To strengthen your marches and accelerate city growth without spending gems or refining stones, unlock Spirit Beasts in the Pasture and develop free Champions in the Champion Palace. Spirit Beasts provide direct march buffs without the costly upkeep required by Sacred Dragons, while free Champions deliver permanent, empire-wide passive boosts to domestic and military tasks.
How to Unlock and Farm Spirit Beasts
Spirit Beasts require Spirit Beast Scales to unlock and Beast EXP to level up. Unlike Sacred Dragons, they do not require gem feeding, massive gold costs, or refining stone rolls to maintain their bonuses. Once assigned to a march leader, a Spirit Beast increases march speed, overall power, and troop-specific stats such as mounted attack, ranged defense, or ground troop defense.
To acquire Spirit Beast Scales efficiently through standard gameplay:
- High-Level Boss Rallies: Join alliance rallies against high-tier monster bosses, including Ymir, Cerberus, Kamaitachi, and Fafnir, to collect boss chests containing scales, speedups, and crafting materials.
- Event Center Milestones: Complete tier objectives in rotating weekly events, including the Monarch Competition, Cerberus Spawns, and Consuming Return events.
- Black Market Refreshes: Check the Black Market during daily free refreshes to purchase scales for standard resources or modest gem costs.
Hold a full reserve of scales rather than spending them on minor upgrades for lower-tier beasts. This allows you to summon newly released Spirit Beasts immediately when their specific stat bonuses match a gap in your roster.
How to Develop Free Champions
Free Champions are housed in the Champion Palace and grant permanent, passive benefits across your entire empire without deploying onto the map. Unlocking them through their introductory events or progression milestones eliminates the need to spend tavern tokens or purchase recruitment packs.
To build Champion bonuses effectively:
- Perform Daily Interactions: Use free daily interactions—including conversations, playing chess, and offering gifts—to raise Champion intimacy.
- Target a Single Bottleneck: Direct your intimacy gifts toward one Champion at a time instead of spreading them evenly. Focus on research reduction if development timers exceed your speedups, or prioritize training speed if you need faster troop recovery after Server War (SvS).
- Pivot After Milestones: Once your primary economic Champion hits a high milestone tier, redirect incoming gifts toward military-oriented Champions to boost wall general defense and in-city troop survivability.
Spirit Beasts vs. Free Champions
| Feature Area | Spirit Beasts | Free Champions |
|---|---|---|
| Building Location | Pasture | Champion Palace |
| Upgrade Materials | Spirit Beast Scales and Beast EXP | Intimacy gifts and tokens |
| Buff Scope | March-specific (PvP, PvE, march speed) | Empire-wide (city production, research, training) |
| Maintenance Cost | Zero gem upkeep | Zero gem upkeep |
| Assignment | Attached directly to march leaders | Stationed permanently in the city |
March Allocation: Spirit Beasts and Dragons
Because Sacred Dragons demand heavy gem and refining stone investments, most non-spending players can fully optimize only one or two dragons.
Reserve your refined dragons for your primary PvP march (such as your strongest ranged or mounted attack march) and your main wall defense general. Assign your Spirit Beasts to secondary and tertiary rally marches, monster-hunting teams, and subordinate city debuff generals. This split allows you to field multiple competitive marches during Server War, Battle of Constantinople, and Battle of Gaugamela without diluting stats across your roster.
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