Kingdom Two Crowns: How to Prepare for the Pharaoh Lands DLC

To survive in Kingdom Two Crowns and prepare for the upcoming Pharaoh Lands expansion, prioritize funding your defensive perimeter and hiring wanderers every morning before spending gold on ruin expeditions. The Monarch's core win condition is crown preservation. If night falls while you are caught outside your walls or an outer barrier collapses, immediate retreat is mandatory to prevent the Greed from knocking off your crown.

Balancing Wall Investments and Ruin Expeditions

Your coin pouch dictates both construction speed and personal safety. Over-investing in walls stalls expansion and discovery, while neglecting walls leaves your settlement open to nightly attacks.

Investment Focus	Primary Benefits	Key Trade-Offs
Wall Fortification	Stops nightly Greed attacks; protects archers and recruits	Halts exploration; delays landmark and coin discoveries
Ruin Expeditions	Locates coin caches, shrines, and artifacts	Drains defense funds; risks getting stranded at nightfall
Balanced Perimeter	Maintains steady growth while funding outward discovery	Demands tight mount stamina management and daily routing

Use daylight hours as a strict operational countdown:

Morning Routine: Spend your first coins on wall repairs and recruiting wanderers to maintain archer and builder numbers.
Midday Scouting: Ride out toward ruins to uncover chests and landmarks only after local building queues are financed.
Stamina Management: Rest your mount periodically so you retain enough stamina to outrun Greed patrols when returning home before dusk.

Defending Against Nightly Greed Raids

Greed waves escalate as your campaign days advance, specifically targeting your dropped coins and your crown. Losing the crown ends the run immediately.

To hold your ground against late-game waves:

Layer Your Walls: Never rely on a single defensive line. Keep inner barricades standing so your archers can fall back if the outer boundary falls.
Fall Back Immediately: If an outer wall is breached during an attack, do not attempt mid-battle repairs. Ride behind the next inner wall and allow your stationed archers to eliminate the breach wave.
Drop Distraction Coins: If Greed pursue you directly, drop single coins from your pouch. Basic Greed units prioritize picking up loose coins over attacking, granting brief moments to reach your fortifications safely.

What to Expect in the Pharaoh Lands Expansion

Announced by publisher Raw Fury and developer Aurora Punks, the Pharaoh Lands expansion introduces an ancient Egyptian setting with new survival systems that alter standard routines.

Temple Puzzles and Deities: Standard coin shrines are supplemented by Egyptian temples requiring puzzle and riddle solutions. Deciphering these environmental trials unlocks favors from deities such as Ra and Anubis.
New Mounts and Artifacts: The expansion adds mounts suited for desert traversal alongside artifacts that offer passive utilities for your settlement and defense.
New Greed Enemy: An unfamiliar Greed foe enters the nightly waves, requiring players to actively counter threats rather than relying solely on static wall turtling.

Platform Support and Co-Op Play

Kingdom Two Crowns is available on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch, supporting both solo play and two-player co-op. The base game periodically receives promotional discounts, including a 90% sale to $1.99 on Steam running through October 22.

Playing in co-op significantly simplifies resource management. Assign one player to manage the base economy, maintain walls, and recruit wanderers, while the second monarch scouts ruins, manages temple riddles, and returns to support defense before nightfall.