Gem lodes are special tiles that appear in random places much like a resource tile, except you can gather gems from them. They are a reward for KvK, but they are also occasionally part of a celebration.
Lode Quantities
The higher the lode level, the more gems that are available to be gathered from it.
How to Gather Gems
The basic answer is that you send troops and they gather them and you get the gems when they return, much like a regular resource tile. However, there are some important differences.
It takes more troops to carry one gem than it does to carry one of any other resources. Specifically, it takes 1,000 Army Capacity to carry a single gem.
Your usual gather talents, gear, and research will not help you. But there are
researchs specifically for speeding up harvesting gem lodes. Gem Harvesting I is at the bottom of the Economy Tree and Gem Harvesting II is in the Wonder Battles Tree.
However! Gear for Army Capacity and Travel Speed does work!
Spawn Schedule
Gem lodes appear every 6 hours. Let's call each appearance a "series". Each reward period contains 4 series. Inside each series, there are two or three "waves" of gem lodes for each gem lode level your Kingdom earned.
The times vary, but in general it's shorter at the beginning for the lower levels and longer at the end for the higher levels. They generally spawn for about the first 3 of that series' 6 hours.
The basic answer is that you send troops and they gather them and you get the gems when they return, much like a regular resource tile. However, there are some important differences.
It takes more troops to carry one gem than it does to carry one of any other resources. Specifically, it takes 1,000 Army Capacity to carry a single gem.
Your usual gather talents, gear, and research will not help you. But there are
researchs specifically for speeding up harvesting gem lodes. Gem Harvesting I is at the bottom of the Economy Tree and Gem Harvesting II is in the Wonder Battles Tree.
However! Gear for Army Capacity and Travel Speed does work!
Spawn Schedule
Gem lodes appear every 6 hours. Let's call each appearance a "series". Each reward period contains 4 series. Inside each series, there are two or three "waves" of gem lodes for each gem lode level your Kingdom earned.
The times vary, but in general it's shorter at the beginning for the lower levels and longer at the end for the higher levels. They generally spawn for about the first 3 of that series' 6 hours.
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Travel speed boost gear decreases travel time. Get there faster!
ReplyDeleteDoes army capacity gear help?
ReplyDeleteArmy Capacity gear affects the quantity of troops you need, but it does not affect the speed you load.
DeleteAlso, if you change your gear to a lower army capacity before your troops finish, you will not completely mine the gem lode. That is why sometimes you see gem lodes with 1 gem or some random number left. It is not necessarily because it was abandoned.