Castle

*"The foundation of your great cause. Upgrade to unlock more buildings."*

Your Castle level is a good indication of your might. You will want to upgrade your castle whenever you can. Upgrades are dependent on the levels of other buildings in your territory, the most important of which is your Wall. You cannot upgrade the castle if the wall is not already upgraded. There will also be another dependency which must be upgraded before the castle can be upgraded, for example the Cavalry Barracks. This frequently creates a chain of dependencies.

## Castle View

Clicking on the castle brings up the Castle View. In this view, you can do the following:

* View the level of your castle.
* Change the skin of your castle (seen from the World Map).
* Increase the Glory Level of any building (available after a certain point).
* Upgrade your castle.
* Change your name.
* View your Alliance Rank.
* View the boosts which the next castle upgrade will provide.
* View the current state of your territory.

## Territory Overview

One of the most useful views is the Territory Overview, found in the top righthand corner.

This lays out the following information:

* Fortification Overview
* Food Statistics
* Wood Statistics
* Iron Statistics
* Gold Statistics

The resource statistics shown in this overview are:

* The number of the resource "held".
* The daily resource cap figure.
* The hourly resource output figure.
* Food Only: The hourly rations (food eaten by your troops which is over and above your Food Storage amount). When there is no Food for your troops to eat, nothing happens.
* The number of the resource in your bag.

Use the Territory View each time you are thinking of upgrading to help you calculate your shortfall in each resource, and to celebrate how nicely your resources are growing!

### Held Resources

This is how many of the resource is available on the top line of the Information Frame. You can liken this to your ready cash which you might hold in your pocket. When you pay for something using this resource, it will come out of this "held" amount first. It is this number which determines how much of this resource can be plundered by a raiding enemy. Any amount over and above your Storage limit for the resource can be plundered.

It is important to keep an eye on this number for each resource, and **minimize** it in whatever way you can. Here are some ways to keep your "held" figure down:

* spend it;
* regularly send it to Alliance Storage (capped to a daily maximum amount);
* buy resources in the Mystery Shop, which not only gives you more of the resource but also moves it to the safety of your bag.

The "held" number **increases** via the following methods:

* gather it from your Perimeter;
* gather it on the Wold Map;
* withdraw it from Alliance Storage;
* use the Lord Talent "Fast Producer";
* receive it as a Wish from the Goddess Statue;
* receive it as a gift transported to you from another Alliance member (which incurs a huge tax, and can take you well over your safe Storage limit).

### Daily Resource Cap and Hourly Resource Output

These two figures work together, and give you an indication of how much of the resource can be gathered from your Perimeter.

It is a perpetual task to gather resources from your resource buildings, and it is unlikely that you will realize the hourly output in each and every hour. It is however possible that you may hit the cap for the resource, which is only 10 hours' worth out of a possible 24 hours.

If you use the Lord Talent "Fast Producer", you will receive five times the hourly output figure. This is not included in the Daily Resource Cap. Since this talent can be activated twice each day, it effectively doubles the Daily Resource Cap figure.

### Total in Bag

Your Bag is the very safest place for your resources, since it is "bottomless", and no raiding enemy can get at it. You can liken it to money in an endless safe deposit box at a bank, which you would not be able to spend without taking the trouble of withdrawing it. Whenever possible, you should refrain from using resource from your bag.

Once withdrawn from your bag, the resource amount moves up to your unsafe "held" amount. Moving it back into your bag is only possible by purchasing resource in the Mystery Shop, which is only rarely available and therefore cannot be relied on.

It is good practice to regularly check the Mystery Shop, and make use of it for this purpose whenever the opportunity presents.

The "Total in Bag" number **increases** via the following methods:

* given some amount of the resource as a reward (for example, from events);
* exchanges from the Mystery Shop;
* exchanges from the Rare Earth Shop;
* given some amount of the resource from an Alliance Gift.