Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest Resource Plundering Guide

To gather resources rapidly in Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest, raid unshielded, inactive enemy keeps using high-capacity hauling units. Scouting targets beforehand, keeping your own fortress protected under a Peace Shield, and immediately spending plundered materials on fortress upgrades prevents counter-attacks and avoids food upkeep decay.

Scouting and Selecting Targets

Never send a raiding march to an enemy keep without scouting it first. Unscouted fortresses can contain defensive traps or reinforced garrisons that wipe unarmored gathering marches. Review your scout reports for three key criteria:

• Unprotected Resources: Compare the target's total stockpiles against its Warehouse protection limit. Any resources below this threshold cannot be looted.
• Stationed Garrisons and Traps: Verify that the keep has zero stationed troops, defending champions, or wall traps. Beware of active "bait keeps," which rival players deliberately pack with high-tier reinforcements to trap careless raiders.
• Alliance Affiliation: Focus on unaligned accounts or dead alliances. Attacking members of an active, dominant alliance risks retaliatory rallies against your fortress.

Troop Selection and Load Optimization

Each unit in Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest possesses a specific load stat that dictates how much Food, Wood, Stone, or Iron it can carry. Deploying high-tier combat monsters to loot defenseless bases is inefficient due to slower speeds and lower load efficiency.

To further increase haul efficiency, equip your Champion with gear and skills that boost march load and march speed, and take advantage of alliance gathering buffs to reduce the total number of trips required.

Protecting Your Base During Raids

Hauling large volumes of resources quickly pushes your fortress stockpiles far above your own Warehouse protection limit, making your base a lucrative target for hostile scouts.

• Activate a Peace Shield: Run an 8-hour or 24-hour Peace Shield before starting extended raiding runs. Marches can leave and return with plunder while keeping your central fortress immune to attacks.
• Use Ghost Rallies: If you lack a Peace Shield, protect your primary combat troops by starting an 8-hour warband rally against a distant inactive base or Chaotic Rift. This keeps your main fighting force off-site and safe while disposable haulers gather loot.
• Limit March Distance: Plunder targets close to your base. Shorter march distances reduce transit exposure and allow you to react quickly if enemy scouts appear.

Spending Plundered Resources Immediately

Do not log off with large, unprotected resource stockpiles sitting idle in your fortress. In addition to attracting enemy attacks, excess Food is continuously consumed by your stationed troops through army upkeep.

Convert your plunder into permanent account strength before closing the game:

1. Queue Major Upgrades: Invest surplus Wood, Stone, and Iron into long construction projects at your Chaos Keep, Fortress Walls, or Sorcerer's Citadel.
2. Start Ritual Research: Allocate remaining resources to high-tier research projects to lock materials into permanent bonuses.
3. Train Units or Donate to Alliance Caches: If your construction and ritual queues are already occupied, channel leftover Food and Iron into continuous unit recruitment queues or Alliance Caches to safeguard your wealth.