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Arena and War of Emperium

Hero against hero

At the Stadium of Olympia, anyone outside your party is fair game. Twice a week, in the War of Emperium, guilds besiege Mycenae and Tiryns for the Emperium at their hearts, and the tribute that comes with them. Falling costs no EXP in either.

Citadel of Mycenae, seen from above
The Citadel of Mycenae, seen from above. The Emperium stands in the temple court.

The arena

The Stadium of Olympia

No gate leads here: Polydeuces in Sparta lets you in. Inside the stadium, anyone outside your party is fair game, at any hour.

Stadium of Olympia, seen from aboveStadium of Olympia

Base Lv. 20 and up

Polydeuces sends nobody greener into the stadium.

All but your party

Fight beside your party, against everyone else. A hero hidden in the shadows can't be struck.

No EXP lost

Falling here costs nothing but pride, though the whole stadium hears who brought down whom.

The way out

A tunnel at the stadium's foot leads back to Sparta.

The War of Emperium

Twice a week, for an hour

On Wednesdays and Saturdays, 13:00–14:00 UTC, guilds besiege Mycenae and Tiryns. Break the Emperium at a castle's heart and your guild holds it; hold it when the hour is up, and it stays yours until the next siege.

When the sieges fall

In UTC

The sieges of the week, in UTC and in your own time
UTCYour time
Wednesday13:00–14:00…
Saturday13:00–14:00…

The next siege, in your own time, shows here with JavaScript on.

Any guild

While a siege is on, Perseus in Corinth lets in any hero in a guild. Without one, you'll have to watch.

Other guilds are fair game

Inside a castle, heroes of every other guild are fair game. Your own guild's aren't.

No EXP lost

Falling in a castle costs no EXP, so get back up and go again.

Castles and tribute

Two citadels, and what they pay

Outside sieges, only the guild that holds a castle may enter it, and their leader takes its tribute from Perseus in Corinth once a day: zeny, and the ore refiners ask for the finest steps. A new day's tribute is ready at midnight UTC.

The Emperium

The crystal at the castle's heart

Every castle keeps an Emperium in its temple court. Whoever breaks it wins the castle for their guild.

HP
30,000
Turns aside
40% of every blow
Struck by
Hand only
Dodges
Never
  • Only by hand. Skills don't touch it, so bring a weapon and swing.
  • Not your own. The guild that holds a castle can't strike its Emperium: they guard it.
  • A fresh one for the new holders. When it breaks, a new Emperium rises at full health, under the name of the guild that broke it.

How many blows

To break a fresh Emperium, by the damage of each blow.

Blows to break the Emperium, by the damage of each blow
A blow ofIt takesBlows
250150200
500300100
1,00060050
2,0001,20025
It keeps 60% of each blow, rounded down. Bring the whole guild: the blows add up.

Taking a castle

How a castle changes hands

From the first call to arms to the tribute in your leader's bag.

  1. 1

    The siege begins

    On Wednesdays and Saturdays, 13:00–14:00 UTC, the whole world hears that the War of Emperium has begun, and Perseus in Corinth opens the way to Mycenae and Tiryns for every guild.

  2. 2

    Fight your way in

    Inside, heroes of other guilds are fair game. Falling costs no EXP, so the fight is on until the hour is up.

  3. 3

    Break the Emperium

    Strike it by hand: skills don't touch it, and it turns aside 40% of every blow. The guild that holds the castle can't strike its own.

  4. 4

    The castle is yours

    Whoever breaks it wins the castle for their guild, and the world is told. Everyone else is put out to Corinth, and a fresh Emperium rises for you to defend.

  5. 5

    Hold it to the end

    It can change hands again and again. When the hour is up, whoever holds each castle keeps it, and everyone else is sent back to Corinth.

  6. 6

    Take the tribute

    Until the next siege, only your guild may enter. Your leader takes the castle's tribute from Perseus in Corinth once a day.

A guild that disbands loses its castles. They stand empty, for whoever breaks the Emperium at the next siege.

Skills against heroes

One foe at a time

In the arena and in a siege, 49 skills land on heroes as they do on monsters: strikes, bolts and hexes aimed at one foe. Attacks that sweep an area leave heroes be. Against a hero, every weapon strikes as it would a medium-sized monster.

Land on heroes

Strikes · 35

Bolts · 10

Hexes on one foe · 4

Monsters only

Area attacks · 22

Ground effects · 9

Hexes over an area · 4

Curses · 5

Who to see

The keepers of the contest

No gate leads to the arena or the castles. These two take you there.

  • Polydeuces

    Arena

    Master of the Agon, in Sparta

    “My brother ferries travellers. I put them in the ring. At Olympia, anyone not in your party is fair game, and nobody loses anything but pride for falling.”

    Sends heroes of base Lv. 20 and up to the Stadium of Olympia, at any hour.

    Visit Sparta

  • Perseus

    Castles

    Keeper of the Citadels, in Corinth

    “I founded Mycenae. Now guilds fight over it twice a week, and Tiryns besides. Break the Emperium at a citadel's heart and it's your guild's, tribute and all.”

    Opens the way to Citadel of Mycenae and Citadel of Tiryns: to any hero in a guild during a siege, and to the guild that holds a castle at any time. Its leader takes the tribute here.

    Visit Corinth

Raise your guild's banner

The citadels open to every guild twice a week. Make a hero and see for yourself.

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