New Rise of Kingdoms guide, commanders guide & pairing, Tier list and commander

Rise of Kingdoms is an RTS (real-time strategy) mobile game. Players around the world play together in one of the many available kingdoms.

Whether you’re thinking of playing the game, just downloaded it, or still learning the ropes, you probably want to go the right path to achieve the ultimate city you’re hoping to have.

Learn how to find and combine the best commanders, calculate progress, talent builds and trees, redeem codes, and some tips and tricks to have excellent gaming experience.

Rise of Kingdoms Commander Guide

To start, you will need a commander if you want to go on a battle. Three specialties will determine which talents trees every commander’s talent trees can be leveled. Every commander has four skills that can be unlocked according to the star level of the commander’s. Legendary and Epic commanders have a 5th mastery skill that improves one of their first four skills; getting all four skills to level 5 is unlocked. Star levels can be unlocked through sacrificing sculptures specific for that commander or a general sculpture.

Credit for the information on the commander’s tier list goes to Rok Guide.

Legendary Commanders Tier List

Tier S

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
Attila	Open Field	Rally	--
Guan Yu	Open Field	Rally	--
Richard	City Defense	Open Field	Flag/Fort Defense
Yi-Seong-Gye	City Defense	Open Field	Rally
Genghis Khan	Openfield	Rally	--
Alexander The Great	Openfield	Rally	--
Edward	Openfield	Rally	--

Tier A

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
Wu Zetian	City Defense	Flag/Fort Defense
Saladin	Open Field	Rally	--
Tomyris	Openfield	Rally	--
Takeda	Open Field	Rally	--
Leonidas	Open Field	Rally	--
Martel	Openfield	Rally	Flag/Fort Defense

Tier B

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
Cao Cao	Barbarians/Fort	Openfield	Rally
Constantine	City Defense	Openfield	Flag/Fort Defense
Hannibal	Openfield	Rally	--
Frederick	Rally	Openfield	--
Mehmed II	Rally	Openfield	--
Aethelflaed	Barbarians/Fort	Openfield	Rally

Tier C

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
El Cid	Openfield	Flag/Fort Defense	Rally
Julius Caesar	Rally	Openfield	--
Minamoto	Openfield	Barbarians/Fort	Rally
Charlemagne	Rally	--	--

Tier D

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
Seondeok	Gathering	--	--
Cleopatra	Gathering	--	--
Ishida	Gathering	--	--

Epic Commanders Tier List

Tier S

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
Sun Tzu	City Defense	Open Field	Flag/Fort Defense
Osman I	Rally	Open Field	--
Pelagius	City Defense	Open Field	--
Hermann	City Defense	Open Field	Flag/Fort Defense

Tier A

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
Joan	Gathering	Open Field	--
Scipio	Rally	Open Field	--
Baibars	Barbarians/Fort	Open Field	--
Belisarius	Open Field	Barbarians/Fort	--
Eulji	Open Field	City Defense	--
Kusunoki	City Defense	Open Field	Flag/Fort Defense

Tier B

Commander	Attribute A	Attribute B	Attribute C
Boudica	Barbarians/Fort	Openfield	--
Lohar	Barbarians/Fort	--	--

Rise of Kingdoms Redeem Codes 

Here are the Rise of Kingdoms’ latest working gift codes or redeem codes for you to have even a great time playing the game.

Copy them and read the guide below to learn how to use them and get a lot of valuable resources such as Gems, Golden Key, and Resource Tokens.

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How to use Rise of Kingdoms Codes

1. In the game, click on your avatar, which is located at the top left of the screen.
   
2. Open Settings Menu.
   
3. Open Redeem
   
4. Enter the redeem code into the box then click Exchange:
   
5. If you have successfully redeemed the code, this message will show up:

6. To claim the reward, open your mailbox.

Rise Of Kingdoms Talent Guide

There are a total of 45 Commanders in the game. With this, it is essential to learn the importance of investing your commander’s talent points in the right talents that will surely help you win the game.

Below are the best talent builds and trees for every commander.

Best Commanders Talent Builds & Trees

Aethelflaed Talent Builds & Trees

Alexander The Great Talent Builds & Trees

Artemisia I Talent Builds & Trees

Attila Talent Builds & Trees

Baibars Talent Builds & Trees

Belisarius Talent Builds & Trees

Boudica Talent Builds & Trees

Cao Cao Talent Builds & Trees

Charlemagne Talent Builds & Trees

Charles Martel Talent Builds & Trees

Cleopatra VII Talent Builds & Trees

Constance Talent Builds & Trees

Constantine I Talent Builds & Trees

Edward of Woodstock Talent Builds & Trees

El Cid Talent Builds & Trees

Eulji Mundeok Talent Builds & Trees

Frederick I Talent Builds & Trees

Gaius Marius Talent Builds & Trees

Genghis Khan Talent Builds & Trees

Guan Yu Talent Builds & Trees

Hannibal Barca Talent Builds & Trees

Hermann Talent Builds & Trees

Ishida Mitsunari Talent Builds & Trees

Joan of Arc Talent Builds & Trees

Julius Caesar Talent Builds & Trees

Keira Talent Builds & Trees

Kusunoki Masashige Talent Builds & Trees

Lancelot Talent Builds & Trees

Leonidas I Talent Builds & Trees

Lohar Talent Builds & Trees

Mehmed II Talent Builds & Trees

Minamoto No Yoshitsune Talent Builds & Trees

Pelagius Talent Builds & Trees

Osman I Talent Builds & Trees

Sarka Talent Builds & Trees

Saladin Talent Builds & Trees

Scipio Africanus Talent Builds & Trees

Seondeok Talent Builds & Trees

Sun Tzu Talent Builds & Trees

Ramesses II Talent Builds & Trees

Richard I Talent Builds & Trees

Takeda Shingen Talent Builds & Trees

Tomoe Gozen Talent Builds & Trees

Tomyris Talent Builds & Trees

Wu Zetian Talent Builds & Trees

Yi Seong-Gye Talent Builds & Trees

Rise of Kingdoms Best Commanders

Currently, the best meta commanders in the Rise of Kingdoms in ranking order are:

1. Yi Seong-Gye
2. Genghis Khan
3. Guan Yu
4. Mehmed II
5. Ramesses II
6. Cao Cao
7. Leonidas I
8. Hannibal Barca
9. Aethelflaed
10. Lohar

Rise of Kingdoms Commander Pairing

Among the ways to achieve a higher chance for winning battles in PvP as and PvE is through commander pairing.

All commanders in Rise Of Kingdoms have different roles and talents, making it essential to know what commander you will use as primary and secondary and what commander pairs have best synergies together.

You can find below the best commander pairings for field battles, destroying barbarian forts, defending, for a rally, and many more. Credit for this information goes to Rise of Kingdoms Guides. 

Best Commander Calvary Pairs

Rise of Kingdom has many cavalry commanders; however, this doesn’t mean that you can pair them randomly. You must match cavalry commanders that hold synergy with the talent tree and skills.

Commander	Best Paired With
Pelagius	Baibars
Baibars	Cao Cao
Minamoto	Cao Cao
Atilla	Takeda
Khan	Saladin
Aethelflaed	Sun Tzu
Saladin	Khan
Cao Cao	Minamoto

Best Commander Infantry Pairs

Infantry commanders are easier to pair. It’s hard to choose wrong since they have related skills. However, still, they are commander pairs that have better synergy with skills and talent trees than other commander pairs.

Commander	Best Paired With
Sun Tzu	Richard
Richard	Charles Martel
Alexander	Charles Martel
Constantine	Charles Martel
Guan Yu	Yi Seong-Gye
Leonidas	Charles Martel

Best Commander Archery Pairs

In pairing archery commanders, you must be careful. Only pair those that have the best synergy with skills and talent tree. Otherwise, you will lose so much damage as well as survivability.

Commander	Best Paired With
Yi Seong-Gye	Ramesses I
Hermann	Yi Seong-Gye
Kusunoki M.	Yi Seong-Gye
El Cid	Artemisia I
Ramesses I	Yi Seong-Gye
Edward	Tomyris

Best Commander Barbarian Fort

These are commanders with the best synergy with skills, talent tree, and bonus damage to barbarians forts. It is noteworthy to have the right talent tree build.

Commander	Best Paired With
Belisarius	Cao Cao
Boudica	Cao Cao
Minamoto	Cao Cao
Aethelflaed	Minamoto

Best Commander Defending Pairs

Below are commander pairings suited for defending flags, forts, and Ark of Osiris Objectives. They are great pairs against top tier rallying commanders. 

Commander	Best Paired With
Richard	Charles Martel
Constantine	Wu Zetian
Artemisia I	El Cid

Best Commander Rally Pairs

Below are commander pairings suited for rallying flags, forts, and Ark of Osiris Objectives.  They have great synergy with skills and talent tree build.

Commander	Best Paired With
Richard	Charles Martel
Saladin I	Atilla
Atilla	Takeda
Yi Seong-Gye	Ramesses I
Edward	Tomyris
Guan Yu	Alexander
Ramesses I	Yi Seong-Gye
Alexander	Charles Martel

Best Epic Commander Pairs

Below are the best epic commander pairs that you can make, and they work great on new kingdoms. 

Commander	Best Paired With
Pelagius	Baibars
Belisarius	Baibars
Sun Tzu	Eulji
Eulji	Osman
Kusunoki M.	Sun Tzu
Hermann	Sun Tzu

Rise of Kingdoms City Hall Requirements

The central building in the city is the City Hall. No building in the city can be a higher level than the City Hall itself. That’s why it determines all of the structures’ maximum level.

In this way, it sets the upper limit for research that can be performed, determines how many troops can fit in hospitals, and many more.

Upgrading the city hall also increases the number of commanders/traders, which may be fielded simultaneously. It is also the primary factor in how many troops a commander may have in their army.

Credit for the information on the city hall requirements goes to Rok Guide.

City Hall Level	Unlocks	Requirements	TroopCapacity	Cost	Time	Power
Stone Age
1	None	None	2,000	None	None	7
2	Lumber Mill (1st)Archery RangeScout Camp	None	3,000	3.5K 3.5K	2s	21
3	Farm (2nd)Alliance Center	Wall Lv.2	4,000	6.5K 6.5K	5m	59
Bronze Age
4	Quarry (1st)AcademyStableHospital (2nd)	Wall Lv.3	5,000	11.8K 11.8K	20m	154
5	Lumber Mill (2nd)ShopSiege Workshop2nd march queue	Wall Lv.4Hospital Lv.4	7,000	21.3K 21.3K	1h	383
6	Farm (3rd)Courier Station	Wall Lv.5Scout Camp Lv.5	9,000	36.3K 36.3K 12.0K	2h	852
7	Quarry (2nd)Castle	Wall Lv.6Storehouse Lv.6	12,000	54.4K 54.4K 19.2K	5h	1,847
8	Lumber Mill (3rd)MonumentTier 2 troops	Wall Lv.7Barracks Lv.7	15,000	81.8K 81.8K 30.8K	10h	3,706
9	Hospital (3rd)Farm (3rd)	Wall Lv.8Alliance Center Lv.8	19,000	122.8K 122.8K 49.2K	15h	6,504
Iron Age
10	Quarry (3rd)Goldmine (1st)Trading Post	Wall Lv.9Academy Lv.9	23,000	184.3K 184.3K 78.7K	1d	10,933
11	Lumber Mill (4th)3rd march queue	Wall Lv.10Hospital Lv.10	28,000	277.5K 277.5K 120.0K	1d 6h	16,723
12	Goldmine (2nd)	Wall Lv.11Storehouse Lv.11	33,000	417.5K 417.5K 180.0K	1d 16h	24,693
13	Quarry (4th)	Wall Lv.12Archery Range Lv.12	38,000	627.5K 627.5K 270.0K	2d 2h	35,213
14	Goldmine (3rd)	Wall Lv.13Alliance Center Lv.13Trading Post Lv.13	44,000	942.5K 942.5K 405.0K	2d 12h	48,838
15	Hospital (4th)	Wall Lv.14Scout Camp Lv.14	50,000	1.4M 1.4M 607.5K	2d 22h	66,400
Dark Age
16	Goldmine (4th)Tier 3 troops	Wall Lv.15Academy Lv.15	57,000	2.1M 2.1M 912.5K	4d	91,451
17	4th march queue	Wall Lv.16Hospital Lv.16	64,000	3.2M 3.2M 1.4M	4d 20h	125,005
18	?	Wall Lv.17Storehouse Lv.17	72,000	4.8M 4.8M 2.1M	5d 20h	170,590
19	None	Wall Lv.18Stable Lv.18	80,000	7.2M 7.2M 4.7M	7d	232,957
20	?	Wall Lv.19Alliance Center Lv.19	90,000	10.8M 10.8M 4.7M	8d 6h	318,769
Feudal Age
21	Tier 4 troops	Wall Lv.20Academy Lv.20	100,000	16.2M 16.2M 7.0M	11d	442,735
22	5th march queue	Wall Lv.21Hospital Lv.21	110,000	24.3M 24.3M 10.6M	17d 3h	630,860
23	?	Wall Lv.22Storehouse Lv.22	120,000	36.5M 36.5M 15.9M	23d 23h	907,085
24	?	Wall Lv.23Siege Workshop Lv.23	130,000	54.8M 54.8M 24.0M	36d	1,322,48
25	Tier 5 troops	Wall Lv.24Trading Post Lv.24	150,000	82.2M 82.2M 36.0M	126d 8h	2,195,458

City Hall Upgrade Rewards

Level	Resources	Items
1	N/A	N/A
2	10.0K 10.0K	Universal Speedup (5m) x1
3	20.0K 20.0K	Universal Speedup (5m) x2
4	30.0K 30.0K	Universal Speedup (5m) x3
5	40.0K 40.0K 40.0K	Universal Speedup (30m) x1
6	50.0K 50.0K 50.0K	Universal Speedup (30m) x2
7	50.0K 50.0K 50.0K	Universal Speedup (30m) x5
8	50.0K 50.0K 50.0K	Universal Speedup (8h) x2
9	50.0K 50.0K 50.0K	Universal Speedup (24h) x1
10	50.0K 50.0K 50.0K 10.0K	Civilization Change
11	50.0K 50.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x11Training Speedup (10m) x11
12	100.0K 100.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x12Training Speedup (10m) x12
13	100.0K 100.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x13Training Speedup (10m) x13
14	100.0K 20.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x14Training Speedup (10m) x14
15	100.0K 100.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x15Training Speedup (10m) x15
16	100.0K 20.0K	Universal Speedup (7d) x1Gem (100) x1
17	100.0K 100.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x17Training Speedup (10m) x17
18	100.0K 20.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x18Training Speedup (10m) x18
19	100.0K 100.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x19Training Speedup (10m) x19
20	100.0K 20.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x20Training Speedup (10m) x20
21	? ? ? ?	Information Needed
22	100.0K 20.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x22Training Speedup (10m) x22
23	150.0K 150.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x23Training Speedup (10m) x23
24	150.0K 30.0K	Building Speedup (10m) x24Training Speedup (10m) x24
25	200.0K 50.0K	Master’s Blueprint x1Gem x500

Era Breakthrough event

You can get a lot of valuable rewards from the Era Breakthrough event by upgrading the City Hall. Among the rewards you can get are speedups, wood, and gold, which are used to scout people with higher scouting research unlocked.

Requirement	Reward
Upgrade City Hall to Level 4	Universal Speedup (15m) x4Builder Recruitment x1
Upgrade City Hall to Level 7	Universal Speedup (15m) x624-Hour Enhanced Gathering x1
Upgrade City Hall to Level 10	100 Gems x1Universal Speedup (60m) x210,000 Food x310,000 Wood x37,500 Stone x2
Upgrade City Hall to Level 13	Universal Speedup (60m) x43,000 GoldResearch Speedup (60m) x2
Upgrade City Hall to Level 16	100 Gems  x2Universal Speedup (60m) x810,000 Food x1010,000 Wood x107,500 Stone x4
Upgrade City Hall to Level 19	Universal Speedup (60m) x815,000 Gold x1Stone Boost (24h) x2
Upgrade City Hall to Level 21	100 Gems x5Universal Speedup (3h) x810,000 Food x2010,000 Wood x207,500 Stone x8
Upgrade City Hall to Level 23	Universal Speedup (3h) x850,000 Gold x1Targeted Teleport x1
Upgrade City Hall to Level 25	100 Gems x8Universal Speedup (3h) x2410,000 Food x3010,000 Wood x307,500 Stone x12

Rise of Kingdoms Tips and Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks you can use to make the most out of playing Rise of Kingdoms. 

Pick The Best Nation

Choosing a suitable nation to your playstyle is a crucial first step in playing the game.

Rome

Rome is suitable for active players who like to have an aggressive, attacking play style. For you to reach target locations faster than other nations, use the marching speed bonus.

Germany

Germany also rewards active players, especially to those who just started. Because of its bonus to action points, you will be able to kill many barbarians and level up your commanders much faster than other nations.

Britain

Britain can be a good option in an alliance with many troops because of its 20% bonus to ally garrison capacity. Sadly, the wood gathering bonus is a bit underwhelming, as you will then hold a dedicated resource gathering commander.

France

France is an excellent option for high-level play. Other troop health and a 10% healing speed bonus enable a more liberal approach to fighting and attacking in general.

Spain

Spain is suitable for resource farming thanks to its 10% troops load bonus; however, it offers very little about fighting. It still might be the right choice if you prefer to avoid combat.

China

China is also a top tier nation, having a focus on troops defenses and faster building and resource production speed. It might be the best overall option for active players.

Japan

Japan is the right choice for you if you enjoy commanding massive armies. It has a 5% bonus to troops training capacity and a 2% attack bonus, and the downside is a rather ineffective 30% scout march speed bonus.

Korea

Lastly, Korea has a bit of a sub-optimal combination of bonuses – 2% research speed bonus, 5% archer defense, and 10% hospital capacity don’t lend themselves in favor of any particular play style. However, Korean architecture is, without a doubt, the most beautiful nation in the game.

Best Civilization For Starting

When you just started, you shouldn’t mind the buffs those civilizations provide. Instead, look for the featured commanders of those civilizations because they are the Epic Commanders that you will get after choosing a civilization for free.

It would be better if you looked for the commanders whose sculptures usually get offered through the events and quests in the game.

Thus, it is suggested that F2P players should start with either Boudica or Scipio. Rok Guide says they are the best starting Epic Commanders for F2P players because:

1. Boudica is suitable for farming Barbarians/Forts and nuking.
2. Scipio is excellent for any mixed army composition and is quite tanky on an open battlefield.

After having the starting commander, you can change your civilization to Japan once you have gotten to City Hall level 10. Japan increases your scouting speed, the attack of all troops you have, and resource gathering speed.

Rise of Kingdoms Zones

What is a Zone?

The image above shows that there are three areas in 3 different colors:

The Green area is called Zone 1: There are 14 green dots in total. Each dot is called “Pass,” you must cross the Pass to enter the new Zone or other Zone.

Blue area is called Zone 2: 26 passes connect between Zones 1 and 3.

The middle purple area is Zone 3: Nine passes connect between Zone 2 and Zone 3.

What is Zone 1?

Zone 1 is located at the edge of the Kingdom and is surrounded by mountains. When you first create a character in the new Kingdom, your city will spawn randomly around Zone 1.

This Zone is divided into six small areas. Level 1 Passes separate the areas from each other.

Zone 1 only has a low-tier resource deposit and low-level barbarians since this Zone is the beginning area. However, this is a perfect place for new cities because you don’t have enough troops to beat high-level barbarians and enough troops to carry the load from high-level resource deposits.

The Sanctum and Altar can be found in Zone 1.

What is Zone 2?

Zone 2 is located between Zones 1 and 3.

In entering Zone 2, your Alliance must take control of a Level 2 Pass that connects to the area you want to access.

In order to bypass this requirement, the Alliance leader must pass their leadership temporarily to a trusted friend or a second account, leave the Alliance, and join the Alliance that controls a Level 2 Pass. 

Afterward, they need to use a Targeted Teleport to transport to Zone 2, quit that Alliance and join the old Alliance. Lastly, the leader can build an Alliance Fortress inside Zone 2, allowing other Alliance members to move to Zone 2 through Territorial Teleport.

You will find better resources and stronger barbarians in Zone 2 than Zone 1.

In Zone 2, you can find Shrines.

What is Zone 3?

Zone 3 is located in the center of the map.

This Zone holds the most precious resource potential in all of the Zones. 

Zone 3 has a level 5-6 resource deposit and level 24-25 barbarians.

This Zone is also the most oppressive place to contest for entry due to its abundant resources and the area with the Lost Temple. Who controls the Lost Temple will be the King of that Kingdom, and of course, there will be many benefits to the King and his Alliance members. So it is the goal of every player and Alliance in the game.

The Lost Temple is always in the middle of Zone 3.

Thank you for reading and welcome to your journey as a growing Rise of Kingdoms player! 

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