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	All successful spells cast at your Dominion have a 30% chance of being reflected back to the caster.
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

Offensive 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 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 and heroes, if any.
Plague	3x	Slows population growth rate by 50% (inverse of Harmony).	This is a non-war black op.
Insect Swarm	3x	Slows food production by 15%.	This is a non-war black op.
Great Flood	3x	Slows boat production by 25%.	This is a non-war black op.
Earthquake	3x	Slows ore and gem production by 5%.	This is a non-war black op.
Fireball	3.3x	Kills 2.75% of peasants and destroys food.	This is a war-only black op.
Lightning Bolt	3.5x	Damages castle by destroying 0.40% of resources invested in keep, forges, and walls.	This is a war-only black op.
Disband Spies	4.3x	Turns 1.5% 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)

Racial Spells

Each race has access to one racial 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
Ascendance	Dark Elf	8% of surviving Swordsmen return from battle as Spellblades
Blizzard	Icekin	+15% defensive power	Not cumulative with Ares' Call
Bloodrage	Orc	+10 % offensive power, +10 % offensive casualties
Crusade	Human and Nomad (Legacy)	+5% offensive power, allows you to kill Spirit and Undead units
Defensive Frenzy	Halfling	+20% defensive power	Not cumulative with Ares' Call
Erosion	Lizardfolk and Merfolk	20% of captured land automatically re-zoned into water
Favorable Terrain	Nomad	+1% offensive power for every 1.5% barren land (max +10%)
Feral Hunger	Lycanthrope	Werewolves convert enemy peasants into Werewolves (up to one for every 15 sent on attack)
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	Undead and Spirit (Legacy)	+50 % conversion rate
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%.

Damage Scaling

Lightning Bolt, Disband Spies, and Assassinate Wizards damage scales linearly based on day of the round. The spell does 100% of the base damage on Day 25. Damage is increased by 2.5% each day prior (max of 137.5% at Day 10 or before) and decreased by 2.5% each day after (min 62.5% at Day 40 or after).

Formula

The chance of success is determined through one of three formulas. See Formula page for details.

See Also

• Ops Formula
• Espionage
• Op Center