Using the Castle Screen

In the castle, your objectives are to build and upgrade buildings, research and upgrade spells, and train/arrange/heal troops. As a newbie, this is what you will do most of the time. This is best achieved by following the Main Tasks list, which will reward you for each activity you complete. Building/upgrading buildings by far gives the most fame, which in turn allows you to recruit more heroes, occupy more mines, and so on.

Buildings are initially built by clicking on the Townhall, then clicking the build button next to the desired structure. If this button is gray, hover over it and you'll see what resources you need to acquire first. To acquire resources please check the guide on resources later down the page.

Buildings meanwhile are upgraded via the upgrade button in the building's pop-up window. Please remember however that a building must be fully built for you to be able to upgrade it, or access the building's menu.

Once you build a magic tower, skills and spells can be researched and upgraded via the pop-up window, viewed by clicking on the tower. The skill effects are self-explanatory in the hover pop-up window. Spell effects are self-explanatory, however there are some exceptions; these are spells used directly in battles, and those exclusively for Castellans (heroes assigned to defend a castle by equipping them in the hero tower as a Castellan)

Finally, once you have a barracks and arena (later units require additional support structures and skills) you can build troops to conquer your small patch of this fantasy world. Unit training costs resources and takes time. They are built via the barracks and assigned to heroes and healed in the arena. Your hero level limits how many troops can be carried.

You will want to get the mage tower then level 1 of the resource boosts very early so you get the continuous resource boost. Next, focus on getting level one of everything except the race specific big building and advanced combat unit buildings.