Scouting

Scouting Basics

Scouting success and the detail of information you get from scouting missions may vary on many factors

• Your Informatics level (Researched in the Academy)
• The amount of Scouts you send
• If you include a Hero in your mission, his Intelligence will count
• If you are spying against a Valley, its level.
• Scouts require food as well. If you are sending just scouts (fastest) your range will be limited. Beginners can go about 100-110 miles. When you send scouts, if Load Vacancy is negative you are sending them too far. Find a closer target.

The most important factor is researching Informatics. Every level of Informatics increases the chance of success and the level of detail that will be provided on a successful scouting attempt. To successfully scout an area or a city your Informatics level must be equal to or higher than the area being scouted.

Example: To successfully scout a level 3 Grassland you will require a level 3 Informatics or higher.

The number of scouts sent on a scouting expedition also contributes to the success of the mission. For every level of the area being scouted a minimum of 10 scouts should be sent.

Example: For a level 3 Grassland 30 Scouts will provide the most details.

Quest

Quest: Scouting
Target: scout a city
Award	Amount
Gold	1,000

Scouting

In order to scout someone you must have Scouts. When you scout someone you get a report. These reports however don't give you any information at first. Increasing your Informatics research gives you more detailed information. Eventually you start getting data when you scout players. The defences, The army, The buildings, etc. Once high enough you just get accurate numbers.

However if you aren't high enough yet you occasionally get something that looks like this:

Troops	Amount
Warriors	Swarm
Pikemen	Throng
Archers	Horde

Instead of accurate amounts, you get words instead. These words stand for specific Ranges in troops. These ranges are as follows.

Amount	Range
Few	1 - 24
Pack	25 - 49
Lots	50 - 99
Horde	100 - 249
Throng	250 - 499
Swarm	500 - 999
Zounds	1000-2499
Legion	2500 - 4999
Bulk	5000 - 9999
Giga	>10,000

After scouting you must determine your plan of attack. See Attack

Scouting with Hero

You can include a hero in your scouting mission. This will increase the level of detailed information in combination with your informatics. The higher intelligence of the hero, the more he affects the outcome.

Warning: If scouts are detected and killed, the hero may be as well!

Scouting for Weak Defending Heroes

One method of sleighting an NPC's defenses is to repeatedly scout it and check the defending Hero level.
This will change each time the city is scouted. Repetition and persistence will lead to a very weak defending
Hero being offered up by the city. At this point, STOP scouting, attack!