In brief
- The Embassy to join an alliance, and level 3 to found your own.
- Allies defend together, attack together and share resources.
- Pick an active alliance near you on the map.
You won't last long alone. An alliance brings together players who protect each other and plan together, and at the end of the round the big alliances compete for the World Wonder.
Joining and founding
Alliance invitations reach you in the Embassy. To found an alliance of your own you need the Embassy at level 3, which holds 9 members, and every level after it adds 3 members, up to 60 at level 20.
What an alliance gives you
- Shared defence: allies send reinforcements to your village when it is attacked.
- Coordinated attacks: several players' armies arrive at about the same time.
- Resources: allies send them through the Marketplace to whoever needs them.
- A forum and chat: every alliance has a forum and a chat in the game to plan.
- Alliance medals: the strongest alliances of each period get medals and gold for all their members.
Roles and diplomacy
The founder hands out rights: who invites, who kicks, who runs the forum and who handles diplomacy. Those with the diplomacy right make confederacies or non-aggression pacts with other alliances, or declare war, up to 3 of each kind.
How to pick an alliance
Pick an active alliance near your village on the map: the distance decides how fast help reaches you.