How do I upgrade my Heroes?

Recruiting Heroes
Clicking on the "Recruiting" tab in the council of heroes opens up a window that looks like this: 
You will usually see one Hero of War and one Hero of Wisdom being offered to you. This offer will change at midnight though. If you choose to buy one of the heroes, the other one will fade away as well. By paying 50 Gold, you can immediately refresh the offer instead of waiting until midnight.
The choice you get is random, but only heroes that you do not already own are shown. To acquire a "Hero of War" you need to spend "Coins of War" which you earn by successfully completing Island Quests in an aggressive manner. Generally speaking, "Heroes of War" are useful for any kind of military action. Some of the heroes in this category are good defenders, while other "Heroes of War" excel in leading your armies into battle. "Heroes of Wisdom" on the other hand are paid with "Coins of Wisdom", which you get by solving Island Quests the wise way. The "Heroes of Wisdom" usually help to improve the economy of your cities by, for example, having a positive effect on building times, production of resources and the like.

Leveling Heroes
If you click the little button behind the experience bars, a new window will appear which is solely used for leveling up the chosen hero. This window will display all the changes which will be applied after a successful level-up, as well as the needed amount of Coins (of War or Wisdom) to reach that level. The base stats (attack, defense) will increase, as well as the power of that hero's special ability! 
Assigning a Hero
In the overview, you can assign up to one hero to each town. Heroes that are assigned to a town will give you two benefits:

• If the city is attacked the hero will defend the city just like common land units.
• The special abilities of heroes can only unfold while being in a town or in an attack.

The process of assigning a hero takes up to 6 hours (divided by the world's speed), it is the time the hero needs to "move into the city". During this time the hero will not yet bring any benefits. You can manually withdraw a hero from a town at any time.

If your town is conquered, the assigned hero will be automatically detached and you can assign them to any other town.

For your convenience, you can also see if a hero is currently assigned to the active town in the interface element at the top right (below the Gods). The interface element will also indicate whether a hero is currently being assigned, wounded or moving to attack.

Council of Heroes
Once you click on the "Council" tab, you will be able to see all of the Heroes that are in the game, along with all of their stats.
In case you want to learn more about each hero, head over to the next article!

Related articles

• Heroes: Introduction
• List of Heroes
• Senate
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