What tributes are
Tributes are generated only by governors’ villages inside the kingdom’s borders or by villages that have been granted protection. Duke villages without an active treasury also generate tributes for their king or vice-king.
Tributes are produced in addition to the village’s normal production, so they do not reduce it. They are stored in an invisible storage called the tribute fund. If the village is attacked, resources from the tribute fund are plundered first, before any Warehouse resources are taken.
- Amount: up to about 20% of the village’s hourly wood, clay, and iron production are generated as tributes.
- Storage cap: the tribute fund is capped by the village’s total Warehouse capacity.
- No player access: governors and dukes cannot use tribute resources directly. Kings, vice kings, and dukes with an active treasury collect them.
Who pays, who collects
- Governors: always generate tributes for the king, vice king, or duke with the most influence on the village.
- Dukes without an active treasury: generate tributes like governors, which can be collected by the king or vice king.
- Dukes with an active treasury: do not generate tributes for their king. Instead, they collect tributes and treasures themselves to expand the kingdom, but a share of what they collect goes to the king or vice king.
- Kings and vice kings: do not generate tributes for their own kingdom. If they settle a village inside another kingdom’s borders, that village generates tributes for the other kingdom instead.
Influence decides which ruler is allowed to collect tributes from a village. The one with the most influence, who also meets the conditions below, can collect.
Where to see tributes
You can check the tribute status in the Kingdom Overview.
- Click the crown icon on the left side of the screen.
- Open the Tributes tab
Governors can see the tributes their villages generate and choose to allow or deny collection there. Kings, vice kings, and dukes can collect tributes from this menu.
Conditions to collect
Two conditions must be met before tributes can be collected:
- The village must be under protection from the kingdom.
- The village owner must not have denied tribute collection.
Tributes can be collected once at least 20% of the tribute fund is filled. Delivery uses an automatic transport, which does not consume merchants and always has a fixed speed.
Hint: all available tributes can be collected at once by using the “Collect All” button. Always make sure your Warehouses have enough space for the incoming resources.
See: How to collect tributes and treasures
Raiding and the tribute fund
When a village is raided, resources in the tribute fund are stolen first. After the tribute fund is empty, Warehouse resources can be plundered, except what the Cranny protects.
The Hidden Treasury protects tribute resources during raids. It hides an amount equal to what an active Treasury of the same level could store as treasures. Hidden tribute resources can be claimed by the defender in the Treasury after the attack. You can also “self-raid” from another of your own villages to secure tribute resources before an enemy arrives.
Special cases
- Duke collection: when dukes collect from governors, 25% of the tributes and treasures go into the duke’s own tribute fund, which can later be collected by the king or vice king.
- Kings in foreign borders: if a king’s village lies inside another kingdom’s borders, it generates tributes for that other kingdom.
- Connected territory: in general, the collecting treasury must be connected by continuous kingdom territory to the target village.
Vacation mode
While vacation mode is active, a player’s wood, clay, and iron production is set to zero, so no tributes are generated. After vacation ends, the account enters a boost phase for the same duration. During this phase, production is doubled, and tribute generation increases as well, so no tribute is lost overall.