Kingshot Island Guide: Optimizing Development and Maximizing Game Buffs

Introduction

This guide serves as a comprehensive overview of the "Oasis Island" feature in Kingshot, a new mode available after reaching Town Center level 19. Learn how to effectively build and develop your island to gain significant buffs for your main account, covering combat stats, squad capacity, march speed, and various economic boosts.

Core Gameplay Loop

The primary gameplay loop of Oasis Island is straightforward:

• Essence: You accumulate "essence" both passively over time and through specific actions. This resource is used to upgrade your Fountain of Life and Reservoirs, which in turn increases your rate of essence generation.

• Prosperity: To upgrade your Fountain, you need to reach certain "prosperity" thresholds. Prosperity is gained by constructing buildings and decorations. It is a measure of your island's development and is not consumed upon use.

Key Concepts Explained

• Gaining Essence:

Essence can be obtained in four main ways:

1. Passively from the Fountain of Life and Reservoirs.

2. By finding treasure chests hidden in cacti.

3. As rewards for completing island-related quests.

4. By assisting alliance members.

• Building Types and Buffs:

Buildings on the island offer a variety of benefits:

• Cosmetic Items: These are for aesthetic purposes and provide no gameplay advantages.

• Prosperity-Only Items: These increase your prosperity total but offer no other buffs.

• Growth-Oriented Buildings: These provide bonuses to mainland activities like research, construction, and gathering speed.

• Combat-Oriented Buildings: These buildings increase the attack and defense of your troops.

• Limited-Time Buildings: These are powerful, event-exclusive buildings that offer unique and significant buffs, such as the upcoming "Golden Sunset" lighthouse which will boost troop health and lethality.

Seven Tips for Accelerated Growth

1. Reservoir Placement: Position your reservoirs near cacti with treasure chests to clear them faster.

2. Strategic Decorations: Use cosmetic decorations to block worker paths and guide them towards desired cacti.

3. Value-Dense Items: Prioritize decorations that offer more prosperity per square to conserve space.

4. Buy Cheaper Decorations First: Purchase inexpensive items initially to complete a quest line that rewards extra essence.

5. Recycle Items: Don't forget you can recycle items for half their cost if you need a quick essence boost or are short on space.

6. Upgrade Reservoirs Quickly: Upgrade your reservoirs to level four as soon as possible to get a second worker, doubling your clearing speed.

7. Identify Arbitrage Opportunities: Pay attention to the essence-to-prosperity ratio of different items to make the most efficient purchases.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Building Too Many of the Same Item: You only receive bonuses for the maximum number of active buildings allowed, so extra copies are a waste of essence.

• Excessive Early Decoration: Over-decorating early on can consume valuable resources needed for your main town and clutter your island.

• Inefficient Worker Pathing: Creating aesthetically pleasing layouts that hinder your workers from reaching treasure chests quickly.

Long-Term Progression Strategy

For long-term success, follow these priorities:

• Fountain of Life: Your primary goal should always be to upgrade your Fountain of Life as quickly as possible to maximize essence production and unlock new items.

• Growth Buffs Over Combat Buffs: For most players, prioritizing buildings that boost research and construction speed is more beneficial than focusing on troop stats initially.

• Strategic Investment in Limited Items: Consider the strategic value of limited-time event buildings. While they may be powerful, they might only be crucial for players who lead rallies.

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