From zero to first win in a minute

Gold pays arcade entry fees, siege scouting and store items. Infamy is experience: earn it by winning.

There are 100 levels. Each level-up lets you choose a permanent upgrade: more passive gold per hour, an extra castle puzzle slot, a discount on founding a Vanguard, or unlocking a new mode, difficulty or defensive modifier.

Six tiers apply across the game: Page, Squire, Knight, Paladin, King, Emperor. Higher tiers mean longer, rarer words and bigger rewards.

In sieges, the tier sets how much of a castle’s chest you can pillage, from 5% at Page up to 65% at Emperor.

Your castle earns gold every hour into its chest. Configure its defense gauntlet (which puzzle types and difficulties raiders must beat) and choose its look.

Raiders can take a share of the chest, never your main balance. New players are shielded from raids until level 4.

The store rotates daily with castle themes, terrains, weather effects, music and siege boosts like the War Horn (+30 seconds) and Oracle Lens (reveal a letter).

Add friends to challenge them to free duels. Join or found a Vanguard (clan) to pool gold into a shared fortress and wage wars on rival Vanguards.

Guests can play every Arcade mode, Battle Royale in guest lobbies (other guests and bots), and siege bot castles straight away. A free account keeps your progress (same gold, Infamy and unlocks), works on any device, and unlocks your own castle, the store, friends’ lobbies, Vanguards and the leaderboard.