Gem Guide
Gems are the game’s premium currency and can be spent at the merchant to buy buildings, specialists and other useful stuff. The game finances itself by selling
Gems for real money, but also offers various possibilities to obtain them for free while playing.
How To Get Gems
Apart from buying, certain game features reward Gems while playing: the daily login bonus, level ups, achievements, Excelsior quests and the merchant in exchange for
Star Coins.
Daily Login Bonus
Playing the game for seven days in a row rewards 100 Gems on the seventh day.
Level Ups
Starting at level 17, level ups reward Gems:
- 7800
Gems from level 1 to 50
- 4500
Gems from level 51 to 75
- 5000
Gems from level 76 to 80
- 17300
Gems in total
In addition to level ups, reaching PvP-level 30 also rewards 500 Gems.
Achievements
Completing some achievements – e.g. for playing a certain amount of days, reaching certain levels and completing various adventures – rewards Gems:
- 3050
Gems from the General category
- 200
Gems from the Military category
- 1601
Gems from the Mission category
- 550
Gems from the Scenario category
- 5401
Gems in total
Excelsior Quests
The Excelsior offers a chance to receive quests and ventures in exchange for
Crystals: the quests reward 50
Gems upon completion. Getting the quests from
Short Letters requires the smallest amount of
Crystals and therefore these quests reward the most
Gems per
Crystal spent.
Star Coins
The merchant offers 100 Gems in exchange for 600
Star Coins in the Epic Items category: the offer can be bought once a week (7 days cooldown). There are various ways to acquire
Star Coins: from level ups starting at level 51, from generals with the skill
Bounty Hunter, from the
Laboratory, and at level 80 from experience (1
Star Coin per 1000
Experience Points).
Specialists
Some specialists have a chance to find Gems when completing tasks:
Ghost Lantern & Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship will visit your island every 7 days if you build at least one Ghost Lantern (available during the Halloween Event). On every visit, you receive a
Ghost Box, which contains one reward per built
Ghost Lantern, and one quest randomly chosen from all available Ghost Lantern quests, some of which reward
Gems upon completion.
Money
If you decide to buy Gems for money, you should buy them only during Happy Hours, which usually offer 25%, 75% or 100% more
Gems.
How To Spend Gems
In the beginning, focus on getting better generals and more explorers or save up for a Gem Pit.
Gem Pit
A Gem Pit costs 20000
Gems and its deposit contains 40000
Gems. It produces about 108
Gems per day and it takes approximately 6 months (186 days) to get the initial investment back.
Building Licences
Buildings from the Building Menu require Building Licences for construction. If all licences are used up, the merchant offers 10 Building Licences for 650
Gems in the Architect category and
5 Building Licences for 1300
Magic Beans in the Epic Items category. Buildings available at the merchant and during events do not require licences.
Events
Among other things, events offer specialists and bundles for event resources as well as Gems. Since explorers find event resources on treasure searches, getting more explorers is always a good investment for future events. Another high priority should be getting a few better generals like the
Younger Gemini General (drastically reduces losses in adventures with a lower difficulty), the
Ghost General (good all-rounder), or the
General Sylvana (excellent for Arabian Nights adventures & for getting
Star Coins). Bundles offer a combination of specialists and/or buildings for a reduced price; their usefulness strongly depends on what you already own.
Additional Stuff
The Older Gemini General is an excellent general: he commands the highest amount of units and recovers 20% of lost units after every battle. Endless mines lighten the daily routine, but are rather expensive.