Loot

Besides Troop and Hero Cards, There are several types of Currency and items that you can loot in Art of War.

## **Currency**

* Coins
* Gems
* Hunting Medals
* Vouchers

### **Coins and Gems**

There are plenty of free ways to get **Coins** and **Gems**:

* Free hourly Coins and Gems from **Idle Chest**;
* Normal Level rewards and bonus gem levels (once every 20 levels);
* x3 ads after each level gives you extra Coins (only).
* Free Daily Reward in the **Shop**
* **Headhunt** missions and daily task rewards;
* Special Events and PVP rewards( +extra Arena rewards if you have Battle Pass);
* **Hohenheim** Hero skill that brings additional gold from slain troops.
* **Hero Trial** PVP rewards
* **Expedition** rewards
* Special Events

### **Honor Hunting Medals**

You can receive Honor Hunting medals by:

* Attacking boss
* Seasonal rewards when **Honor Hunting** Boss is defeated (once in 7 days)
* Weekly **Hero Trial** competition Rewards for ranking 5,000 and above
* Opening super-card packs in the **Shop** or **Recruit Camp**

> ***Important!*** Some users mistakenly think that Honor Hunting medals you need for upgrading troop to level 9 is not the same medals you use in Honor Hunting Medals shop, and report lost medals when they actually spend it in the shop. Please remember that it's the same Medals so you must choose whether you need them for upgrading troops or spend in shop as it's deduced from the same balance when spend.
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### **Vouchers**

You can get from The **Wheel of Fortune** and other events and rewards:

* **Super Card Pack Voucher** to spend in the **Shop** or **Recruit Camp.**
* **Raffle Ticket** to use for one extra **Wheel of Fortune** spin.
* **Coin Multiplier** that will be automatically applied to your next Normal Level Victory Reward.

## **Chests**

### **Timed chests:**

* Hero Box
* Troop Box
* Idle Reward Box

You can obtain Hero and Troop chests by passing levels. Every 20th level will give you one of each kind of chests. You can also get chests during some special events.

You can open **Hero Box** every 8 hours and **Troop Box** every 3 hours. Please note that next box timer starts only after you open a box. It means that you cannot wait for 6 hours and then open two Troop Boxes.

There are several ways to speed up box timers:

* use the **Hero/Troop Chest Keys** (see below) to open chests immediately,
* watch daily ads to reduce chests' cooldown time up to 3 hours a day,
* spend coins and/or gems to speed up chests' cooldown.

**Idle chest** is located on the main screen on the flat rock pedestal right above the fighting troops. It brings you coins and gems continuously (fully fills every 6 hours, for VIP players - 8 hours). The amount of coins and gems you get per hour grows depending on your level progress.

### **Reward Boxes**

You can get 4 kinds of Reward Boxes - Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary - from:

* Clan Competition rewards - see **Clans** page for details.
* The **Shop**.

## **Keys and Chest Time Reduction Clocks**

Golden keys are used for opening Hero chests, and silver keys are used for opening Troop chests.

You can receive the keys by:

* Playing in the Arena and staying on top (if the Season have such rewards)
* Playing and winning in the **Expedition** mode
* Spinning the **Wheel of Fortune**. (if the Wheel has such rewards in current Season)
* Attending other events and modes.