThe small actions to do every day and every week to progress fast and help the alliance, in a few minutes.New guideHeroes and squadsFaction buffs and squad compositionWhat a single-faction squad gives you, how the Lord counts in the formation, and the limits of this bonus.New guideGetting startedGetting started: priorities for your first daysGood habits to start with: secure your account, keep your queues busy, build one squad and don't waste Gems.New guideResources and currenciesGift codes: where to find them and how to use themCodes are not entered in the game. Here is how to redeem them with your UID on the official store.New guideEventsGolden NestAn Intel encounter to share with your alliance: the more allies guard the hen, the faster she lays.New guideEventsKingdom DuelOur kingdom against others: how we earn Kingdom Points during the week, then the Saturday battle for the Capital.New guideResources and currenciesKingdom Fair and Shimmer CoinsHow Shimmer Coins work, why there's no rush to spend them, and how to avoid wasteful purchases.New guideTips and mistakesKingdom Laws and punishmentsThe three laws the King can enact, the seven punishment Brands, and the Wanted skill: what to know to avoid being punished.New guideHeroes and squadsPlacing heroes in your squadWhere to put tanks and damage heroes across the five slots, in what order the enemy hits, and which faction beats which.New guideAlliance DuelPreparing for the Duel: Sunday and what to save for which daySunday scores nothing, but it wins the week: what not to spend, what to start, and the day-by-day cheat sheet.New guideEventsRace to AceThe small daily ranking against players of your level: how it works and which theme pays the most.New guideCastle and researchRoyal Favor: a free boost you just have to ask forHow to request the Royal Architect, Scholar or Marshal favor, and when to use it to save hours of building or research.New guideTroops and combatSoldiers: tiers and statsWhat each soldier tier is worth, which Castle level it needs, and why moving up a tier matters more than raw numbers.New guideEventsTaking cities as an allianceCity levels, declaring war, how a city is won, alliance bonuses and the City Lord's role.New guideEventsTusk Spoils RushCollecting spoils in the event zone, choosing between the inner and outer zone, and not losing everything at the end of a round.New guideHeroes and squadsUR heroes: who to upgrade firstWhich UR heroes to favor by use (monsters, attack, defense, Vanguard), by faction, and how to spend resources without waste.New guideHeroes and squadsWall of HonorWhat to do with shards of a hero already at five stars: Honor levels and the faction bonuses they unlock.New guideEventsWorld bosses and imperial monstersWhich heroes to field against each Tusk boss by day, and how to run successful rallies against imperial monsters.