Game of Thrones: Dragonfire
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Game of Thrones: Dragonfire

The next season

Three brand-new factions, a commander system, a fourth sanctum tier that belongs to the alliance, and a campaign that asks for a lot more dragon. Here is everything that changes.

Switchover 24 September, 14:00 UTC

3
factions
11 + 1
stages + epilogue
8
weeks of campaign
8
commanders
Meleys

New dragon

Meleys arrives with the season

The fastest in the game, and she hits nearly as hard as Venator. She opens on 24 September at 14:00 UTC, the exact hour of the switchover.

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01

The three factions

North, Centre and South are gone. There is no northern faction at all any more. In their place, three houses, each carried by a claimant to the Iron Throne.

The Vale

High above the realm, the Vale stands among soaring peaks and ancient keeps. Begin at the Eyrie or Blackmont.

Leader
Rhaenyra Targaryen
Capital
The Eyrie
Starting seats
The Eyrie or Blackmont
Outpost to hold
Starfall
Bonus at launch
Cavalry +5 %

End-of-campaign goals

  • Hold King's Landing
  • Hold Casterly Rock or Storm's End
  • Hold Dragonstone
  • Hold The Eyrie
  • Hold 35 Seats of Power
  • Hold 100 Castles
When my father named me heir, he did not do so in secret. The lords of the realm bent the knee and swore their oaths before the Iron Throne.

Westerlands

Gold runs through the hills of the Westerlands, where power is guarded with a lion's pride. Begin at Casterly Rock or Widow's Watch.

Leader
Rhaenys Targaryen
Capital
Casterly Rock
Starting seats
Casterly Rock or Widow's Watch
Outpost to hold
Widow's Watch
Bonus at launch
Build speed +5 %

End-of-campaign goals

  • Hold King's Landing
  • Hold Storm's End or The Eyrie
  • Hold Winterfell
  • Hold Casterly Rock
  • Hold 35 Seats of Power
  • Hold 100 Castles
I was passed over once by men who feared what a woman might become with power in her hands. I accepted their judgment for the sake of the realm.

Stormlands

Beneath black skies and battered coasts, the Stormlands raise iron-willed lords. Begin in the Stormlands or the Rills.

Leader
Daemon Targaryen
Capital
Storm's End
Starting seats
Storm's End or The Rills
Outpost to hold
Ashenvale
Bonus at launch
Dragon Instincts +5 %

End-of-campaign goals

  • Hold King's Landing
  • Hold Casterly Rock or The Eyrie
  • Hold Sunspear
  • Hold Storm's End
  • Hold 35 Seats of Power
  • Hold 100 Castles
I have spent my life watching lesser men inherit what braver men are made to take. They dress it in law.

New in the game data from 09/23: each faction keeps an outpost at the far end of Westeros. It must hold it, and the other two are tasked with taking it. The Vale holds Starfall, deep in Dorne; the Westerlands hold Widow's Watch, on the north-east coast; the Stormlands hold Ashenvale, in the north-west, just south of the Rills. That is also why each faction can start in two places.

On Thursday, kingdoms are merged

The game announces it by mail: on Thursday, several worlds and their players are grouped into new reigns, right before the season starts. Alliances are always kept together. Part of your progress is reset; the exact list of what is kept or reset is in the game's guide to campaigns.

02

The bonus comes from the capital, not the faction

The +5 % is attached to the capital: it belongs to whoever holds it, and it changes hands with it. Here is the full table, and what each faction holds at launch.

CapitalBonus to whoever holds it
The EyrieCavalry +5 %
WinterfellShields +5 %
OldtownSpearmen +5 %
RiverrunArchers +5 %
King's LandingDragon Initiative +5 %
HarrenhalDragon Strength +5 %
DragonstoneDragon Intelligence +5 %
Storm's EndDragon Instincts +5 %
Casterly RockBuild speed +5 %
PykePillage +5 %
SunspearRecruitment −5 %

Any held capital also grants +25 % march speed in its region and +10 % siege damage against tier-5 targets.

At launch, only one of the three factions starts with a troop bonus. The three capitals that grant one — Winterfell, Oldtown, Riverrun — are held by nobody: they are contested objectives from day one.

03

Commanders

A commander attaches to an army. He brings it troop capacity and three talents that fire during combat, and he has his own stamina. Five slots in total, unlocked by a new building. A busy commander cannot lead a second army, and cannot be swapped while the army is out.

Advisor

Rhaenyra Targaryen

  • The Realm's Delight

    Cuts damage taken by several allied dragons from the start of combat.

  • Swift Counsel

    Raises allied Initiative until the end of combat.

  • Heir's Reckoning

    Each round: weakens the enemy with the most troops and slows the one with the highest Initiative.

Strategist

Corlys Velaryon

  • The Sea Snake

    Applies four stacks of Vulnerable to enemy dragons on round one.

  • Blockade

    Cuts damage taken and raises Initiative for allies from the start of combat.

  • Driftmark's Snare

    Marks an enemy dragon, prioritising one carrying an attack-modifier command.

Warden

Criston Cole

  • The Kingmaker

    Grants Reflect to your Vanguard dragon against active commands and talents.

  • Vanguard's Challenge

    Raises your Vanguard's Initiative, and penalises the enemy if it is Stalwart.

  • Strike and Vanish

    On rounds 1 and 6: two stacks of Advantage to the left and right flank dragons.

Strategist

Alicent Hightower

Details coming soon.

Warlord

Daemon Targaryen

Details coming soon.

Warlord

Aemond Targaryen

Details coming soon.

Warlord

Rhaenys Targaryen

Details coming soon.

Warlord

Aegon II Targaryen

Details coming soon.

Commander rank, and what it pays

Each talent climbs to rank 20. Its power goes from 230 at rank 1 to 38,210 at rank 20 — the curve is not linear, it explodes at the end. And every rank gained raises the army's troop capacity.

RanksTroop capacity gained per rank
1 – 4+1 %
5 – 9+1.25 %
10 – 14+1.6 %
15 – 19+2.1 %
20+2.8 %

Three currencies, and only one is earned in play

All three serve commanders only. Honors and Onyx Honors are bought from the gold store; one onyx is worth ten. Medals, on the other hand, are harvested on the map.

  • Commander HonorsGold store
  • Onyx HonorsGold store
  • Commander MedalsOn the map

04

The campaign, stage by stage

Eleven stages then an epilogue, over eight weeks — the tempo does not move. What moves is what you are asked for: the current season first, then the next one.

  1. 1

    Current season

    Upgrade Stronghold to Tier 5

    Next season

    Upgrade Stronghold to Tier 6

    Stage 1: Seize the Castles

  2. 2

    Current season

    Raise any Dragon to Level 20

    Next season

    Raise any Dragon to Level 30

    Stage 2: Hold the Lesser Seats

  3. 3

    Current season

    Conquer 1 Tile (Level 7+)

    Next season

    Defeat 25 Encounters (Level 25+)

    Stage 3: Hunt Down Resistance

  4. 4

    Current season

    Defeat 500K Tile Defenders and Encounter Defenders

    Next season

    Conquer 10 Tiles (Level 9+)

    Stage 4: Storm the Stronger Castles

  5. 5

    Current season

    Deal 300K Siege Damage

    Next season

    Upgrade Stronghold to Tier 9

    Stage 5: Hold the Strongholds

  6. 6

    Current season

    Conquer 10 Tiles (Level 9+)

    Next season

    Conquer 3 Tiles (Level 10+)

    Stage 6: Purge the Holdouts

  7. 7

    Current season

    Deal 1.3M Siege Damage

    Next season

    Raise any Dragon to Level 40

    Stage 7: Hold the Greater Seats

  8. 8

    Current season

    Conquer 1 Tile (Level 10+)

    Next season

    Conquer 3 Tiles (Level 12+)

    Stage 8: Thin Their Ranks

  9. 9

    Current season

    Defeat 75k Enemy Player Troops

    Next season

    Defeat 75k Enemy Player Troops

    Stage 9: Hold the Seats of Power

  10. 10

    Current season

    Raise any Dragon to Level 50

    Next season

    Raise any Dragon to Level 50

    Stage 10: Breach the Gates

  11. 11

    Current season

    Defeat 150k Enemy Player Troops

    Next season

    Defeat 150k Enemy Player Troops

    Stage 11: Take King's Landing

05

Three taps opened at once on dragon growth

Passive meat, skirmishes and the alliance sanctum all arrive together. That is no coincidence: across the table, the campaign demands a level-30 dragon at stage 2 and a level-40 at stage 7, where the current season asks for nothing between 20 and 50. They open the taps because they raise the bar.

Towns pay out meat

A held town only paid its resource. It will also pay meat, every hour, on top — for nothing more than holding it.

Town levelResourceMeat
1150+2
2450+4
3750+8
41,100+14
51,500+22

per hour

Skirmishing

A new building lets you attack the defenders of tiles you already own. It costs Stamina, it pays experience, and you can run several at once on the same tile. Challenge rating applies as in combat: a higher-level tile is harder, but pays more.

Risk-free dragon experience, on your own ground.

A tier-4 sanctum, for the alliance

Dragonlord Sanctums pay scrolls every hour on a 24-hour cycle to whoever holds them — a king-of-the-hill objective. The amounts do not change. What changes is that a fourth tier appears, and it belongs not to a player but to an alliance.

  • 15 Dragonlord Scrolls

    a player

  • 215 Dragonlord Scrolls

    a player

  • 350 Dragonlord Scrolls

    a player

  • 45 Dragonlord Scrollsnew

    an alliance

On the current map there are 135 sanctums: 90 tier 1, 26 tier 2 and 19 tier 3. None at tier 4.

06

Twenty Seats of Power change tier

A seat's tier commands three things at once: the size of its garrison, its size on the map, and the siege-damage bonus it grants to the faction holding it. Since the next campaign asks for seats by tier rather than by name, knowing which ones moved is a direct edge.

Moving up

  • Acorn Hall23
  • Deep Den23
  • Kayce23
  • Cinderpeak12
  • Ramsgate12
  • White Harbor12
  • Goldengrove12
  • Old Anchor12
  • Runestone12

Moving down

  • Crestfall32
  • The Dreadfort32
  • Stonehelm32
  • The Tor32
  • Vaith32
  • Flint's Finger21
  • Highpoint21
  • Last Hearth21
  • Rook's Rest21
  • Stonedance21
  • Starfall21

Overall the spread goes from 27 / 42 / 23 to 27 / 44 / 21: two fewer tier-3 seats.

The North is the big loser. The Dreadfort and Crestfall stop being major objectives, Highpoint and Last Hearth drop to the bottom tier.

What a held seat pays

The siege-damage bonus granted to the faction holding it, by seat tier. A capital sits one tier above and grants +10 %.

  • Tier 1·+1.5 %
  • Tier 2·+2 %
  • Tier 3·+5.5 %

07

What this changes for your armies

The foundations of combat do not move: dragons, the power table, habits, commands and the troop triangle stay as they are. What changes is commanders. Their talents fire at the start of combat or of a round, several target by position — Vanguard, left flank, right flank — and commander rank raises the army's troop capacity. An army with a commander is no longer judged like one without.

Our maths will take commanders in from launch day. Pass members get it first.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the three factions in the new Dragonfire season?

The Vale, led by Rhaenyra Targaryen from the Eyrie; the Westerlands, led by Rhaenys Targaryen from Casterly Rock; the Stormlands, led by Daemon Targaryen from Storm's End. There is no northern faction any more.

Which faction gives the best troop bonus?

None, strictly speaking: the bonus is attached to the capital, not the faction. At launch the Vale holds the Eyrie and therefore gets +5 % cavalry; the Westerlands hold Casterly Rock (build speed) and the Stormlands hold Storm's End (dragon Instincts). The capitals granting shields, spears and archers are held by nobody at the start.

Does the new season change combat?

The foundations do not move: dragons, power, habits, commands and the troop triangle stay the same. What changes is commanders, whose talents act during combat and whose rank raises troop capacity. Our maths will take them in from launch day.

What is a tier-4 sanctum?

A Dragonlord Sanctum owned by an alliance rather than a player. It pays 5 scrolls per hour on a 24-hour cycle. It does not exist today: it is new to the next campaign.

When does the new season start?

On 24 September at 14:00 UTC, game time — Meleys opens at the same moment. The campaign then runs eight weeks.