Path to Glory 42

 Path to Glory 42 has 3 challenges, and 40 days to complete them in.

To complete this Path, you must:

1. Find 725 Champion Equipment
2. Complete 325 Spy Missions
3. Gather 575 Raid Keys

Your rewards for completion are:

1. 30,000 Gold
2. An Encounter Pass
3. Engraved Viking Axe (Swordsmen Attack & Health +95%, Cavalry Attack & Health +110%, Siege Machine Attack +90%, March Speed +30%)

For the 1st challenge, you just have to keep gathering, doing adventures (with the find equipment adventurers in your party), attending DC's/HDC's, or attacking active players.  

For the 2nd challenge, just keep spying.  Having a friend in another alliance who doesn't have spy protection on, and is gathering speeds this up a lot.

For the 3rd challenge, Gather, hit camps, do alliance encounters.  Getting the alliance to enable the Bastion Benefit for keys, and using the key bonus' helps a bit.

You usually only get 1 set of keys per 15 minutes of gathering/encounter pass.  The number of keys is where your luck comes into play.

Path to Glory 41

 Path to Glory 41 has 3 challenges, and 40 days to complete them in.

To complete this Path, you must:

1. Defeat 550 Encounter camps
2. Complete 100 Daily Quests
3. Rally 30 Alliance Encounters

Your rewards for completion are:

1. A 7 day Vindicator Shield
2. 30,000 Gold
3. Silver Ruby Ring (Faction Unit Attack +195%, Ranged Attack +125%, March Speed +35%, Squad Size +3%)

For the 1st challenge, use Guardians Pass, and hit those encounter camps. Any size counts.  Make sure you finish this within 20 days, or there won't be time to complete the rest of the challenges.  (Less is better) 

For the 2nd challenge, There are 12 tasks per day, so this should take you 9 days to complete.

For the 3rd challenge, Lead or take part in Alliance Encounters.  You get 3 per day, unless you buy the pass.  So, make sure you leave at least 10 days to complete this last step.

Path to Glory 40

 Path to Glory 40 has 3 challenges, and 40 days to complete them in.

To complete this Path, you must:

1. Find 725 Champion equipment
2. Gather 400,000,000 resources
3. Finish 1st Place on the Solo Event leader board

Your rewards for completion are:

1. A 30 day speedup
2. 30,000 Gold
3. Voidflare Gloves (Faction Unit Attack and Health +55%, Cavalry Attack +95%, Siege Machine Attack +105%)

For the 1st challenge, DC or HDC is the fastest way to complete this.  Otherwise Gathering and Adventures, although Adventures are no where near as good as they used to be.

For the 2nd challenge, put your gather gear on and hit those tiles.

For the 3rd challenge, what can I say, spend your gold, and $ to improve your chances on winning those events.  The more time you leave, the more events you can try and win.

Path to Glory 39

 Path to Glory 39 has 3 challenges, and 40 days to complete them in.

To complete this Path, you must:

1. Gather 575 Raid Keys
2. Complete 100 Daily Quests
3. Win 15 Tournament Matches

Your rewards for completion are:

1. 7 x 15 minute Encounter cooldowns
2. 30,000 Gold
3. Howling Gaze (Attack vs Encounters 85%, Health vs Encounters 85%, March Size vs Encounters 20%, Resource Reward 65%)

For the 1st challenge, Make sure that your alliance needs raid keys, and gather, hit camps, and participate in shrine rallies.  The Alliance Bastion can grant a raid key percentage increase.

For the 2nd challenge, you have to complete your daily quests.  There are 12 per day now, just complete them all.

For the 3rd challenge, you just have to get lucky in the tournament.  There are 2 run per week, so make sure you leave enough time to win the required matches.

Alliance Encounter Rewards

Updated for Update 50.  Solo and Alliance Encounter Tokens were increased.

To answer a question asked on another post, the following is what each Level 30+ participant castle will get from a successful Alliance Encounter.  

Normal

• 107,820 Experience Points (this is what a level 32 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 113,060 Experience Points (this is what a level 33 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 118,720 Experience Points (this is what a level 34 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 100 Social Points
• 5-6 Solo Encounter Tokens

Hard

• 124,000 Experience Points (this is what a level 32 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 130,000 Experience Points (this is what a level 33 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 136,500 Experience Points (this is what a level 34 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 125 Social Points
• 35-45 Solo Encounter Tokens

Epic

• 213,900 Experience Points (this is what a level 32 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 225,250 Experience Points (this is what a level 33 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 235,460 Experience Points (this is what a level 34 gets, it varies based on castle size)
• 175 Social Points
• 120-140 Solo Encounter Tokens

The Alliance will get the following from each successful rally by a Level 32 castle:

Normal

• 5 Focus Points
• 5-6 Alliance Encounter Tokens

Hard

• 10 Focus Points
• 33-37 Alliance Encounter Tokens

Epic

• 15 Focus Points
• 108-122 Alliance Encounter Tokens

Path to Glory 38

 Path to Glory 38 has 3 challenges, and 40 days to complete them in.

To complete this Path, you must:

1. Defeat 30 Alliance Encounters
2. Incapacitate 165,000,000 units
3. Reach 85 Solo Event Milestones

Your rewards for completion are:

1. A 30 day Speedup
2. 30,000 Gold
3. Iron Bloodlust Boots (Army Attack 60%, Ranged Attack 55%, Cavalry Attack 65%, Scouting Level 1)

For the 1st challenge, participate in Alliance Encounter rallies against the shrines.  You don't have to lead them, just take part.  You can do 3 per day, so this should take you 10 days.

For the 2nd challenge, hit those encounter camps, take part in DC's, HDC's, The Brotherhood, attack Barbarians/Resistance, or attacking active players.  Don't dawdle on this one, as weekends with RvR's tend not to have Solo Events.

For the 3rd challenge, you get a point for each level of a solo event that you complete.  Each solo event has 3 levels, so you have to complete at least 28 solo events, and get a point on the 29th one.  You don't have to win the event!  This is going to take a few days to complete.  10 days if you can manage 9 points per day.

Path to Glory 37

 Path to Glory 37 has 3 challenges, and 40 days to complete them in.

To complete this Path, you must:

1. Defeat 550 Encounter Camps
2. Achieve 150 Personal Feats
3. Complete 90 Waves

Your rewards for completion are:

1. A 7 Day Vindicator Shield
2. A Legacy Chest
3. Elite Warrior Chestguard (Army Attack & Health 80%, Faction Units' Attack 100%, Army Load 50%, March Speed 23%)

For the 1st challenge, Get out there and hit camps.  Any size camp counts.

For the 2nd challenge, you can fight encounters for the Legionary feat, fight players for the Praetorian feat, become the Emperor for the Basileus feat, win an Atlantis event for the Conquistador feat, Conquer regional capitals for the Conqueror feat, Pillage enemy capitals for the Raider feat, etc.

There are 19 personal feats, which you can earn many times.  Go forth and achieve.

For the 3rd challenge, lead rallies in Dark Citadels or Heroic Dark Citadels.  Make sure you leave enough time to complete this, as extra raids cost gold.

If your alliance is active, you should be able to hold a DC and a HDC every 3 days.  This would allow you to complete this in 12 days, assuming 14 waves for HDC and 17 waves for DC, and running DC then HDC and starting again as soon as cooldown completes.

But if only doing DC's and get 17 waves per DC you will need at least 20 days to complete this.