Evony Legacy Generals Guide: When to Keep and Use Tavern Leaders

Do not dismiss or sell gold historic generals obtained through the Tavern in Evony. Lock at least one copy of every unique historic general immediately, and retain duplicates for any commander you intend to ascend, assign to a subordinate city, or place into high-tier duty roles.

Dismissing older tavern generals saves minimal inventory space while locking your account out of permanent combat attributes and administrative buffs.

Military Covenants: Unlocking Primary March Buffs

The Covenant system links historic generals together across four progressive stages: Trust, Faith, Reverence, and Devotion. Completing these stages grants percentage boosts to troop attack, defense, HP, and march size capacity.

Activating higher Covenant tiers for premier march leaders requires owning designated supporting historic officers:

• March commanders such as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Roland, and Electra require specific older generals in their relationship trees to unlock attribute nodes.
• Selling supporting officers for gold or runestones locks your primary commander out of these stats until you find replacement copies in the Tavern.
• Retain at least one locked copy of every historic general in your roster, even if you never intend to send that officer into battle.

Ascension: Accessible Ten-Star Upgrades

Upgrading a general from five gold stars to five red stars (ten stars total) requires 16 duplicate copies along with Blood of Ares. Fully ascended legacy generals consistently outperform unascended or low-star premium generals because tavern duplicates can be acquired without cash purchases.

Generals permanently available in the Great Hall Tavern pool—such as Martinus, Roland, Electra, and Trajan—can be recruited repeatedly by saving gems and gold for consuming events. Collecting the 16 duplicates necessary for ten-star Ascension provides larger march capacities and stronger passive combat boosts than relying on a base-level event general.

Subordinate City Debuffs: Defense Mayors

Legacy tavern generals provide permanent, stacking defensive debuffs that trigger automatically when assigned as subordinate city mayors. When an enemy march hits your Keep, your subordinate cities join the defense, applying the mayor's passive main skills directly against the hostile force.

Key tavern generals to retain for subordinate city slots include:

• Andrew Jackson: Decreases enemy ranged troop attack by 20% and reduces enemy troop HP by 20%.
• Arminius: Decreases enemy ground troop defense by 10% and enemy ranged troop attack by 15%.
• Harald: Decreases enemy mounted troop defense by 20% and enemy ground troop attack by 20%.
• Nero: Decreases enemy troop HP by 15%.

Stationing these generals across your subordinate cities reduces incoming rally and solo march stats by hundreds of percentage points without interfering with your main wall general's equipment setup.

Duty Officer and Senate Attribute Gates

High-tier duty assignments in buildings such as the Keep, Archer Tower, Barracks, Stables, and Hospital require Senior and Super Duty appointments. These positions demand 1,150 to 1,300 points across specific attributes (Leadership, Attack, Defense, or Politics) alongside high star ratings.

Assigning newly released battlefield generals to these posts sidelines your best combat marches. Legacy tavern generals meet these requirements cost-effectively:

1. Elevate tavern officers to high star ranks using duplicate copies.
2. Reach the 1,150–1,300 stat thresholds using basic cultivation and standard Dragon gear.
3. Place ascended legacy officers into Council of State positions, such as Premier and Marshall, to secure permanent increases to hospital capacity, in-city ground defense, and alliance rally sizes.

Roster Management Framework

To avoid stalling account progression, manage your general inventory with the following rules:

• Lock single copies immediately: Never dismiss a gold historic general if you only possess one copy, as future Covenant updates may require that officer.
• Count toward the 16-copy limit: Store duplicate copies of key tavern leaders until you secure the 16 duplicates needed for full five-red-star Ascension.
• Expand capacity with gems: If your general inventory fills up, spend gems to purchase additional general slots instead of discarding historic officers.
• Dismiss only verified excess: Only sell a duplicate gold general if the officer has no active Covenant ties, serves no purpose as a sub-city debuff mayor or duty officer, and exceeds your 16 Ascension duplicates.