New ruler handbook
A practical first-day plan for building a productive village, using your protection wisely and preparing your first army.
Do not try to unlock everything immediately. Your first goal is a village that continues making useful progress while you are away: production below its storage cap, one purposeful upgrade running, a small balanced garrison, and a clear next objective from Quests or Research.
Throneweld uses food, wood, stone and gold. Food supports growth and training, wood and stone drive construction, and gold is important for advanced development. Production continues in real time until a resource reaches storage capacity. Spend before the cap so production is not wasted.
Open Village and hover over an empty square plot. Available plots reveal their build control on hover. Structures belong on interior plots; the perimeter wall and main gate are permanent fortifications that are upgraded in place rather than constructed on ordinary land.
Your starter Farm, Lumberyard and Quarry establish food, wood and stone production. Upgrade the resource that blocks your next useful action, but keep the three producers reasonably balanced. Do not queue an expensive military upgrade while basic production is weak.
The Town Hall anchors general progression. A Warehouse increases the amount you can hold and helps prevent production from stopping at the cap. The Academy opens research, while the Marketplace, Hospital and Embassy support trading, recovery and alliance play as your village develops.
A new kingdom receives a temporary peace shield. Treat this as preparation time: improve production, learn the map, complete quests and build a defensible force. Check the shield timer before planning risky actions and do not assume protection lasts forever.
The Barracks trains troops through a real-time queue. Infantry provide a dependable foundation, archers emphasize damage and cavalry emphasize speed and carrying capacity. Compare training cost, travel speed and role before spending all resources on one unit type.
Scouting replaces guesswork with information. Review nearby kingdoms and targets on the World Map, consider distance and travel time, and keep enough troops at home to avoid becoming defenseless while a march is away.
Battle and scouting reports explain what happened after an action. Compare casualties, defenses and recovered resources. A victory can still be inefficient when replacing lost troops costs more than the reward.
Alliances provide diplomacy, coordination and mutual assistance. The public Community Forum contains guides that can be read without an account; logged-in rulers can ask specific questions and share strategies.
Use the mechanics reference for detailed explanations or browse community strategies and troubleshooting discussions.