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New Player Guide/ Beginner Guide

hvariidh gwendrot

hvariidh gwendrot

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ok i'm dong cobbled roads and it is only giving 10 culture per section?? did that get adjusted from the 20 it says it should give per section? ? or is it a misprint and should be 10 or etc etc ?????
 
SoggyShorts

SoggyShorts

Mathematician par Excellence
hvariidh gwendrot said:
ok i'm dong cobbled roads and it is only giving 10 culture per section?? did that get adjusted from the 20 it says it should give per section? ? or is it a misprint and should be 10 or etc etc ?????
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You are placing them on top of roads that already give 10 culture. 20-10=10
If you delete your old roads first you will get -10, and then +20 = same end result.
 

DeletedUser2217

Guest
I am trying to access the Beginner's Guide but it says that I need permission. How can this be done?
 

DeletedUser18745

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Bobbykitty said:
FAQ

Do I have to spend money to play this game?

No!! Not at all. You do not have to buy diamonds to play this game. They make your life easier, make the game faster, and they will get you really cool culture buildings that you can't get otherwise, but you do not have to spend diamonds to play! If you see a task that can't be done and it looks like diamonds are the only way to get through it, look closer. All tasks can be done another way without spending diamonds.

What is the general gist of this game?

This is a city building game. It is a whole lot of fun!! I know this all looks complicated, but I have explained a lot of things that might be intuitive if you have ever tried any other city building game before. Basically, you build houses to get coins (rent) and workshops to get supplies and you use those things to build factories and make goods to keep your city going! It is pretty simple once you get the hang of the mechanics. The game has a lot of strategy though!

How do I fight?

That is a very complicated question. We have a lot of guides around here that help with fighting. Here is the one indispensable guide that we all read: https://beta.forum.elvenar.com/index.php?threads/encounters-guide.488/


What is a fellowship?

Unlike other games, in Elvenar we don't fight each other. You use a fellowship in Elvenar to make friends and to have trading partners for your goods. Once in a fellowship, that consists of 25 players maximum, you have a chat and all your fellows will show up as trading partners without any trader fee. It is important to join a fellowship with players on roughly the same level as you. If you are brand new you can't be a great trading partner for people who are trading 10,000 at a time.

Where can I find a fellowship?

In the forums there is a section for each world...Arendyll, Winyandor, etc. Under the world name is a section of fellowships seeking members and members seeking fellowships. That is a great place to start. You can also find fellowships under the fellowship tab. (On your main city page, under your avatar and your name is your world ranking number. Click on that and then click on the fellowship tab.) Look for fellowships that have members with close to the same ranking you have. Then you can send a message to the archmage (the head of the fellowship) and ask them if they have room (send a message by clicking on the person's name and click the message tab.)

How do I even post on the forums?

You can't ask questions if you can't log into the forums! So first things first. In order to access the forums you need to go to your email and look for your FORUM PASSWORD. That is different than your game password. It was sent in a separate email. If you can't find it, send support a request for a new one. You won't be able to use your game password to log in here.

How do I get points?

You get ranking points by adding up the population and culture points that all your buildings need. Culture buildings in and of themselves do not give you any points at all, but you can't build anything without culture. You do get points for residences and all the upgrades because they use culture.

How do I get more coins and supplies?

First and foremost by helping your fellow man or elf! :) Every day you can visit someone in your fellowship and/or someone in your neighborhood that you have "discovered" or scouted. When you click on their name and click visit or just click on their city in the map, you will have a pair of helping hands on the bottom of your screen. Click on the hands and new little hand icons will appear over buildings in their city. If you click on a Culture building that player will get a culture boost, if you click on the main hall that player will get coins and if you click on their builders that player will get faster builders for a period of time. You might see a C or B or M or H in a player's city title. They are telling you which kind of help they prefer. You get a bonus in coins too for being such a good neighbor!! And if your neighbor has visited you in the past day, then you get bonus supplies too! It pays to be generous!!

The second way is quests quests and more quests! One line of the quests on the left is decline-able. You can decline them as needed. If you hit decline you get a scary message asking "Do you really want to decline this quest? This action cannot be reversed." Don't panic. These quests are on a loop. If you hit decline enough times you will get back to the one you just declined. Some quests are easy and take a few seconds, others take a long time. Use these to your advantage! If you are about to collect supplies, hit decline until you get to the gain x supplies quest. If you are heading to the world map to fight, make sure the fight 3 encounters quest is up. When you collect goods from your factories, have the gain x goods quest sitting there.

If you get really short of goods, you can "flip" quests with a friend in your fellowship. You do this by offering goods for trades back and forth. For example, if you have a quest that tells you to gain 1000 planks, you can trade 1000 planks for 1000 steel and then trade 1000 steel for 1000 planks. At the end of both of those trades you are back to even and you have't gained or lost anything. So why do that? Because if your friend keeps picking up those trades for you while you have the right quest on the screen, you can keep fulfilling that quest over and over. This is a very long and tedious process, but it sure can help in a pinch!

What is the best thing to buy?

If you are going to spend money on this game, then the first thing I would buy is a third builder. That is where the majority of down times comes from....from waiting for buildings to complete! The second best things to buy are expansions. You need room for those new buildings!

How do I make my city bigger?

There are a couple of ways to get more expansions in the game. Each expansion is a new 5 x 5 grid to add to your city. You can get them from clearing provinces on the world map, from the research tree, and you can buy them.

Under the builder icon in your city (bottom left) there is an expansion tab. Click on that and you will see the option to buy expansions with diamonds listed under premium expansions. (You don't have to buy them, but it makes your city bigger right away if you do).

You can get expansions from clearing the right research tab. Click on the research icon and go to the tech tree. Look for the ones that say city expansion. Once you have completed that tech, the new expansion will be under your builder tab. These expansions cost coins to place.

You can get expansions from clearing provinces in the world map either by negotiating or fighting. If you hover your mouse over the province expansion tab it will show you how many provinces you need in order to get the next expansion. If that section is bright green, you might have an expansion sitting there you can use right now! Just click on it and then place it in your city! These expansions do not cost any coins.

Warning: Once you place an expansion, it cannot be moved! So place it carefully!

Can I get diamonds any way other than buying them?

Almost never. Every once in a while there is a contest that you might be able to get some diamonds from if you win, but those are very rare and not many people usually win anything. It doesn't matter though! I have been playing this game from the beginning without ever buying diamonds and I am having lots of fun.

Is there a way to send player's messages?

Yes. Either in game or in the forums just click on the person's name and either send a message or "start a conversation".



Please, anyone with questions, please post them below so I can add to this list.
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Is there a way to upgrade the Builder's Hut (or any other tech for that matter) without using diamonds?
 
shimmerfly

shimmerfly

Well-Known Member
@Zapphira Unfortunately no. To upgrade to 3 builders you do need to spend diamonds.
Later in the game you may find it a bit easier if you can, but it's not necessary.
 
shynner

shynner

Active Member
Being new to this forum, I don't understand how to begin/compose a new thread here. Would someone be kind enough to lead me in the right direction?
 
hvariidh gwendrot

hvariidh gwendrot

Well-Known Member
i have seen comments for awhile about free players vs money spenders and the space a city can have .. i've caught a couple of the +80% diamond offers so i've spent some but it wont ever be a lot so...is there any difference in the amount of squares you get doing it the map way vs money or is it just faster to lay down the cash ..i don't mind $$$getting time boosts (till the rest of the world figures out money is obsolete i'll wait lol) but if there is an actual amount of squares you can buy that free wont get i'd like to know and act accordingly .. thanks :cool:
 

DeletedUser3507

Guest
Simply put yes..
I have max current city size, but their adding an additional row at the bottom of your city.
I have 6 of those expansion earned meaning if they uncap maximum provinces It will take me close to 6 months to earn the additional 4, there use to be 32 provinces you could buy, but they reduced that to 22 I belive.

Current city grid is 127 eansions +the 5 you start with =132 New grid will be 142.
 
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hvariidh gwendrot

hvariidh gwendrot

Well-Known Member
sorry about the re-ask here, so you have to buy all the $$$ expansions or some of the expansions to have a full grid for your city ? when i hit the move icon it shows all the squares, your yes means i can not grow in to those grids without some sort of purchase ? if that is a yes how many must be paid for to get a full grid ?
p.s. wiki has 31 expansions listed for sale, last one being 12500 diamonds so players have to buy these 31 expansions to have a full city grid ?
 
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DeletedUser3507

Guest
Back when I started expansions were only 2k diamonds, so I purchased 31 before Inno jacked their price up. The rest I earned on the map, I have 480 completed provinces and am presently pass the maximum you earn expansion by completing. I belive the current cap is 465...
 
hvariidh gwendrot

hvariidh gwendrot

Well-Known Member
groovy thanks now i see why players are complaining that's f'd up to make such a huge disparity and no way a free player can make that difference up
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i have exchanged emails with support and the response specific is
"for the new premium expansion with the new guest race will be 31 total expansions you can buy, but you can only buy 29 right now"
. so wiki is correct with the 31 premium expansions of 5 x 5 spaces
 
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hvariidh gwendrot

hvariidh gwendrot

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orc ring question aka ring 10 .. is it you scout ring 10 and need orc or you negotiate and/or fight ring 10 and need orcs or is it you finish ring 10 and from then on need to do the orc thing ? still a tiny fuzzy on is it do i get ring 10 and then or it starts in ring ten :confused:
 
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