Progression

The road of a warlord

Every warlord walks the same road, from levels to account-wide boosts.

Level up — Feed warlords, Ashlings and Draughts in the Warhall. The level cap reaches 60.
Rank up — At max level, add fodder of the same gold stars to earn the next star.
Exalt — Violet stars raise base stats and unlock an exalted skill. They never reset.
Train skills — Manuals and duplicates sharpen a skill through up to 5 steps.
Gear up — 9 slots and 28 sets. Rank drives the main stat, rarity the substats.
Boost the account — Kinship, Faction Shrine, Hall of Valor and Disciplines lift whole groups at once.

A warlord arrives with the gold stars of its rarity and can never pass that rarity's cap.

Feed warlords, Ashlings and Draughts in the Warhall. The level cap is ten per gold star.

Ashlings — Count as rank-up fodder, or give 1,500 to 24,000 XP when fed.
Draughts — Sun, Moon, Stone and Eclipse Draughts give XP, with more on a warlord of the same affinity.
Ember Cask — Raises a warlord to the max level of its current gold stars, with no gold to pay.
Drill Yard — Passive XP while away: 1,800, 2,700 or 3,600 an hour by yard level, plus 100 per gold star.

At max level, add fodder of the same gold stars to earn the next star.

Violet stars raise a warlord beyond its gold-star maximum.

Violet stars are drawn over the gold ones and never reset on a rank-up.
Violet star n needs at least n gold stars and the warlord at the max level of its stars.
Rares reach 2 violet stars, Epics 4, Legendaries and Mythicals 6.
At the sixth violet star a Legendary gains two fixed bonus stats.

Manuals sharpen each skill one step at a time.

Each skill has up to 5 steps: damage, effect chance, healing, shielding or cooldown.
One Manual of the warlord's tier raises the chosen skill by one step.
A duplicate of the same warlord counts as one Manual for itself.
Manuals come from clan boss chests, the Ash Spire, Faction Sanctums, events and the clan shop.

Kinship, Faction Shrines and the Hall of Valor lift every army.

Kinship — Needs six gold stars, level 60 and one duplicate of the same warlord per level.
Faction Shrine — Two copies fill a chamber; its bonus applies to that faction and rarity.
Hall of Valor — One track per affinity and stat, 10 levels each, paid with Valor and gold.
Arena league — Your current league lifts every warlord in every mode.