If you need to take a break from the game and cannot use sitters, you can activate Vacation Mode in your Preferences.
This feature protects your villages while you’re away, but it also limits most in-game actions.
You can activate Vacation Mode for a minimum of 1 day and a maximum of 15 days, depending on server speed.
The formula is 15 ÷ speed.
For example, on a speed x2 server, you can use up to 8 days (15 ÷ 2 = 7.5, rounded up).
Open your Preferences page.
Go to the Vacation tab.
Make sure all conditions are met (any unmet ones are shown in red).
Use the + / – buttons to choose how many vacation days to activate.
Click Enter Vacation Mode Now.
Once vacation mode starts, you cannot change its length.
You may abort vacation early for 10 Gold, but only after the first 12 hours.
Unused days will be refunded.
Before you can start vacation, you must meet all of the following conditions:
No outgoing troops.
No incoming troops to your villages or oases.
No reinforcing troops sent to other players.
No reinforcing troops from other players in your villages or oases.
No ownership of a Wonder of the World village.
No ownership of an artifact village.
No beginner’s protection.
No troops in traps.
Your avatar is not marked for deletion.
You have not annexed an oasis in the last 48 hours.
You can enter vacation mode once 48 hours have passed since annexing an oasis or after losing it.
Once activated, your villages are protected:
Other players cannot attack or raid you.
Players can see that you are in vacation mode.
Your villages may still appear on raid lists, but attacks will not reach you.
However, your troops can still starve, so plan your crop balance before enabling vacation mode.
While on vacation, you cannot:
Send or receive troops.
Go on adventures with your hero.
Start new building orders (existing ones will continue, including with Master Builder).
Train troops.
Start celebrations or parties.
Use the marketplace (except NPC trade, which still works).
Start research in the Academy or upgrades in the Smithy.
Use auctions.
Join or create a new alliance.
Start avatar deletion.
Set up or run trade routes (they stop automatically).
Open the alliance bonus donation page.
You can still:
Abort vacation mode using Gold (after 12 hours).
Use resources from your hero’s inventory.
Exchange silver for gold.
You can start a new vacation only 12 hours after the previous one ends.
Daily Rewards reset as usual during vacation.
Actions started before vacation (e.g. troop training or construction) will continue normally.
Trade routes will stop running.
The infobox will show a message confirming vacation mode and include a link to abort it.
Automatic deletion due to inactivity does not occur during vacation mode.
