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title: "What happens during and after relocation"
description: "Troops, village status and cooldown after a relocation"
url: https://support.kingdoms.com/en/articles/11-what-happens-during-and-after-relocation
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updated: 2026-11-07
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# What happens during and after relocation

Troops, village status and cooldown after a relocation

### What happens during and after relocation

This article explains what governors can expect once a relocation invitation is received and accepted, including how it affects troops, village status, cooldown, and more.

### How governors receive and respond to invitations

Once a king has sent a relocation invitation, governors will find and manage it as follows:

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-   The invitation will appear in the Embassy or Communities window.
    
-   You will also receive a system notification that links directly to the invitation details, including the proposed relocation spot.
    
-   You can freely choose whether to accept or decline the invitation.
    

### When a relocation invitation is accepted

After you accept a relocation invitation, your village will be moved to the designated location. The menhir that reserved the tile will disappear, and you will automatically join the inviting kingdom.

-   Your village retains all buildings and resource fields.
    
-   No progress is lost during the move.
    

### What happens to troops and other activities

-   **Merchants** continue their current trades.
    
-   **Tributes and stolen goods** are not interrupted.
    
-   **Heroes** will complete their current adventures.
    
-   **Returning or healed troops** will return to the new village location.
    
-   **Stationed troops** and **captured troops** remain in the home village during relocation.
    
-   **Robber hideouts** are marked as cleared and deleted after relocation and will reappear after the regular spawn time has passed.
    

### Why you might not be able to accept

-   You have outgoing troop movements.
    
-   Your total troop crop consumption (including stationed troops elsewhere) is 2,000 or more.
    

### What if I’m under attack?

If you are being attacked, you can reserve the relocation. It will happen immediately after the last incoming attack lands.

-   Stationed troops stay until relocation occurs.
    
-   You cannot send out new troop movements during this reservation.
    
-   You can cancel the reservation, but only within the first half of the countdown timer.
    

### Do captured animals relocate with me?

Yes. Captured animals behave like your own troops and move with your village. They continue to defend your new location.

### What happens after relocation?

A cooldown period of 12/GAMESPEED hours applies after relocating:

-   You cannot attack other players during this phase.
    
-   You can still attack robber camps and hideouts.
    
-   Other players can attack you — except for members of your new kingdom.