General’s Star Level & Common Misconceptions (Enhance / Ascending Guide)
6/1/2022 – Major additions as the “Ascending” system is implemented and the star level is extended to 10.
How to raise the star level, requirements, benefits and common misconceptions.
What goes up by the general’s Star Level
Basic
- Stats (Leadership, Attack, Defense, Politics)
- The value of the stats increase when the general levels up
- Power
Raising the star level by one level will increase the stats significantly more than if you raise the level by one. (About 50-70)
The stats increase is the number written with a green arrow to the right of the general’s stats. It also goes up. There is a common misunderstanding about this, which will be explained later in this article.
From star level 6, “Original Skills” are also enhanced (Ascending)
Note: only the “Red” Epic Historic Generals. (See Portrait of the Tavern)
When a general’s star level reaches 6 or higher, the original skill’s star level also increases, and new buffs are added.
Raising the assistant’s star level doesn’t help
It has no effect. The assistant can remain at Star Level 0.
Reference: Assistant Generals Guide
It is meaningful to raise the star level of the main general of the march, the main defender, the duty officer, and the general appointed to the council of state.
How to raise the general’s star level
To increase the star level, you need the “Enhance” of the general.
Procedure
- Open the general’s details screen and press “Enhance” in the lower left corner.
- When the cost is displayed, press “Confirm” if everything is OK.
This will raise your star level by one.
In addition, once the star level reaches 5, it is treated as “Ascending” from then on, and the required cost changes.
Each ascend raises the stage by one.
Therefore, after star level 5, it takes 5 ascend to raise one star level.
After star level 5, the way it goes up changes (Ascending)
Up to star level 5, 4 stats are improved collectively for each level up.
After that, 5 stages must be completed for each star level.
In the first 4 stages, each stage improves 1 stat.
When the 5th stage is completed, the general’s star level will increase and the original skill’s star level will increase.
- Stage 1: Leadership
- Stage 2: Attack
- Stage 3: Defense
- Stage 4: Politics
- Stage 5: Original Skill
Status Increases after Star Level 5
After star level 5, each stats is increased by 10 for each stage achieved as follows.
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership | Attack | Defense | Politics | |
| Star 5 -> 6 | +10 | +10 | +10 | +10 |
| Star 6 -> 7 | +10 | +10 | +10 | +10 |
| Star 7 -> 8 | +10 | +10 | +10 | +10 |
| Star 8 -> 9 | +10 | +10 | +10 | +10 |
| Star 9 -> 10 | +10 | +10 | +10 | +10 |
The value of stats increase for each level up remains the same. (The green number with an up-arrow on the right of each stats on the General’s detail screen)
Requirements for Enhance
The amount and type of cost depends on the star level.
Star Level 1-5
The following is required
- Gold
- Medals
- Level of generals
The amount of cost varies depending on the rarity of the general.
Example: For Golden Historic General
- 1 star – 1M gold, 40 medals, General level 5
- 2 stars – 2M gold, 120 medals, General level 10
- 3 stars – 4M gold, 300 medals, General level 14
- 4 stars – 8M gold, 800 medals, General level 18
- 5 stars – 15M gold, 2,000 medals, General level 22
Star Level 6-10 (Ascending)
The following is required
- Historic General Fragment (him/herself)
- Blood of Ares
The fragment of a general cannot be from another general, it must be from the general him/herself.
Note that it is possible to use “Ascension Fragment” instead of Historic General Fragment.
It can be used for any general.
It can be obtained at “Battlefield Shop” > “All-Star Shop”.
| Star | Fragment | Blood of Ares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 -> 6 | Stage 1 | 4 | 80 |
| Stage 2 | 4 | 80 | |
| Stage 3 | 4 | 80 | |
| Stage 4 | 4 | 80 | |
| Stage 5 | 14 | 300 | |
| Sub-Total | 30 | 620 | |
| 6 -> 7 | Stage 1 | 8 | 100 |
| Stage 2 | 8 | 100 | |
| Stage 3 | 8 | 100 | |
| Stage 4 | 8 | 100 | |
| Stage 5 | 28 | 350 | |
| Sub-Total | 60 | 750 | |
| 7 -> 8 | Stage 1 | 12 | 110 |
| Stage 2 | 12 | 110 | |
| Stage 3 | 12 | 110 | |
| Stage 4 | 12 | 110 | |
| Stage 5 | 42 | 450 | |
| Sub-Total | 90 | 890 | |
| 8 -> 9 | Stage 1 | 16 | 130 |
| Stage 2 | 16 | 130 | |
| Stage 3 | 16 | 130 | |
| Stage 4 | 16 | 130 | |
| Stage 5 | 56 | 550 | |
| Sub-Total | 120 | 1070 | |
| 9 -> 10 | Stage 1 | 20 | 150 |
| Stage 2 | 20 | 150 | |
| Stage 3 | 20 | 150 | |
| Stage 4 | 20 | 150 | |
| Stage 5 | 70 | 650 | |
| Sub-Total | 150 | 1250 | |
| Total | 450 | 4580 |
How to obtain
How to obtain “Gold / Medal / General EXP”
How to obtain “Historic General Fragment”
Sell the general (Perfectly Dismiss)
Pay 10,000 gems and get 30 fragments of that general.
Consuming Return Event: Blood of Ares
Consuming return event: Blood of Ares
— Evony The King’s Return Game Guide Wiki (@evonyguidewiki2) July 24, 2022
You can easily get a large amount of fragments of generals.
(Only some generals. In this video, Elise, Scipio, Martinus, Roland)
Be sure to use the blood of Ares only during this event. pic.twitter.com/sGGC848CCB
Related: Consuming Return Event
Relic Chamber
You can only get some generals.
- Roland
- Alfred the Great
- Tomyris
- George A. Custer
- Ii Naomasa
- Soult
- Maeda Toshiie
- Zachary Taylor
- Queen Boudica
- Elektra
(FYI: Prior to 6/20/2023, the following were available. Except for Roland and Elektra, they are no longer available from the relics, but most are available at the tavern. Only Yi Sun-sin is no longer available at any of them.)
RolandWinfield ScottKusunoki MasashigeYi Sun-sinYue FeiVladimir the GreatAbd al-Rahman IElektraHannibalSuleiman the Magnificent
Great General Chest
It is located in the upper left corner of the store and in the tavern.
You can only get some generals.
- Martinus
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Prince Rhaegar
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune
- Gwanggaeto the Great
- Barbarossa
- Isabella I
- Sherman
- Wei Qing
- Li Jing
- Himiko
- George Dewey (old name: Joseph E. Johnston)
- Oleg of Novgorod
- Honda Tadakatsu
- John I of Portugal
- Ban Chao
- Mansa Musa
- Askia Muhammad I
- Queen Boudica
- Arminius
- James Bowie
- Shajar al-Dul
Alliance Shop
You can buy if you buy the Alliance Monthly Card.
(Valuable Event > Alliance Monthly Card: $19.99/month)
The following fragments of generals will appear randomly in the daily.
6 fragments: 800,000 Alliance Points
- Alfred the Great
- Hannibal
- Carus
- Edward the Black Prince
- Kusunoki Masashige
- Barbarossa
How to obtain “Ascension Fragment”
Battlefield Shop
You can buy it at the All-Star Shop in the Battlefield Shop.
10 Galaxy Coins are worth 3 Ascension Fragments.
You can purchase up to 10 times per season.
Galaxy Coins can be obtained by participating in the All-Star Battlefield and reaching a certain rank.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for most people to obtain them.
How to obtain “Blood of Ares”
Basis
You can get up to 7 per day.
- Activity – Achieve a score of 145
- Up to 1 per day
- Boss – Defeat an event boss of level 3 or higher or a normal boss of level 11 or higher
- Up to 3 per day
- Explore the relics
- Up to 2 per day
- Resource tile – Level 13 or higher
- Up to 1 per day
Auction House
Occasionally, it appears in the “Rare Goods” category.
10 pieces: minimum price 30,000 gems
Related: Auction House – Product lists, Winning bid prices, etc
Dwarf’s Lucky Apple Event
3 of them are in the “Witch’s Gift” that you get when you give a pie to a witch.
The chance of winning is random.
See also: Dwarf’s Lucky Apple
Journey to Glory Event
Collect Knight Coins and turn the roulette to get the Blood of Ares if you are lucky.
- Chance of winning
- 3 pieces: 19.8%
- 150 pieces: 0.2%
- 350 pieces: 0.2%
- 600 pieces: 0.2%
- 1000 pieces: 0.2%
Knight coins can be obtained by gathering resources, hunting monsters, or purchasing packages.
(For resource gathering, the maximum number of coins you can get is 10 per day.)
(For hunting monsters, the maximum number of coins you can get is 40 per day.)
(For package purchases, 20 coins for a $9.99 pack or 180 coins for a $99.99 pack (as of 2/17/2023))
After 40 spins, you will always win at least 150 Blood of Ares. If you work hard at gathering resources and hunting monsters to get 50 Knight Coins each day (the maximum you can get per day), you can get at least 150 in one event period (about 10 days).
Server Wars
Place high in the SvS individual rankings
- 1st: 270 pcs
- 2nd: 240 pcs
- 3rd: 210 pcs
- 4th: 180 pcs
- 5th: 150 pcs
- 6th: 130 pcs
- 7th: 110 pcs
- 8th: 90 pcs
- 9th: 70 pcs
- 10th: 50 pcs
Earn SvS Personal Score
It is in the “Server War Monarch Score Chest” in Rewards.
- 2.25M Score: 0 pcs
- 9M Score: 5pcs
- 22.5M Score: 10 pcs
- 45M Score: 15 pcs
- 67M Score: 20 pcs (50 total)
- 112.5M Score: 25 pcs
- 225M Score: 30 pcs (105 total)
- 360M Score: 35 pcs
- 540M Score: 40 pcs (180 total)
Package Purchase
- Event Packages (as of 6/1/2022)
- 1st level ($4.99): 2 pcs
- 2nd level ($9.99): 5 pcs
- 3rd level ($19.99): 10 pcs
- 4th level ($49.99): 25 pcs
- 5th level ($99.99): 50 pcs
VIP Daily Free Gifts
- VIP20 – 1 pc/day
- VIP21 – 2 pcs/day
- VIP22 – 3 pcs/day
- VIP23 – 4 pcs/day
- VIP24 – 5 pcs/day
- VIP25 – 6 pcs/day
Related : How to increase VIP Level & earn VIP Points
Champion
You can get it by increasing your loyalty with Helen, Elisabeth, Ariadne, and Dulcinea at the Keep.
- Lv1: 1
- Lv2: 2
- Lv3: 3
- Lv4: 5
- Lv5: 7
- Lv6: 10
- Lv7: 15
- Lv8: 20
- Lv9: 25
- Lv10: 30
- Lv11: 50
- Lv12: 80
- Lv13: 90
- Lv14: 100
- Lv15: 120
- Lv16: 120
- Lv17: 140
- Lv18: 160
- Lv19: 180
- Lv20: 200
Alliance Boss
It is given as a reward for personal ranking (Single Time Damage Ranking) for each stage (per boss).
(It is not given in the Alliance Damage Ranking).
- Rankings & number of rewards
- 1: 50
- 2: 35
- 3: 20
- 4: 18
- 5: 15
- 6-10: 12
- 11-20: 10
- 21-50: 6
- 51-100: 4
- 101-200: 3
- 201-500: 2
Difficulty of Star Level 10
Difficulty of Fragments
It takes 450 fragments to go from 5 stars to 10 stars. In other words,
you need to get 15 of the same general and sell them.
It is still better if it is a general from a tavern or relics, which we can get without paying.
However, the premium generals, which can only be obtained with paid packages, are random as to what we will get. Thus, we have to buy a lot of expensive packages.
Difficulty of Blood of Ares
It takes 4,580 pieces to go from 5 stars to 10 stars.
If you buy the 5th stage of the event package ($99.99) with the double coupon, you can get 100 pieces. If you collect them only by paying for them, it will cost about $4,600.
If you work hard, you can do it without paying, but it may take almost 1-2 years.
To collect 4,580 pieces, if you do not participate in SvS and get 7 pieces every day, it will take 655 days.
If you get 7 pieces every day and achieve 67M score (get 50 pieces) in SvS every time, it will take about 15 months.
Common Misconceptions
“Does the fact that enhancements increase the STATS INCREASE VALUE mean that I have to enhance it earlier or am I missing out?
For example, the
- If you add one star at general level 5 and then raise to level 10.
- If a general reaches level 10 and then adds one star.
The latter will reach level 10 with a smaller increase in value. Therefore, “Will the status be lower than the former, even though the level is the same 10?” That’s what it means.
So I tested it with two of the same generals.
- The first, at level 26, then 5 stars.
- The second, at level 22, had 5 stars, then leveled to 26.
First: at level 26, then 5 stars.
*The green and yellow numbers are due to cultivate, so you can ignore them.
Second: at level 22, had 5 stars, then leveled to 26
Then the stats values were the same in both cases.
Therefore, you will not lose anything. Regardless of whether you’re enhanced or not, I recommend you to increase the level of your generals more and more.
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53 Comments
I just noticed Maria Theresa acts like a purple general for as ascension: she only uses fragments; no blood. Granted most people use her as assistant but still useful to know.
As always, great content.
A bit of a different question here…
I have five current Baldwins and 150 Baldwin fragments. Likewise I have five Arminius and 217 Arminius fragments. Obviously, I don’t have enough to fully ascend either, but if I’m wanting to run a trap city, when it comes to sub generals, would i benefit more from eventually fully ascending one or two generals and having those one or two as sub generals, or would it be better to just use all five non-ascended Baldwins, three non-ascended Arminius and one regular five gold star Hōjō Ujiyasu as I’m current doing?
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Below is a comparison of debuff totals.
It will assist in your consideration.
A: 5 Baldwin, 3 Arminius, 1 Hojo (all 5 stars)
Total 470%.
A/D/H
Ground 0 0 30
Archers 230 0 0
Cavalry 0 0 65
Siege 145 0 0 0
B: 1 Baldwin(10 stars), 1 Arminius (10 stars), 1 Hojo (5 stars)
Total 490%.
A/D/H
Ground 0 10 20
Archers 115 45 60
Cavalry 0 10 55
Siege 70 45 60
What debuffs to focus on depends on each person’s play style, but for a t1 cavalry castle, you should basically focus on the Archer attack debuff.
A has a higher bow attack debuff than B.
However, B has room to add a mayor, so the total debuff value is much higher than A. If we were to add six Andrew Jackson (5 stars), the archer attack debuff would be 235%.
If I were you, I would choose B.
you always do an excellent job..is there a way a comparison chart of generals gains per each red ascension star be created? I believe it would be helpful for a lot of people that only ascend 3 or four stars.
Sorry if this has already been mentioned.
With the implementation of the awakening of some purple generals such as Yukimura, the level of enhance of some purple generals was pulled down.
The *1 was still level 5, then 8, 10, 12, and 14.
The miscellaneous purple generals did not change, so they are probably the historic generals that will become fragments.
How much power is gained per star would have been a nice thing to add but I will keep looking
I am always referring to this site.
I have been raising the star level of generals and recently I thought, ” Hmmm…” I have been thinking about it.
When ascending some generals, a “ascension fragment” appeared as a necessary cost in addition to the pieces of generals and the blood of Ares.
Maybe it was there before and I just didn’t know about it, but I have no idea what it is…
I searched the web and couldn’t find anything about it… do you know what it is?
This is an all-purpose version of General’s Fragments.
It can be used in place of the General’s Fragments.
It is available in the Battlefield Shop.
(Added to the text)
Assist gen red star skill works ?
I added this to the article above. See also.
Hi,
Do you have a guide with ascending Civilization armor? For example. The amount of meteoric stones and Civilization fragments for each star.
Under investigation.
Hello again!
Also, levelling up Helen returns BOA as well.
Regards,
Hi,
Another great article, with excellent explanations of this system.
During the “Trial of Knights” event, I always redeem my rewards for Blood of Ares. This cuts waiting times dramatically!
how to use medal items to increase general star level
See below.
General’s Star Level & Common Misconceptions (Enhance / Ascending Guide)
I didn’t see it listed but if you’re a VIP 25 in your daily VIP gift you get 6 Blood of Ares every day which is nice. But of course it takes a ton of money to get there.
Thanks for the info.😃 Added.
I should probably expand on that, starting at VIP 20 you get 1 and each lvl higher is plus 1 until VIP 25 gets you 6.
Thank you very much for all your helpful information, Mr. Administrator.
I am currently in the process of specializing in defense and have accumulated a lot of Ares blood. I am wondering if I should use all of it on one defender, or if I should make the duty officer in charge of each building 6 stars and get the buffs that come with it. Which should I prioritize?
If I were you, I would start by raising the defender to 2 or 3 red stars, then raise all the duty officers to 1 red star. After that, I would raise them as needed, starting with the one who has all the fragments.
I am currently exploring two units in the relics and have obtained 4 Ares blood each (8 total). Has the daily limit been increased?
setelah update jrndral theodora bisa mendapat ascending tapi bagaimana cara mencai fragment theodora ?
> after the update, Theodora can get ascending, but how do you find the theodora’s fragment?
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You can get lucky by opening “Epic General,” “Epic Historic General,” and “Epic Historic General (Premium).”
These can be obtained at some events, battlefield shop, auction, and paid packages, etc.
So do the first five stars add the corresponding buff/debuffs under the original skill description. Or these only become active through stars 6-10?
It’s very hard to get same general again and again lol i got Elise and Leo ||| in last event of trial of knight and 😅I don’t spend money 😅 LOL now
Star 7->8 stages 1-4 requires 110 blood of ares.
Thanks for the info!😃
Hi, Its Sai again. I have some information on the total fragments required to 10 star a general. The confirmed ones I have from our server coiner are as follows:
Star 7 Stage 4 – 12 fragments, 110 blood of Ares
Star 7 Stage 5 – 42 fragments, 450 blood of Ares
I did a basic pattern matching for the fragments needed and this is what I found(no concrete evidence, just based on information for various stars and stages I have received so far)
5 star to 6 star = 30 fragments
6 star to 7 star = 60 fragments
7 star to 8 star = 90 fragments
8 star to 9 star = 120 fragments
9 star to 10 star = 150 fragments
A whopping total of 450 fragments(15 duplicate generals are needed) for fully 10 starring a general 😀
The cost of Blood of Ares is not following through a pattern like this and I am yet to figure it out. Hope it helps
So I have Hannibal at lv31 with 5 stars. I have blood of ares and 7 fragments of hannibal. but it says Ascending is not available on this General yet. what Do I have to do to enable Ascending this General?
As of today (6/22/2022), Hannibal can’t be ascended and unfortunately we have to wait for developers to enable it. The ascending cannot be enabled on the player side.
Thank you for all your great articles ✨
I see that the Blood of Ares is now available in the “Journey to Glory” (a roulette that can be turned with Starblue Coins).
I don’t buy coins, I get it from resource gathering and monster hunting. With this kind of leisurely coin acquisition, I can get 10 coins in 2 days. I am relieved that the difficulty of obtaining the blood of Ares has become a little easier.
(I wish they would take into consideration the difficulty of obtaining the General’s Fragments as well…)
I am glad that there are more ways to get it. But it’s still hopeless and I still need more ways to get it 😂.
It seems that if we spin 500 times within 10 days, we can get them all off and get 2,300 Ares blood. The coin requirement is 5,000 coins.
Without paying, the maximum coins we can get in 10 days of the event is 500 coins and 50 spins.
If we buy the $99.99 pack with a double coupon, we get 360 coins.
So even if we pay $1000, we still won’t reach 500 spins.
What are those green numbers with the arrows related to? If I got the general section right those stats make a at least when ranking the gens.
So what’s going to happen with the rest of popular generals who don’t have any ascension path yet? For example Minamoto or Kasunoki? Is there going to be an update for them?
FYI I have ascended Roland on the “6th” star. The last portion that raises the specialty is EXPENSIVE! 300 ares blood and 14 fragments.
Thanks for the info 😃.
So that would be at least 30 fragments per star, and we would need to sell at least 5 of the same general to get 10 stars……..
My thoughts on the new ascension system is that this suddenly make relics generals somewhat more valuable, and also the chest generals, because you get their fragments for free (somewhat slower for chest generals). Imagine what kind of coin one has to spend to get another general like Scipio or Simeon.
So, i want to get a general 4 star fast, really fast, so i choose common for it, what are the requiements for it?
I’m a little confused. So do you add the star when they gain that level or you just save it till they are at level 26 then add them all at once?
There are two types of refinements for general’s equipment, one is +25% and the other is +1000, which one is more advantageous?
I answered a similar question in a previous comment on the following article so please refer to that.
Troop Type Guide: Usage & Characteristics (Mounted, Ground, Ranged, Siege)
(In response to Kin)
Nếu tôi sử dụng li jing ở 1 phụ . Kĩ năng tấn công 35% của anh ta có được tính vào buff cho toàn bộ quân đội không ? Hay chỉ tính cho quân đội trong phụ đó ?
> If I use li jing at 1 sub. Does his 35% attack skill count towards the buff for the entire army? Or only for the troops in that sub?
Please see the section on “Buff” in the following article.
Important Usage of Subordinate City
Hi, I am just starting with the gane and I am trying to learn from different sources and I have to say your content is great. Thank you for sharing! I have read as much as possible about generals amd I have a doubt about two particular generals. I do not have any gold general and my best generals are Cleopatra and Constance, both historic purple. I am using Cleopatra for monsters and bosses (+20% double drop) and Constance for gathering (+20% gathering resources, +20% troop load)
Can their built in skills be replaced when adding a new skill or are they permanent?
Can you confirm the historic purple generals can master 4 skills?
Up to what point would you levels up, enhance and cultivate them?
Thanks a lot!
Thank you too. 😃
The skills they originally have cannot be replaced.
Purple historical generals can have 4 skills, but it is not recommended to give them high level skills. Skill books are valuable, and purple generals will not be of much use in the future.
I think all generals are the same for leveling up, enhancing, and cultivating. (Lv35, 5 Star, Cultivate 500)
Hi, I am wanting to get the best debuffs out of my sub generals for when I attack and/or when I am defending an attack. Can you tell me what I need to do with my sub generals to get them to be effective. I have Baldwin, Himiko, Dowager, Andrew Jackson, Suleiman, Cnut, Arminus. I am wondering what skill books to use, and whether they need to have stars. Any help will be muich appreciated. Thanks
If your goal is to get debuffs, there is no need to give them skill books or increase their star level. Give them Achaemenidae or Ares equipment. (These equipments need to be 5 stars) (In addition, if you give the general six Achaemenidae equipment, you get an additional debuff)
For now, there are no skill books that provide debuffs, and raising the star level of a general does not provide debuffs.
Related:
– Buff / Debuff – Basic Guide
– Red Equipment Comparison (Dragon, Ares, Achaemenidae)
– Skillbook List (Lv1~4 Effects)
Thank you, your help is much appreciated… I’ll add the gear… 🙂
is it worth to level up to max 5 stars when you only have legendary/historic general (purple one) like for example cleopatra, john bufford, hernando cortez or sanada yukimura … or should i wait until i get lucky enought to have epic general worth to level max? hope to hear you soon
It is not recommended to make the Purple General a 5 star.
For more details on why, please refer to the following article.
Color of General and difference (Rarity, Quality)
Do you think that the result of Cultivate depends on the stats increase value?
If so, I was wondering if raising the star level as soon as possible would reduce the amount of gold and gems needed for Cultivate.
I’m just wondering because it seems that the more times I do Cultivate, the more gold and gems it costs per time.
I haven’t tested this rigorously, but I don’t believe it is greatly affected by the stats increase value.
The increase in the cost of Cultivate is not caused by the number of times you do it.
As the “+ value” increases, so does the cost.
Please see below for details.
General Cultivate Guide