How to get Resources Efficiently (Items, Gathering, Production) | Evony: The King's Return GUIDE WIKI (2024)

A comprehensive, all-inclusive guide to collecting large amounts of resources in a short amount of time.

A) Items (Resource Boxes)

A-1) Defeat many Event Bosses (especially Ymir 3, Witch 3, Warlord 3)

You can always get resource items by defeating some of the bosses.

Recommended bosses are as follows.

Considering only the Quantity

• 2.5M x4 types – Ymir 5
• 2.2M x4 types – Ymir 4
• 2M x4 types – Ymir 3, Typhon, Witch 5, Warlord 5, Nian5
• 1.7M x4 types – Witch 4, Warlord 4
• 1.5M x4 types – Witch 3, Warlord 3, Jormungandr, Sphinx6, Hydra4, Nian4
• 1.25M x4 types – Pan5
• 1.1M x4 types – Sphinx5
• 1M x4 types – Phoenix, Pan4, Sphinx4, Golem5, Lava Turtle5, Hydra3, Nian3
• 900K x4 types – Pan3, Golem4, Lava Turtle4
• 800K x4 types – Ymir 2, Sphinx3
• 700K x4 types – Golem 3, Lava Turtle 3, Behemoth, Hydra2
• 600K x4 types – Witch 2, Warlord 2
• 500K x4 types – Fafnir, Sphinx2, Hydra1, Nian2, Garuda3
• 400K x4 types – Kamaitachi, Golem 2, Lava Turtle 2
• 360K x4 types – Garuda2
• 312K x4 types – Royal Thief I-III
• 260K x4 types – Garuda1

Considering Stamina Efficiency

• 266K/stamina – Ymir 3
• 250K/stamina – Ymir 5
• 220K/stamina – Ymir 4
• 200K/stamina – Witch 3&5, Warlord 3&5, Nian5
• 170K/stamina – Witch 4, Warlord 4, Nian4
• 160K/stamina – Typhon
• 133K/stamina – Hydra3&4, Nian3
• 125K/stamina – Pan5
• 120K/stamina – Jormungandr, Pan3, Sphinx6
• 110K/stamina – Sphinx5
• 106K/stamina – Ymir 2, Sphinx3
• 100K/stamina – Phoenix, Pan4, Sphinx4, Golem 5, Lava Turtle 5, Hydra1
• 93K/Stamina – Golem 3, Lava Turtle 3, Hydra2
• 90K/Stamina – Golem 4, Lava Turtle 4
• 80K/Stamina – Witch 2, Warlord 2
• 72K/Stamina – Garuda2
• 70K/Stamina – Behemoth
• 66K/Stamina – Sphinx2, Nian2
• 64K/Stamina – Garuda1
• 62K/Stamina – Royal Thief I-III
• 57K/Stamina – Garuda3
• 53K/Stamina – Pan2, Golem 2, Lava Turtle 2
• 50K/Stamina – Ymir1, Sphinx1, Fafnir

NOTE about Pan / Garuda / Royal Thief: The “Senior Resources Chest” & “Special Resources Chest” are the ones that drop, and the amount of resources that can be obtained when opening these chests is random. However, when a large number of boxes were opened at once and verified, the expected value was around 60%, so the values calculated based on this assumption are listed.

Reference:

A-2) Consuming Return Event

Speedup Consuming Return Event

If you complete all the “Common Speedup” sections, you will get 555M of each resource.

• 25,000 mins (about 17 days) – 5M x4 types
• 100,000 mins (about 69 days) – 20M x4 (25M x4 total)
• 250,000 mins (about 173 days) – 35M x4 (60M x4 total)
• 500,000 mins (about 347 days) – 50M x4 (110M x4 total)
• 1,000,000 mins (about 694 days) – 65M x4 (175M x4 total)
• 2,500,000 mins (about 1,736 days) – 160M x4 (335M x4 total)
• 5,000,000 mins (about 3,472 days) – 220M x4 (555M x4 total)

Resource Consuming Return Event

For example, if you spend 2.5B on each of the four types of resources, you can get over 360M of each resource in rewards. If you can spend 20B each, you can get more than 3B each.

Rewards (per category)

Rewards (When all 4 categories are achieved)

Reference – Approximate Keep Level to Complete 4 types (in my opinion)

• 125M – Keep Lv25 or so
• 500M – Keep Lv27 or so
• 1,250M – Keep Lv29 or so
• 2,500M – Keep Lv31 or so
• 5,000M – Keep Lv33 or so

Related

Consuming Return Event

A-3) Monarch Talent Lv22 “Resources Critical”

When you open a resource item, if you are lucky, you will get double the amount. The probability of this increases by 10%.

A-4) Other Basic TIPS

Don’t open a Resource Box

There are only demerits if you open them right away.

• If you have too much food, it will be consumed for upkeep.
• If you happen to be attacked and lose, you will be looted.

Open them only when you are going to use them, such as for construction or making soldiers.

Don’t buy from the Store

Very expensive.

Buy on the Black Market only in an Emergency

The price is better than the store, but it is not a good deal.

(For example, 5M of resources costs 1,800 gems, but it takes more than a day to gather 1,800 gems, while 5M of resources can be gathered in a few hours. It’s not a balanced price.)

Reference: Black Market Item List

B) Gathering (Resource Tile)

The following two are important.

– Extra Resources from Gathering
– Gathering speed

Note – “Troop Load”
Newbies often make the mistake of thinking that “troop load” is important, but it is not. Increasing it will not improve the efficiency of gathering from resource tiles.
It only reduces the number of troops needed to gather. This is useful in the early game when you don’t have many troops, but useless in the late game when you have a lot of troops.
(Note – It is useful when “plundering” resources by attacking other players, as more resources can be taken in a single attack.)

B-1) Increase Extra Resources from Gathering

These allow you to get more than twice as many resources from a 7M resource tile, for example. (Up to about 21M)

B-1-1) Gathering with Queen Jindeok (+40%)

The original skill gives you an additional bonus after gathering.
(for Normal Resource Tile +40%, for Alliance Resource Tile +20%)

In the early stages of the game, when it is difficult to obtain the Queen Jindeok, you can temporarily use the purple generals Constance I (+20%) or Shimazu Yoshihiro (+30% food) instead. They can be obtained at taverns or by collecting slate fragments at relics, etc.

In the end, it is ideal to gather with 6 Queen Jindeok.

Note that the number of marches can be increased to 5 at Academy level 25 and to 6 at Academy level 35.
Details: How to get more March Slot

How to get her

Queen Jindeok can be obtained at a tavern (21M gold). Therefore, it is possible to obtain it without paying.

However, if you don’t actively refresh your tavern with gems, it will be difficult to get 6 of them.
Related: Drop Rate of Historic General at Tavern (Test Results)

For reference, in my case, I started updating and hiring gems for my tavern frequently around keep level 30. After that, I got my 1st, and then my 6th, when I was at keep level 33.

B-1-2) Have many Korean Subordinate Cities

Just by having Korean subordinate cities, you get an additional bonus from the subordinate city buff.

The better the rank of the subordinate city, the more you get. (+3 ~ 15%)

For example, if you have 9 Korean epics, you will get +135%, and if you finish gathering all 7M resource tiles, you will get 16.45M.

Reference: List of Subordinate City Buff

B-1-3) Make Culture Korea & increase the Quality of In-city Subordinate City (max +15%)

Same as above.

You can have a maximum of 12 subordinate cities, one of which is a subordinate city within a city.

For more information on how to increase quality and cost, see this article.
Subordinate City Complete Guide

B-1-4) Monarch Talent Lv26 “Gathering Boost” (+20%)

Increases 4 levels from Lv26 to 29, +20%.

B-1-5) Equip Champion’s Set (4) to General (+10%)

Equipping the following 4 will give you +10% due to set buffs.

• Champion’s Helmet
• Champion’s Armor
• Champion’s Leg Armor
• Champion’s Boots

Note: Does not work if equipped on an assistant. Only for the main general.

B-1-6) Art Hall – Art Treasure Buff (+10%)

Activating “Mona Lisa” will give you an extra resource buff of +10%.

Activation Requirement

• Oil Painting Hall
• Jewelry Hall
• Ancient Coin Hall

Reference: Exhibition Hall Reward List (Art Hall)

B-1-7) Research – Advancing the “Alliance” Category

By advancing the Alliance category of research, you can increase the gathering bonus for “Alliance Resource Tile”.

• Alliance Agriculture Bonus (Food)
• Alliance Lumbering bonus (Lumber)
• Alliance Masonry Bonus (Stone)
• Alliance Mining Bonus (Ore)

B-2) Faster Gathering Speed

B-2-1) Always maximize “Politics” of the general

Increasing politics increases the gathering speed.

Therefore, in cultivation, you only need to increase the politics.

(If you can afford it, you can also increase leadership. It will increase the march speed.)

It is recommended to always keep the level of the Queen Jindeok at maximum, Star Level 5, and Cultivation at +500.

Related:

Related: General Cultivate Guide

B-2-2) Use a Skill Book (+45%)

For more details, please refer to the following article “I) Resource Gathering General”.

Best Skills Guide – what skills should you add?

B-2-3) Research – Advance the “Advancement” category (Max +180%)

• Scythe (Food +10%)
• Bucksaw (Lumber +10%)
• Pickaxe (Stone +10%)
• Furnace (Ore +10%)
• Adv Forage (Food +70%)
• Adv Logging (Lumber +70%)
• Adv Quarrier (Stone +70%)
• Adv Furnace (Ore +70%)
• Super Forage (Food +100%)
• Super Logging (Lumber +100%)
• Super Quarrier (Stone +100%)
• Super Furnace (Ore +100%)

B-2-4) Before reaching resource tile, change Monarch Gear to Crystal that increases gathering speed (+50% for Lv8)

See the following article for details.

Reference: How to use Monarch Gear, which Beginners Tend to Make Mistakes

B-2-5) Before reaching resource tile, change General Equipment to the King’s Equipment

Note: Does not work if equipped on an assistant. Only for the main general.

Gathering Speed Buff of King’s Equipment

The King’s equipment has a buff to increase gathering speed.

* The following figures are for 5 stars.

Food (+75%)

• King’s Spear +25%
• Fearless King’s Helmet +25%
• Courageous King’s Armor +25%

Lumber (+100%)

• King’s Axe +50%
• Courageous King’s Leg Armor +25%
• Fearless King’s Armor +25%

Stone (+100%)

• King’s Sword +50%
• Fearless King’s Leg Armor +25%
• Courageous King’s Boots +25%

Ore (+75%)

• King’s Bow +25%
• Courageous King’s Helmet +25%
• Fearless King’s Boots +25%

In addition, the following 3 types can be refined to add more buffs to the gathering speed.
(Max 15% x4 = 60%)

• Helmet
• Leg Armor
• Weapons

Thus, you can get the following buffs at maximum.

– Food (+195%)
– Lumber (+220%)
– Stone (+220%)
– Ore (+195%)

Need to change equipment

However, to increase the gathering bonus, you need 4 Champion’s equipment, which cannot be combined with King’s equipment.

However, to activate the gathering speed buff, you only need to equip it when you arrive at a resource tile. (This also applies to monarch gear.)

Therefore

– Before arriving at the resource tile, equip the king’s equipment.
– After arriving at the resource tile, equip the champion’s set (4).

If you change your equipment like this, you can get the advantages of both.

If you don’t want to change

…but it is a hassle.

If you don’t want to do all this, we recommend that you have the following equipped at all times.

King’s weapon + Champion’s Set (4)

• King’s equipment, weapons only
  • Resource Gathering Speed
    • Food / Ore (Spear / Bow)
      • Base: +25%
      • with Refine: Max +85% (=25% + (15% x 4))
    • Lumber / Stone (Axe / Sword)
      • Base: +50%
      • with Refine: Max +110% (=50% + (15% x 4))

• Champion’s Set (4) Helmet, Armor, Leg Armor, Boots
  • Resource Gathering Speed
    • Base:
      • +17.5% (=set buff 10% + basic buff 7.5%)
    • with Refine:
      • Max +97.5% (any 1 resource type)
      • = 17.5% + ((10% x 4) x 2))
      • helmet & leg armor only
  • Extra Resources from Gathering +10%

In total.
– Extra Resources from Gathering +10%
– Resource Gathering Speed
…… for Spear (Food) Max +182.5%
…… for Axe (Lumber) Max +207.5%
…… for Sword (Stone) Max +207.5%
…… for Bow (Ore) Max +182.5%

Reference 1- King’s equipment is replaced by Dragon Set (2)

• Dragon Set (2) Weapon, Ring
  • Resource Gathering Speed
    • Base:
      • +15%
    • with Refine:
      • Max +95% (any 1 resource type)
      • = 15% + (20% x 4)
      • weapon only

Total with Champion Set
– Resource Gathering Speed (any 1 type) Max +192.5%
– Extra Resources from Gathering +10%

So, Dragon Set is not strongly recommended considering the cost effectiveness of crafting and refinement.

Reference 2- King’s equipment is replaced by Transcendence Set (2)

• Transcendence Set (2) Weapon, Ring
  • Resource Gathering Speed
    • Base:
      • +8%
    • with Refine:
      • Max +32% (any 1 resource type)
      • = 8% + (6% x 4)
      • weapon only

Total with Champion Set
– Resource Gathering Speed (any 1 type) Max +129.5%
– Extra Resources from Gathering +10%

B-2-6) Always use items that speed up gathering (+50%)

Use one of the following

• 24 hour Resources Gathering Speedup (+50%)
• 8 hour Resources Gathering Speedup (+50%)

How to get

• “Wheel of Fortune” at the Tavern
• “Lucky box” of “Lucky Composing Event” (not included depending on the timing of the event)
• etc.

B-2-7) Buffs gained by being in an Alliance Hive (+25%)

Effect of alliance city buffs.

(Can be found by looking at the Alliance City details in the center of the hive.)

B-2-8) Gather in High-Level Resource Tile (Lv12+) (200K/h)

The higher the level, the faster the base gathering speed.

Recommendation: Lv12 or higher.

Example

• Lv6 – 182,000/h
• Lv7 – 184,000/h
• Lv8 – 186,000/h
• Lv9 – 188,000/h
• Lv10 – 192,000/h
• Lv11 – 196,000/h
• Lv12 – 200,000 /h
• Lv13 – 200,000 /h
• Lv14 – 200,000/h

B-2-9) Always gather with Alliance Resource Tile

This simply means that you are less likely to have free time after you are done gathering.

(It does not mean that you can gather more Alliance resource tile in less time than resource tile.)

As a player’s level increases, even a Lv14 resource tile can be completed in a short time. In particular, if you send out a resource tile to gather before going to bed, you will finish gathering it by morning, leaving you with several hours of free time.

With alliance resource tile, this is not the case, as you can extend the gathering time to a day or more by sending a large number of troops.

B-2-10) Research – advancing the “Alliance” category

By advancing the “Alliance” category of research, you can increase the speed of gathering alliance resource tiles.

• Alliance Agriculture (Food)
• Alliance Lumbering (Lumber)
• Alliance Masonry (Stone)
• Alliance Mining (Ore)
• Super Alliance Agriculture (Food)
• Super Alliance Lumbering (Lumber)
• Super Alliance Masonry (Stone)
• Super Alliance Mining (Ore)

B-2-11) Art Hall – Art Treasure Buff (+10%)

Activating “Mona Lisa” will give you a gathering speed buff of +10%.

Activation Requirement

• Oil Painting Hall
• Jewelry Hall
• Ancient Coin Hall

Reference: Exhibition Hall Reward List (Art Hall)

B-2-12) Increase the keep level

Increasing the keep level will slightly increase the gathering speed.

Example

• k33 – 156,000/Hour
• k34 – 158,000/Hour

This will change the gathering speed of each resource tile in B-2-8 above.

B-3) Recommended Assistant General & Main General Combinations

Food gathering

• Main General: Queen Jindeok
  • Extra Resources from Gathering +40%
• Assistant General: Shimazu Yoshihiro
  • Extra resources from gathering (food) +30%, Gathering speed +10%

Wood Gathering

• Main General: Queen Jindeok
  • Extra Resources from Gathering +40%
• Assistant General: Lucy or Gaius Marius
  • Gathering speed +15%

Stone Gathering

• Main General: Queen Jindeok
  • Extra Resources from Gathering +40%
• Assistant General: Lucy or Gaius Marius
  • Gathering speed +15%

Ore Gathering

• Main General: Queen Jindeok
  • Extra Resources from Gathering +40%
• Assistant General: Gaius Marius
  • Gathering speed (ore) +30%

B-4) Other Basic TIPS

Resource Tile Conflict

When two players head to a resource tile that is not occupied by anyone, if the player who heads later is bubbling, he turns back without attacking. If he is not bubbled, it will be an attack. (It doesn’t matter if the player who entered the resource tile first is bubbling or not.)

C) Production

Model case – Keep level 30: each resource 1.5M/h (36M/day x4 types)

To begin with: I don’t recommend focusing too much on increasing production.

There are 2 main reasons.

• Because monster hunting and gathering are more efficient than production.
• As noted in C-1 below, it is not worth the cost.

Therefore, it is recommended that the production increase be done within a reasonable range.

C-1) Raise level of resource tile in front of wall

(Below is production per hour / Except for farms)

• Lv25 – 18,000
• Lv26 – 20,000
• Lv27 – 22,000
• Lv28 – 24,000
• Lv29 – 26,000
• Lv30 – 28,000
• Lv31 – 31,000
• Lv32 – 34,000
• Lv33 – 37,000
• Lv34 – 41,000
• Lv35 – 45,000
• Lv36 – 49,000
• Lv37 – 54,000
• Lv38 – 59,000
• Lv39 – 64,000
• Lv40 – 70,000

* With the ver4 major update on 11/4/2021, the higher the resource tile level, the better the production growth.

Since production growth is good up to Lv30, and poor after Lv31, it is best to aim to get all resource tiles to Lv30 first.

(Below is production per hour / Except for farms)

• Lv25 – 18,000
• Lv26 – 19,800
• Lv27 – 21,600
• Lv28 – 23,400
• Lv29 – 25,200
• Lv30 – 27,000
• Lv31 – 28,300
• Lv32 – 29,400
• Lv33 – 30,400
• Lv34 – 31,500
• Lv35 – 32,900

Note – It is not recommended to raise the level of the resource tile too high

The amount of resources required for the upgrade and the resulting increase in production would take more than a year to pay for the upgrade.

For example, if a sawmill is upgraded from Lv29 to 30, the upgrade requires about 114M resources.
The increase in production is 2000/h.
If the production speed buff were 600%, it would take more than a year to recover the original cost.

C-2) Set up 1 or 2 Army Camps & use everything else as Resources

Personally, I have never had a problem with having a small number of army camps, so I recommend this approach.

(In addition, the advantage of increasing the number of army camps is “the speed at which you can create troops” & “the number of troops you can create at one time”.)

For reference, in my case, I set up 7 resource tiles for each resource and 2 army camps.

If considering only attack, it’s better to use more resources for one of the troops, but if considering defense, all troops are needed, so I evenly distribute them.

Shouldn’t we have more army camps?

If one follows the precautions in C-1, there would be no major problem with more army camps, since the amount of production cannot be increased much in the first place.

One caveat, however, is that there is a quest to get the production rate above a certain speed. Too many army camps will make this difficult to complete.

C-3) Research – Advancing the “Advancement” category (+170%)

• Graziery (Food +1000)
• Felling Axe (Lumber +1000)
• Masonry (Stone +1000)
• Mining (ore +1000)
• Advanced Agriculture (Food +70%)
• Advanced Lumbering (Lumber +70%)
• Advanced Masonry (Stone +70%)
• Advanced Mining (Ore +70%)
• Super Agriculture (Food +100%)
• Super Lumbering (Lumber +100%)
• Super Masonry (Stone +100%)
• Super Mining (Ore +100%)

C-4) Assign Shajar al-Durr as Defense General (+100%)

You can assign Shajar for normal non-warfare, and assign a defense general for combat only during KE (kill events) and other times of battle.

Shajar does not appear in the tavern, but can be obtained for free from the Great General Chest.

C-5) Always use items that speed up Production (+200%)

Use one of the following

• 24 Hour Resource Speedup (+100%)
• Adv 8 Hour Resource Speedup (+200%)

How to get

The main way to obtain these items is the black market.
Reference: Black Market Item List

IMPORTANT – Three 24-hour speedups can be used to synthesize one adv 8-hour speedup.

C-6) Shrine – Rewards of Offering (+100%)

For each offering, you get a +100% production speed buff for 2 hours.

C-7) Always equip monarch gear that increases production speed (+50% for Lv8)

Except when the troops you send to gather resources arrive at the resource tile, you should equip a crystal that increases production speed.

See below for details.

How to use Monarch Gear, which Beginners Tend to Make Mistakes

C-8) Alliance Science (+15% for Lv5)

You can raise the level by donating resources.

Example

• Production Speed IV +11%
• Production Speed V +15%

C-9) Buffs gained by being in an Alliance Hive (+35%)

Effect of alliance city buffs.

(Can be found by looking at the Alliance City details in the center of the hive.)

C-10) Monarch Talent Lv6 “Resources Production” (+50%)

Increases four levels from Lv6-9 to +50%.

Note, however, that the gathering speed will be -20%.

C-11) Art Hall – Art Treasure Buff (+20%)

Activating “Mona Lisa” will give you an extra resource buff of +20%.

Activation Requirement

• Oil Painting Hall
• Jewelry Hall
• Ancient Coin Hall

Reference: Exhibition Hall Reward List (Art Hall)

C-12) Production speed buff by Culture (+10%)

Different cultures increase the production speed of resources, but as mentioned, I think it should be Korea for the extra gathering boost, so I don’t recommend any other culture.

• Europe – Stone +10%
• Japan – Food +10%
• Korea – Lumber +10%
• Russia – Ore +10%