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Evony Guides for Smarter Builds and Better Battles

Research-backed guides for generals, PvP, monsters, city growth, events, and every decision that compounds.

Buffs

2 guides

Combat

19 guides
Blazon
combat

Blazon

Blazons equip at the four training facilities to add large troop-type Attack/Defense/HP buffs; 48 blazons across 8 sets and 6 elements, max Lv20.

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How to Use Monarch Gear
combat

How to Use Monarch Gear

Correct timing: swap monarch gear per activity and equip only at the trigger moment, because buffs lock in when the action starts or troops arrive.

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Seal
combat

Seal

Seals are a Spiritual-Beast buff system like Academy research: always-on buffs that need no beast assigned to a general.

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Specialty Guide
combat

Specialty Guide

General specialties (4 on gold, 3 on purple) plus the Flexible 5th Specialty, with runestone/gem costs and F2P feasibility.

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Economy

104 guides
Academy
economy

Academy

Main research building (Keep Lv2); research is blocked while it upgrades; push Advancement/Typography research first because it raises Research Speed and sno…

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Alliance Competition Event
economy

Alliance Competition Event

~10-day quest event where many NORMAL bot actions (building, research, gathering, boss kills, cultivating, shrine offers) score points; delete low-value ques…

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Alliance Shop Item List
economy

Alliance Shop Item List

Spend alliance points (from killing monsters) here; only Tribute (and Truce Agreements) are worth buying at full price -- everything else only during random…

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Archer Camp
economy

Archer Camp

Ranged-troop training building; unlocks higher ranged tiers by level and has the Duty Officer slot at Lv21 (earlier than Barracks).

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Archer Tower
economy

Archer Tower

Wall-defense building (Keep 6, Walls-gated); Duty Officer slot very early at Lv11; gates high-level Archer Camp upgrades.

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Army Camp
economy

Army Camp

March/troop-capacity support building (Keep 6); cheap, Keep-only gated, no troop-tier unlocks; gates Rally Spot Lv26+.

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Arsenal
economy

Arsenal

Troop-tier-upgrade building unlocked at Keep 27 and permanently capped at Level 1; enables converting lower-tier troops to higher tiers.

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Art Hall
economy

Art Hall

Collection/buff building (Keep 11) giving rewards and buffs for accumulated generals and artworks; gates Keep 28/33 and the Triumphal Arch.

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Barracks
economy

Barracks

Ground-troop training building; level unlocks higher ground tiers (T2@6 ... T17@50) and training capacity/speed; Duty Officer slot at Lv25.

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Battlefield Shop Item List
economy

Battlefield Shop Item List

Battlefield Shop spends Badges or Dragon Crystals on generals, scrolls, gems, gold, resources, EXP and materials; buying gems with badges (5,000 gems = 110 b…

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Bunker
economy

Bunker

Troop-protection building (Keep 9) that deposits soldiers out of combat for up to 12 hours; deposit is disabled while it upgrades; capacity 100k-800k dependi…

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Chest Contents (Event chest)
economy

Chest Contents (Event chest)

Reference list of what's inside various EVENT chests (Fire Spirit, Flower, Luxury Treasure, King's, Taxing Gift, Candy, Witch's Bag) -- drop-content data for…

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Cleopatra’s Treasure
economy

Cleopatra’s Treasure

Gacha event: farm key fragments free by hunting monsters (80/day) and gathering (20/day); repaired keys open gem-cost chests for a chance at a golden general…

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Consuming Return Event
economy

Consuming Return Event

The single most important economy event: it REBATES a large share of resources/speedups/items you spend, so hoard resources and time big construction/trainin…

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Council of State
economy

Council of State

PvP buff building (from Keep 1, but gated by Pasture/Victory Column) where appointing star-6+ golden generals to positions grants combat buffs; unlocks more…

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Crazy Eggs
economy

Crazy Eggs

Fully F2P hammer event: spend hammers to smash/activate four eggs (min ~58, usually ~70 for all four) for gems, stamina, teleporters, speedups, materials and…

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Dead City Power List
economy

Dead City Power List

Rough monarch-power thresholds by Keep level to identify a 'dead' (abandoned/no-troop) city before attacking, plus gray zones and alive-city comparisons.

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Dwarf’s Lucky Apple
economy

Dwarf’s Lucky Apple

Fully F2P wish event: earn Wishing Coins free by killing monsters and gathering, spend on apple tiers for rewards (stamina, teleporters, speedups); deliver a…

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Ekaterina’s Garden
economy

Ekaterina’s Garden

SPEND/PAY event mechanically identical to King's Party but cheaper; buying Basic Gems fills a garden for Civilization scrolls and an Epic general; not F2P-vi…

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Embassy
economy

Embassy

Governs alliance-help count, reinforcement capacity and resource-transport; raising it (and Market) increases how much free alliance help you receive -- a di…

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Farm
economy

Farm

Food-production field; its own upgrade never costs food (only lumber/stone/ore), strictly Keep-gated, cheap early and enormous late.

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Forge
economy

Forge

Equipment-crafting building (Keep 7); higher level and Watchtower level unlock higher equipment tiers; Craft is blocked while it upgrades; Champion's/King's…

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Hecate’s Moon Event
economy

Hecate’s Moon Event

Solo daily monster-hunt challenge scored by defeating a configurable Trial Temple boss plus monsters and Hecates; 2 free keys/day; torches expire after the e…

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Holy Palace
economy

Holy Palace

Recalls Deserters and revives dead Souls (separate from the Hospital); soul revival consumes Soul Crystals; gates Keep 38 and the Victory Column.

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Hospital
economy

Hospital

Heals wounded and revives SvS dead; capacity scales with level plus many buffs; Heal is blocked while it upgrades (do not upgrade mid-war); cannot heal siege…

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How to Get Runestone
economy

How to Get Runestone

Runestones raise General Specialty; best F2P sources are Dwarf's Lucky Apple, Battlefield personal-score rewards, Daily Activity, Champion loyalty, and selli…

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How to get Badge (& Useage)
economy

How to get Badge (& Useage)

Badges (Battlefield Shop currency for generals, Wonder, Ares equipment, dragon training) come mainly free from Battle of Constantinople and Battle of Chalons…

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How to get Gems
economy

How to get Gems

Over 300,000 free gems obtainable per half-month; best free sources are Northern Invaders, World Boss, Treasure Hunt, Server War, Crazy Eggs, daily logins an…

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How to get Gold efficiently
economy

How to get Gold efficiently

Free gold sources: battlefields (BoC/BoG), Crazy Eggs, double-drop Goblin/Bayard/Viking kills, World Boss, plus semi-paid gem-to-gold Levy at the Keep with C…

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How to get Scroll
economy

How to get Scroll

Scrolls craft mid-to-high equipment; General's/King's/Dragon scroll chests drop free from specific bosses/Vikings, but Achaemenidae, Duty-Officer and Civiliz…

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How to get Skill Book
economy

How to get Skill Book

Common skillbooks best farmed via Relics, Gather Troops event chests, and Viking Challenge; Debuff via Bacchus Tavern gacha; Duty mostly gem-shop/paid only.

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How to get Stamina
economy

How to get Stamina

Stamina refills to 100 at daily reset and recovers faster with VIP/talent; the huge free source is the Consuming Return Event, with Crazy Eggs and Lucky Appl…

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How to get VIP Time
economy

How to get VIP Time

VIP TIME (distinct from VIP level) must be active for VIP benefits; it stacks cumulatively; best semi-F2P is a 30-Day VIP from the Black Market for 3,000 gem…

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Ideal Land
economy

Ideal Land

Buff building (Keep 12) where placing Ornaments and leveling the building grant construction/troop buffs; leveling needs Prosperity Points earned by PLACING…

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King’s Party / Royal Party
economy

King’s Party / Royal Party

SPEND/PAY event: buying Basic Gems fills a cake for rewards including Civilization/Duty-Officer scrolls not in normal packs; not F2P-viable -- a whale spend-…

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Lucky Composing Event
economy

Lucky Composing Event

Fully F2P card event: collect 5 colors of cards free from tiles and monsters, combine 3 into Lucky Boxes (10 tiers); use the surplus-minimizing combine algor…

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Market
economy

Market

On-city resource income node: free daily resource tax collections, Black Market shop (unlocked Lv11), event-only Auction House, and a Lv24 duty officer that…

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Military Academy
economy

Military Academy

End-game research building (Keep 36) for battle buffs/debuffs, paid in Tactic Scroll + Gold (not Research Stone); its duty officer also speeds ordinary Acade…

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Mine
economy

Mine

Ore field, the latest-unlocking resource field (Keep 11); upgrade never costs ore; Keep-gated.

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Pasture
economy

Pasture

Levels up Spiritual Beasts, Dragons, and Seals; gated by Keep 21 + Warehouse; gates Council of State tiers alongside Victory Column.

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Prison
economy

Prison

Converts PvP captives into resources (Labor) or Prestige (Release); level raises Prison capacity and capture rate; imprison generals unlocked at Keep 15.

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Quarry
economy

Quarry

Stone field, first buildable at Keep 6; upgrade never costs stone; strictly Keep-gated, cheap early and huge late.

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Rally Spot
economy

Rally Spot

Controls your own march/rally size (troops per march); Keep-gated and Army-Camp-gated from Lv26; Duty Officer slot at Lv35 increases March Size Capacity.

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Research Factory
economy

Research Factory

Production building (Keep 21, Hospital-gated) making Materials, Research Stones and Historic Medals; producing stones is blocked while it upgrades; stones ra…

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Revelation of Horus Event
economy

Revelation of Horus Event

Daily quest race scored by SPEED of completing the day's (pre-revealed) quest; the quests are ordinary bot actions, so pre-stage items and fire at reset. Coi…

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Revelation of Maya Event
economy

Revelation of Maya Event

Solo 20-stage roguelike combat event scored by kills, totems and fog-clearing; NOT tied to normal base actions -- a pure combat mini-game requiring buff-stac…

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Sawmill
economy

Sawmill

Lumber field with a ~12-hour manual-collection cycle; prerequisite for Archer Camp, Workshop, Trap Factory and Keep Lv21; count and output both scale with Ke…

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Shrine
economy

Shrine

Revives dead generals and provides the temporary 24h King's Protection buff after Offerings; King's Protection unlocks at Shrine Lv27+ with escalating combat…

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Stables
economy

Stables

Mounted/cavalry training building (Keep 6); unlocks higher mounted tiers by level; Duty Officer slot comes late at Lv33.

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Tavern
economy

Tavern

General-recruiting building (from Keep 1); level raises the number of visible recruit slots and unlocks the Wheel of Fortune (Lv3) and Great General Chest (L…

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Trap Factory
economy

Trap Factory

Makes defensive traps (four families, one per enemy troop type) and repairs siege machines; higher level unlocks higher trap tiers I-X.

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Triumphal Arch
economy

Triumphal Arch

End-game buff building (Keep 38, achievement-gated) giving rally/reinforcement capacity and battlefield combat buffs; gated behind Art Hall and Ideal Land.

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VIP Guide
economy

VIP Guide

Overview: VIP level unlocks benefits, earned via VIP Points from in-game activity; benefits require VIP Time to be active.

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Victory Column
economy

Victory Column

Buff building (Keep 35) giving Construction Speed, Research Speed, March-Time Reduction and general-attribute buffs; upgrade requires owning high-power gener…

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Walls
economy

Walls

City defensive wall, Keep-gated 1:1 and one of the largest single Power contributors (up to 146M at Lv50); captured page has only the upgrade table.

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War Hall
economy

War Hall

Governs host-rally capacity (participants you can accept when you host a rally); Keep 9 to start, Embassy-gated; no duty officer.

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Warehouse
economy

Warehouse

Resource-protection building: higher level shields more resources from plunder and from troop upkeep, and raises the storage cap; a Warehouse duty officer pl…

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Watchtower
economy

Watchtower

Scouting building; each level unlocks more scout-report detail (fully unlocked at Lv41) and gates high-level Forge upgrades (Forge Lv26+).

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Wisdom Dome
economy

Wisdom Dome

Newer buff building (Keep 28) that unlocks Goddess Attendant troop-type books by level and gives a cumulative all-boost percentage.

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Wonder
economy

Wonder

Pre-built building upgradable at Keep 30; source of Dragon unlocks and Civilization Equipment/Treasure buffs; leveled via Glory achievements, Badges and Rese…

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Workshop
economy

Workshop

Siege-machine training building (Keep 6); early levels Sawmill-gated, later War-Hall-gated; unlocks higher siege tiers by level; Duty Officer at Lv29. Siege…

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Generals

21 guides

Other

7 guides

Pve

28 guides
Boss / Monster Power List
pve

Boss / Monster Power List

Full power ladder: Normal bosses B1-B23, event-boss ladders per type, Viking Easy/Normal/Hard/Hell tiers, and normal monsters Lv1-50. Guides publish Power on…

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Boss Chest & Drop Item List
pve

Boss Chest & Drop Item List

Quick-reference of which boss yields which reward, so the bot can pick targets by need: e.g. Ymir=resources, Cerberus/Pan=speedups, Sphinx=Blazon, Viking=gol…

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Dragon Cliff
pve

Dragon Cliff

Building (keep 30) that levels/refines Sacred dragons and unlocks their 3rd (active-skill) talents; not directly a monster-hunt tool.

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How to defeat Royal Thief
pve

How to defeat Royal Thief

Event boss (~13.6M, three variants Nell/Nightingale/Duke) spawned from Tavern activity; cavalry-only; the summoner requests up to 5 alliance members who can…

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How to get Blood of Ares
pve

How to get Blood of Ares

Blood of Ares (general ascending) is capped ~14/day total; boss kills give up to 3/day (event boss L3+ or normal boss L11+), plus Relics 6/day and Resource t…

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World Boss
pve

World Boss

Weekly 48h boss, random map spot; can never lose and zero wounded; 5 free attacks/day then gems; treasure at HP 80/60/40/20/0%; damage-ranked; against-monste…

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Svs-Warfare

1 guides

Warfare

10 guides
What is KE (Kill Event)?
warfare

What is KE (Kill Event)?

KE = 'Kill Enemies', the final stage of the Monarch Competition event. Score by defeating enemy troops; reward is a 3-level personal quota scaled to your lev…

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