Foreign Invasion/Blood Crows



GGE added this “event” in mid-2014. It is a great way to get glory points and loot for resources, without all of the messy stuff that goes along with attacking an individual player (wars, threats, whining, etc.). For the level 70+ crowd, it is also a great way to get kingdom resources. The food you loot can also serve as a means to keep a perma-feast going, to replace both attack and defense troops lost during the event.

Attacking
​For 80% of your attacks, what you see is what you get. That is, when you attack the foreign castle, it is set up just the way it looked when you spied on it. But sometimes, weird things happen - the defenses get moved around, they receive support troops, or they even open their gates!

In every case, the foreigners only get one wave of defense tools. So this allows for the prudent use of a sacrifice wave. Or, at least not having to use as many (ruby) tools after the first wave.

For example, let’s say the defense is set up as 0-0-100 with ruby defense tools. In the first wave, you can send tools and troops against the left and middle, but only a single soldier and glory flags against the right wall. In waves 2-3, use ladders, rams and mantlets. To figure out how many ladders to use in these waves, start with his wall bonus (e.g., 80% for level 4 walls), add the bonus from his castellan (e.g., 20%), and subtract the bonus from your commander (e.g., 40% wall reduction). The same goes for the gate/rams. For the mantlets, look at his ranged strength in the Keep. The fourth wave is mostly glory banners, except you might send ladders on the flanks if the castellan is particularly strong. Banners are often sent in a sacrifice wave as well as the fourth wave.

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​ Maximizing Glory

 * Build banners constantly. One option is to build them in outer kingdoms and transfer to Berimond. Once Berimond event is over, they will transfer to your main castle for free. Other option is to go to Storm Islands, the tools will transfer to your main castle at the end of the event.
 * Save your ruby banners and use them on the biggest castles (possibly anything over 3k)
 * The horse tails available in the Nomad event are also are great glory booster giving 5% glory each.
 * Change your Coat of Arms for a glory boosted one.
 * And finally the Hall of Glory can be purchased - for rubies and upgraded to add a permanent glory boost.
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Better Castles (and Exile/Dethrone)
​An efficient strategy is to “cull” the poorly defended foreign castles in the hope of them being replaced by castles with lots of defenders (more defenders = more glory points).

You can also you a new feature called Dethrone. It is located within the circle when you select foreign castle as your target. Once you select that feature you are given two choices: Exile or Fortify.
 * Exile uses rotation currency like nomad, samurai tokens, gold, etc. Exile will completely remove the previous castle and replace a new one with 50-500 extra defenders. It is best to use on castles that are around 500 in size. Most of the times you will be lucky and get somewhere between 700 to 1000.
 * Fortify uses ruby currency. It will not replace selected castle but instead add additional defenders to that castle. For example if you have 1000 defenders castle, it will add additional 500 to 1000 defenders. (People have been reporting that really big castles like 5k get turned into small 500 castles with fortify so be careful).

The cost to Exile or Fortify doubles from the previous cost for the next castle you wish to use it on. To reset the cost and keep it to minimal simply attack your Exile or Fortified castle immediately.

Defending/Supporting (This is no longer the case, this mechanic has been discontinued since January 2019)

The foreigners tend to come after just about everyone during the course of the invasion. This means you should double-check your defenses when you see the event appear. The attacks are heavily concentrated during the first two days of the event. The good news is that once you have been attacked, you cannot be attacked by them again during that invasion.

The attacks that come at us replicate attacks that were sent on the foreign server against someone of your level at some point in the past. Happily, this includes looting raids against abandoned castles and OPs. As a result, quite a few of the incoming attacks send few if any tools - count yourself lucky (and pummel them) if this happens to you.

Defensive support is critical during the foreign invasion. However, since we often get 2 or even 3 attacks coming in around the same time, we have to be smart with our support. This means potentially keep some defenders in reserve, keeping track of where support has been sent and where is has not, and even holding back some support until the last minute (when no other horns have appeared).

Note You do not have to wait for the Lord or Crow to attack you - if you have the time Counter Attack and destroy them and it will negate the attack! This is part of why we recommend having a Watchtower in your main. The other reason is to give us time to reach you with defenders