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Season 4: what's coming

Season 4 is coming, and it changes the game: one more faction, commanders leading your armies, a new map and dragons that no longer play the same. Here is everything that awaits you.

• 4factions, including Dorne
• 5commanders and their talents
• 20dragons that change

In short: season 4 is played on a new map of Westeros, with four factions: the Westerlands, the Stormlands, the Vale and Dorne. It is the season commanders arrive. No faction gives a combat bonus by itself: the bonus comes from the starting capital.

Updated on November 11, 2026.

The four factions

The same as on the season 3 servers that welcomed Dorne. Each faction starts on a capital or on a seat of power, your choice.

• Westerlands

  Leader: Rhaenys Targaryen

  Start: Casterly Rock or Widow's Watch

  Starting bonus: Shields +5 %

• Stormlands

  Leader: Daemon Targaryen

  Start: Storm's End or Ashen Vale

  Starting bonus: Spearmen +5 %

• The Vale

  Leader: Rhaenyra Targaryen

  Start: The Eyrie or Starfall

  Starting bonus: Cavalry +5 %

• Dorne

  Leader: Ulf the White

  Start: Sunspear or Skagos

  Starting bonus: Troop Training Time −5 %

It starts without a combat bonus. The Westerlands, the Stormlands and the Vale start on a capital that gives +5% attack to one troop type (Shields, Spearmen or Cavalry). Dorne starts at Sunspear, whose bonus cuts troop training time by 5%: useful to rebuild an army, not during a battle. Its other start, Skagos, is a seat of power with no bonus of its own.

Commanders arrive

The move to the new campaign brings the commanders: characters from the series who lead your armies. Each has their own style — protect, weaken the enemy, hit hard — and becomes much stronger with the right dragons.

“Today’s campaign transition marks the introduction of a powerful new feature to your world: Commanders!”

What we already know: a commander joins one army, adds troop capacity (up to +20% at max rank) and talents that act during battle. It will show in your battle reports.

• Rhaenyra Targaryen (Princess)

  Advisor

  Obtained through chapter quests.

  The army's shield: less damage taken and more Initiative for your three dragons, Resistance for the weakest one, and the most dangerous enemy weakened and slowed.

  Best withNimbleStalwart

  Their 3 talents

  • 1The Realm's Delight
  • 2Swift Counsel
  • 3Heir's Reckoning
• Corlys Velaryon

  Strategist

  Obtained through events.

  Melts the enemy down: their dragons become vulnerable, one of them hits weaker and weaker as the battle goes on, their healing drops and your dragons take hits better.

  Best withCunningRelentless

  Their 3 talents

  • 1The Sea Snake
  • 2Blockade
  • 3Driftmark's Snare
• Daemon Targaryen

  Warlord

  Obtained through events.

  Pure attack: a fire volley on three enemies in round 2, more fire on your right flank, enemies that take more damage, and extra damage against other players.

  Best withVolatileRuthless

  Their 3 talents

  • 1The Rogue Prince
  • 2Cloaked in Gold
  • 3No Quarter
• Criston Cole

  Warden

  Obtained through events.

  Everything for your Center dragon: it reflects part of the damage, hits harder as the enemy weakens and takes hits better, while your flanks gain damage and dodge.

  Best withDominantStalwart

  Their 3 talents

  • 1The Kingmaker
  • 2Vanguard's Challenge
  • 3Strike and Vanish
• Alicent Hightower

  Strategist

  Obtained in the alliance market.

  Keeps your army standing: Resistance for everyone, healing and immunities for the most damaged dragon, First Strike for the whole army, and your Center's controls hitting one more enemy.

  Best withWillfulCunning

  Their 3 talents

  • 1The Seven's Grace
  • 2Steel Beneath Silk
  • 3Hightower's Beacon
• Every talent in detail

  Rank 20 values, the traits that trigger them, cost, troop capacity: it's all on the commanders page, and you can already enter yours there.

  See the commanders and their talents →

The map and the season change

• A new map of Westeros arrives with season 4.
• When the season changes, the game shows a transition screen and has you pick your faction.
• The Mercenary option stays: extra gold, and a faction drawn at random.
• Savage dragons get tougher: several armies to beat in a row, a weakness shown on screen, and troops that come back over time.

Dragons buffed and nerfed since season 3

What changed in dragon abilities since early October. This is what will matter for your season 4 armies.

The big change: buffs and debuffs now stack by 5%

These effects no longer give their full value on the first application: each application adds 5%, up to the same maximum as before. They build up during the battle instead of being full from round one. Dragons that relied on a big opening effect are hit the hardest.

Dragon	Before (all at once)	Now
Malachite	+20 %	5% × 4 stacks
Vhagar	±20 %	5% × 4 stacks
Meleys (6★)	+20 %	5% × 4 stacks
Syrax (6★)	−20 %	5% × 4 stacks
Crimson	−20 %	5% × 4 stacks
Sheepstealer	+20 %	5% × 4 stacks
Seasmoke	±20 %	5% × 4 stacks
Rhysarion	−15 %	5% × 3 stacksone round shorter
Shadowsong	+15 %	5% × 3 stacks
Velar	+15 %	5% × 3 stacks
Tashix	−15 %	5% × 3 stacks
Vermax	+15 %	5% × 3 stacks
Tairax	−15 %	5% × 3 stacks
Shimmer	±10 %	5% × 2 stacks
Antares	±10 %	5% × 2 stacks
Arrax	±10 %	5% × 2 stacks
Jagadrix	±10 %	5% × 2 stacks
Vesper	±10 %	5% × 2 stacks
Shadowrend	±10 %	5% × 2 stacks

All these changes are already in the Buffer Companion engine: your compositions take them into account.

When does season 4 start?

There is no single date: each server moves to the next season at the end of its own season 3, whose campaign lasts about 8 weeks. A server opened later will get there later.