Update to the GB update coming to Beta March 9, 2026

 

If you have not read the original post click this link and read it first.  This post is an update to some of the questions we had and will be a condensed too long didn't read type of explanation of the new GB system.

So off the top this is a huge caveat.  There is some scrambling behind the scenes about what to do with GB's that are on the upgrade list and either unlocked to level 400 or actually upgraded to level 400.  This system was designed to slow GB levelling and offer players long-term goals with steep costs and FP/goods sinks to fix the game economy.  Right now there is a HUGE exploit.  They know about it.  We've talked directly to them and asked specifics about it.  To be honest it's disappointing how discombobulated and poorly planned this roll-out is.  They asked we not publish the exploit when we got the final packet containing all the upgrades to GB's but it's out there so we're going to talk about it.

Update:  As of noon Saturday March 7 there are no changes to the plan.  Get those GB's to lv 400 if they're getting tiers and 200 if they're not.

So for people on live server

just chill and hang-back while the people on Beta exploit the new system.  What you see on live server may be very, very different than Beta in terms of unlocking levels so don't change anything right now.  For people on Beta, this is for you.

Some buildings are getting prestige tiers.  We'll list them here again.

GB name - silver tier bonus - gold tier bonus

GE boosts

Statue of Zeus - multiplies blue defense GE - multiplies blue attack GE *This is not just a addition like plus 24 blue defense this is take your blue GE defense and multiply by 1.6 type of thing.  So the stronger you already are the larger the bonus you receive

Colosseum - blue defense GE - blue attack GE

St. Mark's Basilica - red defense GE - red attack GE

Deal Castle - red and blue defense GE - red and blue attack GE

Alcatraz - multiplies red defense GE - multiplies red attack GE *This is not just a addition like plus 24 blue defense this is take your blue GE defense and multiply by 1.6 type of thing.  So the stronger you already are the larger the bonus you receive

Château Frontenac - red defense GE and previous era goods - red attack (base attack)

Arctic Orangery - red attack GE AND current era goods - red defense (base defense)

Seed Vault - blue defense GE AND guild goods - red attack and defense (base attack) 

The Blue Galaxy - blue attack GE AND FP's - blue attack and defense (base)

GbG boosts

Cathedral of Aachen - multiplies blue defense GbG- multiplies blue attack GbG  *This is not just a addition like plus 24 blue defense this is take your blue GbG defense and multiply by 1.6 type of thing.  So the stronger you already are the larger the bonus you receive

Lotus Temple - red defense GbG - red attack GbG

The Arc - blue attack GbG AND FP's - blue defense (base defense)

The Kraken - multiplies red defense GbG- multiplies red attack GbG  *This is not just a addition like plus 24 blue defense this is take your blue GbG defense and multiply by 1.6 type of thing.  So the stronger you already are the larger the bonus you receive

Terracotta Army - blue defense GbG - blue attack GbG

Himeji Castle - red and blue defense GbG - red and blue attack GbG

Observatory - blue defense GbG - blue attack (base)

QI boosts

Castel del Monte - blue defense QI - blue attack QI

The Virgo Project - red defense QI - red attack QI

other

Space Carrier - coin boost AND goods - supply boost AND guild goods

All of the above GB's will have a maximum of 400 levels.

Copper tier goes from lv1-200

Silver lv 100-300

gold lv 200-300

So how it works is once a GB reaches lv 100 it becomes a silver tier GB.  The levelling costs are silver tier.  That means silver BP and rising goods cost to unlock levels.  As you go from lv 101-200 both your copper and silver levels rise in parallel.

Once your GB reaches lv 200 it is a gold tier GB.  The costs to level it are gold tier BP's and rising goods amounts.  As you level it from 200 to 300 the silver level increases in parallel with the gold level until it reaches level 300.

From level 300 to 400 only the gold level increases until the next two tiers are introduced in the years ahead.

So the bonuses (copper, silver and gold) are applied once the GB reaches that tier and they go up as you level.

The system was designed to be slow and painful by requiring specific BP's and limiting how you get them.  The refinery costs a complete set of copper BP to make one random silver BP and you can only do that five times a day.  So here's the exploit that may not make it to live server.

Let's say you have a lv 500 Colosseum.  What happens after the update?

You will have a gold tier lv 400 building with all your levels maxed and you'll get the cost of levelling from 400 to 500 refunded.  I should note that the system to do this is very flawed so instead of describing it as a refund I should say you will get something resembling the cost of levelling it in your inventory.

If your Colosseum is only level 170 then you will have a lv 170 silver GB.  It will have 170 copper levels and 70 silver levels.

We don't think that part will change.  You can expect to get those levels on live server.  Here's the part that we believe will change.

What if you have a lv 1 Coliseum but you have unlocked 500 levels?  Right now as of this post going public and all our posts are time-stamped so this may change even for beta but right now you will have a lv 1 copper Colosseum but with all 400 levels unlocked.  This exploit completely renders the silver and gold BP cost meaningless.

So beta players you are wise to open all 400 levels if you can and go on a building spree for the ones with the bonuses you like.  

Live server players hold up until this cluster F plays-out because this is not how the new system was intended to work and it's an easy change.  Downsize all GB's above lv 200, refund all costs and at least preserve some of the functionality of what the new system was intended to do.

For GB's not listed above they are capped at lv 200.  So if you have a lv 500 Oracle it will be downgraded to lv 200 copper GB with no tiers yet.  You'll be compensated for any level above 200.

So beta players start unlocking levels and if it all changes and it was all for nothing well that's just how it goes.

Edited to add:  Regarding ranking points.  How will they apply ranking points when one player pays a certain amount of FP to get their GB to lv 400 (including donating goods to open levels) and another player donates zero goods and a lot less FP?  How will they handle that cost discrepancy?  We asked and did not get a reply.  I think this will be a very long weekend for people that thought it was all figured out.