Prestige

Prestige is an incentive for attackers.

All dominions start with 250 prestige.

Prestige Bonus

Type	Multiplicative	Additive
Offensive power	No	Yes
Food production	No	Yes
Population	Yes	No

Formula

Prestige/100=x% bonus

Multiplicative

If you have 0% population modifiers you will still get the prestige bonus.

For example, if you have 250 prestige and no other population bonuses you would get +2.5% max population:

1.00x(1+250/10000)=1.025

Gaining Prestige

Prestige is primarily gained by invading other dominions which are at least 75% your land size.

Attacking a wonder may also grant prestige if the wonder is taken from another realm. See Wonder Prestige.

Formula

The standard formula for prestige gain is:

Min (120 * LandRatio - 50, 65) + TargetLand/250

• You can hit the same dominion twice without penalty. Starting with the 3rd hit, your prestige gain will dip by 10% each successive hit. This penalty is limited to 50%.
• You can hit a bot 4 times before the penalty kicks in. The penalty is 5% for each successive hit and is limited to 50%. This penalty treats all bots the same; hitting 4 different bots is equivalent to hitting the same bot 4 times.
• The excessive hitting penalty is multiplicative with prestige bonuses (e.g. Techs or the Golden Throne Wonder).

Examples:

• Hitting a 1500 acre target 75% of your size yields 120 * 75% - 50 + 1500/250 = 48 prestige
• Hitting a 5000 acre target 110% of your size yields Min (120 * 110% - 50, 65) + 5000/250 = 65 + 5000/250 = 85 prestige
• Your sixth time hitting a bot at 2550 acres from 3000 acres (85%) yields (120 * 85% - 50 + 2550/250) * (1 - 2 * 0.05) = 56 prestige
• Your fourth time hitting a human player at 80% of your size (5000 hitting 4000 acres), while your realm has the Golden Throne (+25 % attacking prestige), yields (120 * 80% - 50 + 4000/250) * 1.25 * (1 - 2 * 0.1) = 62 prestige
• Hitting a target 60%-75% yields no prestige change
• Hitting a target below 60% of your size yields a 5% prestige loss for the attacker.

Prestige gains are added to your prestige when the last units return. If you only send units which return in 9 hours, your prestige will be added after 9 hours. But if you also send units with a longer return time, prestige will be added when those units return.

Losing Prestige

Prestige can be lost in the following ways:

• Being successfully invaded (5% prestige loss).
• Being overwhelmed while invading (5% prestige loss).
• Hitting someone below 60% your size (5% prestige loss).

Prestige losses are instant.