Conquest of Nine Kingdoms: S1 Starter Progression Guide

To start strong on a new S1 server in Conquest of Nine Kingdoms, redeem initial promotional codes, invest recruitment currency into a single synergistic hero lineup, and capture high-yield resource tiles to fund city development and territory expansion.

Early Code Redemption and Hero Recruitment

Your immediate step upon starting on an S1 server is securing hero recruitment currency. Use available promotional codes from the S1 launch period:

• T8N5X3H7QW
• R4Y9K7M2CV
• BINGS9K

Note: These codes originated from S1 launch promotional material and may expire over time.

After claiming your starter rewards, spend your summoning currency on the primary hero banners. Avoid splitting resources across multiple banners. Instead, focus on building one main squad with clear skill synergies:

• Ability Synergy: Pair frontline heroes that sustain damage or heal troops with backline damage dealers.
• Troop Alignment: Assign heroes to command their specialized unit types. Aligning heroes with matching troop types increases combat efficiency and reduces unit losses against tougher nodes.

Territory Expansion and Resource Management

Territory tiles generate the passive income required for military strength and city building. Once your initial hero squad is fielded, begin systematically taking land.

1. Target Needed Resources: Prioritize tiles producing materials required for your active construction queue, such as stone or food.
2. Maximize Yield: Attack the highest-level resource tile your main squad can clear without sustaining heavy troop losses.
3. Minimize Marching Idle Time: Keep your squads moving constantly between targets to maintain steady expansion.

Balancing Land Growth vs. City Infrastructure

Aggressive expansion provides early map presence, but spreading yourself too thin creates structural bottlenecks:

• Resource Depletion: Over-expanding without upgrading internal city storage and production leads to upgrade stalls. Maintain a balanced split between clearing tiles and upgrading key base structures.
• Base Defense: Unprotected main bases invite attacks from rival factions. Keep base defenses leveled while expanding outwards.

Long-Term Defensive Positioning and Alliances

Isolated resource tiles far from your main city are difficult to defend and easily seized by neighboring factions. When claiming land, expand contiguous to your existing borders to create a defensible perimeter.

Join an active player alliance as soon as the option opens. Alliance membership grants key advantages for seasonal progression:

• Shared resource benefits from alliance-controlled territories.
• Defensive reinforcements during faction skirmishes.
• Cooperative assistance for high-tier PVE content and server resets.