@JK_3, @asdfgh - 1000, 8000 and 25K noted. thanks

I have doubtful thoughts about this chat raffle... I find it unessential to the game. for the same reason I'm not going to mention the Free Cache thread from Fizzer, even if technically it is a 6th way to get a Power

You still getting notifications alex?

i've heard alex can't unfollow this thread. poor alex.

wow, it must suck to get a notification with every message in this thread....

Lets hope not to many people start talking in this thread. that would suck for alex

hey it could be worse, at least he's not getting an email every time someone posts....

Yeah that'd really suck

i heard alex is looking for a new clan

is blitz still recruiting?

blitz is always recruiting....

guys, please don't spam this thread

Spoiler warning? On a guide?

Tbh though ... what's there to spoil? The names and functions of the Techs, Artifacts, Advancements? If you want to discover those yourself without seeing them elsewhere:

(A) why are you reading threads in an Idle forum? Clearly these things will be discussed here.

(B) why are you reading a guide on Idle? Clearly these things will be discussed in the guide.

Spoiler warning? On a guide?

The guide could only have some tips and tricks in it, rather than a complete overview. The complete overview makes the guide much more usefull tho!!

Thanks again Parsifal!

The Advancements Guide is ready: https://justpaste.it/4botf

Also the Advancements Database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FAFkMtvBNcpjtZaEtelBT3hEQeCdoWDRZ3Ykwm_syPk/edit?userstoinvite=parsifalwz@gmail.com&ts=60715ff2&actionButton=1#gid=195288149

Regarding the Advancement Guide:

1) Usually the red colour signifies something bad and the green color signifies something good but you have used the colours in the opposite way which is confusing at first glance if you haven't read the text and only sees the image.

2) Light coloured slim text on a white background is difficult to read. Consider using a higher contrast colour and/or bold text. Maybe use this contrast checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

3) Colourblind persons will find it difficult to distinguish between the colours, maybe add som symbol or other signifier or use greyscale colours.

Wow, that Advancements Database is really cool!!!!!!

@ fndtn - I understand your 3rd point.... it didn't occur to me to think of that earlier....


concerning red being a bad color.... red can also mean importance.
But the bottom line: there are no bad upgrades! I wish I had the AP for them all. It's only a matter of personal priority

Edited 4/11/2021 11:50:47

Regarding artifact digging:
- A 100% common artifact takes 8 hours to dig;
- Each percentage of uncommon counts 5 times as much as common - for example, a 42% uncommon / 58% common takes as long as 42*5 + 58 = 268% compared to a 100% common site. Multiply by 8 hours, equals 21.44 hours, which is rounded to nearest hour - 21 hours of digging for this site.
- Each percentage of rare is 25x common, epic is 125x, and poor is 0.2x. Result is rounded to nearest hour.
This means that someone digging with no downtime, and of average luck, will get the equivalent of 3 commons per day, no matter what kind of sites he digs.
However, downtime is unavoidable; longer dig times have fewer breaks between digs, so by choosing longer dig times you get closer to the 3 commons/day.
However again, dig times are usually rounded up - all epics, all rares and most uncommons have the percentage chosen in such ways that the result gets rounded up, effectively adding a mandatory downtime. So choosing commons or the occasional 42% uncommon reduces the downtime, effectively reversing the "long dig times" strategy above.
Also, you don't usually get the artifact you need. If you dig up a useless rare or epic, you need another 4 to boost one of them to next level. You might have useless rares and epics in your inventory for a long time.

So my recommendation:
- Dig everything you can, as soon as you can. For each map, digging all the sites takes about the same time as conquering the map. If you leave digging for later, you'll end up with lots of undug sites at the end of the level.
- If you can choose between two or more sites to dig, choose one that ends at a time when you can be online to schedule the next dig.
- When close to finishing a level, choose to dig a faster site, leaving a slower site for just before finishing the level. Digging will continue while you play your next level, and a longer time allows more time for you to find a dig site and gather the required amount of money.
- If you really need an artifact, dig commons all day. Floating Rocks has one 100% common site. [ I played it until my gain dropped to 0.3 AP trying to get a needed artifact. ]
- If you have to leave a site undug at the end of a level, leave the sites with short times and dig the one with the longest time.

Replaying Levels and Ascending

You can replay any level unlimited times. However, with every repeated win you will get 30% less AP and the levels will get harder!

I tested it on the first 3 maps. It doesn't seem to get any harder, even after 3-4 tries. The army size is always the same, as are the caches income. You just get less AP for completing it - but it doesn't seem to be any harder. I think that was the case in the beginning, but it doesn't seem to be implemented anymore. (I would be happy to receive further confirmation ;-))

I think that you can play the first levels again well for AP farming if you already have some AP's. This starts the next big map with 1-2 better advancements.

Oh, and thanks for the good guide!

Edited 4/14/2021 22:15:22

I can confirm, replayed levels don't become harder (tested 2 months ago). Same amount of armies, same size of caches, same prices, camps, hospitals and recipes.
One can argue that replaying for the third+ time is harder, due to lack of power-ups.