Seasonal Kingdom Guide

What SK is

• A limited-time event, usually once or twice a year, open only to players at Guard Level 5 (G5) or higher. A season lasts about 90 days. Basic
• You start a new account in a fast, highly competitive kingdom. Everyone starts at G2 or G3; the Season Dawn bonus gives an early advantage. From day one you face experienced players, many with big budgets. Basic
• Rewards transfer to your main account: fragments for mythical captains (Heimdall, Beowulf, Skadi and others), fragments for artifacts (Heart, Crown and others), and titles such as "Master of the Kingdom" that give temporary power boosts for several months. Basic
• Cyanite stones go only to the top 100 fastest players to open each new guardsmen level. Pink
• It has the classic features (crypts, monsters, events) plus seasonal mechanics such as Life Fountains and epic monsters that spawn for only two hours and give extra VP and XP. Basic
• Everything is faster. Normal epics, including Ragnarok, come every 5 days. Special SK events start every 4 hours and last 2 hours. Pink
• On the Season 7 calendar, Ragnarok, Arachne, Clash of Kingdoms, the Ancients events and Hellforge each start every 5 days once the first week is over. Doomsday and Armageddon start twice in every 5-day cycle. The first week is compressed, with gaps of 3 to 4 days. Live schedule: nexusportal.voltron.me/calendar
• When the season ends, the temporary kingdom becomes a permanent realm on the global map and your progress is saved if you want to keep playing. Basic

Before you join

• Pick your goal: captains like Skadi or Beowulf, mythical artifacts, a new main account, or just fun. Basic
• Set a realistic budget. Real-life bills matter more than game packs. Basic
• Join on the same day as friends and clanmates. Kingdoms are assigned automatically with no manual choice, but players from the same realm who join the same day often land together. Basic
• Expect no rules of engagement. Attacks are constant, even from your own kingdom, and rare crypts get stolen. Don't waste time complaining in realm chat. Basic
• The few rules that do exist: don't hit clan buildings and don't insult anyone. Be careful opening portals, because they get attacked. Pink
• Don't buy lots of packages until you have left the game-created clan and joined your real clan. Pink
• Expect clan requirements: Gold Pass, chest points, and goals such as opening G7 by the next Ragnarok. Clans will ask members who miss them to leave. Pink

Budget tiers

What to buy

Required by most clans

• Gold Pass ($20 a month). The clan needs the Gold Pass bonuses, and it is the source of Epic Hunter mercs.
• Premium Status ($5 a week). Boosts construction, troop speed and general efficiency.
• Rapid Marches ($10 for 14 days). Found in the Featured section of the shop.

Strongly recommended

• Starter Kit ($5) and Supremacy Kit ($10) on Day 1. Basic
• Elite Pass ($50) for at least the first month: a good amount of gold, speed-ups and captain fragments. Pink
• Triumphal bundle ($80), available after you buy the Elite Pass. Highly recommended at the start for the extra 30% VP and XP. DN
• Delay claiming pass rewards. Rewards start low and rise with guardsmen level, with G7+ the highest. Check your main to see which rewards change by level and wait to claim those. Pink
• Forest Pass ($10 a week): a merc package plus forest coins for other mercs and goods in the Forest Shop. If you are close to a new G level, don't open the shop until you unlock it, because the rewards upgrade with G level (G7+ are the same). Pink
• Total Development package ($5). Buy it after the free one ends. The free one lasts about 24 hours and the package adds 2 more days. Pink
• x2 package before any $5 packages. It doubles speed-ups, resource packs and gold (36K instead of 18K), but x2 offers last only 2 hours. Then buy the $5 packages for resources, silver and speed-ups. Pink
• $4.99 resource deals. Buy one and many more appear: silver, speed-ups, building resources. They expire after 2 hours and disappear forever, so keep buying until you no longer need them. The $4.99 silver pack is what keeps you building troops and attacking. Brag
• Forest Shop 5% VP+XP boost. Buy it from the start so it accumulates into a good boost for G9. Pink
• Spend gold on blueprints first. You need a lot of them. Once they are all complete, use gold however you like. Pink
• Start-of-season special deal: a title for 7 days with 50% VP and XP. Consider holding the claim for higher levels. Buying 1M gold gives a free hero avatar; choose Alrick, because everyone plays KvK in SK. Pink

Lucky Bazaar

• The season starts with Lucky Bazaar. Buy coins until you have at least the 50% bonus. DN
• Never spin more than 100 coins per spin. 30 per spin has given the best results. DN
• The best prize is a high VP/XP bonus. Mercs and potions are also good. Brag

Captains to buy

• Hercules ($250), in the first week if your budget allows. He gives much better VP than Beowulf or Skadi in the early and mid game. Basic
• When buying Hercules: pick the potion boxes in the first package (valuable resources x2), buy the guardsmen mercs, then buy the Hercules fragments. Brag
• Cleopatra package if you skip Hercules. She will be your best captain, so get her as early as you can. Pink
• Cheaper option: Cleo starter package plus hero unlock (180k gold) to unlock Meriones. Brag

Merc packages

• Los Pink: contents are smaller at low levels, especially mercs, so don't buy merc packages until G7. G7, G8 and G9 contents are the same. Buy the $5 KvK special merc packages after G7.
• Brag (high budget): buy merc packages first, when they are cheapest at $44.99. Start with 1 specialist and 1 Arachne or guardsmen package. Arachne mercs allow longer stacking. Watch the 2-hour timer; you may need an x2 package.
• Lower budget: buy only a few of the $4.99 packages and aim for a level 65 hero. Brag

Day 1: Total Development

Do not rush. Total Development makes revives 10x cheaper and marches 10x faster, and lets you finish buildings, research and training instantly. Instant completion ends when your hero or Academy reaches level 20. Cheap revives continue as long as the Academy stays below 21.

• Aim for 1–2M might on Day 1 so high-ranking clans will take you. Basic
• Keep the Academy at level 19 and finish every research it allows: guardsmen, archaeology, blacksmith, monsters, economy, logistics, army mod. Pink Brag
• Take all buildings to their maximum (level 19). Demolish mansions, keeping one, and build farms. Put barracks everywhere else. Pink Brag
• Stock up on potions and plenty of silver to rebuild troops while revives are cheap. Brag
• Stay G3 under Total Development and store VP. Players who unlock G4 without VP stored then have to buy more merc packages, pay full revival costs and burn speed-ups building troops. Brag
• Only then take the Academy and hero to 20. Pink
• Open G4 during Ragnarok, or wait for an easier event such as Hell's Forge. Get the points while revives are cheap and use them later. Pink

To verify in game. The Academy may be able to go to level 20 and still keep instant construction. If so, wait until you have the resources to take all other buildings to level 24, and hold the Academy at 20 to keep the 10x cheaper revives. DN

VP to store Brag

If you can't reach 85B, get as close as you can and earn the rest once you have G5 troops. This approach may not make the top 100 for G4 and G5, but it saves money in the long run. Brag

Forest Camp DN

The Forest Camp is a part of your city that you upgrade. It generates resources, and those resources unlock more bonuses for your account.

Upgrade it early. The system compounds. The sooner you upgrade the buildings, the faster they produce and the sooner the bonuses unlock, so you progress faster and spend less money over the season because the resources arrive passively.

• Upgrade Forest Camp buildings as early as you can.
• Collect the resources regularly. Don't let storage fill up, and don't let production run out.
• Exchange the generated resources for building resources within the camp.
• Use the building resources to unlock recipes. Recipes let you generate higher quality materials.

Finishing the camp and collecting the mythic items at the end requires spending; there is no cheap way to do it. Spending at the beginning pays dividends, and the title for top 100 in the camp is a nice bonus if you can afford it.

Calculator planned. DeedleNick plans to add a calculator: enter your current Forest Camp levels and status, and it will show what to upgrade or spend now so that you spend the least over the whole season.

Hero path Brag

• Attack Armageddon first. Stack using the optimized death order: troops die before monsters, and monsters before mercenaries. DN
• Don't use your Epic Monster Hunters, or not many. Save them for Ragnarok.
• If other events are live, such as Doomsday, pause at hero level 25 and claim their XP/VP bonuses before pushing on.
• Take the hero to level 105 on Armageddon.
• Play Forest Blade whenever it runs. It gives more hero XP than Armageddon. DN
• After hero 105, level one of Hercules, Cleo or Aydae, plus Carter, on Doomsday to level 60–75. On a low budget aim lower. This assumes Carter has been summoned.
• After upgrading the Academy, put talents into Economy: max Construction Speed, Food Production and Research Speed. A level 105 hero can reach section III. Leftover talents go to resource gathering (the potion event) and tile bonus.
• Reset talents when you are ready to crypt, until the hero is big enough to cover every section.
• Reset talents at hero levels 25, 65, 105 and 145, and put Expert Battle Tactics first. The priority order is in the wiki. NoM
• Research the G6 prerequisites only; hold the G6 troop itself for Ragnarok. Take buildings to level 30 and buy every building resource package offered.

Battle talents by hero level

G-level roadmap Brag

First Ragnarok: start at G5, then unlock G6

How it works now. The guard level you start the event with sets your shop and goals for that event. Upgrade after it starts and you keep the easier goals but fight with stronger troops. There is no need to avoid opening the event page or the shop. DN

• Start the event at G5.
• Once the event has started, unlock G6. You keep the G5 shop and G5 goals, and the G6 troops make the rewards ladder easier to finish.
• Triumphal Epic Monster Hunters upgrade to level 8 at G6 (green mercs, 75k strength).
• Buy guardsman, specialist and Arachne packages; how many depends on budget. Variety allows longer stacking, and x2 packages give lots of mercs.
• End Ragnarok with plenty of mercs so the hero can reach 145 on the next Armageddon.
• Buy Carter fragments from the Rag store until he is 7 stars.
• Buy Cleo fragments from the Rag store until she is 7 stars. DN
• Decide whether XP packs are worth it by how many levels they add to Carter. It may be wiser to wait for the next Ragnarok, when the G7 shop has much higher value XP boxes.

G7, before the next Ragnarok

• Take the hero to at least 140, ideally 145, to assign Unit Strength III and take the Capitol to 35.
• Store 1,062B VP to unlock the first G7 troop.
• If you have VP to spare, keep monsters one level below guards (unlock M6 here).
• The G7 shop has great rewards. Buy resources as and when you need them.
• Do not buy Ragnarok equipment yet. If you send rewards to main, buy purple gear. Otherwise save coins until G8, when red and yellow equipment is at its cheapest.
• Brag sends armor rewards at this level to the seasonal account and uses them against epics.

G8 (hero 200), M7 and M8

• Play all the VP events to unlock M7, then G8, then M8.
• Buy 6 pieces of red equipment over 2 Ragnaroks and put them on Meriones during Vineweaver. That adds plenty of power.
• Keep plenty of coins to keep buying silver and monster coins. Silver funds your play every 5 days.
• From here there is no need to spend beyond Triumphal Pass, Forest Pass, Premium, Rapid Marches and $4.99 merc packages. Silver from the Rag store and power from your troops carry you.

G9 (hero 250)

• Spend most resources on Vineweaver, which gives the best VP for the revival cost. It also levels your hero for the guard unlocks. Learn the schedule and plan for it.
• On Armageddon, Doomsday and Arachne, go for the title, triumphal scrolls and the stacking XP/VP bonus, then stop. Arachne is costly beyond that.
• Hot tip: at G8 aiming for G9, save everything (DCs, mercs) until you can make 1T hits, then spend it all and get G9 in one event. Pink
• For G9 rewards, captain stars are more profitable. Pink

S9

• Start preparing at G9/M9/S8 or G9/M8/S8. S9 is done during Clash of Kingdoms.
• Trade birds with 7 to 9 players, so you both defend and attack.
• Defence: level Aydae, Wu and Brunhild. Attack: Aydae, Cleo and Dustan.
• You need around 2–3B silver. The G9 Rag shop sells up to 1.2B, which is why saving coins matters. The Forest Shop sells silver too.
• Open S9 during the big seasonal event if you can. See Events. DN

Balance rule. Don't neglect army mod, monster boost and specialist levels. Don't open a new G level if monsters and specialists aren't at the same level, or you will struggle to get event rewards. Pink

Captains

You need other captains for Hall of Fame, but these are the main ones. Pink

Mercs for big epics Pink

Los Pink used 14 kinds of mercs for big epics like Vineweaver, especially after G7. Use them wisely: with this many events they run out quickly.

You can also save all your merc boxes until the end and push hard for the Seasonal top 100 title. DN

Events

Aim for the title in every event. This matters most for events whose title gives a leadership bonus, such as Doomsday and Arachne, which come round often in SK. DN

Forest events

SK specials. They start every 4 hours and last 2 hours. Someone usually shares a schedule. Listed in priority order. DN

Clan play

• Join a powerful clan on day one; it is half the battle. If your clan can't generate at least 1,000 chests a day or kill 6 Tin Men a week, you likely won't reach your potential. Don't be afraid to switch. Basic
• Check the kingdom wealth ranking and contact a recruiter before applying. Unsolicited applications are often rejected. Basic
• The best place for a clan base is the centre of the map, where most epic monsters spawn. Basic
• Chest counter: always follow your clan's targets. Many top clans use automated counters with a weekly minimum. DN Basic
• Clan altar: 6,000 points minimum every day. DN
• Collect every bonus and booster you can; the clan altar matters for this. If you can't keep it at 100%, choose your events and use essences wisely. Pink
• Create vaults and do Tin Man chests. Keep improving guards and specialists, and stay active. LEG
• Coordinate activity times with clanmates for the 2-hour epics and events. Basic
• Use speed-ups to scout crypts under 250 km quickly. Opening portals for crypts is usually inefficient and expensive outside KvK. Basic
• Don't spend gold recklessly. Blueprints come first. Pink

Rewards sent to main Pink

Captains need 200 fragments per star. Artifacts need 200 to summon plus 50 per spike, so 400 fragments for the first star and 250 for each star after.

* To confirm. The source labels the last row "G6" a second time; G9 is assumed. Monument fragments are an alternative at each level, but the amounts are unknown because they are new.

• At G9, choose captain stars; they are the more profitable pick.
• You choose where rewards go. Keep gear on SK until G8, because you need it there. At G8 you get red gear and at G9 gold. Send only red and gold to main.

Academy, blueprints and gold

What each guard level needs before you can research it. Gold is the cost of buying that many blueprints, about 10 gold each.

Guardsmen: VP cost

Each guard level has two research lines to complete, Training Cost and March Speed. Both cost the same, step for step. Then each unit is unlocked separately. Carrying Capacity is a third line at the same price, but from G5 up it is not needed to advance or to unlock troops.

Every figure in the guardsmen and specialist tables was checked against the TB Clan Portal research tracker. DN

Guardsmen: totals by level

• All research is the two lines you need: Training Cost and March Speed.
• Overall is all research plus all units. From G5 up it leaves out Carrying Capacity.
• Exception at G4: the two required lines there are March Speed and Carrying Capacity, so the 400M already includes it. The 640M overall matches Brag.
• First unit of a level needs all research plus one unit: 75B for G6 and 1,062B for G7, which matches Brag.
• Carrying Capacity is the third line, shown in the last column. It is not needed to progress.

Specialists: CP cost

Laid out the same way as guardsmen: two research lines per level, then the units. S1 and S2 are left out.

Specialists: totals by level

• All research is the two lines you need. Overall is all research plus the units, without Carrying Capacity.
• Spies are not counted. They aren't required to reach new troop levels, so S3 and S4 count Swordsmen only, and S5 to S9 count 4 units each.
• Carrying Capacity is the third line from S5 up, shown in the last column. It is not needed to progress.
• Exception at S4: the two required lines there are March Speed and Carrying Capacity, so the 191.4M already includes it.
• Captains in the same tree: Ye Ho-Sung costs 120K CP and Dustan costs 22M CP.

Hero talents

Reset your talents at hero levels 25, 65, 105 and 145. Each time, work down the tree with Expert Battle Tactics as the priority.

Expert Battle Tactics, in priority order

• Army strength and health: unlock every block. Highest priority.
• March speed for riders, infantry, archers and flyers: unlock last, only if talents remain after everything else, as the hero grows.
• Troop production speed: ignore at the beginning, because talents are scarce during the season. Open it at the end as the hero grows. This is where most speed-ups get spent.
• March speed for siege weapons, walls and related blocks: ignore completely.
• Carrying capacity: ignore. Only worth it for a player who is always plundering.

Battle Tactics

• Strength and health: unlock everything, except catapults and walls. Highest priority.
• Chance of double damage: always unlock every block.
• March speed: work from the bottom up. Not worth touching before hero 200.
• Production speed: up to you, as your hero grows.

Epic crypts and omniscience gear

• Pick only 4 types of epic crypt to run for crypt omniscience equipment.
• Check the forge for the items needed to craft one type of crypt equipment, and run only the 4 epic crypts that drop them. You get omniscience equipment much faster this way.
• All 3 pieces of Carter's clothing can be the same kind of gear.

Crypt gems, step by step

• Run only right-facing rare crypts for crypt gems at this stage.
• Spend oil, and get keys from the Ragnarok shop or by doing citadels.
• Disenchant every gem that is not a crypt gem.
• Craft the LOWEST level crypt gems.
• Combine them all the way up for better crypt gems.
• Later, remove the gems when you get better equipment or better gems, then combine again or move them to the new equipment.
• Repeat every time you have oil.
• At G7–G9 you will probably need research gems too. Make them the same way.

Dragon evolution: orbs needed

Profit tip

The most profitable thing in SK: portal-to-portal attacks with rapid marches.