Academy & talents
Build your Academy, earn talent points and choose your specialty: offense, defense or economy.
Can I unlock everything?
No, and that's the heart of the system. You earn 1 point per Academy level (up to a maximum of 20 points). But a single complete path already costs 20 points. So you have to choose your specialization: Warrior, Fortress or Prosperity.
How it works
- 🏛️Build and upgrade the Academy in your main village. Each level gives you 1 talent point.
- 🌳Spread your points across 3 paths: 🗡️ Path of the Warrior, 🛡️ Path of the Fortress, 🌾 Path of Prosperity.
- ⭐Each talent goes up to rank 5. The higher the rank, the stronger the bonus.
- 🔁Picked the wrong path? A reset sets all your points back to zero so you can reallocate them.
The three paths
- 🗡️Path of the Warrior — offense: troop attack (+3% / rank), plunder capacity (+10%) and recruitment speed (+5%).
- 🛡️Path of the Fortress — defense: troop health (+3%), troop shield (+3%), turret stats (+4%) and defenses repaired for free (+3%).
- 🌾Path of Prosperity — economy: resource production (+2%), storage capacity (+4%), expedition rewards (+6%) and Workshop gains (+6%).
The propulsion researches
Beyond the talent tree, the Academy hosts researches that you level up one tier at a time. Three of them permanently speed up your troops — they replace the old "March" talent. Each research covers a family of units and each level adds its speed bonus, with no cap imposed by talents.
- 🛣️Paved Roads — +10% speed per level for ⚔️ Guard, 🛡️ Sergeant, 🐂 Caravan and ♻️ Recycler (infantry and convoys).
- 🐎Royal Studs — +20% speed per level for 🐴 Rider, 🔮 Royal Mage and 🧭 Settler (mounts and scholars).
- 🔮Travel Arcana — +30% speed per level for ⚜️ Paladin, 🌑 Shadow Stalker, 👹 Orc Champion and 💀 Titan (the elite).
The rules to know
Frequently asked questions
How many points will I have in total?
As many as your Academy level. Academy level 5 = 5 points, level 20 = 20 points. The cap is 20 points, just enough to fill one entire path (4 talents × 5 ranks).
I picked the wrong path, am I stuck?
No. You can reset all your talents and reallocate everything. The reset is free the first time, then once every 7 days. If you want to change before that window, it costs 400 Gold (taken from your main village).
Can I mix two paths?
Yes, nothing forces you to stay in just one. But since you only have 20 points and a complete path costs 20, mixing means finishing neither of them. It's up to you to decide between specializing fully or blending.
Do the bonuses apply right away?
Yes. As soon as a point is placed, the bonus is active: production, combat, recruitment, turrets or expeditions benefit immediately, everywhere in the game.