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**INTRODUCTION**

Welcome to the Lions Den.

The Lions Den is an Alliance that has existed across a number of different realms and has now found its home in Realm 1321.

If you're reading this, you've likely been directed here by the Alliance leader or a deputy. Please read the notes below to properly settle yourself into your new alliance.

**First**, you will want to ensure that you have changed your name to something specific to you. When you create a castle, you are assigned what is often referred to as a "Lord Name". This will resemble something like LORD1839474. Sounds awful, right? Luckily you are granted the ability to change this for free, once, with every new castle.
- Simply click on your avatar, that is the face in the circle in the top left hand corner of your screen. Once there you will see your Lord Name. Click on this and you will be prompted to change it. Easy.

**Second**, you should teleport your castle to your new Alliance territory. To do this you simply go to your pack - located at the bottom of your screen - and find the 'War' tab. There you will find a number of useful items. For now, let's use the "alliance teleport". If you click and confirm the use of this you will be teleported instantly to an open spot within the alliance territory. Don't have an alliance teleport? You can use an "elite teleport" to transport yourself to a specific spot. Simply ask your new alliance mates to share with you where that might be.

Remember, this is a game and we're all here to have fun. If you have any questions, reach out to someone in the alliance chat or in a private message.

**YOUR GROWTH**

One of the best ways, when you start a new castle in War and Order, to ensure you're progressing is to follow the Kings Road. That is a small circular icon on the lower left hand side of your screen. In here you will find a number of tasks that will guide you through your early castle levels and reward you for completion.

On top of this, there's a number of things you can do to hasten the process.

Troop Recruitment: As you progress you will be able to build an increasing number of barracks. These should always be in use. There is a limit to how many troops you want to have in your army at any one point, but that is not something you'll need to worry about at this early stage. So always keep those barracks busy.

Research: Your college can provide a huge boost to your overall productivity and power. Development, Resource and Military research projects will not only immediately increase your Battle Power, but also strengthen troops, hasten resource production and construction projects as well as many other benefits.

Construction: There's always a building to upgrade. From your main castle down to your little farms, you should always have something under construction.

Daily Rewards: If you click on your city hall you will see the daily reward icon. Click on this and you'll be directed to a number of tasks. Completing these tasks daily earn you a number of awesome rewards. Try your best to complete these tasks on daily basis.

**ALLIANCE GROWTH**

Alliances provide huge benefits to your castle in the form of protection, technology boosts and a number of fun mini games that bring extra rewards. On a personal level it's also a good place to make friends and enjoy good company. On the flip side of that, you can also help your alliance grow quicker by donating.

**Alliance Technology - Donating Resources**
Simply, click on the alliance tab at the bottom of your screen, select 'alliance technology' and click on the item that has been set as the research priority by the alliance leadership. You will then be prompted to donate the appropriate resources.

Most alliances will have a minimum amount of resources that they expect you to donate. Be sure to donate your full 15 times each time you log in.

**Alliance Temple - Donating Wish Cards**
When an alliance reaches technology level 20 from the above donations it can build an Alliance temple. The Alliance temple provides access to further boost as well as alliance skills, incl the Alliance Cannon that can blast an enemy from your territory, and an alliance shield that can be activated to shield every alliance member for a period of time.

To activate and improve these skills you can donate wish cards. Wish cards are earned, primarily, by rallying the ancient ruins, but can also be rewards for other alliance activities. Wish cards are held initially in your pack and they need to be 'used' from there before click on the allaince temple tab and donating them there.

**PROTECTING WHAT'S YOURS**

War and Order is obviously a war game and as such there's always the threat of an attack from other castles. You will need to know how to defend yourself to keep your troops or resources safe.

The first thing you need to consider is what makes you an attractive target to an invading army; Lots of resources or lots of troops for somebody to increase their kill count. The best way to counter this is to keep the resources held in your castle below the limit that your Depot can keep safe.

If you're following the above advise regarding growth you will likely not be carrying too many loose resources on a regular basis. You will earn resource chests and cards for numerous tasks, it's vital that you leave them safe in your pack until you need them.

If you're saving for a large upgrade (castle upgrades can require hideous amounts of resources as you progress) and you have excessive resources on hand from gathering (or plundering) then you may want to consider a Peace Shield. This will prevent you from being scouted or attacked for the duration of the shield.

Troop protection: if your resources are low then all you have to worry about is people attacking you to kill your troops (or just for sweet, sweet revenge). Your Alliance will have an Alliance Fort. The alliance fort can hold one full march from every alliance castle for an indefinite period of time. It is best to store a full march in the fort if you aren't going to be logged in or have access to the game for a period of time.

Protecting your team-mates: You will often see a team mate be attacked, or even an alliance building or flag. You can help your alliance out by 'reinforcing' the target under attack. In 'alliance battles' you can identify the target under attack and click on it to locate it. Once you have done so, you can select 'reinforce' to send an army of your own into the fray.

**FIGHT FOR GLORY**

Now for the fun stuff; Murder!

Attacking other castles can be simple; find a castle, click attack, select your troops and set out. Easy peasy.

There are, however, a number of factors to take into account to ensure success, maximum profit and minimal loss. As well as the politics of it all.

Choosing a castle to attack doesn't just boil down to the relative strengths of your castle and theirs, your level thirteen castle vs a level 19, don't even think about it. Equal castle level and battle power? You may be able to take it.. however if that castle is in another alliance and they have friends nearby, you may have to deal with their friends reinforcing them. That can make for a very bad time.

It's advisable to get to know the names of the stronger alliances in the realm so as not to pick a target that will cause you headaches down the line. Not only that, some alliances will be 'farms' or friends of a larger alliance. This can generally be seen by clicking on your target castle, then the alliance button in the bottom center of that screen. If an alliance is tagged as 'FTW farm' for instance, you can expect the alliance FTW to take issue with you attacking.

Once you have identified a target, you may want to scout it first. When you scout you will be able to see, to a certain level of detail, how many resources they have to plunder and how many troops they have to protect it. There's nothing worse than fighting your way through 50,000 troops, perhaps losing thousands of your own, to walk home with a loaf of bread and a bundle of firewood. So Scout to make sure it's worthwhile.

Even then, you may not want to lose many troops at all, but still want some sweet plunder; ask your alliance mates if they can help. There are two ways that you and your pals can attack a target castle together; Rallying and Time Attack.

RALLYING is the same concept as when you would Rally the ancient ruins. It allows a 5, 10 or 30 minute delay, allowing your teammates time to join the rally and then sets out towards your target at the end of that period. This ensures that all troops arrive at the target at the same time. This will limit losses for everyone as all troops arrive together and soreads the damage across all armies. However, that delay gives your target notice and will allow time for reinforcements to arrive, to hide their toops, spend their resources or even just put up a shield.

That's where a TIME ATTACK has the advantage. A time attack involves everybody who wishes to march declaring their march time to the target (click target castle, click attack, and in the bottom right hand corner above the 'set out' button you will see your march time). Once it's established who has the longest march time they will set out first. Everyone else then joins the march once the countdown reaches their oen march time. You can track the progress of the march/attack in the Alliance Battles screen (Alliance tab -> Alliance battles).
A well timed T.A. can make a huge difference in your chances of success, even against stronger opposition.

**BECOME THE STRONGEST LORD**

Every two weeks there is an event called 'The Strongest Lord' (SL). A full SL event is five phases, each with their own rewards for reaching certain goals. On top of this, there's an overall ranking system that eill earn additional points depending on where you place. And even further still; these events are two realms competing against eachother, so there are even more prizes if your realm is victorious.

The phases are:

1. Gathering Resources.
2. Recruiting Troops.
3. Power On (building and technology upgrades)
4. Monster Killing
5. Kill enemies.

The first four phases all change order to decrease your ability to game the system. However there are many ways to maximise your points in these phases.

**Gather Resources** - Under 'city buffs' you will see 'gather speed boost'. These items can be used to increase your gathering speed by 50% for a period of time. Use the, for the full 24 hours of this event. Different resources are worth different points, and your basic gathering speed is dependent on your technology levels, so you'll want to investigate which resources are the best yield for you.

**Recruit Troops** - You may wish to save all recruitment speedups for this round. The higher level troops you recruit, the more points they are worth, so don't waste speedups producing level 4 troops if you have a barracks that can produce level 6. **N.B.** : Troop Promotion in your Drill Grounds does NOT count towards this event.

**Power On** - Research speed ups and building speed ups are what you want here. You get points for every single unit of battle power you increase in research and building in this phase. The more important buildings like your castle wall, your barracks and your castle itself are worth the most points. You may want to start upgrading one of these bigger buildings right before the entire event begins and then speed up its completion when the Power On phase begins.

**Monster Killing** - Stamina potions should be saved for this event. There is also a city buff called 'hunting expedition' that can be useful, if you're lucky enough to have one.

**Kill Enemies** - There are two types of this phase 'Frenzy' and 'Void'. You will know which event it is in advance. Both involve travelling to a different realm and pitting your castle and alliances against new enemies. The key difference between the two is that you can't lose troops or resources in Frenzy. Troops are all sent to the event hospital and can be healed there (healing speedups come in handy). In void, all bets are off. What you lose, you lose. Attack boosts, HP boosts, city decorations, peace shields, battle fog, elite and random teleports all have a place during this phase.