Game Guides
Cinder & Crowns: The Age Between Empires
The golden age has ebbed, and crowns lie scattered across the fields — you have come to pick one up.
The Golden City: Where the Wealth of Ages Converges
It may be a real city, or a metaphor left by history's receding tide. But every ambitious soul believes it exists.
The Rise of a Lord: It Begins Here
Where the Old Empires fell, a new throne waits for its crown.
The Sandbox Map: From Six Starting Provinces to a Single Core
The crown waits only in the innermost ring — outside, a world of many; within, one.
Infantry, Archers, Cavalry: Three Troop Types, One Unbreakable Triangle
The triangle of counters is the one law of this continent that no stratagem can bypass.
The Alliance: From Lone Lord to Continental Power
One Lord can crown a city. Only an Alliance can crown a continent.
Elegy for the Old Empires
After the Old Empires fell, a new empire waits to be built.
The Golden City: The Shape of a Legend
It may be a city. It may be only a name.
The East Asia: Lands Beneath the Great Wall
Beneath walls built square and true, dynasties rise and fall without end.
Europe: Vast Order and Iron Conviction
Steel, cross, and throne — all born from the embers of Rome.
Middle East & Africa: Glory of Desert, River, and Distant Sea
From the clay tablets of two rivers to the sails of Carthage, desert, river, and coast together lit humanity's oldest fires of civilization.
South & Southeast Asia: The Ganges, the Isles, and the Golden Peninsula
From the Maurya empire on the Ganges plain to the monsoon-swept island realms and the temple kingdoms of the Golden Peninsula.
Atlantis: The Shattered Mother-Continent
The continent's name is also the name of its ruin.
The Powers of the Continent: The World Beyond the Lords
Where the old order fell, something still moves in the embers.
Cinder & Crowns: The Two Symbols Behind the Name
The Old Empires have burned to embers. The crown hangs empty, waiting for a new hand.
Hero Bonds: The 17 Synergies and How to Activate Them
Field the right heroes together and the bond rewards you — all 17 hero bonds in Cinder & Crowns, who to pair, and the stat bonus each one grants.
Hero Ascension: The Five Star Tiers and How Heroes Grow
From 1★ to 5★, every star multiplies a hero's power — how Hero Ascension works in Cinder & Crowns: star tiers, the stat jump, and where shards come from.
Equipment: The Twelve Gear Lines and How to Forge Them
Four slots, three troop types, twelve separate gear lines — how Equipment works in Cinder & Crowns: forge, enhance, dismantle, and random affixes.
Hero Skills: The Five-Skill Kit and How It Scales
Every hero has five skills — Basic Attack, Active, Passive, Talent, and Unique — that level up and unlock through ascension. How the skill system works.
Adventure: The 64-Stage PvE Campaign and 3-Star Mastery
8 chapters, 64 stages, a rising monster curve, and a 3-star rating on every stage — how the Adventure PvE campaign works in Cinder & Crowns.
Army: Soldiers, the Barracks, and Six Troop Tiers
The rank-and-file your heroes lead — recruit and upgrade Infantry, Cavalry, and Archers through six tiers at the Barracks. Apply ready-made recommended lineups by archetype. How the Army system works.
City Building: Your Home Base, Styles, and Facilities
Rebuild your home city from the ruins — appearance styles, build queues, keep level, and what every facility does. How City Building works in Cinder & Crowns.
Seasons: From the S0 Tutorial to the S1 Ring War
Each season is a self-contained campaign on the sandbox — the S0 tutorial, the S1 ring map (6→3→1), a Lord level that carries over, and a Keep that resets every season.
Combat: Auto-Battles, the Damage Pipeline, and Troop Power
Battles resolve automatically — soldiers are ~60% of your power. The damage pipeline, troop counter, and aggregation explained.
Warfare: Marching, Sieges, and PvE Hunts
The sandbox is a live battlefield — marching, sieges (clear forts → declare war → rally), defense, rebel and world-boss hunts, all funneling toward the Golden Capital.
Economy: Resources, Silver, Gold, and F-Coin
The four basic resources plus Silver (soft), Gold (premium / trade house), and F-Coin (the in-game alliance currency), and how the trade house works.
What Makes Cinder & Crowns Different: A Fairer 4X Strategy Game
Cinder & Crowns is a free-to-play mobile 4X strategy game (SLG) for iOS and Android — fairer competition where alliance coordination beats spending.