League of Kingdoms is known as the first massively multiplayer online (MMO) strategy game built on the blockchain. You may be wondering: How does that genre fit into blockchain gaming?
In League of Kingdoms, players can buy land, farm resources, collect non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and more. With a full-fledged kingdom, players battle each other over territory "for hegemony" – a word the developers like to use. How you build your kingdom and strategize your gameplay determines how well you do and – ultimately – if you can earn. But in League of Kingdoms how to earn in the first place? Read on to find out.
What is League of Kingdoms?
League of Kingdoms is a blockchain-based MMO strategy game. It's very similar to games like Clash of Clans and Rise of Kingdoms. To date, League of Kingdoms sees around 80,000 daily active players and around 400,000 monthly active players, as reported by Binance.
It launched in early 2020 and was developed by NPLUS Entertainment – also incorporated in 2020. We couldn't find much about the developers, except that they're based out of Singapore and they only have two apps: Korean and English versions of League of Kingdoms. The team largely consists of electronic product managers, software engineers and a former software engineer of NEXON.
Playing League of Kingdoms
The main objective of League of Kingdoms is to build up your kingdom then battle other players. You can farm resources, collect NFTs, join alliances with other players or start your own alliance, which functions like a guild.
Play the game on mobile devices (Apple and Android), or on a browser. To enter the game on the browser, select GAME START in the center of the screen while visiting the main site. The startup takes a few minutes to load on a browser.
Once loaded, sign in through Google, Apple, Facebook, Email or as a Guest. You don't need to connect a crypto wallet to start playing. If you want to buy Land from the main site, connect a Web3 wallet, such as MetaMask, by selecting Connect Wallet on the top-right corner of the homepage.
Like other combat strategy games, the goal is to grow and develop your kingdom through careful resource management, while successfully defeating your nearby rivals in battles. You can also battle monsters – for example, a golem on the rampage. If battle isn't your thing, concentrate on resource farming instead.
There are multiple features in this game, and loading up the game for the first time can feel daunting – especially if you're unfamiliar with MMO strategy games. However, League of Kingdoms offers guides posted on their official Medium blog to get familiar with the mechanics and various strategies.
Facilities and Resources
Players start from a small city-state called "Kingdom" and develop it from there. The kingdoms are separated into two parts, the interior castle and the outer fields.
The interior castle includes seven facilities. In the castle's outer fields, you can build five facilities. Plus, players can mine five resources. Use these resources to create three kinds of units. Where and how you build these facilities, how you dictate resource allocation and how you manage your time is the key to success in this game.
Crystals are the most prized resource of the game, used to speed up the building process of upgrading facilities in your castle and more. They can be earned through mining or with special events, and can be used to make in-game purchases.
More on Alliances
When you join the game, you get a 72-hour window where you're protected from other players' attacks. Once this ends, you won't last long if you don't make some friends and join an alliance, where you can coordinate attack and defense, trade resources and get to know each other through a chat function. When a player invites you to join their alliance a window appears where you can accept or decline the invite.
Every two weeks, a shrine appears in either unoccupied territory or that of another alliance. The alliance that captures this shrine receives rewards like boosts to their units' health or speed.
League of Kingdoms How to Earn
There are three main ways to earn money in League of Kingdoms:
1. Own land. The simplest is passive income from owning land – 5% of the resources harvested by players are redistributed to landowners, and they also receive 10% of the profits from in-game purchases in DAI.
2. Trading land. Players trade their land with one another within the game. In the first land sale in December 2020, the price of land ranged from $13 to $240.
3. Farm resources. Earn resources in the game and then sell them on external marketplace platforms. These resources can also combine to create other resources to sell.
What is LOKA?
League of Kingdoms is built on ETHereum, and the in-game currency is LOKA (League of Kingdoms Arena), a multi-use governance and utility token:
- Used to make in-game purchases
- Earned by completing challenges
- Used to upgrade digital assets
- Can be staked
At the time of writing, LOKA is valued at $0.5903, according to CoinGecko.
Closing Thoughts
League of Kingdoms is like other mobile combat strategy games, both a good and bad thing – familiar but a little played out. It's more of a passive, long-term game that requires patience, strategy and time. There are numerous features to familiarize yourself with, so it may take a while to get the hang of the game.
For those that enjoy games like Clash of Clans, Arma Tactics, Rise of Kingdoms and other strategy games, League of Kingdoms may be a good fit. And we hope this League of Kingdoms how to earn guide has helped you out!
