Conquering Villages

What you need before you start

To conquer a village, you must reduce its loyalty to 0% using your administrator(s).

This will only work if all of the following conditions are met:

The target village does not have an active administration building (Residence, Palace, or Command Center).
→ It is sufficient if the building is destroyed during the same attack.
The village is not a capital.
The village is not the player’s last remaining village.
You have enough culture points to own an additional village
→ Not required when reconquering your own village.
You send your administrator(s) with a normal attack, not a raid.
Your administrator(s) survive the battle.

Getting an administrator

Each tribe has its own administrator type with different strengths:

Roman Senator – reduces loyalty by 20–30%
Teuton Chief – reduces loyalty by 20–25%
Gaul Chieftain – reduces loyalty by 20–25% (faster)
Hun Logades – reduces loyalty by 15–30%
Egyptian Nomarch – reduces loyalty by 20–25%
Spartan Ephor – reduces loyalty by 20–25%

To train an administrator, you need:

Academy level 20
Administrator researched in the Academy
A suitable administration building:
- Residence: level 10 or 20
- Palace / Command Center: level 10, 15, or 20

Each of these can train 3 settlers or 1 administrator.

You also need at least one free expansion slot in that village.

How to conquer a village

Do not send everything in a single attack. Conquering works best in waves:

Clear the village
- Send troops to eliminate defending forces.
- Include catapults to destroy the Residence, Palace, or Command Center.
- Must be a normal attack, otherwise catapults will not fire.
Lower loyalty
- Send your administrator(s) with troops.
- Optionally include catapults again to keep the administration building destroyed.
- Must also be a normal attack, otherwise neither catapults nor administrators will work.
Repeat
- Continue sending administrator waves until loyalty reaches 0%.

You can coordinate attacks from multiple villages or with allies.
If multiple attacks land at the same second, the one sent first will land first.

After a successful conquest

Once loyalty reaches 0%:

The administrator disappears.
The accompanying troops remain as defenders.

You should immediately:

Build a new administration building to restore loyalty.
Station defensive troops and scouts in the village.

Loyalty regeneration:

Loyalty increases by 2/3 of the administration building level per hour
→ Example: Level 6 building = +4 loyalty per hour
You can also increase loyalty using Tablets of Law.

What changes after conquest

When a village is conquered:

All troops belonging to that village are removed, including:
- Reinforcements in other locations
- Troops in transit
- Queued units
- The hero (if it was their home village)
The following are reset or removed:
- Academy research
- Smithy upgrades
- Village wall
- Tribe-specific buildings (e.g. Brewery, Trapper, Horse Drinking Trough)
Connected oases become independent
Incoming reinforcements:
- If not from the same alliance/confederacy, they are sent back after 1 hour (or immediately upon arrival)

Important exceptions

If the conquered village is your own:
- Buildings and levels remain
- Wall is still removed
- Research and troops are still removed
If the village is the same tribe as yours:
- Tribe-specific buildings are not destroyed
On some special servers:
- The village keeps its tribe → tribe buildings remain
If you conquer a village from a smaller account:
- All buildings lose 1 level
Expansion slots:
- Villages founded or conquered by that village still occupy its expansion slots

Key takeaway

To successfully conquer a village, focus on:

Removing the administration building
Using properly timed waves
Sending administrators with normal attacks
Repeating until loyalty reaches 0%

Rushing or combining everything into one attack will usually fail.

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