KNIGHTS

The importance of knights in this game cannot be overstated.  Here are the ways knights affect game play.

• A knight appointed to Steward gives a 1% per level increase in resource production.
• A knight appointed to Marshal gives a 0.5% per level increase in training speed, attack, and life of defenders.
• A knight appointed to Alchemist gives a 0.5% per level increase in research speed.
• A knight appointed to Foreman gives a 0.5% per level increase in construction and defense building speed.
• Using a high level knight in attacks produces a more favorable outcome than a lower level knight does.

GAINING EXPERIENCE

Considering the effect knights have on the game, it is essential to develop your knights to the highest possible level.  All knights start at Level 1 and increase to Level 200 as experience is gained (See below for a trick to get knights to Level 212). 

As with everything else in this game, you can do things the easy way and buy experience by purchasing "Train with" items from the Shop or you can do things the hard way and actually earn the experience.  Knights gain 20 points for every victorious attack they lead and 10 points every time they are defeated.

TIP:  The best approach to developing knights is to focus on one knight at a time or at least one knight per city at a time.  By applying any "Train with" items you acquire to this knight and by using this knight as much as possible for attacks, you knight will level up faster allowing you to reap the benefits of that knight sooner.

TIP:  If you choose to earn experience the old-fashioned way, by attacking, then the smartest approach is to repeatedly attack inactive players with zero might.  This will allow you to gradually level up your knights with no troop loss.

PLEASE NOTE:  This is one instance where I highly recommend that you spend money on the game.  If you chose not to buy "Train with" items, it will take 19,900 successful attacks just to get you to you to level 199.  If any of those attacks are unsuccessful it will take even more attacks.  To further illustrate the point, if you sent out 50 successful attacks a day, which is a lot, it would still take you more than 13 months to reach level 199.  By comparison, it takes approximately 8 Train with Arthurs to take a knight from level 1 to level 199.  In current gem prices, this would cost roughly $50 and about 2 minutes of your time.



THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 212
 
As I stated before, all knights start at Level 1 and progress to Level 200 which is the limit under normal gameplay.  There is however, a trick that will allow you to surpass the limit and get your knights to Level 212.

TRICK:  To get a knight to Level 212, you must first reach Level 199 with 3300 experience points towards Level 200.  Once you have reached this, apply a Train with Arthur and your knight will be at Level 212.  

PLEASE NOTE:  You have just one shot at this!  You must reach Level 199 with 3300 experience points for this to work!  If you apply the Train with Arthur even one experience point too soon, you will not reach Level 212.  Likewise, if you reach Level 200 before applying the Train with Arthur, you will not reach Level 212.  

Before applying the final Train with Arthur

The same knight now at Level 212

REAP THE BENEFITS OF YOUR HIGHEST LEVEL KNIGHT

To save days if not weeks of wait time, make the following a daily habit:

TIP:  Assign your highest level knight to the appropriate position just before training, researching, or building.  As soon as the task has been started, switch this knight back to Steward which should always be the default position for this knight.  The time it takes to complete the task is locked-in the moment the task  is started.  Therefore switching your knight's position before a task is completed will NOT cause you to lose the time savings. When in battle, use this same knight for the best possible outcome.