Important: R12 and above Get Know Your Enemy Part 1 Artifact, using the Harley Quinn build.
With version 2 comes the ability to load and save mercenary builds. The Faction Upgrades and Spells are saved in templates.
Note: You will need to manually select the alignment and bloodline.
Templates can be found at the top of each build table (if available).
Note: Most Templates are in order that the game save them in. Also when loading Templates the game will buy the upgrades you can afford first and you may need to load Templates several times to buy all upgrades.
Note: All Obsolete builds moved to Obsolete page
Production
Author: Cyden
Requirement: Coin Pillage
Alignment: Neutral
FR3,FR4,FR9,GB1,TT6,TT9,DD1,DD6,DD9,FC4,DN3,DW8,
SP:Goblin's Greed,SP:Fairy Chanting
Author: swim
Requirement: Coin Pillage, Low Excavations, so you can excavate to set up the build.
Alignment: Evil
DM3,GB1,UD5,UD7,TT6,DD1,DD6,DD9,DN3,DN8,DW5,DW8,
SP:Hellfire Blast,SP:Night Time
Notes: Faster than Perfect Quasi for R3-R6, but requires excavations to set up.
Author: ?
Requirement: Lucifer secret trophy
Alignment: Evil
Bloodline: Elf
Sunforce Assistant boost
GB1,UD5,UD7,DM3,TT6,DD1,DD6,DD9,DN3,DN8,DW5,DW8,
SP:Fairy Chanting,SP:Grand Balance
Notes: Replace UD5 with DD5 when under Sunforce Assistant boost.
Notes: Do not buy the upgrade available at 1750 Farms (Side Orchard) until you can buy the one at 1750 Orcish Arenas (Larger Gallery). Same at 2000 Farms.
Instructions: Don't cast Blood Frenzy, as it has no effect on your production.
Manual Cast: Grand Balance, then Call to Arms and Spiritual Surge (if R14+) when Grand Balance reaches 20 seconds. Cast Fairy Chanting at 10 seconds. Then Tax Collections (these can be autocast). At very low gems and R14+, cast Spiritual Surge after the Fairy Chanting cast at 10 seconds.
Author: ?
Alignment: Neutral
Bloodline: Fairy
Sunforce Assistant boost
FR3,FR4,FR9,GB1,TT6,TT9,DD1,DD4,DD5,DD9,DN3,DW8,
SP:Diamond Pickaxe,SP:Fairy Chanting
Notes: Replace FR9 with DN8 when under Sunforce Assistant boost.
Author: ?
Alignment: Neutral
Bloodline: Fairy
Sunforce Assistant boost
FR3,FR4,FR9,GB1,TT6,TT9,DD1,DD4,DD5,DD9,DN3,DW8,
SP:Lightning Strike,SP:Fairy Chanting
Notes: Replace FR9 with DN8 when under Sunforce Assistant boost.
Lightning Forge Instructions:
Early game, play until you get a Blacksmith Lightning Strike.
This is when you get your big gem boost, other strikes barely count.
To gain time: As soon as you have bought LS, use the Realm Weather Service to check your LS forecast. Cast Lightning Strikes alone and get ready, build all you can, for when it will hit Blacksmith.
When Lightning Strike hits Blacksmith, drop all your mana on a full combo-spell and cast as many tax collections as you can while all the other spells are casting.
You can get more TCs by casting spells manually: First cast all the non-FC-TC spells, wait 10 seconds for some mana to build-up, then cast FC+TCs. This can make a noticeable difference. Abdicate.
In higher gems, repeat the above process until gem growth slows substantially, feeding your gold back into buying buildings to improve the return of the combos.
If you have Spiritual Surge, do not use it until you can afford (6000 mana) to cast all 6 spells in one combo, as it will take away the ability to fully combo all other spells and reduce income.
Trophy Builds
Author: Chat Room #2 (edited by PseudonymousBosh)
Alignment: Evil Mercenary
Bloodline: Druid (Ignore if you don't have Bloodline)
Template
FR4,EL3,AN5,GB1,UD7,DM8,TT6,DD1,FC7,DN2,DW4,GB7,
SP:Goblin's Greed,SP:Fairy Chanting
Notes: This build is for getting Coin Pillage,Premeditation and Harlequin at R3 and Know Your Enemy Lore Artifact at R12+
Author: Namelessname
Alignment: Evil Mercenary
Bloodline: Druid (Ignore if you don't have Bloodline)
Template
FR9,EL1,EL3,EL4,EL7,AN3,AN5,AN6,DN2,DN5,DN7,DN8,
SP:Goblin's Greed
Notes:This build is only for getting the Lucifer Trophy.
Orbiter R3+ (Power Orb Excavator)Neutral
Author: Cyden
Alignment: Neutral Mercenary
Bloodline: Faceless (Ignore if you don't have Bloodline)
Template
FR3,FR4,FR9,TT3,TT6,TT9,DD1,DD4,DD5,DD9,DN2,DW8,
SP:Fairy Chanting,SP:Diamond Pickaxe
Mana Burst (R3+ Unlimited Mana, R7+ Mana Waste) Evil
Author: Cyden
Requirements: Power Orb lore artifact
Range: 1e48 (1 Qid) Gems+
Alignment: Evil Mercenary
Bloodline: Druid (Ignore if you don't have Bloodline)
Template
FR9,AN3,AN6,UD3,UD5,DM7,DM8,DD1,DD6,FC5,FC7,DN2,
,SP:Fairy Chanting,SP:Night Time
Notes: This build is only for getting the Unlimited Mana Trophy in R3, and Mana Waste in R7.
Notes: If going for Mana Waste, don't buy anything that increases max mana aside from Helden Sterben Nicht. This includes Druid Heritage, Mana Matrix, Premeditation, and Ruby Power or Reincarnation power if they increases max mana.
IGOT an Excess of Mana R7+ (Autocasting upgrades) Good
Author: ?
Alignment: Good Mercenary
Bloodline: Druid
Mercenary Template:
FR9,AN1,AN2,AN3,AN5,AN6,AN8,GB7,DD6,FC7,DN2,DW4,
SP:Goblin's Greed,SP:Fairy Chanting
Notes: This build is for generating mana to unlock the various autocasting upgrades up to Efficient Autocasting.
Prismatic Beam R12+ (Know Your Enemy Lore Artifact) Evil
Author: Artcrow modified by Sunk
Alignment: Evil Mercenary
Bloodline: Elf
FR9,EL5,AN5,GB1,UD7,DM3,TT6,DD1,DW5,FC7,DN3,DW8,
SP:Fairy Chanting,SP:Grand Balance
Notes: This build is meant for when you have over excavated this R, but still need Know Your Enemy Lore Artifact.
Use the first build, Harley Quinn, and excavate until you get Know Your Enemy, Part I artifact.
You can use Prismatic Beam if you can't afford excavations with the first build.
Requires high gem total closer to end of reincarnation in R14+ to add Spiritual Surge.
Exclude Blood Frenzy from the spell combo as it doesn't affect Farms.
You can ignore the following instructions if you have over 2000 of each of the first 5 buildings by the time you cast income Tax Collections. Buy 1500/1750/2000 Farm, Slave Pen, and Orcish Arena upgrades at the same time to avoid Grand Balance targeting the wrong building.
It might require Helden Sterben Nicht, Rule 'dis, Unlimited Mana to work well in R14+.