Is this game free? Or has it a trial period?
No, this game is absolutely free and you can play it as long as you want!

What should I do if I don't know how to play this game at all?
Login to the game, you'll see the minister, try to learn something from the coversation. Or you can click the 'diplomacy' button, find an online player to see if he will help you.  And you should not miss our step-by-step tutorial too.

I need several types of artifacts, need I pay for them all?
No, you needn't. We have a monthly subscription plan for you. For $9.95 per month, you can use following artifacts:  Crown of Havest, Sword of Deadth, Diamond Armor, Magic Cloak, Eagle Eye Ring, Titan's Hammer(Magic),  Multi-Lightening(Magic), Revive All(Magic). Click here for detail.

What time is this game based on ?
GMT Time.

what exactly does the statue do when upgraded?
It acts like arrow towns, but much more powerful.

How do I move my troops from my town to my main castle or my main castle to my town?
A.select the castle / town that has the troops in it and then you right cick the castle / town icon you wish them to go to and a box will appear to say  do you want to transport troops,  then you select troops as normal ( as if you were going to attack) and away they go, but this is all dependant on you having a hero to lead them, no hero no go.

Alternatively or you can find the town castle you want to move them onto the map and you will see below the spy icon a new icon highlighted that says to transport troops  then you move them the same way as stated above.

If your town is taken over do your troops that didnt die stay and go to your main castle or switch sides and go to the enemys empire?
When a town is captured your troops that arent killed go to your main castle as well as any hero's, any troops that are still being made will still show as being made for the new occupier and become their's

If I attack a castle from a town I occupy, they can attack the town from which I attacked them but are they now allowed to attack my main castle and break through my shield of peace even though the attack did not come from there is this right?
Yes, once you attack another kingdom, your whole kingdom can be attacked by it in 24 hours even though you have shield of peace.

How is honor generated
The total value of your structures, troops and technologies.

If I attack an empty castle and there is no one home and win instantly, you get back any artifacts like lighting and revivel that you didnt use but is this also true for  diamond armour / magic cloak and sword of death  do we get these credited back to our artifacts list ?
If you set the ratio to 0% - any, you'll use all artifacts in any case. If you set it to 20% - any, all artifacts returned if you hit an empty castle because it doesn't meet the condition of using artifacts.  Learn about ratio it's very useful and using it strategically  will help you a lot in battles.
 
Example, you have 100 hunters to attack the defense side. And you set the ratio to 20% - any.

if the defense side has no soldiers to defense, the ratio is 0/100 = 0%, artifacts won't be used.

if the defense side has 10 hunters to defense, the ratio is 10/100 = 10%, artifacts won't be used.

if the defense side has 20 hunters to defense, the ratio is 10/100 = 20%, artifacts will be used.

if the defense side has 80 hunters to defense, the ratio is 80/100 = 80%, artifacts will be used.

If you and the defense side have different types of troops, server converts troops into money according their price and does the similar calculation.

Where can you see the amount of villagers you have left?
Place your cursor over top left of main panel where is normally displays Silver, Wood Grain etc.

How do I use artifacts in defending i had lighting and revival  sord of death magic cloak but was wiped out. how do u use them.
click battle-front->defense, then you can set up the artifacts strategy for the castle defender

Does the crown of harvest not apply to your town/villages?
Shield of Peace, Crown of Havest and Dark Cloak won't affect towns.


I don't understand the relationship between residents and production. You can see Farmers x/y. I think y represents the total number of residents. What does x represent? Can you tell how many engaged farming/silver mining/stone mining/cutting lumber/doing nothing?
x indicates 'free farmers'.  y indicates 'total farmers'. You need more 'free farmer' as you upgrading structures.