The RaidLords Handbook

How it works

RaidLords is a village-building strategy game on Robinhood Chain. Build a village, defend it, train an army, raid other lords and rise through the leagues, alone or with a Clan.

1. 1

   Sign in and enter

   Connect a wallet on Robinhood Chain and sign a free message (no gas). Pick your chief's name, then pay the $1 entry once, in ETH. Your village is made on the spot: a Keep, 1 builder, 1,000 gold, 1,000 essence and a 24-hour shield.

2. 2

   Build your village

   Place mines and pumps, storages, a War Camp and Barracks, then defenses. Everything new waits for the next Keep level: the Keep goes up to 12. Your first Finish of a building upgrade is free.

3. 3

   Gather an army

   Pick troops and spells in the Army screen. Training is free and your first 20 troops are ready at once; after that each kind takes its own short time (a Barbarian 15 seconds, a Giant 30). Only troops that fall in a raid are lost; the rest come home.

4. 4

   Raid

   Find a village, drop your troops around it and destroy as much as you can in three minutes. Win stars and trophies, and carry away the loot.

5. 5

   Join a Clan

   50 lords side by side: troops for your Garrison, Clan Wars, the War League, a shared Citadel and Siege Weekend raids.

6. 6

   Earn

   Sell the gold you raid for tokens, up to a daily limit set by your Royal Mint and the tokens you deposit and spend in the game. Plus daily rewards, quests, weekly events, the Season Pass, the Raid Board, the Champion Arena and tournaments.

Launch day: for the first 24 hours only the waitlist and the friends they invite can enter. After that the Realm is open to everyone.

Troops

Every troop has a favourite target, a housing size and its own way of fighting. Training is free (each kind takes a few seconds to a couple of minutes), so try every mix you like. Levels come from the Laboratory; numbers below go from level 1 to the highest level a Keep 12 village can reach.

Barracks

Barbarian

Cheap, quick and brave. Charges the nearest building and swings until it falls.

Housing

1

Unlocks

Keep 1

Max level

9

Hitpoints

45 → 230

Damage / sec

9 → 38

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Medium

Archer

Shoots from behind walls. Fragile, but a cloud of them melts buildings fast.

Housing

1

Unlocks

Keep 1

Max level

9

Hitpoints

22 → 56

Damage / sec

8 → 31

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

3.5 tiles

Speed

Fast

Giant

A walking wall of muscle that ignores everything but defenses. Lead with it.

Housing

5

Unlocks

Keep 1

Max level

9

Hitpoints

400 → 1,850

Damage / sec

12 → 70

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Slow

Goblin

Greedy and fast. Runs for gold, essence and the Keep, and loots them at double speed.

Housing

1

Unlocks

Keep 2

Max level

8

Hitpoints

36 → 181

Damage / sec

11 → 62

Targets

Resources

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Fast

Bombardier

Carries a bomb straight into the nearest wall and blows a hole for the army.

Housing

2

Unlocks

Keep 3

Max level

8

Hitpoints

20 → 92

Damage / sec

10 → 75

Targets

Walls

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Fast

War Balloon

Floats over walls and drops bombs on defenses. Splash on the way down, even when shot.

Housing

5

Unlocks

Keep 4

Max level

8

Hitpoints

240 → 1,344

Damage / sec

33.3 → 314

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Flies

Range

0.5 tiles

Speed

Slow

Mage

Throws exploding orbs that hit everything in a small circle. Glass cannon.

Housing

4

Unlocks

Keep 5

Max level

9

Hitpoints

75 → 230

Damage / sec

50 → 230

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

3 tiles

Speed

Medium

Healer

Flies above the army and heals the ground troops around her. Does not fight.

Housing

14

Unlocks

Keep 6

Max level

5

Hitpoints

500 → 1,500

Heal / sec

35.7 → 71.4

Targets

Hurt troops

Moves

Flies

Range

5 tiles

Speed

Medium

Dragon

Flying fire. Tough, with splash breath that clears whole clusters of buildings.

Housing

20

Unlocks

Keep 7

Max level

7

Hitpoints

1,700 → 3,489

Damage / sec

142 → 314

Targets

Any building

Moves

Flies

Range

3 tiles

Speed

Medium

Black Knight

Heavy black armour and a huge blade. Not fast, but almost nothing survives a hit.

Housing

25

Unlocks

Keep 8

Max level

8

Hitpoints

2,200 → 4,620

Damage / sec

211 → 495

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Medium

Baby Dragon

A smaller flying dragon with splash fire. Great for cleaning up the edges of a base.

Housing

10

Unlocks

Keep 9

Max level

6

Hitpoints

1,200 → 1,700

Damage / sec

75 → 125

Targets

Any building

Moves

Flies

Range

2.8 tiles

Speed

Medium

Digger

Tunnels underground, so defenses cannot see or hit him while he moves.

Housing

6

Unlocks

Keep 10

Max level

6

Hitpoints

550 → 900

Damage / sec

80 → 120

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Fast

Frost Beast

Goes for defenses. As he takes damage he sheds little Frost Mites that keep fighting.

Housing

18

Unlocks

Keep 12

Max level

2

Hitpoints

2,900 → 3,200

Damage / sec

230 → 250

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Slow

Voltborn Coming soon

Housing

32

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Medium

Rootwalker Coming soon

Housing

20

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Slow

Spearman Coming soon

Housing

16

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

6 tiles

Speed

Medium

Forgotten Titan Coming soon

Housing

40

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

5 tiles

Speed

Slow

Shadow Barracks

Imp

Small flying shadow creature that shoots from range. Quick to deploy, quick to die.

Housing

2

Unlocks

Keep 7

Max level

8

Hitpoints

58 → 96

Damage / sec

38 → 62

Targets

Any building

Moves

Flies

Range

2.8 tiles

Speed

Fast

Caveman

Leaps over walls and goes straight for the defenses.

Housing

5

Unlocks

Keep 7

Max level

9

Hitpoints

340 → 1,120

Damage / sec

60 → 165

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Fast

Shieldmaiden

Spins her axe and hits everything around her. Deadly in tight bases.

Housing

8

Unlocks

Keep 8

Max level

7

Hitpoints

750 → 1,650

Damage / sec

93.9 → 185

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Fast

Bonecrusher

The biggest body in the game. Goes for defenses, and when it falls it explodes and splits in two.

Housing

30

Unlocks

Keep 8

Max level

9

Hitpoints

5,100 → 7,900

Damage / sec

35 → 75

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Slow

Necromancer

Raises skeletons from the ground again and again while she fights from range.

Housing

12

Unlocks

Keep 9

Max level

5

Hitpoints

300 → 520

Damage / sec

100 → 185

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

4 tiles

Speed

Slow

Boulder Orc

Throws a heavy boulder that bounces on and hits the building behind its target too.

Housing

6

Unlocks

Keep 10

Max level

4

Hitpoints

325 → 470

Damage / sec

60 → 96

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

3 tiles

Speed

Medium

Frost Golem

Slow tank that goes for defenses. When it dies it freezes every defense around it.

Housing

15

Unlocks

Keep 11

Max level

8

Hitpoints

2,600

Damage / sec

24 → 52

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Slow

Shadowblade

Throws poisoned daggers from range. Small, fast and hard to pin down.

Housing

6

Unlocks

Keep 12

Max level

2

Hitpoints

360 → 400

Damage / sec

105 → 115

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

3 tiles

Speed

Fast

Lightbearer Coming soon

Housing

20

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

5 tiles

Speed

Medium

Druid Coming soon

Housing

16

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Hurt troops

Moves

Ground

Range

5 tiles

Speed

Fast

Witch of Ruins Coming soon

Housing

26

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Any building

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Slow

Siege machines

War Wagon

A battering wagon that drives straight for the Keep, smashing walls ten times harder on the way.

Housing

–

Unlocks

Keep 12

Max level

1

Hitpoints

5,500

Damage / sec

250

Targets

The Keep

Moves

Ground

Range

Melee

Speed

Slow

Fire Catapult Coming soon

Housing

–

Unlocks

Keep 13+

Max level

–

Targets

Defenses

Moves

Ground

Range

11 tiles

Speed

Slow

One siege machine per raid. Troops from your Clan's Garrison join every raid on top of your own army.

Spells

Spells are dropped anywhere on the battlefield. They fill spell space in your Spell Forges, and the Laboratory makes them stronger.

Thunderbolt

Strikes a small area with lightning bolts. Hits buildings and defending troops (not walls).

Space

1

Unlocks

Keep 5

Max level

9

Made in

Spell Forge

Heal

A ring that heals your ground troops inside it, pulse after pulse.

Space

2

Unlocks

Keep 6

Max level

7

Made in

Spell Forge

Fury

Your troops inside hit harder and move faster for a few seconds.

Space

2

Unlocks

Keep 7

Max level

6

Made in

Spell Forge

Venom Cloud

A cloud that keeps hurting defending troops inside it.

Space

1

Unlocks

Keep 8

Max level

6

Made in

Shadow Spell Forge

Quake

Shakes a share of every building's hitpoints away, and wrecks walls.

Space

1

Unlocks

Keep 8

Max level

5

Made in

Shadow Spell Forge

Heroes

Heroes are one of a kind, fight in every raid and use one ability per battle. They level up with a builder and are unlocked by the Hall of Heroes; each wears two pieces of equipment. Your own Champion has a tab of its own.

Barbarian Chief

Rages and heals himself and calls a band of Barbarians to fight beside him.

Unlocks

Hall of Heroes lv 1 (Keep 4)

Max level

65

Hitpoints

1,445 → 7,024

Damage / sec

102 → 384

Range

Melee

Ability

War Cry

War HornRages the Chief and heals him

Iron FistLong rage, big heal and a stomp

Quake BootsStomps: damages nearby buildings and walls

Barbarian TotemCalls Barbarians to the Chief

Marksman

Turns invisible for a moment, heals, and hits much harder when she reappears.

Unlocks

Hall of Heroes lv 2 (Keep 8)

Max level

65

Hitpoints

580 → 2,330

Damage / sec

105 → 476

Range

5 tiles

Ability

Hunter's Cloak

Hunter's BowLong cloak and much stronger shots

Shadow VialHides the Marksman and boosts her shots

Archer TotemCalls Archers to the Marksman

Healer TotemCalls Healers to the Marksman

Lorekeeper

His aura protects troops around him; the ability makes them all invulnerable for a few seconds.

Unlocks

Hall of Heroes lv 5 (Keep 11)

Max level

40

Hitpoints

850 → 1,904

Damage / sec

77.2 → 386

Range

7 tiles

Ability

Ward of Ages

Fury StoneRages nearby troops

Life StoneHeals nearby troops

Ancient TomeNearby troops take no damage for a moment

Crusader

A spear-throwing hero who goes for defenses, the last hero to join: Hall of Heroes level 6.

Unlocks

Hall of Heroes lv 6 (Keep 12)

Max level

25

Hitpoints

2,508 → 3,485

Damage / sec

408 → 573

Range

3 tiles

Ability

Seeking Shield

Swift VialSpeeds the Crusader up and heals him

Royal JewelA big heal for the Crusader

Ricochet ShieldThrows a shield that bounces between defenses

Champion

Every lord gets one Champion: a knight of your own, with your name for it. It fights at your side in every raid and guards your village when you are away. Raise it with levels, harden it with Valor ranks and shape it with a stance.

$1in tokens to unlock

40levels

20Valor ranks

3stances

Levels

Level 1 to 40, with essence, a builder and time, like any hero. Each level adds hit points and damage. Your Keep sets the ceiling: 4 levels per Keep, so the full 40 levels open at Keep 10. A level never costs more than half the essence your Keep can store, so every level your Keep opens can be paid for. While it is upgrading it stays home.

Valor ranks

Ranks 0 to 20, bought with tokens. Each rank adds +2% hit points and damage and a stronger Rally Cry. Rank 1 costs $0.15 and each next rank about 20% more (rank 20: $4.79; all 20 together $28.01). A rank can never be more than 5/8 of the level, so tokens strengthen a Champion you have raised and never replace playing. Matchmaking counts Valor too: each rank weighs like 15 trophies when opponents are picked.

Stances

From level 10 choose how it fights. Each stance grows at levels 10, 20 and 30. The first pick is free; switching later costs $0.23.

On defense

When attackers come near your village, the Champion steps off its Banner and fights them, with its level, rank, stance and equipment. Raiders see a Champion's Banner in your village and know what is waiting.

Champion Trials

Under Attack: your Champion goes in alone against a bandit knight's fort. No army, no trophies, nothing to lose. Win a star to open the next trial; each trial also needs your Champion at a set level. The first star and three stars each pay once, in gold, essence and ore, more with every trial. Three stars on every trial earns the title the Trialmaster.

1. 1The Hedge KnightChampion level 1
2. 2Bandit CaptainChampion level 3
3. 3The Black WolfChampion level 6
4. 4Sir MortimerChampion level 10
5. 5The Iron TwinChampion level 14
6. 6Warden of AshesChampion level 18
7. 7The Crimson LordChampion level 22
8. 8The Dragon's SquireChampion level 26
9. 9The UsurperChampion level 30
10. 10The Last ChampionChampion level 34

Champion Arena

After every wave pick one of three cards; each card can be taken up to three times in a run.

• Sharp Blade +20% damage
• Iron Skin +20% hit points
• Swift Boots +12% speed
• Long Dash Dash 40% further, ready sooner
• Whirlwind Spin ready 30% sooner, 30% wider
• Bloodthirst Heal 6% of the damage you deal
• Second Wind Rally Cry heals 15% more, ready sooner
• Crushing Blow The third strike hits 60% harder and stuns
• Thorns Raiders that hit you take 40% of your damage
• Quick Hands Strike 15% faster
• Fortify Block takes 7% more, parry window longer
• Treasure Hunter +50% coins

The Armoury

Four slots (weapon, shield, helm, charm) and 24 pieces in four rarities. Knight's Blade and Tower Shield are free; the rest are bought with tokens (prices below in dollars, paid in tokens at the day's price), and every piece is upgraded with tokens, level by level, up to 3 levels per Keep (level 12 at Keep 4). A piece you no longer want sells back for 20% of all it took. All four maxed legendaries give your Champion about +50% hit points, +60% damage, a share of every hit healed back, less damage taken and a far stronger Rally Cry. Worn gear also counts in matchmaking, so you meet opponents of your strength.

Weapon

CommonKnight's BladeMore damage and a stronger Rally CryFree · up to level 10

CommonWar AxeMore damage; heals by part of every hit$0.38 · up to level 10

RareFlame BrandMore damage and a fiercer Rally Cry$1.20 · up to level 15

RareRuned GreatswordA big step up in damage$1.20 · up to level 15

EpicStormbreakerHuge damage; heals by part of every hit$3 · up to level 20

LegendaryDawnbringerThe strongest blade: damage, leech and Rally Cry$7.50 · up to level 25

Shield

CommonTower ShieldMore hit points; Rally Cry heals the ChampionFree · up to level 10

CommonIron BucklerMore hit points; takes less damage$0.38 · up to level 10

RareDragonscale ShieldMore hit points and a big heal on Rally Cry$1.20 · up to level 15

RareShield of ValorMany more hit points; takes less damage$1.20 · up to level 15

EpicBulwark AegisHuge hit points; shrugs off much of every hit$3 · up to level 20

LegendaryTitanforged BulwarkThe toughest shield: hit points, guard and a big heal$7.50 · up to level 25

Helm

CommonBearhide CapA little more hit points and damage$0.38 · up to level 10

CommonIron HelmMore hit points; Rally Cry reaches farther$0.38 · up to level 10

RareCommander's HelmRally Cry reaches farther and hits harder$1.20 · up to level 15

RareHorned WarhelmMore damage and hit points$1.20 · up to level 15

EpicCrown of AshDamage, hit points and a far-reaching Rally Cry$3 · up to level 20

LegendaryLionheart CrownA king's crown: damage, hit points, a huge Rally Cry$7.50 · up to level 25

Charm

CommonHealing AmuletRally Cry heals the troops around$0.38 · up to level 10

CommonLucky CoinA stronger Rally Cry$0.38 · up to level 10

RarePhoenix FeatherRally Cry heals the Champion and the troops around$1.20 · up to level 15

RareWar DrumRally Cry hits harder and reaches farther$1.20 · up to level 15

EpicDragon BannerRally Cry heals every troop around and hits much harder$3 · up to level 20

LegendaryHeart of the RealmThe mightiest charm: a crushing Rally Cry and big heals$7.50 · up to level 25

Looks

Armour and banner designs from the store, priced in dollars and paid in tokens. Pure looks, seen by everyone who raids you.

Buildings

What a Keep 12 village can hold, how many of each and how high they go. Building and upgrading take a free builder; the Keep decides what is open.

Resources

Keep

The heart of your village. Every new building, troop and level waits for the next Keep. Lose it in a raid and you lose a star.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 12

Unlocks

Keep 1

Gold Mine

Digs gold all day. Collect it before raiders do: a raid takes half of what sits in a mine.

At Keep 12

7 × lv 15

Unlocks

Keep 1

Essence Pump

Pumps essence all day, the resource for troops, spells and the Laboratory.

At Keep 12

7 × lv 15

Unlocks

Keep 1

Gold Vault

Holds your gold. A raid can take a share of it, so upgrade and protect it.

At Keep 12

4 × lv 13

Unlocks

Keep 1

Essence Vat

Holds your essence. Same rules as the Gold Vault.

At Keep 12

4 × lv 13

Unlocks

Keep 1

Shadow Well

Draws Shadow essence, the rare resource for shadow troops and heroes.

At Keep 12

3 × lv 9

Unlocks

Keep 7

Shadow Vat

Holds Shadow essence.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 7

Unlocks

Keep 7

mint

Sets how much gold you can sell for tokens each day. Built at any Keep and upgraded with tokens only, at once.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 7

Unlocks

Keep 1

Builder's Hut

Each Hut is one builder: one building upgrade at a time per builder. You start with one and can hire up to four more with tokens.

At Keep 12

5 × lv 1

Unlocks

Keep 1

Army

War Camp

Where your army waits. More camps and higher levels mean more housing space.

At Keep 12

4 × lv 10

Unlocks

Keep 1

Barracks

Unlocks new troops with every level.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 14

Unlocks

Keep 1

Laboratory

Researches stronger troop and spell levels.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 10

Unlocks

Keep 3

Garrison

Holds troops your Clan sends you. They defend your village and you can take them into raids.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 8

Unlocks

Keep 3

Hall of Heroes

Unlocks your heroes and how far they can grow.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 6

Unlocks

Keep 4

Spell Forge

Unlocks spells and holds them for battle.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 6

Unlocks

Keep 5

Shadow Barracks

Unlocks the shadow troops.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 9

Unlocks

Keep 7

Shadow Spell Forge

Unlocks Venom Cloud and Quake and adds spell space.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 6

Unlocks

Keep 8

Blacksmith

Upgrades hero equipment with Iron, Ember and Star Ore.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 5

Unlocks

Keep 8

Siege Workshop

Builds the War Wagon, a siege machine (one per raid).

At Keep 12

1 × lv 3

Unlocks

Keep 12

Defenses

Cannon

Fast, cheap ground defense. The backbone of every early base.

At Keep 12

7 × lv 17

Unlocks

Keep 1

Range

9 tiles

Hits

Ground only

Damage / sec

7 → 115

Hitpoints

300 → 1,740

Archer Tower

Shoots both ground and air troops from a long way off.

At Keep 12

8 × lv 17

Unlocks

Keep 2

Range

10 tiles

Hits

Ground & air

Damage / sec

11 → 100

Hitpoints

380 → 1,390

Catapult

Lobs heavy stones with splash. Cannot hit anything standing right next to it.

At Keep 12

4 × lv 12

Unlocks

Keep 3

Range

4–11 tiles

Hits

Ground only

Damage / sec

4 → 38

Hitpoints

400 → 1,500

Skyguard

Rockets for flyers only. The main answer to Balloons and Dragons.

At Keep 12

4 × lv 10

Unlocks

Keep 4

Range

10 tiles

Hits

Air only

Damage / sec

80 → 400

Hitpoints

800 → 1,400

Mage Tower

Splash magic that hits ground and air. Shreds crowds.

At Keep 12

5 × lv 11

Unlocks

Keep 5

Range

7 tiles

Hits

Ground & air

Damage / sec

11 → 70

Hitpoints

620 → 2,120

Wind Mill

Blows flying troops back with a gust of wind. No damage, all disruption.

At Keep 12

2 × lv 7

Unlocks

Keep 6

Range

1–15 tiles

Hits

Air only

Damage / sec

Push

Hitpoints

750 → 1,050

Hidden Spark

Hides until a troop comes close, then zaps it. Hits ground and air.

At Keep 12

5 × lv 10

Unlocks

Keep 7

Range

7 tiles

Hits

Ground & air

Damage / sec

34 → 120

Hitpoints

600 → 980

Blast Tower

Splash bombs around itself, and a big blast when it is destroyed.

At Keep 12

2 × lv 7

Unlocks

Keep 8

Range

6 tiles

Hits

Ground only

Damage / sec

24 → 64

Hitpoints

650 → 1,600

Arbalest

A giant crossbow with a very fast rate of fire, ground and air.

At Keep 12

4 × lv 6

Unlocks

Keep 9

Range

11.5 tiles

Hits

Ground & air

Damage / sec

60 → 110

Hitpoints

1,500 → 3,400

Inferno Spire

A beam that heats up the longer it stays on one target (2.6x, then 26x), and cools on a new one.

At Keep 12

3 × lv 6

Unlocks

Keep 10

Range

9 tiles

Hits

Ground & air

Damage / sec

30 → 55

Hitpoints

1,500 → 3,000

Eagle Cannon

Covers almost the whole map. Wakes once 200 housing of attackers is down, then fires salvos of three.

At Keep 12

1 × lv 3

Unlocks

Keep 11

Range

7–50 tiles

Hits

Ground & air

Damage / sec

67.5 → 82.5

Hitpoints

4,000 → 4,800

Wall

Keeps ground troops out and buys your defenses time. Placed by dragging a line.

At Keep 12

100 pieces × lv 13

Unlocks

Keep 2

Hitpoints

100 → 8,000

Traps

Traps stay hidden until an attacker steps near them, and each goes off once per raid.

Decorations

Pure looks: some for gold, the rare ones for tokens. They show up in your village and in every raid on it.

Keep levels

What each Keep level opens for the first time. New levels of everything you already have open too, but that list would fill the page.

BuildingsTroopsSpellsHeroes

1. Keep 1
   Your first Keep

   War CampBarracksCannonEssence PumpEssence VatGold MineGold VaultmintBarbarianArcherGiant
2. Keep 2
   1,000 gold · instant

   Archer TowerWallGoblin
3. Keep 3
   4,000 gold · 15m

   BombGarrisonLaboratoryCatapultBombardier
4. Keep 4
   25,000 gold · 1h 30m

   SkyguardHall of HeroesSpringboardWar BalloonBarbarian Chief
5. Keep 5
   150,000 gold · 3h

   Air BurstSpell ForgeMage TowerMageThunderbolt
6. Keep 6
   500,000 gold · 6h

   Wind MillBig BombHealerHeal
7. Keep 7
   1,000,000 gold · 9h

   Shadow BarracksShadow WellShadow VatHidden SparkSeeker MineDragonImpCavemanFury
8. Keep 8
   2,000,000 gold · 12h

   BlacksmithBlast TowerShadow Spell ForgeGrave TrapBlack KnightShieldmaidenBonecrusherVenom CloudQuakeMarksman
9. Keep 9
   2,500,000 gold · 1d

   ArbalestBaby DragonNecromancerVillage grows to radius 9
10. Keep 10
    3,500,000 gold · 1d 12h

    Inferno SpireDiggerBoulder Orc
11. Keep 11
    4,000,000 gold · 2d 12h

    Eagle CannonFrost GolemLorekeeperVillage grows to radius 10
12. Keep 12
    6,000,000 gold · 3d

    Siege WorkshopFrost BeastShadowbladeWar WagonCrusader

Raids

Press Attack, then Find a match. A search costs a little gold (by your Keep, table below) and finds a village of a Keep close to yours (one lower to one higher) and close to your trophies. Your Champion's Valor and gear count as trophies too, so strength meets strength. Clanmates never come up. When there are not enough lords around, a goblin-held village fills in, so there is always someone to raid.

Defending

Every defense, trap, wall and Garrison troop works on its own while you are away, and your Champion steps off its Banner. Save up to 3 base layouts (from Keep 5 and 7) and switch between them, plus a separate war base for Clan Wars.

Clans

A Clan is up to 50 lords. Start one for 40,000 gold or join one from the Clan screen.

Clan War

Leaders search for a war with 5 to 50 members; clans of the same size are matched. 4 hours of preparation to set your war base, then 24 hours of battle (if no clan of your size turns up within 10 minutes, a goblin clan of the same Keeps steps in): every member has 2 attacks, and only new stars on a base count. Most stars wins. War loot goes to everyone who fought, in full for the winners and half for the others.

Clan War League

Once a season: 8 clans of one league, 7 wars in 7 days, 1 attack each, 5 v 5, 15 v 15 or 30 v 30. The top clans go up, the bottom ones down, across 22 leagues from Bronze III to Legend. League Medals buy hammers and ore in the League Shop.

Clan Citadel

A second village the whole Clan builds together: the Citadel Peak and four districts. Members put in Citadel Gold from the Forge (a free batch every 23 hours, or crafted from gold and essence) or bought with tokens (1,000 for $0.06), and buildings go up the moment their cost is met.

Siege Weekend

Friday to Monday the Clan raids enemy citadels district by district. Every member gets 5 attacks (+1 for the first district you finish), damage stays between attacks, and the Peak opens once every district has fallen. Siege Medals buy resources, shields and Citadel Gold in the Siege Trader.

Compete

Ways to win tokens by raiding well. Prizes are paid in tokens, from the reward vault or from the entry pot, straight into your balance in the game.

Weekly Tournament

Enter for $1 in tokens from the Tournament button. Every prize star you win from then until the week ends (Monday 00:00 UTC) counts. 85% of the pot goes to the top 20% of raiders (at least 1, at most 10); of the rest, half is burned and half goes to the reward vault. A raider with no stars wins nothing. The top 3 also earn Books.

Raid Board

Free for everyone, under Attack. A new round every 3 days: win stars in raids, and your best result against each village counts. The top 10 share a prize from the reward vault (at least 10 stars to be paid) and earn Books.

Champion Arena board

A daily board: your best Arena run of the day (waves held, then raiders down). At 00:00 UTC the top 10 share a prize from the reward vault (at least 3 waves). See Champion.

Leagues and seasons

Trophies move with every raid you win or lose and every defense. Your league adds a loot bonus to every won raid (the more you destroy, the more of it you get). A season lasts 14 days; at its end a share of the reward vault is paid in tokens to every ranked chief, split by league: the higher your league, the bigger your share. Trophies above 5,000 drop back to 5,000.

• Bronze III400++2% loot
• Bronze II500++3% loot
• Bronze I600++4% loot
• Silver III800++5% loot
• Silver II1,000++6% loot
• Silver I1,200++7% loot
• Gold III1,400++8% loot
• Gold II1,600++10% loot
• Gold I1,800++12% loot
• Crystal III2,000++14% loot
• Crystal II2,200++16% loot
• Crystal I2,400++18% loot
• Master III2,600++19% loot
• Master II2,800++20% loot
• Master I3,000++21% loot
• Champion III3,200++22% loot
• Champion II3,500++24% loot
• Champion I3,800++26% loot
• Titan III4,100++27% loot
• Titan II4,400++28% loot
• Titan I4,700++29% loot
• Legend5,000++30% loot

Clans at war

Clan Wars (5 v 5 up to 50 v 50, 2 attacks each) and the Clan War League (once a season, 8 clans, 7 wars) pay war loot, ore and medals; see Clans.

Launch races

For chiefs who have spent at least $5 in the game beyond the entry. Paid in tokens.

Rewards

Daily reward

A reward for every day you log in, growing over 7 days in a row: gold, essence, Shadow and ore.

Starter quests

17 quests walk you through your first hour: build, raid, join a clan, unlock your Champion. Their gold (21,000 in all) waits in your Reward Chest: sell it for tokens or move it into storage.

Daily quests

3 fresh tasks every day (On the march, Victor, Star hunter, Gold digger…) for gold, essence and XP. Their goals fit your Keep: a small village gets small goals.

Weekly events

3 challenges a week (new ones every Monday, 00:00 UTC), picked from 11 such as Barbarian Brawl, Rain of Arrows, Giant Push and Flawless. Bigger rewards than daily quests: gold, essence and ore, sized to your Keep. Find them under Quests → Events.

Star Bonus

The first time your raid stars reach 5 in a day, a chest of Iron and Ember Ore (and Star Ore from higher Keeps), sized to your Keep. From Keep 4.

Achievements

14 long goals with three tiers each, from your first trophies to 500 Keeps destroyed. Bigger rewards every tier; the third tier also gives a Book of Building. Some feats earn a title for your Champion card.

Season Pass

30 tiers per season. Points: 8 per raid star, 15 per war star, 40 per daily quest, 30 per achievement; every 100 points is a tier. The free track gives gold, essence and Shadow; the premium track ($0.75 in tokens) doubles it and adds shields.

Campaign

24 bandit villages to raid on your own, from Muddy Hollow (a Keep 1 camp) to a Keep 11 fortress. Each village's loot can be taken once; a star opens the next. No trophies, no shield, nothing to lose.

Post on X

Post about RaidLords on X and hand in the link under Quests → Post on X: each approved post pays $0.50 in tokens, up to 2 a week.

Books

A Book of Building, Fighting or Heroes finishes one upgrade, research or hero level at once, however long it has left. Books are not sold: they are earned with three stars on Campaign villages 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24, the top 3 of the Tournament, the top 10 of the Raid Board and third-tier achievements. When you have one, it shows next to Finish with how many tokens it saves.

Tokens

Tokens are the game's currency on Robinhood Chain. Deposit tokens into the game's vault to play with it, and withdraw any time: what you deposited and everything you won.

The Royal Mint

One per village, at any Keep. Each level is bought with tokens (priced in dollars) and is ready at once. If what you have put in already gives you a higher limit, the game tells you before a level would add nothing.