Dark Tower

### Backstory

*"Knight Manager! The kingdom is in dire jeopardy: Have your warrior go to the Dark Tower and defeat the dreaded mage Azrael. But be warned! The enemy possesses a rare artifact from which he draws his power. Your warrior will probably only be able to defeat him together with the help of fellow knights. Gather all of the other knights together for an attack, and they might be able to win and save our realm."*

### Dark Tower Basics

Once Azrael begins his latest assault on the Kingdom, it takes 14 to 15 days to build the tower. During this time, all knights above combat level 10 are called to climb the tower, fighting minions on every floor and bosses every 10 floors, in an effort to attack the mage himself at the top and stop his attack on the realm. Great rewards accumulate to those who step up to meet this challenge. You will gain gold, diamonds, serfs, and experience on every floor, and the higher you climb, the greater the rewards. You will also find extra random loot on the boss levels every 10 floors. In addition, you will occasionally find a large meal scroll or a crusty bread recipe discarded in a corner as you move on to the next floor. You need energy to fight in the dark tower.

* After the first day, you can check the home page of the website to see the highest floor of the tower that has been reached by any knight so far. This does not reflect how tall the tower is, just how high someone has climbed.
* Starting on floor 200, the tower bosses can use the executioner skill on you in response to pierce or a bullseye bow shot.
* You don’t earn honor points or order points for fighting in the tower, but every tower fight (won or lost) counts towards your activity level for the week.
* If you get stuck in the tower, changing your active combat skills, buying potions at the bar, eating crusty bread, small or large meals, or dragon meat pies, or equipping thorium spears may give you the boost you need to advance a bit more.
* You get double experience, but not double diamonds, gold or serfs, in the tower on Double Thursday. The ancient war potion will also increase your experience gain in the tower.
* Commands: dark tower

### Defeating the Mage Azrael

The top floor of the tower is locked for the first 48 hours, meaning that even if a knight climbs to the top in that time, they have to wait 48 hours to attack Azrael. After that time, if a knight is able to climb to the top and defeat Azrael, the tower shuts down and the threat is (temporarily) over. The knight that kills Azrael wins the Thunder Sword, and wields it in battle until the tower rises again. He also gets 250,000 extra order points for his order.

* The Thunder Sword does 8x damage.
* If the tower is shut down during construction, the next tower will open at 2pm Central European time about 8 to 12 days later, another 10 floors will be added to the total, and the stats of the minions will be increased 20% making the tower more difficult to climb.
* The first tower of Season 11 had 870 floors.

### Final Battle

If no single knight is able to defeat him in his lair at the top of the tower, Azrael will emerge after 14 to 15 days from the first appearance of the tower to attack the castle, and every knight must take their shot at the wizard himself, in the hopes that they can strike him down together and save the King. This final battle lasts 24 hours, and if Azrael isn’t stopped in this time he kills the King, and while arena fights can still happen as usual, there won’t be any arena rewards (diamonds, free tickets, province coins) until a new King is installed a few days later. If Azreal is stopped in this final battle, though, the King shows his gratitude by rewarding every knight that participated with 300 diamonds; however, the tower gets 20% stronger the next time around.

* You can check the home page of the website to see what percentage of the tower has been completed so far. The percentage is updated everyday at 2pm Central European time.
* The knight that kills Azrael in the final battle wins the Thunder Sword, and gets 250,000 extra order points for his order.
* Following a final battle, the next tower will begin about 12 to 14 days later.