Gameplay Manual

Current prototype rules for kingdoms, structures, adventures, combat, and items.

Quick Summary

Knight of War is built around kingdom growth, scarce gold, adventure combat, equipment, scouting, and timed resource exploration. Most building costs and bonuses now use level tables instead of simple per-level formulas.

Castle Unlocks

Castle Level	New Structure Unlock
1	Farm
2	Lumber Mill
3	Quarry
4	Barracks
5	Iron Mine
6	Archery Range
7	Stable
8	Armory
9	Spy Guild
10	Gold Mine

Castle, Walls, and Towers are intended to progress together. Castle upgrades require Walls and Towers to match the current Castle level first.

Resources

Resources are credited when your kingdom is loaded or an action collects them. Production is calculated fractionally from elapsed seconds, then rounded down to whole resources.

Resource	Main Source	Notes
Food	Farm table	Troops consume `1 food/hr` each.
Wood	Lumber Mill table	Core building resource.
Stone	Quarry table	Core defensive/building resource.
Iron	Iron Mine table	Military and advanced building resource.
Gold	Gold Mine table, monsters, ruins	Scarce trade/resource currency. No passive gold before Gold Mine.
Diamonds	Rare monster/ruin rewards	Special premium-style reward, intentionally scarce.

Production Buildings

Production buildings use custom level tables. Early examples:

Building	Level 1	Level 5	Level 10	Level 20	Level 30
Farm	100 food/hr	245	745	6,945	64,690
Lumber Mill	80 wood/hr	195	595	5,555	51,750
Quarry	75 stone/hr	190	590	5,505	51,275
Iron Mine	60 iron/hr	150	470	4,405	41,020
Gold Mine	25 gold/hr	65	195	1,820	16,955

Races

Race	Bonus
Humans	+4% gold production after a Gold Mine is built.
Orcs	+3% attack power.
Elves	+3% spy power.
Dwarves	+3% defense power.

Races no longer have weaknesses.

Attack Power

Infantry: 10 attack each
Archers: 8 attack each
Cavalry: 12 attack each
Barracks, Archery Range, and Stable add attack through upgrade tables.
Orcs receive +3% total attack.
Battle luck can adjust final results.

Defense Power

Castle, Walls, Towers, and Armory add defense through upgrade tables.
Infantry defend for 5 each.
Archers defend for 7 each.
Cavalry defend for 6 each.
Dwarves receive +3% total defense.
Battle luck can adjust final results.

Resource Exploration

Resource Exploration sends your ruler on a timed expedition for one selected resource. Only one exploration can be active at a time.

Resource	Time	Reward
Food	5 minutes	`Castle level × 300`
Wood	10 minutes	`Castle level × 250`
Stone	15 minutes	`Castle level × 175`
Iron	20 minutes	`Castle level × 100`
Gold	30 minutes	`Castle level × 75`

Monster Hunts

Monster Hunts start a random turn-based battle. Encounters are chosen from monster levels between 1 and hero level + 4.

Victories grant experience.
Monsters can drop gold based on their gold value.
Some monsters can award diamonds.
Item drops can include potions, weapons, armor, accessories, and later artifacts.

Ancient Ruins

Ruins are now run-based adventures. Delving creates a ruin run and sends the ruler through rooms with rewards, danger, and decisions.

Rewards can include gold, diamonds, and ruler experience.
Rooms may include treasure, traps, shrines, sealed doors, and dark halls.
Leaving safely secures pending rewards.

Items & Backpack

Items are moving toward one unified inventory system. The backpack is for items carried into battle, especially potions and combat-use trinkets.

Weapons, armor, and accessories can be equipped from the character page.
Potions can be bought, stored, moved into the backpack, and used during combat.
Future artifacts and special items will use the same item database direction.

Limits

Same target attack cooldown: 12 hours.
Daily attack limit: 10 attacks per 24 hours.
Resource buildings can reach high levels, currently up to level 30 in the upgrade tables.
Some military and stronghold upgrades are restricted by Castle progression.