How Forge Wars works

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1. Claim or open your forge

Your forge is the home base for troop training, range, outgoing marches, and defenses.

2. Train regular troops

Use Smelters, Ash Archers, and Iron Guards. No separate browser-local Raider army. Fewer ledgers, fewer goblin tax crimes.

3. Attack NPC villages

Choose an NPC village on the map, check distance/defenders/cache, and send a normal troop march.

4. Read Reports

Reports show pending marches, victories, defeats, troop losses, and stolen or salvaged Ingots.

Future economy engine for turning forge progress into better Ingot flow.

• Proposed: +10–20% passive Ingot yield per level
• Proposed: small Exchange buy bonus at higher levels
• Should become the core economy building, not a combat building

Strategy: Best direction: make it the long-term economy choice for peaceful builders and raiders who need troop funding.

Unlocks and improves troop training.

• Unlocks troop training
• +5 troop capacity per level
• -10% training time per level

Strategy: Build this first if you want to fight. Higher levels let you maintain bigger armies and recover faster after losses.

Defensive wall that makes stationed troops stronger when defending.

• +15% defense power per level
• Stacks with defensive terrain bonuses
• Protects your Ingots indirectly by helping defenders win

Strategy: Best for wealthy forges or players who expect to be attacked. Pair with Iron Guards and Vault Storage.

Unlocks attacks and controls how far your troops can march.

• Level 1 unlocks attacks
• +4 tile attack range per level after base range
• Level 5 unlocks worldwide attacks

Strategy: Build when you are ready to raid. Upgrade if your nearby targets are dry or too well defended.

Protects a fixed amount of Ingots from successful raids.

• Shields 2,000 Ingots from raids per level
• Only unprotected Ingots can be stolen
• Does not stop troop casualties

Strategy: Useful once your Ingot balance grows. It reduces raid losses even if your defense collapses.

Future crafting/upgrades building for specialized gear and troop modifiers.

• Proposed: craft consumables or forge gear
• Proposed: unlock troop equipment such as arrowheads, shields, siege tools
• Proposed: add one crafting slot per level

Strategy: Best direction: make Smithy a mid-game customization system, not just another raw multiplier.

Turns battle activity into better seasonal standing.

• +10% weekly war score per level
• Improves league competition value
• Pairs with Lightning Rods and War Horns

Strategy: Upgrade when competing for leaderboards/seasons rather than only farming Ingots.

Future social/alliance building for diplomacy and reinforcements.

• Proposed: create or join alliances
• Proposed: send/receive reinforcements
• Proposed: alliance buffs, treaties, bounties, shared scouting

Strategy: Best direction: make Embassy the coordination layer so the game becomes social instead of only 1v1 raids.

Balanced cheap infantry for early attacks and general-purpose defense.

• Low cost
• Decent attack
• Useful filler for mixed armies

Weakness: Falls off against dedicated defenders and high Rampart levels.

High attack, low defense raiders for breaking weak targets.

• Best attack per troop
• Good for fast offensive stacks
• Punishes undefended wealthy forges

Weakness: Fragile on defense and costly to lose into Ramparts or Iron Guards.

High defense troops for protecting Ingots and absorbing raids.

• Best defense per troop
• Excellent with Rampart and defensive terrain
• Good home garrison

Weakness: Low attack makes them inefficient as primary raiders.

Permanent war-score booster, capped at three.

• +15% war score each
• Stacks up to 3 rods
• Permanent once bought

Strategy: Buy when pushing league rank or seasonal score.

Future economy/rewards item for staking distribution weight.

• Proposed: +20% SOL staking distribution weight
• Could become a non-combat monetization sink

Strategy: Keep disabled until distribution math is finalized.

Future cosmetic identity item.

• Proposed: custom forge name
• Could display on map, scout view, and reports

Strategy: Great low-risk cosmetic once moderation/length rules are final.

Future map cosmetic / territorial marker.

• Proposed: custom map tile accent color
• Could show alliance colors later

Strategy: Useful after alliances/territory matter.

Temporary aggressive seasonal-score booster.

• Doubles war score for 7 days
• Stacks duration by extending expiry
• Good for event pushes

Strategy: Use before raids or leaderboard pushes, not during quiet weeks.

League safety item that blocks one rank drop at season end.

• Activates a league shield flag
• Protects against one demotion event
• Consumable safety valve

Strategy: Buy before season end if your rank is unstable.