Rise Of Kingdoms 1.0.90 “Return of the King” Update

We plan to update the game to version 1.0.90 “Return of the King” on 2025/01/07 UTC. Before the update, you can download data in advance via the Update Version tab on the events page to earn rewards.

The Legendary King Arthur Is Coming!

The Once and Future King makes his triumphant debut! With Excalibur in hand, the Child of Destiny is bringing justice to Egria! This legendary symbol of power and chivalry can be yours to claim!

• King’s Trials: Complete quests to claim the Legendary British commander King Arthur (only available in kingdoms that have completed Season 2 of the Lost Kingdom).
• First Strike: Try out the Legendary commander King Arthur for a limited time (only available for kingdoms in Season 3 or later).

New Maya Civilization

From the dense forests of Yucatan and the towering K’iche’ highlands, the people of the Popul Vuh are bringing the wisdom of the stars to our land. Stone carvings speak of ancient myths, an eternal cycle, and the might of the great Feathered Serpent Kukulkan. Will you be the one to harness this legacy?

After the update, you can switch to the Maya civilization to experience its unique bonuses, architecture, and special units.

Take part in the Maya event series for a chance to win amazing rewards:

• King’s Trials: Complete quests to claim the Legendary Maya commander Siyaj K’ak‘.
• First Strike: Try out the Legendary commander Siyaj K’ak’ or a limited time (only available for kingdoms that have not reached Season 3 yet).
• Sign-In Spoils: Log in for a total of 7 days to claim the new Epic Maya commander Wak Chanil Ajaw.
• Cycle of the Haab’: Complete daily quests to obtain Obsidian Blades. Spend Obsidian Blades to obtain Ritual Carvings, which can be exchanged for all manner of rewards.
• Grand Reunion: Bring back old friends to fight by your side!

Our Spring Festival Event Series Has Arrived

Cold turns to warmth and white gives way to green as new life begins to bloom once more. Let’s celebrate the coming of spring with our Spring Festival event series!

• Serpentine Spring: Collect Snake Tokens to help your alliance decorate its Snake Lantern!
• Feasts and Frolics: Exchange Spring Lanterns and Snake Packs for all sorts of new year blessings!
• Fortune’s Favor: Complete 7 days of quests to earn amazing rewards!
• Protect the Supplies: Escort supply caravans for fantastic rewards!
• Ceroli Assault: Assemble your allies and take on Ceroli’s ultimate battle!
• Springtime Check-In: Log in to claim rewards, including Legendary Commander Sculptures! Log in on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Lunar New Year’s Day to claim extra Red Packets!
• Lucky Red Packet: Send Red Packets to your allies and spread the Spring Festival spirit!
• Holiday Chats: Chat with your city’s commanders to earn extra Red Packets.
• World Wanderer: A new China section has been added to the World Wanderer game mode!

Other Events

New Armament Conversion Feature

• You can now use “Conversion Stone” items to convert Legendary-quality armaments into armaments of the same type for other formations. After conversion, the armament’s special and rare inscriptions will change to match its new formation. The armament’s attributes and common inscriptions will not change.
• New achievements in the “Potentate” category will reward you with Conversion Stones based on the number of Legendary-quality armaments you’ve collected.
• Added Conversion Stones to Lost Kingdom Crusader Achievement rewards. Will only take effect in Lost Kingdoms that begin after the update.
• Added a new monthly bundle: Destiny Reforged.

Legendary Commander Swap Event: Select two Legendary commanders and spend Legendary Swap Tickets to swap their levels, skill levels, and star levels. See the Event Calendar for specific start times.
Gathering of Heroes: Complete event quests to earn points, which can be used to recruit Legendary commanders that you don’t own.
New Tavern Commanders Event: Log in every day to claim a ton of commanders (includes all commanders that can be obtained from Golden Chests and Silver Chests in the Tavern during the Preparation Season).

Lost Kingdom Optimization

Lost Kingdom Chat Optimization

• Added a “Main Chat” tab, replacing the “New Threads” tab. In the Lost Kingdom, you can use the Main Chat tab to chat normally.
• Added a new option for creating threads. You can use text or images from the Main Chat tab to create a thread. If a thread starts trending, it can be found in the Hot Threads tab.

King of All Britain Story Optimization

• Updated flavor text for the King of All Britain Chronicles. Chapter titles and descriptions will now differ for English and Viking camps. The actual quests, rewards, and unlocked content will not be affected.
• Added new Burh designs to the King of All Britain Lost Kingdom map.
• Improved the descriptions of certain Stratagems to make their scopes clearer.

Optimized the spawn rules for barbarians on the Lost Kingdom map, so that a sufficient number of barbarians will be spawned when the Lost Kingdom opens. 4) Adjusted registration time for the Season of Conquest. After the update, once a kingdom finishes its current Season of Conquest, it can immediately begin story registration for the next Season of Conquest.

Remaster Optimization

• 1) Added remastered maps for a number of Season of Conquest stories. They will be available for selection in future registration periods.
• Added remastered Lost Kingdom maps for Season 1 to Season 3. These remastered maps will be enabled by default for Season 1 to Season 3 Lost Kingdoms that begin after the update.
• After the update, new Heroic Anthem stories for kingdoms entering their first Season of Conquest will switch to the remastered map. (In all of the above cases, you will be able to switch between the remastered and original maps)

Ark of Osiris Optimization

• Optimized the art for the Silver Battlefield.
• During the Golden Battlefield registration period, if one of your teams has members who aren’t in your alliance, you can quickly send them a message to join your alliance.
• At the start of an Ark of Osiris battle, the top 3 coordinators on your team will now always be positioned at the front of your team’s safe zone.
• Ark of Osiris battlefield roles can now be changed at any time before the battle begins.
• In Ark of Osiris, you can now only use commanders available in your kingdom’s current season.

Realm of Mystique Optimization

• Reduced the overall difficulty of Normal Mode.
• Optimized the matchmaking algorithm for cross-power matchmaking. It will now prioritize matching you with teammates of similar strength.
• Added new tutorial text.
• Optimized the art of the Realm of Mystique map.
• Optimized the display of your remaining units, damage contribution, and other information.
• Added additional info to enemy troops. You can now tap on an enemy troop to view information on its skills and combat mechanics.
• Added a leaderboard, which will rank all teams by completion time.
• Added a lobby chat channel for the team-up phase.
• The Realm of Mystique clear screen will now show each team member’s contributions and titles.
• Added Legend Mode to Realm of Mystique, which offers a greater challenge and greater rewards.

Other Optimizations

1. Campaign Interface Optimization: Fixed an issue where the Sunset Canyon and Lost Canyon did not have a red dot reminder even if you had unused challenges remaining. Game modes that haven’t been unlocked yet will no longer be displayed as blank spaces in the Campaign interface.
2. The Quick Command toggle will now be shown in Scenario Battles.
3. The transportation capacity of level 25 Trading Posts has been increased from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000.
4. Added two “countdown” alliance markers, coalition markers, and Ark of Osiris coordinator markers. You’ll be able to customize the text and countdown times of these markers.
5. Adjustments to the Nature’s Gift Alliance Skill: The resource points spawned by a level 9 Nature’s Gift skill have been increased to level 7. The resource points spawned by a level 10 Nature’s Gift skill have been increased to level 8.
6. Adjusted Vacation Permit storage limit rules. The Vacation Permit your kingdom acquires every month and your kingdom’s Vacation Permit storage limit will now depend on your kingdom’s activity level.
7. Rebalanced Champions of Olympia matchmaking.
8. Added new fully-voiced commander stories for Siyaj K’ak’ and Wak Chanil Ajaw.
9. Updated the skill footnote for combo attack damage to make it more accurate and easier to understand.
10. At the end of the Lost Kingdom, the time to return to your original kingdom has been shortened from 3 days to 2 days. Will only take effect in Lost Kingdoms that begin after the update.