Firefly Crowns

***Firefly Crowns*** can purchased in game to be used for buying packs of strategy cards and premium tokens. Firefly Crowns are purchased using real currency and can be aquired in several ways.

## Purchasing Firefly Crowns

Firefly Crowns can be bought at any cards screen by clicking on the *Buy Crowns* icon and using a credit or debit card directly, through PayPal or via Moneybookers and Direct eBanking. Mobile payments can be made via Zong, MoPay SMS or MoPay Call.

It is important to note that:

* Credit card transactions are handled by PayPal However, a *PayPal* account is not required in order to carry out the transaction. (but *may* incur a surcharge)

Direct eBanking

## Alternative Payment

If you are unable to purchase crowns with a credit or debit card there are alternative payment methods like **Paysafecard**  and other methods via **Xsolla**

You can find these in the other payments option on the Page]

It is also possible to purchase Crowns via **Amazon Gift Cards**

## Gifting Crowns

When purchasing crowns in Stronghold Kingdoms, users can now choose to gift them to another player in the game. To gift crowns to another player, select the check box next to the gift icon when purchasing crowns.

When selecting to purchase crowns as a gift, users are shown various stats, as with the image above. These are

* **This order is a gift to** - The username of the user which the crowns are being purchased as a gift for.
* **Your gift level:** - This determines how many crowns users are able to purchase as gifts for other players per calendar month.
* **Remaining allowance:** - This shows how many more crowns can be purchased as gifts for other players this calendar month.

Hovering over "Your gift level" will show more information, including...

* **Next level:** - This is the next gift level and how many crowns a user can purchase as gifts after reaching that level.
* **Months active:** - This shows how many calendar months the user has made a purchase of crowns in. To advance, a user must make at least one purchase in the required number of different calendar months.
* **Crowns to next level:** - This shows how many crowns a user must purchase (not necessarily as gifts) to reach the next gift level.

Any crowns purchased as gifts will appear in users' **Crowns Purchased** of their Account Details.

Users that have received Crowns as a gift are informed when logging into the game client. Users are given the option to Accept or Decline the gift. Declined gifts will return a number of Crowns to the user who purchased them.

## Pricing

Crowns can be purchased in the following amounts and for the following prices. We currently accept payment in Euros, Pounds Sterling (GBP), and US Dollars (USD). Once a country is selected, payment will be made in the relevant currency.

## SMS & Phone Payment

Firefly Crowns can also be bought via SMS from the Buy Crowns screen. The price and amount of crowns per purchase vary from region to region, depending on the currency used and local network tariffs. We accept SMS payments for regions that use the following currencies.

To purchase Firefly Crowns via SMS, go to the Buy Crowns screen, select your region and "SMS. Pay by SMS". Enter your mobile phone number to receive a purchase code, then enter the code back into the site to confirm the payment.
Unfortunately, we are restricted by network operator requirements and charges, which differ from country to country. In some regions, we are not able to offer some payment options, although we would like to. SMS payment offers an alternative payment method for players without credit/debit cards or access to Paypal & Moneybookers. We will continue to evaluate other payment systems for those of you who are still without a suitable payment option, and we will keep players informed of any updates to the system.

## Terms of Use

The Stronghold Kingdoms Terms of use has vital information regarding Firefly Crowns. Be sure to examine these, especially Section *11 - Ownership/Selling of the Account or Virtual Items and Purchase of Virtual Items* to avoid any confusion or misunderstandings regarding your purchased Firefly Crowns.