The dust of a thousand battles settles on your armor, not as grime, but as a second skin. The air is thick with the scent of smoke, blood, and opportunity. This is Conqueror’s Blade. You are no longer a spectator to history; you are its forge-master. The path from green recruit to feared warlord is paved with cunning, steel, and the corpses of those who thought they understood war. They didn't. But you will. This is your first week, your crucible. Let's make it count.
Day 1: The Grunt Work - Foundations of Conqueror's Blade
Your Conqueror's Blade journey begins not on a grand battlefield, but in a humble Mercenary Camp. This is your tutorial, your sandbox. Savor it. Here, you will try every weapon class. Do not simply pick the one that looks coolest; feel its weight, understand its rhythm. The graceful lethality of the Longsword and Shield offers healing and resilience, perfect for the commander who leads from the front. The brutal, bone-crushing impact of the Maul teaches you timing and positioning. The Glaive’s sweeping arcs offer a balanced mix of melee and mounted combat. This choice is your first and most personal strategic decision.
As you learn to move and fight in Conqueror's Blade, you'll also learn to command. The keys C (Follow), X (Defend), and V (Attack) will become an extension of your will. Your units are not fodder; they are an expression of your intent on the battlefield. A wise commander knows when to send their Spear Sergeants into a shield wall (F2 formation) and when to unleash their Incendiary Archers upon a tightly packed enemy. These first two units are your immediate goal; they are the workhorses of countless warbands for a reason.
Your Mission Today:
Complete the Tutorial: Leave no stone unturned. Practice switching weapons, commanding units, and destroying siege equipment.
Choose Your Starting Region: This decision influences the initial units available to you and the Houses you can later join. Do you favor the Eastern styles of Maoyang and Liangyun or the Medieval European fortifications of Ungverija and Ostaria? Choose the culture that calls to you.
Feel the Fight: Jump into a few AI battles (Training Grounds). Don't worry about winning. Worry about the feel of combat. Learn the block, the dodge, the devastating timing of your skills.
Day 2: Mastering Your Craft and Coin in Conqueror's Blade
in Conqueror's Blade Victory on the battlefield is meaningless if your economy is in ruins. Today, we build your empire's backbone.
Upon leaving a battle, your first stop is always the Blacksmith. Repair your gear. Durability loss is calculated based on the difference between current and maximum durability. Repairing after every match, when the numbers are close, minimizes permanent wear and saves you bronze in the long run. When an item's durability gets critically low, you must visit the Artificer's Forge to renew it. You'll be presented with two outcomes: keep your item as-is with restored durability, or gamble for a chance at better (or worse) stats. If you're attached to your roll, always play it safe and choose the left option.
in Conqueror's Blade Your currencies are your lifeblood. Bronze is for repairs, basic kits, and daily expenses. Silver is your high-value trading currency, earned from selling loot and completing challenges. Sovereigns are the premium currency. But here’s a veteran’s secret: you can farm Silver efficiently. Check your Inventory (I), go to the Supplies tab, then Supply Dump. In the dropdown, select "Exotics." You'll find Epic (Purple) items with a selling price. These are not used for crafting. Sell them to the Apothecary for a quick 1,000 Silver each, or, even better, list them on the Trading Post for up to 10,000 Silver later in the season when players are desperate to complete donations.
Your Mission Today:
Establish a Ritual: After every battle, visit the Blacksmith. Make repair your religion.
Cash In: Find those Epic Exotics in your Supply Dump and sell a few to the Apothecary for your first serious silver infusion.
Gather Materials: Need Powdered Silver or Gold Dust for crafting? Don't wait for random drops. Go to the Horse Seller. Buy the cheap green saddles (500 bronze) and salvage them at the Smith for a 20% chance at Powdered Silver. Buy blue saddles (2000 bronze) for a shot at Gold Dust. It’s a guaranteed, if grindy, method.
Day 3: The Art of War - Unit Mastery and Progression
in Conqueror's Blade Your hero is nothing without their army. Today, we focus on building yours.
Open your Barracks (U). This is your gallery of conquest. Your first goal is to build Incendiary Archers and Spear Sergeants. These units, once maxed out, will become the engine for your entire operation. Here’s why: when you take units into battle, the ones you deploy split 82% of the experience earned. The ones left in reserve split 18%. Crucially, any max-level unit you bring will start accruing Shared Experience, which you can then pump directly into any new, low-level unit you're trying to level. This is how you avoid the painful grind of taking a fresh Tier 5 unit into battle and watching it get obliterated, costing you a fortune in kits.
tip: you can bring a unit you're leveling into a match, then immediately swap it out at the start. It will still get full battle credit without risking a single model. This is the safest way to level expensive high-tier units.
Spend your Conqueror's Blade Honour Points to unlock new units and technologies on the unit tree. Spend your Mastery Points (earned by killing enemies with a specific weapon) to unlock new skills for that weapon. Skill Points (earned from PvP) can be used to unlock new weapon trees or supplement Mastery points.
Your Mission Today:
Build Your Core: Construct your Incendiary Archers and Spear Sergeants. Make them your primary focus in battles.
Understand XP Share: Always include a max-level unit in your warband, even if you don't plan to deploy it, to start building that Shared EXP pool.
Spend Your Points: Don't let your Honour, Mastery, and Skill points sit idle. Invest them in your progression path.
Day 4: Conqueror's Blade Open World
The Conqueror's Blade map is not just a menu; it's a living, breathing, and deeply political landscape. Press M to view it. Your personal camp is your home, your stash, your everything. You can move it using a Migration Token (bought from the Apothecary) once every three days to be closer to the action.
This is where you'll encounter one of the Conqueror's Blade biggest economic traps: fief taxes. Many Houses greedily set tax rates above 200%. Don't be the fool who pays it. You have Requisition Tokens. Use them. When you approach a resource node, you can choose to pay the exorbitant bronze tax or use a token. The token costs the base price (e.g., 500 bronze) and grants you the resources while denying the greedy fief owner any tax income. It’s a beautiful middle finger to price gougers. Earn these tokens by completing your 1, 3, and 5 battle daily challenges, easily done in Training Grounds.
Send your troops to gather resources for you. A mighty warlord doesn't swing a pickaxe. Their labour stat determines their efficiency.
Your Mission Today:
Explore: Ride out from your city. Get a feel for the scale of the world. Find resource nodes like Rough Cotton Fields.
Gather Smart: Use a Requisition Token on a high-tax node. Deny them their profit and claim your rightful loot.
Plan Your Move: Look at the map. See which territories are held by which Houses. The political landscape will soon be your chessboard.
Day 5: Conqueror's Blade Customization and Deeper Systems
By now, you’ve salvaged a mountain of loot. But did you know you’ve likely been doing it wrong? Before you salvage any weapon or armor, equip it first. This is not for the stats. This adds its visual appearance (its stencil) to your "Wardrobe." Once saved, you can visit the Artisan to apply that skin to any matching piece of gear you own, allowing for deep and personalized fashion without sacrificing performance. I didn't learn this until level 450; don't be like me.
This is also the day to think about storage. Your inventory will burst at the seams. Two solutions exist:
Personal Storage Expansion: Buy from the Smuggler or Item Market for ~200,000 Silver. Adds 8 slots, up to 144.
Logistics Charter: Also from the Smuggler or Market for ~150,000 Silver. This expands your Supply Dump capacity by 500,000, crucial for hoarding crafting materials later.
Your Mission Today:
Build Your Wardrobe: Go through your inventory and equip every piece of gear you plan to salvage. Become a collector of appearances.
Plan for Expansion: Start saving your silver. Your first 150,000 should likely go towards a Logistics Charter to ease your storage woes.
Review Your Build: Look at your skill trees. Are your chosen skills synergizing? Now is the time to tweak your build before you get set in your ways.
Day 6: The Fellowship - Houses, Alliances, and the True Endgame
Conqueror's Blade is not a solo game. It's a game of brothers and sisters in arms. Today, you join a House.
Open the House menu and look for one that is recruiting newcomers. Look for their tax rate—a good, player-focused House keeps it low (20-50%). A greedy one sets it at 200%+. Your choice here will define your experience. A good House will offer community, organized Territory Wars, group PvE events, and veterans willing to answer questions.
This community is your key to unlocking the game's greatest content: Territory Wars. Every week, Houses fight for control of fiefs on the world map in massive, chaotic sieges. This is where legends are born and empires are shattered. It's also where the best rewards are found.
Your Mission Today:
Research: Find a House with a good culture and low taxes. Read their recruitment messages.
Join Up: Don't be shy. Introduce yourself. Most veterans love helping eager newcomers.
Group Up: Join a House party for some matches. Experience the sheer power of coordinated play. Listen, learn, and contribute.
Day 7: The Warlord's Climb - Embracing the Grind and Looking Ahead
You are no longer a rookie. You have built, fought, learned, and allied. Now, we set your sights on the horizon.
The final lesson in Conqueror's Blade is one of perspective. The post-battle screen can be frustrating. You might have 10 hero kills and not get MVP. Why? Because the scoring values more than just kills. It calculates damage dealt, damage absorbed, objective time, and deaths. A player who spent the entire match holding a choke point with their shield unit, absorbing immense damage and controlling the flow of battle, will often out-score a hero-hunter. Click on names in the recap to see the detailed breakdown and learn what true contribution looks like.
Your journey now becomes about optimization and mastery. Use your silver to buy Keys from the Item Market on the Trading Post. They often sell for between 1,000-3,000 silver. Every Secret Vault you open typically gives 2,000-4,000 silver back, making it a profitable cycle.
Participate in special event gamemodes like the Great Wall or Sea Raider's maps when they appear. They are fantastic sources of bronze, unit XP, and honour.
A Note from the Front for Conqueror's Blade New Players
You stand now at the edge of the known world, much like Saffron and his nomads, searching for pasture in a blighted land. The old man Molex was right: "War in the south will reach here." It always does. The lords in their stone bastions hoard their wealth and power, but they lack the one thing you possess: the unbreakable spirit of a warrior who has learned from the ground up.
This is not merely a game of conquest; Conqueror's Blade is a game of endurance. You will lose battles. You will lose entire wars. You will watch your best units be wiped out by a perfectly placed trebuchet shot. You will feel the sting of betrayal and the exhilaration of a last-second, against-all-odds victory.
But through it all, you will endure. Because you built your foundation on stone, not sand. You learned the economy of steel, the art of command, and the value of fellowship. Now, go forth. The world of Calradia is waiting to learn the name of its newest Conqueror.