Core Gameplay Loop: From First Login to Daily Play

Step 1: Start as a guest or with an account

When you open the app for the first time, you pick your language and time zone, confirm that you are age 14+, and agree to the required Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After that you choose how to log in. There is no hassle: you can try the game as a guest for 30 hours first. The app says the same thing ("Guest mode is available for the first 30 hours only") and shows your remaining guest time on screen.

A guest account is great for a quick taste, but it has limits:

Guest data can't be recovered if you delete the app or switch devices.
Referral codes can't be used, and shop use is restricted.
Your grid color stays the first one you picked, and selling your capital is blocked.

If you sign up with a social or email account, you can log in from other devices and keep your game data safe. When a guest links an account, there are two options: continue from your guest play, or start completely fresh, which resets the guest territory, gold and tickets. If you continue, keep in mind that some of your land may have been captured in the meantime. Signing up also brings a welcome gift of tickets for battles and gold for upgrading your territory, and linking an account gives you bonus tickets.

If you plan to keep playing, link an account before your 30 guest hours run out. When the guest period ends, the app asks you to sign up so you can keep your territory.

Step 2: Build your capital

Your first real move is to build your capital wherever you want to explore. A place you care about, such as your neighborhood, your school or office, or a city you dream of visiting, makes it more fun to come back every day. A few spots are off limits:

A spot another user has already claimed
An NPC's spot
An area hit by a disaster

Your capital has a higher defense success rate than ordinary land, and the closer a tile is to your capital, the stronger you fight and defend there. Treat the capital as the center of the area you plan to grow. Moving the capital and the distance effect are covered in the map and land guide.

Step 3: Expand in four directions

The tutorial starts with "Tap your land." From your land you can attack all four directions (north, south, east and west), and the in-app help adds that you can attack from anywhere in your territory. Before you attack, the app shows your win chance, so check it first. A battle takes one tap and is settled in about 5 seconds.

Tickets: each battle uses tickets based on the target land's level. An Assassin spends only 1 ticket on every attack.
Capture bonus: a successful capture pays extra gold equal to the enemy's land count ÷ 100, up to 99 gold (reached when they hold 9,900 or more tiles).
Defense reward: even when your land is captured, you get 1 gold.
Voided battles: if someone else captures the tile a split second earlier, the battle is voided and your tickets are not used or are refunded.

Press and hold any button to see what it does. Holding each button once is the fastest way to learn the menus. How win rates are calculated is explained in the battle guide.

Step 4: Daily quests and the morning briefing

It's easy to forget the rewards you can collect every day. Open Quests from the bottom menu to find two kinds:

Attendance: each day of your check-in streak has a ticket or gold reward. It updates daily at a set time.
Daily Quests: three tasks, "Solace: Fail × n", "Defense: Upgrade × n" and "Knowledge: News × n". When one is full, tap the ticket icon on the right to claim it. Completing all of them gives a bonus of 5 tickets. Daily quests reset at a set time each day.

To watch news, go to Profile, tap the News icon, then View Original. Because failed captures count toward a quest, a lost battle is never a total waste.

Every morning the 9AM Briefing sums up your previous day: attacks, win rate, defenses, hold rate, land and gold gained or lost, and rank changes. Tap the icon at the top to open the report anytime. Today's quiz and fortune live there too, so see the briefing and quiz guide.

Step 5: Check your mailbox, rankings and treasures

Rewards that arrive later, such as ranking rewards, treasure rewards, territory sale rewards and clan battle rewards, mostly land in your Mailbox. Mail disappears with its items after the storage period, and when the mailbox is full the oldest mail is deleted first, so open it often.

There are three rankings, personal, clan and country, and they are settled daily. The ranking screen shows the "Top 99" reward line, and Hall of Famers receive their rewards by mail. Treasure territories are hidden across the map, too. Capture and hold land with a gem to receive gold by mail and to add that place's image to your Gallery.

When you come back after a while, "Battles while away" tells you how many battles happened since your last login. Start your session by seeing which tiles you lost and deciding whether to take them back.

A sample daily loop, and common mistakes

Log in and read "Battles while away" and the 9AM Briefing to see what changed overnight.
Claim your attendance reward and empty your mailbox.
Check the disaster forecast, avoid risky areas, and spend saved tickets expanding around your capital.
Fill daily quests with upgrades and news, and let failed battles count toward Solace.
Pick up extra tickets from quizzes and minigames in spare moments.
Before bed, think about a Shield. The app itself recommends buying one before bedtime.

The most common beginner mistakes are letting the 30 guest hours run out, stretching too far from the capital in one go, growing without checking the disaster forecast, and leaving mail unopened for too long. Avoid those four and your territory will grow far more steadily.