How do I unlock more Power-Ups?

Power-Ups are unlocked by increasing your “Honor” and “Infamy” scores. You can increase your “Honor” score by helping your neighbors and collecting red hearts, which will unlock defensive Power-Ups like “Field Repairs” or “Hunker Down”. You increase your Infamy score by invading your friends and collecting black hearts, which will unlock offensive Power-Ups like “Air Strike” or “EMP”.

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How do I use Power-Ups?

To use a Power-Up in a fight click on the Pick Power-Up button, select the Power-Up you want to use, and click on the target of the Power-Up.

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Where can I purchase Power-Ups?

Power-Ups can be purchased from the Build menu. They can also be purchased during combat using the Pick Power-Up button. All Power-Ups cost Empire Points. Power-Ups can also be earned by increasing your Honor and Infamy.

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How do I help defend my friends’ Empires?

If you use the Friend Ladder to visit a friend’s Empire, you may discover that someone else has invaded that Empire! You’ll see it in the form of an icon on your friend’s island.



If you want to help defend your friend’s Empire, just click on the invader’s icon. You will be able to fight a battle on your friend’s behalf, and if you succeed, the invasion will end!

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Do any of my buildings get damaged by invasion?

No. Occupied buildings still function as normal, but interacting with an occupied building takes twice as much energy as interacting with an unoccupied building. Once the invasion is over, your buildings will instantly return to normal.

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How do Defenders work?

When an enemy invades your Empire, the game automatically defends the empire with three units or appropriate level chosen at random. You can affect which units are selected for this process using Defenders.

When you place a unit on your island, a blue square appears around the unit. Any building that overlaps the blue square is considered to be “defended” by that unit. When the invader targets those buildings, the game will automatically defend them with the units you have nearby on the board, plus three randomly chosen units. You can increase the total number of units defending as high as five this way.

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What can I do if someone invades my Empire?

You can directly fight the invader and drive them off. You can also ask your friends to help repel the attacker. Asking for help posts a feed inviting your friends to come to your island and fight off the invading army.

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Can I block Invasions from hitting my Empire?

Yes! When you reach Level 6, you will be prompted by a Quest to place a World Embassy. The World Embassy, when activated, provides immunity from all invasions for 24 hours. You can extend how long it protects your Empire by hiring friends or spending Empire Points. The Embassy can be activated an unlimited number of times.




While the Embassy is active your armies leave any Empires you have invaded. Attacking any of your neighbors will end the protection provided by the Embassy!

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What do I get from Invasions?

You receive the resources shown when you first picked your invasion site. For every building you plunder you will also receive one Infamy.


If the invasion remains in place for 24 hours then you can return to plunder the occupation site again.

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How do I Invade my friends?

When you initiate an invasion, you will be taken to the target’s Empire. Once at your neighbor’s Empire, you’ll be able to choose your invasion site with a red crosshair.


Any buildings in the invasion area provide resources for the invader (you) and require extra energy in order to be used by the occupied player (your friend). The amount and type of resources you will gain from the occupied area is shown next to the affected buildings.

When you have picked where you are going to invade, you will be taken to the combat screen. There you pick your units, do battle with, and defeat the defending forces.

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How do I buy goods from my friends?

To purchase items for sale from a friend click on your friend in the Neighbors list. This will pull up a list of options—choose the Market option. This will take you to your friend’s Market where you can buy what they have up for sale.




You can also go to your “My Neighbors” list, and you’ll be able to see all the items that they have up for sale!

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How do I put goods up for sale?

Selling items through the Market can be done by clicking on your Market. This will bring up a screen that shows all the items you can sell. Find the item you want to sell, select how much of that item you want to sell, and click Confirm.

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How do I build a Market?

Markets are an Industry building in the Build menu.

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How do I give gifts?

You can give gifts to your friends directly through the Neighbors bar in the game or through the Free Gifts screen. This screen can be accessed by clicking on the Free Gifts button just above the game screen.

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What can I give to my friends?

You can give energy, resources, special building materials, or decorations to your friends.

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What rewards do I get for combat?

There are a lot of rewards you can earn from combat.

Combat drops from damaged enemy units happen during the course of a battle. How much a combat drop pays out depends on the kind of hit you score. Glancing hits drop XP. Direct hits drop XP and a Coin reward. Critical Hits drop multiple Coins, XP, and Energy. Keep an eye on your bonus bar during the fight, this fills up from your successful hits just like in normal game play!

If you win the battle you will receive an after-battle payout. The reward will be shown in a popup screen and usually include Coins, XP, and more!

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How does damage in combat work?

Damage in combat is caused by how you hit the target. How much damage depends on whether or not the unit is strong vs. what they are shooting at, as well as what kind of hit.

The first kind of hit is a Glancing Hit. Glancing Hits will always do at least one point of damage. The second kind of hit is a Direct Hit. Direct Hits inflict a lot more damage than Glancing Hits. The third kind of hit is a Critical Hit, which does a lot of damage—potentially killing the target in one shot. If you DO kill your target with a Critical Hit, you’ll get a big resource bonus!

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How does combat work?

When you are in combat you can have one unit fire each round. To choose which unit you want to have fire click on that unit. When they are selected they will be outlined in blue. Every shot fired costs one energy.

When you have chosen the unit you want to fire you can choose your target. To do this hold your mouse over the enemy unit you want to shoot at. The unit you hold the mouse over will be outlined in red. When you do the game will give the chances of hitting the target as Poor, Good, or Great. To shoot at the target click on the unit and watch the bullets fly!

At the end of combat if you win you will receive a large victory payout. If you lose you will be given the options to retreat, rematch, invite friends as allies, or request gifts from your friends.

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What do allies do in campaign missions?

Allies provide a free random Power-Up by clicking on them. Each ally gives one random Power-Up per battle.

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How do I play campaign missions?

When you open the Battle Map you will see a number of islands and groups of units connected by dotted lines. Any location with the current boss avatar is unlocked and can be played. Any location with your flag on it is a mission you have won. To fight a campaign mission, click on an unlocked location.




When the mission opens up you will see the opening screen for combat. You will be asked to choose a certain number of units from your available units or by purchasing them with Empire Points. You will be asked to select one or more allies to join you. These allies can be your neighbors, or hired for Empire Points.

When you have selected all of your units click on the fight button to begin.

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