Event cycle

The week-1 main event, right after KvK: your alliance against one from another kingdom for 6.5 days — five 24-hour themed days, then a ~36-hour finale. In eligible kingdoms it runs beside Merchant Empire, so the truck tasks count in both.

• Top-20 alliance. Your alliance must rank in the kingdom's top 20 by power.
• Join before matchmaking. Matchmaking locks at Sunday ~23:00 UTC, the night before the brawl opens — being in your alliance then qualifies you.
• The preview window. Saturday 00:00 to Sunday 22:59 UTC you can switch freely. After matchmaking, a new alliance earns you personal points only until you return.
• Another kingdom. Alliances match across kingdoms; each day the higher-scoring side takes it.

Days 1–5 run 24 hours each; the finale ~36 hours, Saturday into Sunday. Below: each day's tasks, points per action.

Personal milestones unlock up to five chests a day. A daily alliance reward closes each 24-hour day — both sides get one, the winner's double: recruitment keys, water essence, alliance tokens, resources.

The winner takes +1 star, the loser −1: star rewards include the Merchant Caravan decoration. The alliance ranking pays the top ~50 on each side, winners greater — its prize: the Horn of Victory decoration.

Escort and raid trucks (10,000 each) live in Merchant Empire, which runs beside the brawl — the same truck counts in both. Armament runs this week too; check it before spending truegold or shards.

Personal ranks are mainly within your alliance. Some alliances compete freely; others agree the top places to reward active low spenders. Check the plan before overtaking someone or spending for a rank.

The whole KvK prep week as one chart: every material you've been saving, and which of the five prep days wants it. Today's column is what the clock above says to spend.

the prep chart — 16 materials × five prep days

✅ best day 🆗 scores, but saving it is better 🚫 doesn't score

material	1	2	3	4	5
Truegold	✅	🆗	🚫	🚫	🆗
Tempered Truegold	✅	🆗	🚫	🚫	🆗
Hero shard	🚫	✅	✅	🚫	🚫
Master emblem	🚫	✅	✅	🚫	🚫
Building	🆗	✅	🚫	🚫	🚫
Troop	🚫	🚫	🚫	✅	🆗
Research	🆗	✅	🚫	🚫	🆗
Hero roulette	🚫	✅	✅	🚫	🚫
Gathering	🚫	✅	🚫	✅	✅
Intel missions	✅	🚫	✅	🚫	✅
Pets advance	🚫	🚫	✅	🚫	✅
Gov charm	✅	🚫	✅	✅	🚫
Gov gear	🚫	🚫	🚫	🚫	✅
Widget gear	🚫	🚫	🚫	✅	✅
Mithril	🚫	🚫	🚫	✅	✅
Forgehammer	🚫	🚫	🚫	✅	✅

The chart is the alliance's own, checked against the community tables. One row to sanity-check in-game: Building marks construction best on day 2, while some guides put it on day 1. Day 5 scores construction too, but it's the cleanup day; gear, intel and truegold beat it there. Beast hunting earns no prep points at all.

Each prep day has its own tasks. Use the lists below to plan your materials, and check your reward milestones in game.

Alliance Mobilization runs on cycle days 15–20 with no daily themes. Accept a mission before completing its task.

Choose your reward target before spending. Keep materials reserved for another event unless you decide to use them here.

Full Mobilization scoring tables aren’t included here yet. Check the active mission in game.

Prep decides who attacks; the weekend decides who holds. The prep winner enters the loser's kingdom and tries to take the Castle — a five-hour contest: one clean 2.5-hour hold wins it, else the most hold time at the close.

• The Castle: a full 5 hours. Hold it 2.5 hours continuously and you win on the spot; otherwise the alliance with the most total hold time takes it. The full 5 hours always run, even once a side is uncatchable. Hold time is by alliance, not kingdom.
• The turrets: four of them. They wear down the defenders and give their occupiers lethality in the Castle fight.
• The window: the battle day runs ~10:00–22:00 UTC; the Castle is contestable for the full 5 hours within it.
• The window itself: 10:00–22:00 UTC, teleports between servers open and troop kills score, All-Out style. Fun to blow off steam, but don't burn troops and resources — check world and alliance chat for any agreed rules first.
• The ±3 TC rule: your Town Center's attack range gates who you can hit. It decides your rally assignments before the weekend starts.
• Field Triage: 30% base troop recovery, up to 90% with Medical Satchels and Rescue Orders. Healing burns your stockpiled food and wood; that's what the prep hoard is for.
• The shield: activate it before the window opens — there's always a between-phase gap when unshielded towns fall, and it's essential for offline time during the battle day.

The page, in the order you'll do it: save for KvK prep, the day-one ritual, then the weekend:

1. 1

   Save the taming marks

   Advanced and Common Taming Marks; they're the day 3 and day 5 stars.

2. 2

   Save the gems and shards

   Hero Roulette runs on days 2 and 3; save the gems for it (spins are event-only) and every hero shard tier.

3. 3

   Save the truegold

   Truegold and Tempered Truegold: days 1, 2 and 5.

4. 4

   Save the gear materials

   Mithril, widgets and forgehammers: days 4 and 5. Master emblems and manuscripts: days 2 and 3.

5. 5

   Keep the troops one tier down

   Come into prep week with troops a tier below your max, ready to promote, for more points per speedup spent.

6. 6

   Stack the buffs before day 1

   Wolf pet buff, Double Time Decree, Chief Minister if the kingdom runs it; activate them before you spend, then spend.

7. 7

   Hold the intel

   Stop collecting Watchtower missions from 08:00 the day before a scoring day (day 21 before prep) so they bank for points.

8. 8

   Shield before the window

   Activate your town's shield as prep ends. The gap between phases is when unshielded towns fall.

9. 9

   Know the battle plan

   Confirm your battle time, attack range and rally assignments with your alliance. Check Duel of the Elites eligibility and KvK matchmaking in game.

Armament Competition and Officer Project each run twice in Brawl and Mobilization weeks. Tasks depend on the run type.

Choose your reward target before spending. Keep materials reserved for another event unless you decide to use them here.