Gathering rules updated

ROM has been added to the do not gather list.
111 has been renamed to 112.
PPG has been removed from the preferred gathering list, which is now just OZY, OZ2 and OFS.

How to join a Dark Citadel rally

Joining a Dark Citadel Raid.

1st Select the Alliance from the bottom menu (shown below with a 1 against it as there is a rally being setup) icon

Bottom Menu

2nd Click on the Warfare button

Alliance Menu

3rd Choose the rally that you are going to join.  There may be more than one.

Rally Selection

4th Join the rally.  You may have to scroll down a bit to find a slot.  There are a maximum of 20 slots.

Join the Rally

5th Add your troops.  You should contribute at least 1/20th of the rally size.  For larger rallies that is going to be 150,000 troops or more.
When you add your troops, it may cause the position of troops to move.  You can NOT select where your troops go.  It's all automatic.
You just click on the troops that you want to add, from you troops that are along the bottom of the screen.  Using Auto Deploy will select the BEST troops you have, which is probably not what you want.  You are better off selecting each type, and choosing the specific tier of troops to send.

Select your troops

6th Joining the rally is the last step.  Check the time needed to get to the castle that called the rally to make sure that you will get there in time.

Please note that in the following image, the numbers of troops for some of the types has increased.  This is the troops that have been added (by you or others).  And the Siege troop type has been selected to enable selection of the appropriate tier.

Joining Rally

In this case it would have taken 14 seconds for the troops that I added to reach the rallying castle.

Dark Citadel Raid

OZY are planning their next Dark Citadel raid for Tuesday the 17th of April at 7pm Sydney time.
Applications to the alliance to join for the DC will be accepted.

Path to Glory 7

Path to Glory 7 has 4 challenges, and 30 days to complete them in.
This path is triggered by completing your castle upgrade to level 30.

To complete this Path, you must:

1. Research 5 Level V in the academy
2. Win 2 Tournament Matches
3. Gather 20M Resources
4. Finish in first place on the Solo event leader board, twice

Your rewards for completing these missions are:

1. 5000 gold
2. 1 x Tournament Entry
3. 1 x Resource Bundle III
4. Cunning Mace (Ranged Attack +30%, Spearmen Health + 25%, Faction Attack and Health +25% and Army Attack and Health +10%)

Due to the research requirements some resources are needed to complete the building of your Academy to level 30.
You need to upgrade a Lumber Mill, Stone Quarry, and Workshop to level 30, before you can do the Academy.

Using a region with Investment Focus, will reduce the time, and therefore Gold and/or Speedups.
Make sure you use you best build and research gear.
Good luck when you get there.

Autumn Season and Lightning

Ok, so it's nice to have a change of seasons.

But do we really have to have lightning strikes every 20 odd seconds?

Lightning Strike fading out

They distract from the game and are visual pollution (in my view).


Names and times hidden to protect the innocent.


The next Path to Glory information will be coming soon.  I've started the build for Castle 30, so will have the information soon.

Rules Update

OZY's rules have been updated again.
NTA, XXG and fun have been placed on the do not gather list.
R23 has been removed from the allowed list.

This is to avoid an unproductive WAR with NTA/XXG, and to maintain our alliance with fun (who are not allowed to gather in OZY's regions either.)