Allied Cultures
The Festival of Lights
Allied Cultures are weekly events that unlock a special playfield, allowing players to build a city representing an allied culture. Each event features a questline that provides an immersive introduction to the culture, along with exclusive buildings to construct, resources to produce, and valuable rewards to earn.
Every Allied Culture event is centered around a distinct World Wonder. Upgrading this World Wonder enables players to earn special rewards and advance in Leagues, where they compete with thousands of players worldwide.
Every Allied Culture event is centered around a distinct World Wonder. Upgrading this World Wonder enables players to earn special rewards and advance in Leagues, where they compete with thousands of players worldwide.
The Festival of Lights
The Festival of Lights is one of the weekly events in the theme of China culture. The World Wonder is the Forbidden City - a majestic structure located next to the allied city. It contains 50 levels, each offering a unique reward including a special bonus for collecting Wu Zhu 
and Rice 
that helps you to progress in the Allied Culture faster.
The core buildings include Houses (Small, Medium and Luxurious) that provide China Workers 
and Wu Zhu . Production buildings consist of the Rice Farm, which produces Rice and 2 special buildings that are obtainable only by unlocking the expansions in the allied city - Moth Glade and Kaolin Quarry, producing Moth Cocoon 
and Kaolin 
, respectively. Secondary production buildings include Thread Processor, which produces Threads 
and Clay Processor, which produces Clay 
. These resources are essential for creating the final event products: Silk 
and Porcelain 
, which are produced in the Silk Workshop and Porcelain Workshop, respectively. The production chain leading to Porcelain is unlocked later in the research of the allied city and is required to upgrade the World Wonder from level 21 onward.
China does not contain a cultural system. Instead, the challenge lies in managing space and solving a puzzle-like mechanic. This is due to the large building shapes and the relatively small area available to fit them into. To expand your city, you need to repair 2 bridges on the way. Each has 3 stages of construction:
On your way through unlocking lands in the China city, you will discover several production buildings, necessary to produce Moth Cocoon and Kaolin :
Visit the Quests tab to see all the quests that await you, the Buildings tab to find an overview of all buildings and their productions, and the World Wonder tab to find all the requirements, rewards and bonuses of the Forbidden City!
and Rice that helps you to progress in the Allied Culture faster. and Wu Zhu . Production buildings consist of the Rice Farm, which produces Rice and 2 special buildings that are obtainable only by unlocking the expansions in the allied city - Moth Glade and Kaolin Quarry, producing Moth Cocoon and Kaolin , respectively. Secondary production buildings include Thread Processor, which produces Threads and Clay Processor, which produces Clay . These resources are essential for creating the final event products: Silk and Porcelain , which are produced in the Silk Workshop and Porcelain Workshop, respectively. The production chain leading to Porcelain is unlocked later in the research of the allied city and is required to upgrade the World Wonder from level 21 onward.| Southern Bridge | Eastern Bridge | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Requirements | Time | Level | Requirements | Time |
| 1 | 1500 | 1m | 1 | 5000 | 30m |
| 2 | 2500 | 10m | 2 | 15000 | 1h |
| 3 | 5000 | 1h | 3 | 30000 | 2h |
and Kaolin :| 1st Moth Glade | 2nd Moth Glade | 3rd Moth Glade | 4th Moth Glade | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Requirements | Time | Level | Requirements | Time | Level | Requirements | Time | Level | Requirements | Time |
| 1 | 100 | 10s | 1 | 5000 | 10m | 1 | 10000 | 30m | 1 | 25000 | 45m |
| 1st Kaolin Quarry | 2nd Kaolin Quarry | 3rd Kaolin Quarry | 4th Kaolin Quarry | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Requirements | Time | Level | Requirements | Time | Level | Requirements | Time | Level | Requirements | Time |
| 1 | 35000 | 10m | 1 | 75000 | 1h | 1 | 150000 | 2h | 1 | 250000 | 4h |
Allied Cultures in general
Allied Cultures are weekly events where you build a temporary city, accessible via a banner in the bottom-right corner of your screen. These events start on Thursday at 2 PM (CET) and end the following Tuesday at 2 PM (CET). After the event is over, next time you start developing your city from scratch and have the possibility to collect all the prizes again!
Currently, the game features three Allied Cities: Egypt, Vikings, China and Mayas. Each city hosts three distinct events, each centered around a different World Wonder. Depending on the event and the featured World Wonder, a unique resource from the Allied City will be boosted, offering varied strategies for city development each time.
Every Allied Culture comes with its own portal and unique heroes. During the event, special antimatter can be earned to power this portal, granting a chance to obtain these unique heroes. When a new Allied Culture begins, the previous portal closes, and the new one becomes available. However, any unspent antimatter is not lost—you can use it when the respective portal reopens next time.
You can read the sequence of Allied Cultures from the dropdown menu at the top of this page.
Currently, the game features three Allied Cities: Egypt, Vikings, China and Mayas. Each city hosts three distinct events, each centered around a different World Wonder. Depending on the event and the featured World Wonder, a unique resource from the Allied City will be boosted, offering varied strategies for city development each time.
Every Allied Culture comes with its own portal and unique heroes. During the event, special antimatter can be earned to power this portal, granting a chance to obtain these unique heroes. When a new Allied Culture begins, the previous portal closes, and the new one becomes available. However, any unspent antimatter is not lost—you can use it when the respective portal reopens next time.
You can read the sequence of Allied Cultures from the dropdown menu at the top of this page.