Espoinage's Plunder Guide Disclaimer This guide is going to be all about plunder! This will include things such as max plunder, ally bonuses for different builds, and the effect of EB actions on your plunder, as well as attacking other users. To answer some questions that you guys might have about my eligibility to write this guide, this is not my first account, me & my family have played for roughly 3 years now. Also, I am writing this on a PC, if something looks weird on iOS or Android services, please comment and let me know in the comments. The comments should only consist of supportive comments or questions, this would be either constructive criticism or a question about plunder. Please have respect for me, as I will have respect for you. What is plunder? Plunder is essentially the gold gained from the result of a tactical action. This could mean a couple of things. You can gain plunder from all of these actions: Attacks on a user Attacks on an epic battle Scouts on an epic battle Assassinations on an epic battle Steals on a user Steals on an epic battle Using items on an epic battle Questing We can now take a look at each of them individually, how they are effected by certain factors, etc. Attacks/Steals on a user Everything below is essentially the same for stealing a user. Attacks on a user can bring a lot of plunder in, if you know what sort of users to attack. Unfortunately, a lot of users frown upon attacking other users multiple times (this is called "farming", wrongfully in my opinion), so it is best to attack a user only 1-3 times before moving on, to avoid drama. Now that the little disclaimer is out of the way, we can dive deeper into what sort of plunder attacking a user can bring! To gain the most plunder out of attacking a user, it is best to attack those much larger than you. This is why guild hansel builds thrive in the Estoc Wars, they can attack very large users to get a lot of plunder, but when the user attacks back they hardly make any money. Attacking a user the same size as you will not bring nearly as much money as attacking a very large user. However, the chances of you winning are a lot lower- I recommend using potions or mithril when attempting this. Attacking a user will bring up a couple figures that might be a bit confusing; let's take a hit I just did on the account "kaw". These are the figures that popped up: Plunder: 177,353 Allies Bonus: 11,063,357 Total gold won: 11,240,710 Note: You do not need to pay attention to any figure that mentions soldiers. We can now dissect these and see what they mean. Plunder- Plunder is how much your soldiers bring back to you without any other bonuses, this is what your account would have made if you had no allies, potions, or anything else. Allies Bonus- This is one that you should really pay attention to, it entails max plunder (we'll get into that later). This figure is what owning your current allies gives you. This number is most likely going to be bigger than your "plunder" number. If it is not bigger, you should probably invest more in allies. Total gold won- The total gold won is how much money you gained total. Nothing really to explain here. Attacks/Steals/Scouts/Assassinations/Items on an epic battle This is almost the exact same as attacks/steals on a user! The only difference is that you also get a plunder bonus at the end of each epic battle, these numbers are effected differently for different users. We will now go over each thing individually, starting with attacks. Attacks on an EB When you attack an epic battle you make money based on the same plunder/ally bonus/total system. I will put in some figures, and some tips for you guys to work on. I will say that you make more money off of an epic battle than you do attacking a user MOST OF THE TIME, plus there is no drama involved. This is the easiest option for most users. I am a guild hansel and these figures are from hitting the new epic battle, Haunting: The Escape. Plunder: 1,610,500 Allies bonus: 54,440,320 Total gold won: 56,050,820 Different builds will make a different amount of money. Hansel- Hansel builds make around the same amount per hit, every hit on EB's. There is maybe a 2 million gold difference between the first and last hits. Hansels make the most from assassinations and plunder bonuses at the end of the EB. (You do not make money directly from assassinations, but it does contribute to your plunder bonus at the end of the epic). Guild hansel builds often times use potions to attack, so they are actually making 12 mil (or more) less than it seems. Attack Based Builds- Attack based builds make the most on their first hit, but there can be as much as a 20 million gold difference between their first attack and last attack on the EB. They make the least amount per assassination, but they do make a decent bonus off their attacks. Mixed Builds- Honestly, I don't see much of these anymore due to their shunning by the KaW community. Mixed builds make a sort of mediocre plunder. I personally do not recommend them, but if you do use them, don't sweat it! It's your kingdom, do it how you want. All- Every build in KaW makes the same amount for using items in the EB, but stronger builds might make a little more due to them doing more damage to the bar. You make a pretty hefty bonus for using potions alone in an epic battle. This does not count for using items while attacking, assassinating, stealing, or scouting! Quests You do make plunder from quests, however it is previously defined. If you're looking at the list of quests you have, it shows how much money you will make beforehand. Max plunder has no use here. Max Plunder Hazzah! What you all have been waiting for! MAX PLUNDER! (disregard the line above) Okay, let's start with a question. What is max plunder? Max plunder is the maximum you can make from your allies, having anymore allies after you have achieved max plunder will not give you more gold. Do determine what your max plunder is, add up all of your stats & multiply it by 5,500- I have heard that this is the equation for max plunder, but this has not been verified. If you would like to use another method to be more sure, you can start by doing this: Hire an ally that is of equal price to your next land Attack an epic battle, or a user Write down your "Allies bonus" Hire an ally worth 50,000 gold If there is any change to your "Allies bonus" you can be sure that you are not at max plunder. From there, you should hire allies in 1b-10b increments, or whatever number feels nice. Repeat until you achieve max plunder. Max plunder allows you to get the most gold out of epic battles and attacking users. It is very helpful to stay at max plunder so that you can make the most gold possible. That's it! Thanks for reading guys! I hope this was good enough for you guys to learn a little more, maybe even something new. Please leave comments below on how this guide was, as it is my first forums guide... ever. I have only had 3 posts. I deeply apologize for the lack of pictures, but I was having issues uploading my own, as this is not my laptop & it has some odd restrictions on it. Thanks for reading & happy KaWing!
The closest post is Yarmes's "What is max plunder???" found here: http://forum.kingdomsatwar.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=99070
I thought that is what it was, and that is initially what I had, but my math didn't line up at the time. I fixed it in the original post. Thanks.