Gameplay Basics

## Money

The currency in Princess & Conquest is called "*Swirlies*" short for Swirlie Candies. You may see it shorten to "S". Ie: 1000 S.

The Wallet is called a Swirly Bag. You can hold a maximum of 99,999 S at any time. Later in the game, at the Mouse Clocktower, you can get a bank that has a maximum of 999,999 S at any time.

### Farming Money

1. Maiden's Dairies: Win cow races.
2. Family Jewels: ~400 S with each Sexy Time!
3. Family Jewels + Shorty Special: ~1500 S with each Sexy Time!
4. Family Jewels + Shorty Special + Brothel: Easy to level Reign Affinities, if you have companions of different races.
5. Farming scarabs at the Sphinx.
6. Heir cash-grab with Father's Gift.

## Party

Your party has 4 members. 1 Leader and 3 followers. You can change the leader during "Adventure Mode" and "Battle Mode" with TAB (Keyboard) or LB (Controller) It's recommended to swap to use their skills, weapons or armor. For example, Using a Fairy for their "Fly" skill.

### Companions

There's several types of companions for your party.

#### Princesses

Recruitable and Romancable. These ladies are rulers over their Reigns in the Kingdom. They can become pregnant and give birth.

#### Progenies

Anything other than Princesses. They can be summoned, bought, or recruited.

#### Pets

Types of Accessories and appear on the Level Up and Campsite when equipped.

## Stats

The Knight (Anon), the main character, has 4 skills: You'll have a maximum of 20 Points at Level 30.

1. Strength: Boosts Attack (ATK) mainly, then Defense (DEF) and Magic Defense (MDF, MDEF)
2. Endurance: Boosts DEF and MDF mainly, then Agility (AGI)
	1. Endurance is also used to increase the frequency the knight can perform at night. It's recommended to have Endurance at least 5.
3. Intellect: Boosts Magic Attack (MAT) mainly, then MDF and Luck (LUK)
4. Dexterity: Boots AGI mainly, then LUK and DEF.

Companions (Princesses or Progeny) have 4 skills. A Maximum of 25 points at Level 20.

1. Love: Useful to romance.
2. Lust: Increase the fondness of sex.
3. Power: Increases Fighting Stats.
4. Wealth: Increases the effectiveness of some special items and the brothel.

### Levels:

You need a *campfire* and *swirlies* into experience points to level a character. Campfires are available at night and in the Main World, Kingdom Above / Below. Toss Swirlies in the fire and get levels.

#### For Maximum Levels (Total Cost):

* Knight: 296,916 S
* Companions: 87,710 S

Companions: 8 Levels (5,361 S)

* Fighter: 10 points into Power
* Brothel: 10 Points into Wealth

## Battles:

Your party will enter "Battle Mode".

It enables the health and magic bars.

Battles are in real time and can be paused. Items and Equipment swaps are allowed in battle.

If a party member's HP falls to 1, it'll automatically switch to the next party member.

Saving is disabled.

## Icons

On the level up screen, there's 5 icons. Starting from top to bottom:

1. Poison Resistance
2. Frost Resistance
3. Fire Resistance
6. Water Breathing
7. Flying

## Item Descriptions

You might come across some confusing item descriptions. Here's an example of an description and what it means.

"1♥►10% Dodge" 1 Love = 10% Dodge.

## Suggested Readings

* Day 1
* Traits
* Princesses, Recruiting Princesses, Routes.
* Weight & Stats

## Tips:

**Save Scum**. It's the process of saving right before an event, seeing the outcome and if you don't like the outcome, reload the save.