Magic
Magic will let your wizards cast a variety of spells, giving temporary bonuses, information or damaging your enemies.
All spells cost mana, which is produced by towers. The cost of each spell is based on a multiplier of your land size.
Self Spells
Self-spells last for 12 hours and can't be cast on other dominions. You can recast these once there are less than 12 hours remaining on the duration.
| Spell | Cost Multiplier | Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ares' Call | 2.5x | +10% defensive power | |
| Gaia's Watch | 2x | +10% food production | |
| Harmony | 2.5x | +50% population growth rate | Vital during protection |
| Midas Touch | 2.5x | +10% platinum production | Should be always active |
| Mining Strength | 2x | +10% ore production | |
| Fools Gold | 1x | Prevents platinum theft for 10 hours. Can only be cast once every 20 hours. | |
| Surreal Perception | 3x | Reveals the name of dominions performing any ops on you. | |
| Energy Mirror | 4x | Decreases damage dealt by enemy black ops by 15 %, decreases duration of enemy non-war black ops and Nox Miasma by 2 hours | The 15 % decreased damage is multiplicative with sources of damage reduction from e.g. WPA. |
| Amplify Magic | 0.5x | Increases the mana cost of your next non-cooldown self spell by 200% and increases its duration by 150% (18 hours). | Lasts 6 hours, removed when a qualifying spell is cast, and cannot be used during protection |
Surreal Perception
Each Op comes with its own notification in the Recent News. For information ops, these notifications are as follows:
| Op | Text |
|---|---|
| Clear Sight | A magical presence was detected within our advisor's quarters. Our wizards have determined that DOMINION (#X) was responsible! |
| Disclosure | A magical presence was detected within our hero's quarters. Our wizards have determined that DOMINION (#X) was responsible! |
| Revelation | A magical presence was detected within our towers. Our wizards have determined that DOMINION (#X) was responsible! |
| Vision | A magical presence was detected within our schools. Our wizards have determined that DOMINION (#X) was responsible! |
| Barracks Spy | A hostile presence was detected within our barracks. Our wizards have determined that spies from DOMINION (#X) were responsible! |
| Castle Spy | A hostile presence was detected within our castle. Our wizards have determined that spies from DOMINION (#X) were responsible! |
| Land Spy | A hostile presence was detected amongst our lands. Our wizards have determined that spies from DOMINION (#X) were responsible! |
| Survey Dominion | A hostile presence was detected amongst our buildings. Our wizards have determined that spies from DOMINION (#X) were responsible! |
Friendly Spells
All friendly spells cost 3 % Wizard Strength to cast, and can only be cast by Court Mages or Grand Magisters, as well as between Shadow League members in the same realm.
| Spell | Cost Multiplier | Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcane Ward | 1.5x | +5% chance of causing hostile spells to fail, | Lasts 6 hours, has a 3 hour cooldown. |
| Illumination | 1.5x | +5% chance of causing hostile spy operations to fail, | Lasts 6 hours, has a 3 hour cooldown. |
| Spell Reflect | 2x | Reflects the next War or Black Op spell | Lasts 3 hours, has a 3 hour cooldown. If activated, target will know who tried to Black/War Op them, even without Surreal Perception active. |
Offensive Info Spells
| Spell | Cost Multiplier | Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Sight | 0.5x | Gives you an overview of the target dominion in the form of their Status screen. | As of Round 27, Clear Sight will display an Icekin's RAW wizards per acre. |
| Revelation | 1x | Shows spells currently affecting the target dominion. | |
| Clairvoyance | 1.2x | Reveals the target's realm's Town Crier. | Currently not enabled due to Town Crier. |
| Vision | 0.5x | Reveals the target dominion's techs, if any. | |
| Disclosure | 0.5x | Reveals the target's hero. |
Offensive Duration Spells
| Plague | 3x | Slows population growth rate by 50% (inverse of Harmony). | This is a non-war black op. Lasts 8 hours baseline, increased by 2 hours if at war with the target, and by 4 hours if in a mutual war. |
| Insect Swarm | 3x | Slows food production by 15%. | This is a non-war black op. Lasts 8 hours baseline, increased by 2 hours if at war with the target, and by 4 hours if in a mutual war. |
| Great Flood | 3x | Slows boat production by 25%. | This is a non-war black op. Lasts 8 hours baseline, increased by 2 hours if at war with the target, and by 4 hours if in a mutual war. |
| Earthquake | 3x | Slows ore and gem production by 5%. | This is a non-war black op. Lasts 8 hours baseline, increased by 2 hours if at war with the target, and by 4 hours if in a mutual war. |
| Miasma | 3x | Increases mana drain by 50 % and decreases WPA by 5 % | This is a Nox-only war black op. Lasts 8 hours baseline, increased by 2 hours if at war with the target, and by 4 hours if in a mutual war. |
Offensive Damage Spells
| Fireball | 3x | Kills 5% of unprotected peasants and destroys food. | This is a war-only black op. | See Vulnerability below. |
| Lightning Bolt | 3.25x | Damages castle by destroying 1% of unprotected resources invested in keep, forges, and walls. | This is a war-only black op. | See Vulnerability below. |
| Disband Spies | 3.5x | Turns 2% of the target's spies into draftees. | This is a war-only black op. | |
| Cyclone | 2x | Damages Wonders | Damage formula (1.5 * min(Wizards, Acres)) but capped at 0.75% of max wonder HP (can not fail this operation).
Cyclone now awards wizard mastery when rebuilding a wonder at the same rate as wonder prestige, 25-75 based on damage dealt |
Vulnerability and Damage Scaling
As of Round 40, Fireball and Lightning Bolt now utilise the following effects:
- Burning: status effect (spell). Increases Fireball damage by 100 %, applies Rejuvenation upon expiration. Grants immunity to Lightning Storm. Lasts for 20 hours, plus 1 hour for every four days from day 4 onwards. Extended by 6 hours in mutual war.
- Lightning Bolt: status effect (spell). Increases Lightning Bolt damage by 50 %, applies Rejuvenation upon expiration. Grants immunity to Burning. Lasts for 20 hours, plus 1 hour for every four days from day 4 onwards. Extended by 6 hours in mutual war.
- Rejuvenation: status effect (spell) with 48 hour duration, increases population growth by 200%, reduces spell damage by 75%, immune to Burning and Lightning Storm, cancelled if target's realm declares war.
Burning or Lightning Storm will trigger once 20 Fireballs or Lightning Bolts respectively are cast on a target within a single tick, or up to 30 of the same spell within 24 ticks, while War is active. The time within the tick does not matter: a spell at 10:01 server is counted the same as a spell at 10:57 server.
Additionally, only a certain percentage of peasants, as well as Castle investments, are vulnerable to being attacked by Fireball and Lightning Bolt.
- 50 % of a Dominion's Peasants are vulnerable to Fireball. Every Wizard - or 0.5 Archmage - protects 6 peasants from being burnt through Fireball. This increases to 24 peasants per Wizard per Wizard Guild, at a maximum of 5 Wizards per Wizard Guild.
- 20 % of total Castle investments in Science, Keep, Forges, and Walls are vulnerable to Lightning Bolt. This amount (in numbers) is reduced by 10 % per 1 % Wizard Guilds, to a maximum of -50 %.
This is then further adjusted by the victim's Spires, multiplicative. For example: at 20000 peasants, 500 Wizards, no Wizard Guilds, and 10 % Spires, the amount of vulnerable peasants comes out to: (20000 * 0.5 - (500 * 6)) * 0.9 = 6300 vulnerable peasants. Similarly, a castle with 10 million investment points in Science, Keep, and Walls, and 1 % Wizard Guilds and 5 % Spires, would have 10000000 * 0.2 * 0.9 * 0.95 = 1710000 investment points vulnerable, down from 2 million baseline.
Both vulnerabilities can be reduced down by 80 % in total, meaning a maximally protected Dominion will have 10 % of their peasants still vulnerable (20 % of 50 % is 10 %) and 4 % of their relevant Castle investments (20 % of 20 %).
Energy Mirror does not reduce vulnerability, but does reduce damage. This effectively means it takes more spells for the casters to drop someone to their minimum amount of peasants or investments. Rejuvenation, the Wizard Academy Wonder, and the Weather Manipulation tech (Lightning Bolt only) also only reduce damage. This effect can stack up to 80 % reduced damage.
Disband Spies does not use the vulnerability mechanics and always does the same base amount (2 % of target's spies) of damage, adjusted by damage reduction. (I.e. Energy Mirror, Rejuvenation, etc.)
Racial Spells
Each race has access to one racial self spell. All racial spells have a 5x cost multiplier, as well as a duration of 12 hours.
| Spell | Race | Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemist's Flame | Firewalker | Increases alchemy production by 15 platinum | |
| Alchemist's Frost | Icekin | +15% platinum production | Not cumulative with Midas Touch |
| Bloodrage | Orc | +10 % offensive power, +10 % offensive casualties | |
| Crusade | Human and Nomad (Legacy) | +10% offensive power | |
| Cull the Weak | Undead | Sacrifice Skeletons and Ghouls to summon Necromancers and Death Knights (2 plus 1 per 750 acres, hourly), Cancels and cancelled by Midas Touch | |
| Delve Into Shadow | Dark Elf | Exploring platinum cost reduced by 1% per 100 Wizard Mastery, Failed spells refund 50% of their mana cost | |
| Erosion | Lizardfolk and Merfolk | 20% of captured land automatically re-zoned into water | |
| Favorable Terrain | Nomad | +1% offensive power for every 1% barren land (max +10%) | |
| Feral Hunger | Lycanthrope | Werewolves convert enemy peasants into Werewolves (up to one for every 15 sent on attack) | |
| Frenzy | Halfling | +20 % Spy Power, -10 % Spy losses on failed operations | |
| Gaia's Blessing | Wood Elf | +20 % food production and +10 % lumber production | Not cumulative with Gaia's Watch |
| Howling | Kobold | +10 % offensive power and +10 % defensive power | Not cumulative with Ares' Call |
| Killing Rage | Goblin | +10% offensive power | |
| Miner's Sight | Dwarf and Gnome | +20% ore production | Not cumulative with Mining Strength |
| Nightfall | Nox | +5 % offensive power | |
| Parasitic Hunger | Spirit (Legacy) | +50 % conversion rate | Used to be on Undead as well, before a rework. |
| Regeneration | Troll | Reduces combat losses by 25% | |
| Unholy Ghost | Spirit and Dark Elf (Legacy) | Enemy draftees do not participate in battle | |
| Verdant Bloom | Sylvan | 35% of captured land re-zoned into forest (in addition to initial forest captured) |
WPA
The wizard ratio or Wizards Per Acre (WPA) is an important factor in the success of offensive spells. If your WPA is higher than that of your target, you are more likely to successfully cast spells on them. Each archmage counts as 2 wizards.
WPA = ((Wizards + (2 * Archmages))*(1 + [Wizard Power Bonus])) / Land
Wizard races (Sylvan and Dark Elf) naturally have higher wizard ratios because their defensive elite units count as partial wizards.
Because their elite offensive units rely on a high WPA, Icekin attackers must have a very high WPA.
For other races, a WPA of 0.3 to 0.6 is normally sufficient for info-ops, but results will vary depending on targets.
Wizard Strength
Wizard strength starts at 100% and decreases with every spell cast (including self-spells). Information ops decrease your wizard strength by 2% while self spells and offensive spells decrease your strength by 5%. Wizard strength refreshes by 4% every hour but this can be increased with Guilds, spy resilience, and techs. No spells may be cast if your wizard strength is below 30%.
Formula
The chance of success is determined through one of two formulas. See Formula page for details.