Evony Gathering Setup: How to Balance Load Capacity and Speed

To optimize gathering in Evony, structure your marches to clear an entire resource tile in a single trip. Prioritize troop load capacity until your army can hold the node's full yield, then layer on gathering speed bonuses to minimize travel and collection time. Leaving residual resources behind on a tile wastes march slots, stamina, and travel time.

Balancing Load Capacity and Speed

High gathering speed reduces the time your troops sit on a node, but speed is wasted if your march returns with only a fraction of the available resources. An incomplete clear forces you to send a second march to finish off the leftover node, consuming extra stamina and doubling your travel overhead.

To manage your setup efficiently:

1. Calculate target tile volume: Higher-level map tiles contain larger resource pools that require substantial carrying capacity.
2. Meet full tile capacity: Adjust troop numbers and load buffs so the total carrying capacity exceeds the node's resource total.
3. Optimize for speed: Once your march routinely clears whole nodes, shift secondary stats and buffs toward gathering speed to reduce turn-around time.

Gathering March Setup: Generals, Troops, and Gear

Gathering Generals

Build your gathering teams around Generals with innate gather bonuses or troop load skills.

• Skill Books: Equip high-level Resource Gathering skill books to boost gathering speed and load capacity percentage.
• Specialties: Ascend gathering Generals to unlock specialties focused on troop load and gather rate. This provides a permanent stat baseline for any target node.

Troop Selection

Dedicate low-tier troops—specifically low-tier cavalry or siege units—for gathering duties instead of high-tier combat forces.

• Low-tier units carry significant load while being far cheaper to train, maintain, and heal.
• Using low-tier gatherers keeps your high-tier army free for rallies and defense while minimizing resource loss if your gathering march is attacked.

Equipment and Refinement

Gear sets offer passive bonuses that lower gathering time and raise march capacity.

• Set Bonuses: Equip gear pieces that provide broad gathering speed percentage increases.
• Refinement Priorities: Target load capacity and gathering speed on gear refinement slots.
• Material Conservation: Use low-tier refining stones to roll gathering stats. Reserve high-value refining stones for your wall and rally Generals.

Daily Routine and Efficiency Monitoring

Maintain active gathering marches continuously, particularly before going offline.

• Target Selection: Always send marches to the highest-level resource tiles on the map to maximize yields per run.
• Staggered Marches: Dispatch gathering teams at intervals so troops return at separate times, creating a steady stream of incoming resources.
• Gathering Reports: Check your battle and gathering reports regularly. If a march returns with full capacity but leaves resources on the node, increase march capacity or unit counts. If a march empties the node with carrying capacity to spare, reallocate gear or refines toward gathering speed.