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

Friendly Spells

All friendly spells cost 4 % 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	3x	+10 % WPA on target	Lasts 6 hours, has a 3 hour cooldown.
Illumination	3x	+10 % SPA on target	Lasts 6 hours, has a 3 hour cooldown.
Spell Reflect	2x	Reflects the next Fireball or Lightning Bolt	Lasts 3 hours, has a 3 hour cooldown.

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 6 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. 20 % chance to inflict Burning if at War.	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. 10 % chance to inflict Burning if at War.	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 38, Fireball and Lightning Bolt now utilise a reworked system with two new effects:

• Burning: new status effect (spell) with 24 hour duration, unmodded population growth is fixed at 6% of your vulnerable peasant population, applies Rejuvenation upon expiration, extended by 6 hours in mutual war.
• Rejuvenation: new status effect (spell) with 48 hour duration, increases population growth by 200%, reduces spell damage by 75%, immune to Burning, cancelled if target's realm declares war.

Additionally, only a certain percentage of peasants, as well as Castle investments, are vulnerable to being attacked by Fireball and Lightning Bolt.

• A maximum of 30 % of peasants are vulnerable on day 4, scaling up to 40 % by day 44.
• A maximum of 30 % of investments are vulnerable on day 4, scaling down to 20 % by day 44. Spires and Harbour remain immune. This runs off total investments, e.g. if a Castle has 10 million invested in Science, Keep, Forges, and Walls during a round, and has 2 million points vulnerable, the castle will not drop below 8 million points invested in those four categories, barring a reduction in protection.

The vulnerable percentage is then further adjusted by any kind of Damage Reduction, multiplicative. Energy Mirror does not reduce vulnerability, but does reduce damage, e.g. turning Lightning Bolt's 1 % damage into 0.85 % damage. This effectively means it takes more spells for the casters to drop someone to their minimum amount of peasants or investments.

Disband Spies does not use the vulnerability mechanics and always does the same base amount (2 % of target's spies) of damage.

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 1000 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.

See Also

• Ops Formula
• Espionage
• Op Center