1. Limit Battles in the Early Game

Battles can be tempting, but engaging in too many fights early on will drain your resources, deplete your troops, and slow down your growth. Instead of fighting, focus on upgrading buildings, gathering resources, and expanding your army.

Tips:

• Only fight when necessary and avoid engaging stronger opponents.
• Use scouts to gather intel before attacking to minimize unnecessary losses.
• Prioritize building up your forces before entering major battles.

2. Join a Strong Alliance

Joining a powerful alliance provides support for building, research, and battles. The alliance system also allows teammates to assist you, significantly reducing upgrade times.

Tips:

• Choose an alliance with active and numerous members for greater benefits.
• Help alliance members to earn alliance credits, which can be used in the alliance shop.
• Apply to strong alliances that require approval to join.

3. Explore the Map Using Scouts

The Rise of Kingdoms map is initially covered in fog, preventing you from seeing resources, enemies, and strategic locations. Scouts help expand the map and uncover important sites.

Tips:

• Continuously send scouts to explore the map quickly.
• Locate hidden villages and caves for free rewards.
• Use scouts to spy on enemy cities before launching an attack.

4. Heal Wounded Troops After Battles

In battles, troop injuries are inevitable. The hospital allows you to heal your troops instead of retraining them from scratch, saving valuable resources and time.

Tips:

• Keep your hospital upgraded to increase treatment capacity.
• Prioritize healing wounded troops before engaging in another battle.
• Avoid excessive troop injuries to prevent hospital overcrowding.

5. Upgrade Walls and Watchtowers for Defense

Your city is always a target for enemy attacks, so upgrading your defenses is crucial. Walls and watchtowers help protect you from incoming raids.

Tips:

• Prioritize upgrading walls and watchtowers to strengthen defenses.
• Strategically position defending troops to safeguard key resources.
• Use defensive tactics rather than direct combat if you are not strong enough.

6. Take Advantage of Resource Gathering

Resource gathering is essential in Rise of Kingdoms, especially for upgrading buildings, researching technology, and training troops.

Tips:

• Always have gathering troops active to maximize resource collection.
• Use gathering commanders like Constance, Sarka, and Gaius Marius to speed up gathering.
• Focus on high-level resource points for better efficiency.

7. Focus on Upgrading Your Castle

The castle is one of the most important buildings in Rise of Kingdoms but also one of the hardest to upgrade. Reaching level 25 unlocks stronger troop rallies and enhanced capabilities.

Tips:

• Prioritize castle upgrades instead of spreading resources across too many buildings.
• Save gems and necessary resources to progress to higher levels.
• Use speed-up items wisely to reduce waiting time.