Strategy Guides/F2P Diamond Guide

## Introduction

This guide will go over the best ways to get thousands of diamonds for free in Empire Takeover.

Two quick things before we get into the tips:

* Quick disclaimer: some of these tips will require you to be a member of an Alliance.
* Bonus tip tease: Second, be sure to stick around until the end of the article, where I include some bonus tips around optimizing how you spend your diamonds.

YouTube video that demonstrates the material covered in this guide: TBD

## Tip 1: Daily VIP Reward - 100-400 diamonds per day

* New reward introduced in April 2023, this reward can be accessed in the VIP Privilege Interface.
* VIP 1 has a 100 diamond per day reward, and the reward increases depending on your VIP level.

## Tip 2: Daily Quests - 360 diamonds per day

* The next way to get diamonds for free is going to be from completing your daily quests for 360 diamonds.
* There are 9 quests you can complete per day, but you only need to complete 7 to get all 6 chests which will give you the 360 diamonds.
* The three you can consider skipping each day are helping alliance members 10 times, send a message in alliance chat, and daily plundered resources.

## Tip 3: Watch Shop Ads - 200 Diamonds per day

* The next way you can get another 200 diamonds is from watching ads in the Shop, which is the diamond icon on the upper right of your castle screen.
* If you aren’t completely free to play you can consider spending $10/mo on the elite pass so you can skip ads and get the rewards instantly, but otherwise this can be done completely for free.
* Be sure to also watch the ads in the yellow diamonds screen, as you'll need those for another tip later in this article.
* Also note that watching the 4 shop ads will complete one of your daily quests.

## Tip 4: Fake friend invite - 50 diamonds per day

* The next way you can earn a quick 50 diamonds is by tricking the game into thinking you’re sharing an invite to the game.
* Simply go to the Invitations interface and click invite, then cancel after you get the 50 diamonds.

## Tip 5: Play 5 custom stages - 140 diamonds per day

* The next way you can get another 140 diamonds is from playing 5 custom stages per day in the Level Maker.
* This can be found in the swords menu after you unlock the full stages interface around Castle 14 or so.
* You can complete any 5 custom stages to unlock the rewards chest in the lower left corner. However, you can also search for easy to beat stages, such as stage 711, to finish all 5 stages as quickly as possible.

## Tip 6: Fake share a tower game recording - 100 diamonds per day

* The next way you can get another 100 diamonds is by performing a Fake Share, where you trick the game into thinking you’re sharing a tower game recording.
* You can complete this tip while you’re completing the 5 custom stages per day.
* Simply click the record button while playing a tower game, and after the game click to share to other, then cancel before sharing.
* You only have to do this on one tower game per day.

## Tip 7: Weekly Tournament - 150 diamonds per day

* The next way you can earn 150 diamonds per day is by winning 500 tournament trophies in the weekly Trophy Competition.
* This gives you 1050 diamonds per week, which averages out to 150 diamonds per day.
* Note this can be done at your own pace, you’ll just want to try to complete 500 trophies by 11pm server on Sundays.

## Tip 8: Legion Pass - 840 diamonds per day

* This next tip is a big one, so pay attention.
* You can earn 826 diamonds per day by using your yellow diamonds that you earn from watching ads to purchase the monthly Legion pass.
* This is a pass that normally costs $20 per month, however it can be obtained by using yellow diamonds.
* You can purchase this 30 day pass every 40 days and is going to be the best way to earn diamonds as a F2P player.

## Honorable Mention 1: Astrology Wheel - Yield Varies

* The first honorable mention is going to be to spin the astrology wheel daily.
* This tip is typically not going to yield diamonds, but it has the potential to yield 2000 diamonds as one of the card prizes. This can also be increased with a multiplier.
* While normally a low yield, it is quick to perform so it’s recommended to do this once per day.

## Honorable Mention 2: Events - Yield Varies

* The next tip for earning diamonds for free is going to be to participate in any Events that come up.
* Not every event will yield diamonds, but certain events like Imperial Expedition, Cross Kingdom War, and Kingdom vs. Kingdom will yield some type of diamond reward.
* The key will be to minimize how many diamonds you spend to complete the event. I have some advice for this at the end of the article.

## Honorable Mention 3: Weekly ATF exclusive occupations

* A number of kingdoms have adopted a structure that provides players with exclusive occupation rewards, (as well as access to research, training, and building buffs on demand).
* This setup offers rewards to players in an alliance who occupy a ATF that no other alliance borders. By moving between the alliances setup for exclusive occupation, players can earn up to 3600 diamonds per week.
* However, it is worth noting that this strategy is not used in every kingdom, as it depends on the specific kingdom's ATF (Arena Temple Fortress) capture setup.
* Some kingdoms that support exclusive occupation reward hopping include:
	+ 28
	+ 40

## Bonus Tip 1: What to spend diamonds on

* If you are free to play, you will want to avoid spending your diamonds on ANYTHING other than Prison and War Hall upgrades, as these are required for unlocking T5 troops.
* To help reduce how often you need to spend diamonds, you can earn alliance coins by helping to build flags, which will allow you to buy some items that normally cost diamonds, such as teleports, for free.
* Once you have finished your Prison and War Hall and unlocked T5 troops, you’ll want to spend diamonds on getting to C50 and finishing all buildings, and then working on hero talents.

## Bonus Tip 2: If you’re willing to spend a little

* If you’re not completely free to play, but still want to spend as little as possible, the purchases that will yield the most diamonds for the lowest cost are going to be the monthly passes (elite, legion, gold, etc.) and the weekly custom card.
* This is because you get the same rate of diamonds for buying the pass itself, and then extra diamonds daily for the duration of the pass.
* Try your best to only buy passes during spending events and try to buy 2 months' worth of time on your passes if the game allows you to.