Secret Zones

At Level 35, you can build the **Secret Zone Port** building, which unlocks the Secret Zones. By building the Port, you will be able to access the Secret Zone menu via the building itself. The Secret Zone Port also appears in the Secret Zone menu as a Secret Zone for every player. It is a personal Zone as it doesn't appear on the world map and cannot be attacked. It is the only Zone that can be upgraded.

There are three types of other Secret Zones, which are: "Mysterious Porch" (also referred to as "Elite Zone"), "Silent Path" ("Epic Zone") and "Majestic Alter" ("Legendary Zone"). They are located on the world map. Every player can theoretically hold 1 of those Zones right away. Upgrading VIP level unlocks more slots on VIP Levels 4, 8, 10 and 13. So in total the maximum amount of Zones is 1 Secret Zone Port and 5 more of the above-name three different types of Secret Zones. Currently, these three types of Secret Zones can only be received from the Secret Zone Track event. Occupied Secret Zones can be moved any number of times to a 2x2 spot of your choice for 500 Gems each. They can't be moved into an enemy alliance's territory or on a landmark (lakes, mountains, etc.). They produce resources and troops and even give helpful buffs when Heroes that fulfill certain requirements have been appointed to them.

### Building of Secret Zones

When winning a Zone in the Secret Zone Track event, you will get an item to spawn the Secret Zone at a random spot on the world map. 4 hours after the win the item will be automatically used and the Secret Zone appears on the world map. The coordinates are being sent to the winner and noone else. By searching the map, it can also be found randomly though. To occupy the Zone, you need to attack it and defeat the default defenders. After 10 continuous minutes of holding the Secret Zone, the attacker will "own" the Zone and be able to move it, claim produced resources and troops and activate buffs.

The other possibility to spawn a Zone on the map is by collecting 10 Lighting Torch, Lighting Candle or Lighting Oil Lamp Fragments, which can be fused to its respective item to spawn a Secret Zone: Lighting Torch (which spawns a Mysterious Porch), Lighting Candle (Silent Path), Lighting Oil Lamp (Mysterious Alter). Those items will not automatically be used after a certain time, they must be used from within the Inventory. Using those items allows you to place the Secret Zone wherever you want. After it's placed, it will be in the possession of the player who spawned it right away and a process called Secret Zone Construction will be started.

#### Secret Zone Construction

Secret Zone Construction lasts a few minutes, depending on the type of Secret Zone being spawned. While the construction is going on, the player who spawned the Zone and all alliance members can send marches to help build the Secret Zone. For every helping march the player who sent it will receive a small Secret Zone Build Reward. There is a maximum amount of rewards that can be claimed and this amount as well as the possible rewards also depends on the type of Zone spawned. Only one march can be on its way there, but another march can already be sent when the first march is on its way back.

The Construction will end either after the Construction time has run out or all the rewards have been claimed. Both ways, the Zone will automatically be occupied by the player who spawned it as soon as it ends. From then on, this player will "own" the Zone and be able to move it, claim produced resources and troops and activate buffs.

The following table contains the Construction time, possible rewards and the maximum amount of rewards for every type of Secret Zone.

**10 x** Main Building Hammer
**2 x** Master EXP Book *(5,000)*
**2 x** Lv1 Rune Box
**1 x** 10-minute Training Speed Up
**1 x** 10-minute Healing Speed Up
**1 x** 10-minute Research Speed Up
 *Silent Path* | 5 min
**15 x** Main Building Hammer
**3 x** Master EXP Book *(5,000)*
**1 x** Lv2 Rune Box
**1 x** 15-minute Training Speed Up
**1 x** 15-minute Healing Speed Up
**1 x** 15-minute Research Speed Up

### Secret Zone Features

Secret Zones automatically produce troop items. Those items can be claimed every 24 hours and will appear in your inventory, where they can be used at any time to spawn the respective troops in the base. The default troopy type produced is Ranged, but it can be changed to Melee or Magical at any time and any number of times without any progress of the production being lost; the timer will continue where it was before and not restart from 24 hours.

Every Secret Zone also produces Holy Water, Ore and Gold. The amount it produces can be increased by appointing a Hero to the Secret Zone. Every Secret Zone has one slot where a Hero can be appointed. This Hero can be used like usual everywhere else, but every Hero can only be used in one Secret Zone at a time. Appointed Heroes can also unlock various buffs, if they fulfill certain requirements.

The following table is an overview over all the available Secret Zones, the power they give, their buffs and the requirements to activate ALL of them. Some of the buffs of a Secret Zones might have lower requirements. Hint: The "accumulated Skill Level" is the sum of the Skill Level of the hero's 4 Skills.

Let's have a look at the Zones in detail:

#### Mysterious Porch

The weakest of the three Secret Zones, after a few months most servers have to many of them, every player will already have the maximum amount of Secret Zones and they become superfluous. They are a nice little addition though, especially the 2 free troops per day can be helpful.

 **+2%** Troop HP
 **+5%** Gathering Speed

#### Silent Path

The second strongest Secret Zone, the troop Training Speed can be extremely helpful as well as the 3 free troops per day. The battle buffs are also starting to get interesting.

Star Level ≥ **2**
Accumulated Skill Level ≥ **8**
 **+4%** Troop HP
Star Level ≥ **2**
 **+5%** Troop Training Speed
 **+3%** reduction of taken damage
Star Level ≥ **3**
Accumulated Skill Level ≥ **12**

#### Majestic Alter

The strongest of the three Secret Zones, not only does it give 5 troops per day, increased Troop Training and Gathering Speed, but also a Research Speed Increase. The battle buffs, especially, but not only the +10 March Size are very important and often decide fights!

Star Level ≥ **2**
Accumulated Skill Level ≥ **8**
 **+7%** Troop HP
Star Level ≥ **2**
 **+5%** Research Speed
 **+5%** Troop Training Speed
 **+5%** Gathering Speed
 **+10** March Size Increase
Star Level ≥ **3**
Accumulated Skill Level ≥ **12**

#### Secret Zone Port

The Secret Zone Port, as mentioned at the beginning, is the only Zone that can be upgraded. It costs a total of 200,000 Gems to upgrade it from the lowest of the five qualities to the highest. The Legendary Port doesn't have the insanely strong March Size buff that the Alters have. However, its Damage Increase and Reduction buffs in combination with even higher Troop HP and Troop Attack buffs can easily compensate that in most cases. Upgrading to the highest level is a good investment, if you have enough Gems and the VIP Level is already upgraded to at least Level 10.