Capturing and defending the Eternal Stronghold

The Eternal Stronghold has three statuses:

• Open
• Assault
• Guarded

The Eternal Stronghold has Open status until other players and their troops capture it or defeat another Lord's troops that are already there. After that, the Eternal Stronghold acquires Assault status.

Once the Eternal Stronghold acquires Assault status, the timer starts.

When the Eternal Stronghold has Assault status, it can be attacked by members of any Order. If nobody manages to defeat the warriors defending the Eternal Stronghold before the timer runs out, it acquires Guarded status.

If the Lord who has captured the Eternal Stronghold is defeated, the Assault timer is reset and starts to count down again.

It is impossible to attack the Eternal Stronghold when it is Guarded. All troops sent to attack it before the Eternal Stronghold acquired Guarded status will turn around after reaching their destination and return to their Lord's Town. If the troops were sent by a Lord from the Order or Pact defending the Eternal Stronghold, they automatically become its defenders.

A certain time after obtaining the Guarded status, the Eternal Stronghold acquires Open status again and remains in this status until troops of another Lord destroy its defenders. When this happens, the Eternal Stronghold goes back to Assault status.

During worldwide Tournaments, you can attack and capture the Eternal Stronghold in an enemy Kingdom. The rules are the same as those for the home Kingdom, with two additional stipulations:

• If there are any troops in the Eternal Stronghold when a worldwide Tournament ends, they will return to their Lord's Town, and the Town will be automatically relocated back to its home Kingdom.
• The Eternal Stronghold retains Guarded status until the timer runs out, even if the Order that had captured and had been holding the Eternal Stronghold returned to its home Kingdom when the Tournament ended.