Town Bonuses
The Town Bonuses panel — free rechargeable items and purchasable boosts accessible via the arrow below your avatar.
The Town Bonuses panel is accessed by tapping the small arrow icon below your profile picture on the main city screen. It holds two categories of items: free rechargeable pickups that most players miss, and purchasable boosts worth activating at the right moment.
TL;DR
- Check the panel daily — free items sit there uncollected if you skip it
- Activate the Gathering Speed boost only when your troops arrive at the resource node, not before departure — duration ticks from activation, not from when troops land
- Activate 12-hour battle bonuses before terror rallies
Free rechargeable items
These cost nothing and recharge over time. Check them every day.
- Free Random Teleporter — destination is unpredictable; useful for repositioning in a pinch, not for precision moves
- Free 2h Shield and Free 8h Shield — grab these whenever available; use the 8h overnight
- Counter-Reconnaissance — free defensive intel, worth picking up even if you don’t need it immediately
Purchasable boosts
These cost Diamonds. Use them deliberately rather than routinely.
Gathering Speed boost — the most important one to use correctly. The boost doubles collection speed while active, but the timer starts from the moment you activate it — not when troops arrive. Always wait until your march has reached the tile before activating. Activating at departure wastes the entire travel duration.
Troop Deployment Capacity boost and Training boost — situationally useful. Activate Training boost during events that reward troop training points.
12-hour battle bonuses — combat stat buffs. Activate before any terror rally you’re hitting or defending. These are additive on top of all your other bonuses; there’s no reason to skip them when they’re available.
TL;DR
- Activate all 12-hour battle bonuses before every Castle Battle, KvK rally, and high-value terror rally — rally leaders especially
- Gathering Speed boost: activate precisely when troops reach the tile, not at departure
- On KvK Day 1, activate the Construction Buff from this panel when spending Truegold — it compounds with other construction bonuses for maximum development points
Free rechargeable items
Collect these daily regardless of activity level. They’re free and they recharge.
- Free Random Teleporter, Free 2h Shield, Free 8h Shield, Counter-Reconnaissance — grab them on login, move on
Purchasable boosts — activation discipline
Gathering Speed boost: wait until troops arrive at the tile before activating. Timer runs from activation. This applies to you the same as anyone else — wasting march time on a boost you’re spending Diamonds on is just waste.
12-hour battle bonuses: activate before every major fight. Run through the list before:
- Castle Battle
- KvK rallies (your own and ones you’re joining)
- High-value terror rallies
These are additive on top of all other stat bonuses — gear, research, VIP, decrees. Skipping them because you forgot is leaving free damage on the table.
Construction Buff: on KvK Day 1, activate this buff before spending Truegold on construction. It stacks with your existing construction speed bonuses and maximizes the development points you earn per Truegold spent.