Consorts

**Consorts** are NPC characters the Sultan encounters and takes as wives to produce Heirs. The Sultan first encounters Consorts in the Masquerade. Encountering a Consort multiple times increases Intimacy and eventually allows the Sultan to take the Consort as a wife. Married Consorts can be found in the Harem, though the Sultan will still encounter them while masquerading as well. Consorts are almost always associated with viziers and visits with the consort can accrue Consort XP, which can be used to boost the stats of the vizier. Visits with the Consorts may also result in Heirs.

Encountering a married Consort in Masquerade will increase Intimacy +1. Consorts have two stats: Intimacy and Charm. Higher Intimacy results in higher Heir attributes. Charm affects the experience gains of Consorts during visits. With higher VIP levels, you get more free fortune upgrades and masquerade limits.

Sultans may visit Consorts randomly, several times a day using Vigor. Once all Vigor has been consumed, players can wait for the cool-down to refill or consume Vigor Orbs to replenish it. Visiting a specific Consort costs diamonds; the cost of visiting a consort directly goes up as the Consort's stats increase. Auto-visit unlocks with VIP 3.

## Consort Titles

After unlocking or obtaining a consort, her title is Attendant. By granting gifts for Charm and Intimacy, your consort can unlock new titles.

Agate Ring gives +1 Intimacy, Emerald Ring gives +2 Intimacy, Lazurite Necklace gives +5 Intimacy, Carnelian Necklace gives +10 Intimacy, and Black Diamond Necklace gives +20 Intimacy.

Silver Earrings give +1 Charm, Gold Earrings give +2 Charm, Jade Brooch gives +5 Charm, Gemstone Brooch gives +10 Charm, and Diamond Brooch gives +20 Charm.

There are additional items which give randomized consorts more Intimacy/Charm, items which give all consorts either a flat or randomized amount of Intimacy/Charm, and items which give a selected consort a randomized amount of Intimacy/Charm, too.

Note: You can also increase charm of a chosen consort by giving them maids from daily tribute in the Imperial Council. Foreign maids also have different amount of Charm granted, so you'll be informed of it once you receive them
The titles and required Intimacy and Charms points to unlock them are given below. Limit means limited number of consorts for each title (e.g. you can't have more than one Noble Consort).

## Consort Hall

Consort Hall is a place where your consorts can learn and teach their skills to other players' consorts. Each class takes 2h time. There are 3 types of classes, each one having different amount of Elegance Gems to collect. These are: Imperial Painting Room, Imperial Academy and Imperial Music Hall. Teaching consort with a higher rank receives bonus Elegance Gems. Another bonus is brought for having a union member in the room (note that this bonus lasts only as long as the union member remains in the room).

Basic amount of received Elegance Gems for each teaching:

* Imperial Painting Room: 3600
* Imperial Academy: 7200
* Imperial Music Hall: 10800

To open each of these rooms, you need to posses one special key (Painting Key, Reading Key or Music Key).

In order to enter the class, you need to find an opened room and place your strongest consort inside. You have 5 attempts daily and they are free of any charge. Be sure to upgrade your consort of choice before you enter, because anyone with higher titled consort can take knock your consort off the room and take her place, resulting in you losing one attempt to enter a room.

Elegance Gems collected through learning and/or teaching in the Consort Hall can be used to increase the star rank of companion skills, which boost the bonus attributes for each linked Vizier. Once you collected required amount of these Gems, the eligible consort skill icon will be surrounded by a ring of light (you will see this when you open the "Skills" tab for the consort). You can decide if you upgrade this bonus or give it to another concubine (vizier); the Elegance Gems collected by one consort can be used on bonus attributes of any other consort's linked vizier.

The XP points of a concubine can increase attributes of a linked vizier through the consort skill, but with Elegance Gems you can upgrade the level of bonus attributes, so you gain more attributes for smaller amount of XP points.

## Tips on promoting concubines

First of all, don't rush with upgrading all your concubines at once, unless you have a quest that requires giving them gifts. Rather than trying to increase stats of all of your consorts, choose one, who is linked to your strongest vizier. E.g. if you've upgraded Piyale above lvl 100 and increased his talent, focus on Canfeza. The harmony of the consort and her linked vizier will help you increase his attributes and make him stronger.

However, when you've already increased Intimacy/Charm of one concubine before obtaining her linked vizier (e.g. you chose to upgrade Samina before reaching Grand Sultan III), you can still continue with upgrading this concubine and wait until you unlock or purchase the vizier she's linked to. It will take more time (depending on the vizier), but it'll pay off as well, if you're patient enough.

Another good idea is to wait for Romance of Sultans event, because increasing charm and intimacy will immediately pay off through quests and tasks, as well as will give you a good start to raise in your server ranking.