How to play

Four steps to your first victory

Pick your first warlord, build your five, summon at the Shrine and clear chapter one.

Read a battle in ten seconds, then choose each skill and target.

Every warlord has one role. A team that covers all four wins more often than a team of stars.

Each warlord's exact numbers sit on its page in the Warlords index.

Rarity sets where a warlord starts and how far it can climb.

Daily and weekly quests, the login calendar and new warlords build your first army.

The rest of the guide goes deeper, one system at a time.

Game modes — Campaign, keeps, dungeons, arena, clan bosses and the Ash Spire: what each one gives and when it opens.
Progression — Levels, gold stars, Exaltation, Manuals and the boosts that lift your whole army.
Gear — Nine slots, 28 sets and the Ashforge. How to build a warlord piece by piece.
Factions — Sixteen factions in four alliances. Seven open at launch, the nine others arrive one a month until December 2027.
Elemental Spirits — Four guardians outside every faction. Earned only in play, never sold.
Release calendar — Up to six new warlords every Thursday, a content patch every month and a featured warlord revealed each week.

Short answers to what new commanders ask first.

Grael

Pre-register now: at one million, Grael, the Iron Bastion, joins every army on launch day.

Grael

Pre-register now: at one million, Grael, the Iron Bastion, joins every army on launch day.