[2023] Guild Battlegrounds Update 2023

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Hey there Forge Fans!

It's been a while, we know! But we're excited to finally spill the beans on the new changes to Guild Battlegrounds. Read on to learn more about the new Championships, rewards, and attrition adjustments!

Mechanic and balancing updates​

Championships and Leaderboards​

Brace yourselves for the all-new Guild Battleground Championship! For six Battleground seasons, your Guild will compete with other Guilds for truly unique prizes, at first – for Diamond Guilds. To check the current Championship duration and the current Diamond League prize, click on this symbol on the top right of your screen in the Guild Battlegrounds:



Spoiler alert: at this point, you will notice our brand-new, insanely powerful Tower of Champions building. Head to the rewards section of this announcement if you can't wait to learn more about it!

You can track your progress in Battlegrounds and the Championship on the new Leaderboard. The Rankings button will now show the Guild-Battlegrounds-based ranking by default. The ranks will be based firstly on League Points your Guild currently has, secondly on the amount of Battleground victories in the current Championship, thirdly on total Victory Points accumulated in the current Championship, and lastly on the Guild Level.

The old ranking based on Guild vs Guild performance is still available in the same window. To view it, simply click on this cup button at the bottom of the rankings window.

New Province Buildings​

To allow for more variety and tie things together with the other balancing changes, we're introducing three new Province Buildings types. We hope they can also spice up your gameplay in terms of your Guild Battlegrounds strategy.

The new buildings are: Guild Fieldcamps, Barracks, and Guild Command Posts. Guild Fieldcamps are available to you right away, in the starting Province! You can only build one building there. Each building also has 3 tiers that give higher chances and boosts depending on the tier, as well as cost more resources and take longer to build. These buildings will replace most the old ones, with only Decoys, Traps and the Watchtower remaining.

Name	Image	Build Location	Effect	Cost	Build Time
Guild Fieldcamp		Guild starting province	26-80% chance reduction to gain attrition (only adjacent provinces) All provinces generate 25-100% more victory points	25000-75000 goods	6h-24h
Barracks		Any empty slot, excluding starting province	20-60% chance reduction to gain attrition (only adjacent provinces) This province requires 5-30% more advances to be conquered	2800-6800 goods	2h-3h
Guild Command Post		Any empty slot, excluding starting province	20-60% chance reduction to gain attrition (only adjacent provinces) This province requires 5-30% more advances to be conquered This province generates 15-100% more victory points	2900-7000 goods	2h-3h

Minimum Building Slots​

In addition, all provinces now have at least one building slot available. The maximum is still 3 slots.

Adjustable Attrition Cap​

We hope this change will serve to make the progression of battles more meaningful and discourage battle farming. The attrition cap we tested on beta not too long ago is back, but now – with a twist! We're introducing an adjustable cap starting at 80%, limiting the chance to avoid attrition. We want to keep this adjustable so that we can be responsive to your feedback and data if needed in future. We will also change the attrition to scale more linear (compared to exponential before) and increase the overall achievable attrition level. For negotiations, the Goods cost per level will also be adjusted in line with this. The increase will be way more signific towards the higher attrition levels. We hope this way attrition can remain dynamic and effective for the time being.

Increased Advances Per Province​

The advances required per province for the Diamond League will be increased. The Waterfall Archipelago will now require 200 advances, while the Volcano Archipelago even requires 220 now!

GUI Changes​

We are not done yet! By popular request we are adding in a column to show each Guild Member's attrition level in the Member Activity tab.



We will also add the number of Province Building slots in each province to the province label, as well as the current chance to gain attrition for each sector which is currently attackable for the guild. This will be colour graded to aid easy assessment of chance to gain attrition.

Rewards​

Finally, let's talk about what you're getting as a reward for all your hard efforts on Guild Battlegrounds! We have a few new things introduce.

New building effects​

Before we proceed, make sure to know what you're looking for! The following symbols represent the bonuses you will see on future buildings:

	Army boost in the Guild Expedition
	Army boost in Guild Battlegrounds

You can see a list of all buildings providing these specific boosts in your townhall!

Tower of Champions​

Let us start with the most powerful addition – the Tower of Champions! This building is a Championship reward, specific to the Diamond Leagues. Not only that, the new Championship rewards have been designed with rotation in mind, so after every Championship you might see an updated reward and the chance to get the one you wanted might be gone!

The challenge to get the Tower of Champions is truly not easy. Win at least three Diamond League Battlegrounds in a Championship to get enough Fragments to unlock level one of the brand new Tower of Champions. Win FIVE Battlegrounds in a Championship to unlock level 2!

Tower of Champions Lv. 1 4x4	Tower of Champions Lv. 2 4x4
Boosts: 12-50% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Battlegrounds only 36-103% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Expeditions only	Boosts: 23-80% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Battlegrounds only 55-155% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Expeditions only
Production: 18 Forge Points 100 Guild Goods	Production: 40 Forge Points 400 Guild Goods
Does not require a road connection	Does not require a road connection

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The Tourney Grounds and the conquest rewards​

That's not all though! For every Diamond League Battleground battle or negotiation, you have a chance to receive Fragments of the new limited building – the Tourney Grounds!

Tourney Grounds 3x4
Time: 14 days
Boosts: 30-125% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Battlegrounds only 73-207% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Expeditions only
Does not require a road connection

We've given the Conquest Rewards a general makeover for all leagues and tossed in some new surprises for Diamond League players. For starters, we have now included the chain pieces, previously only available in the diamond league! You can select between the level 1 building, an upgrade kit or the chain piece now. Other changes include providing coins now on the Volcano map, instead of the Waterfall one.

The Forgotten Temple​

What does a Guild Expedition building do in a Guild Battleground announcement, you ask? We answer!

The Forgotten Temple from Guild Expedition Level 5 will now have a Guild Battlegrounds related bonus depending on the player Age.

The Forgotten Temple
new Boost: 50-145% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Battlegrounds only

Spoiler Were you about to ask us about the Defending army boosts for Guild Battlegrounds? Good spot! They are indeed not in use. Right now...
And that's all for this update folks, please let us know your feedback here! We are really excited to hear what you think!  

Here are the current stats for the new and updated buildings. If you don't know what an icon means, just hover over it on browser or tap and hold on mobile.

Spoiler: Tower of Champions - Lv. 1

• 4x4
• no connection required
• Can be motivated
• Can not be plundered
• Antiques Dealer values:
  

  Time
  2h	6,750	8 - 14
  8h	8,440	11 - 17
  1d	10,130	13 - 20

	Provides:						In 1 Day:
Bronze Age		80	12%	36%	12%	36%		18	100
Iron Age		128	12%	36%	12%	36%		18	100
Early Middle Ages		320	14%	39%	14%	39%		18	100
High Middle Ages		640	16%	41%	16%	41%		18	100
Late Middle Ages		960	18%	44%	18%	44%		18	100
Colonial Age		1,600	20%	47%	20%	47%		18	100
Industrial Age		3,200	22%	50%	22%	50%		18	100
Progressive Era		4,800	24%	53%	24%	53%		18	100
Modern Era		8,000	26%	56%	26%	56%		18	100
Postmodern Era		12,800	28%	59%	28%	59%		18	100
Contemporary Era		19,200	30%	62%	30%	62%		18	100
Tomorrow Era		32,000	32%	66%	32%	66%		18	100
The Future		51,200	34%	69%	34%	69%		18	100
Arctic Future		76,800	36%	73%	36%	73%		18	100
Oceanic Future		96,000	38%	77%	38%	77%		18	100
Virtual Future		128,000	40%	81%	40%	81%		18	100
Space Age Mars		208,000	42%	85%	42%	85%		18	100
Space Age Asteroid Belt		288,000	44%	89%	44%	89%		18	100
Space Age Venus		336,000	46%	94%	46%	94%		18	100
Space Age Jupiter Moon		384,000	48%	98%	48%	98%		18	100
Space Age Titan		416,000	50%	103%	50%	103%		18	100

Spoiler: Tower of Champions - Lv. 2

• 4x4
• no connection required
• Can be motivated
• Can not be plundered
• Antiques Dealer values:
  

  Time
  2h	8,100	10 - 16
  8h	10,130	13 - 20
  1d	12,150	15 - 24

	Provides:						In 1 Day:
Bronze Age		80	23%	55%	23%	55%		40	400
Iron Age		128	23%	55%	23%	55%		40	400
Early Middle Ages		320	26%	58%	26%	58%		40	400
High Middle Ages		640	29%	62%	29%	62%		40	400
Late Middle Ages		960	32%	66%	32%	66%		40	400
Colonial Age		1,600	35%	70%	35%	70%		40	400
Industrial Age		3,200	38%	74%	38%	74%		40	400
Progressive Era		4,800	41%	79%	41%	79%		40	400
Modern Era		8,000	44%	83%	44%	83%		40	400
Postmodern Era		12,800	47%	88%	47%	88%		40	400
Contemporary Era		19,200	50%	93%	50%	93%		40	400
Tomorrow Era		32,000	53%	98%	53%	98%		40	400
The Future		51,200	56%	104%	56%	104%		40	400
Arctic Future		76,800	59%	109%	59%	109%		40	400
Oceanic Future		96,000	62%	115%	62%	115%		40	400
Virtual Future		128,000	65%	121%	65%	121%		40	400
Space Age Mars		208,000	68%	127%	68%	127%		40	400
Space Age Asteroid Belt		288,000	71%	134%	71%	134%		40	400
Space Age Venus		336,000	74%	141%	74%	141%		40	400
Space Age Jupiter Moon		384,000	77%	148%	77%	148%		40	400
Space Age Titan		416,000	80%	155%	80%	155%		40	400

Spoiler: Tourney Grounds - Active

• 3x4
• no connection required
• Will upgrade to your current era automatically
• Requires 500 to assemble
• Decays after 14 days to the Tourney Grounds - Inactive

	Provides:
Bronze Age		60	30%	73%	30%	73%
Iron Age		96	30%	73%	30%	73%
Early Middle Ages		240	35%	78%	35%	78%
High Middle Ages		480	40%	83%	40%	83%
Late Middle Ages		720	45%	88%	45%	88%
Colonial Age		1,200	50%	94%	50%	94%
Industrial Age		2,400	55%	99%	55%	99%
Progressive Era		3,600	60%	105%	60%	105%
Modern Era		6,000	65%	111%	65%	111%
Postmodern Era		9,600	70%	118%	70%	118%
Contemporary Era		14,400	75%	124%	75%	124%
Tomorrow Era		24,000	80%	131%	80%	131%
The Future		38,400	85%	138%	85%	138%
Arctic Future		57,600	90%	146%	90%	146%
Oceanic Future		72,000	95%	153%	95%	153%
Virtual Future		96,000	100%	161%	100%	161%
Space Age Mars		156,000	105%	170%	105%	170%
Space Age Asteroid Belt		216,000	110%	178%	110%	178%
Space Age Venus		252,000	115%	187%	115%	187%
Space Age Jupiter Moon		288,000	120%	197%	120%	197%
Space Age Titan		312,000	125%	207%	125%	207%

Spoiler: Tourney Grounds - Inactive

• 3x4
• no connection required
• Will upgrade to your current era automatically
• Provides 250
• Can be polished
• Provides the same Ranking Points as Tourney Grounds - Active

Spoiler: Forgotten Temple - Active

• 3x4
• no connection required
• Will upgrade to your current era automatically
• Required 200 to assemble
• Decays after 28 days to the Forgotten Temple - Inactive

	Provides:
Bronze Age		60	20%	50%	40%	50%	50%
Iron Age		96	20%	50%	40%	50%	50%
Early Middle Ages		240	20%	55%	40%	55%	50%
High Middle Ages		480	20%	60%	40%	60%	50%
Late Middle Ages		720	20%	65%	40%	65%	50%
Colonial Age		1,200	20%	70%	40%	70%	50%
Industrial Age		2,400	20%	75%	40%	75%	50%
Progressive Era		3,600	20%	80%	40%	80%	50%
Modern Era		6,000	20%	85%	40%	85%	50%
Postmodern Era		9,600	20%	90%	40%	90%	50%
Contemporary Era		14,400	20%	95%	40%	95%	50%
Tomorrow Era		24,000	20%	100%	40%	100%	50%
The Future		38,400	20%	105%	40%	105%	50%
Arctic Future		57,600	20%	110%	40%	110%	50%
Oceanic Future		72,000	20%	115%	40%	115%	50%
Virtual Future		96,000	20%	120%	40%	120%	50%
Space Age Mars		156,000	20%	125%	40%	125%	50%
Space Age Asteroid Belt		216,000	20%	130%	40%	130%	50%
Space Age Venus		252,000	20%	135%	40%	135%	50%
Space Age Jupiter Moon		288,000	20%	140%	40%	140%	50%
Space Age Titan		312,000	20%	145%	40%	145%	50%

Here you can find, what is included in all the new Selection kits introduced with this Event.
Spoiler

Name	Icon	Items included	Required
Guild Battleground Elephant Kit		The Great Elephant - Lv. 1 The Great Elephant Upgrade Kit Iridescent Garden	100
Guild Battleground Statue Kit		Statue of Honor - Lv. 1 Statue of Honor Upgrade Kit Road to Victory	100
Tower of Champions Selection Kit		Tower of Champions - Lv. 1 Tower of Champions Upgrade Kit	7500

 

Dear Beta Players,
Here you can find a list of most currently known issues:

Bug	Info	affects	Fixed with update on
Starting province has 2 slots	Should only have 1	Browser, App	next Battleground
Diamond league still provides chain pieces as rewards	Should not give them out anymore, as there are new rewards now	Browser, App	4th of September

We will continue to update this list, when issues are fixed or new ones are reported. If you notice, that a bug is missing from here, please report it in the bugs section! Don't report them in the Feedback Thread, as then it will take longer to fix them.  

Dear Battleground champions,

As you might have noticed the starting province currently has 2 building slots. This is not intended and will be changed. However, as many of you have already built a second building there, we will only remove the second slot starting with the next Battleground, meaning the current season will remain with 2 slots.

Thank you very much for testing!
Your Forge of Empires Team  

Dear Battleground Champions,

We hope you enjoy our changes so far! More changes are coming with the next update though!

• The attrition scaling has been adjusted again.
  • Attrition 0-100 is easier now. The army boosts and required goods increase slower up to 69 attrition (army boost went from 992 to 924 there) and then picks up again to be 1999 army boost and 18 required goods at 100 attrition.
  • The same happens from 100-150 and 150 to 250.
  • The highest attrition will now be at 250 (24k army boosts and 279 required goods)
• The Championship receives some changes.
  • The duration has been shortened to 6 seasons (from 8)
  • Place 1 now receives 3000 fragments, Place 2 1000 fragments and Place 3 500 fragments for the Tower of Champions Selection Kit.
  • The required Fragments for the Tower of Champions Selection Kit has been adjusted to 7500
  • Those changes mean you now need to win 5 seasons in the championship for a full Tower of Champions.
• Lastly, we are going to adjust the Championship ranking.
  • The first factor will no longer be the League Points you got and will get in your current Championship, but the League Points you currently have.

We hope these changes will make the Guild Battleground even more fun and competitive. Please tell us what you think in the feedback thread!  

Dear Battleground Champions,

The first Championship is over now and the next one already launched! However we don't want to miss this opportunity to tell you about the next Championship reward: The Royal Tower of Champions!

Royal Tower of Champions​

Just like the Tower of Champions, this building is a Championship reward, specific to the Diamond Leagues.

Again, you have to win at least three Diamond League Battlegrounds in a Championship to get enough Fragments to unlock level one and win FIVE Battlegrounds in a Championship to unlock level 2!

Name:	Royal Tower of Champions Lv. 1 (4x4)	Royal Tower of Champions Lv. 2 (4x4)
Image:
Permanent Effects:	24-70% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Battlegrounds only 16-39% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Expeditions only	36-104% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Battlegrounds only 32-78% Attack and Defense for Attacking and Defending Armies in Guild Expeditions only
1d Production:	18 Forge Points	40 Forge Points
1d Production:	100 Guild Goods 3 Tourney Grounds Fragments (500 required)	300 Guild Goods 10 Tourney Grounds Fragments (500 required)
Required Road Connection:	Does not require a road connection	Does not require a road connection

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We wish you all lot's of fun during the second Championship, do your best to get this new building!

Your Forge of Empires Team