Daily Routine & Farm Ops

1. Spend all free Action Points on Barbarian Forts and chains — never let the AP bar sit full (check the green potion under your profile). Save AP potions for events.
2. Keep every gathering march deployed; idle marches are wasted resources.
3. Run Sunset Canyon late (≈23:55 UTC) so opponents can’t knock you down before reset.
4. Progress Expedition; claim the VIP chest, daily quests, and alliance help.
5. Transfer farm resources to your main and re-deploy the farm’s gatherers.
6. Contribute to alliance builds/tech and press alliance help — the only zero-cost speedup in the game.

• Barbarian forts: rally with peacekeeping leads — Boudica, Aethelflaed, Belisarius (F2P); Minamoto, Cao Cao (spender). Correct leads end the need for Lohar rallies.
• Lohar is the best chaining commander — expertise him fast (his necklace grants extra XP), and learn proper chaining: it conserves large amounts of Action Points.
• Guardians: always wait for the leader’s charge signal so no one misses a tag; never attack allied marches — it only pays the hospital bill.
• Gathering: raise gatherers to level 37 to complete the tree; prioritise cheap gatherers on mains and don’t spend Gold Heads on legendary gatherers there. Reaper’s set + a farm account maximise output.
• AP discipline: all free AP daily on forts/chains; AP potions only for real events (e.g. Marauders pre-KvK).

The same principle governs both paths — finish one thing completely before starting the next — but the portfolios differ:

1. Fundamentals: the troop triangle, City-Hall-first, and the Gold-Head rule.
2. Economy: farm account immediately; gatherers always deployed; join an active alliance.
3. Commanders: pick one troop type; expertise cheap evergreen Epics first; then one meta primary + deputy.
4. Talents & gear: skill order before every sculpture spend (talents are reversible, sculptures are not), role-appropriate gear, the buff-stacking math.
5. Modes: Sunset Canyon and Expedition as safe practice before risking troops in Ark of Osiris and KvK.
6. Coordination: Discord presence, waiting for signals, following callers — teamwork wins the modes that matter.