The Best Kingshot Merchant Empire Guide: Tips, Tricks, and Alliance Brawl Strategies

Are you looking to dominate the Kingshot Merchant Empire event? If you want to maximize your rewards and crush the competition in the Alliance Brawl, you have come to the right place. The Merchant Empire event isn’t just about sending wagons from point A to point B; it is a strategic layer of gameplay that requires timing, item knowledge, and Alliance coordination.

This guide analyzes the mechanics of the event in detail, offering advanced tips and tricks to help you succeed in Kingshot.

Understanding the Event: Merchant Empire & Alliance Brawl

In Kingshot, the Merchant Empire event often coincides with the Alliance Brawl. These two events are deeply intertwined.

• The Connection: Successful caravan escorts and successful raids on other players provide points for the Alliance Brawl.
• The Goal: You want to maximize your personal rewards (Escort Rewards) while simultaneously using Raids as a strategic lever to deny points to enemy alliances and boost your own standing.

Here are the top 5 detailed tips to master this event.

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Tip #1: Master Your Caravan Timing (Avoid The "Reset Rush")

One of the biggest mistakes players make in Kingshot is launching their caravans at the wrong time. This tip focuses on player psychology to reduce the risk of being raided.

The Risk of Server Reset (00:00 UTC): Most players log in immediately at server reset to complete daily tasks. This causes a massive spike in online activity. If you launch your caravan exactly at reset:

1. High Visibility: There are more eyes on the map looking for targets.
2. Raid Availability: Players have fresh raid attempts (usually 4) and are eager to use them immediately to score Alliance Brawl points or open chests.
3. The Result: Your caravan is highly likely to be attacked and pillaged.

The Risk of "Just Before" Reset: Launching or having a caravan active right before the day ends is also dangerous. Players often hoard their raid attempts until the last minute to "shock" the enemy alliance with a sudden influx of points before the competition closes.

The Winning Strategy:

• Wait for the Cooldown: Do not launch immediately. Wait until the initial rush of daily activity has died down.
• The "Odd Hours" approach: In the video analysis, launching caravans roughly 6 hours after server reset resulted in zero raids. This falls during off-peak hours for many US and European players.
• Duration Awareness: Caravans can take 3 hours or longer. Ensure your arrival time does not bleed into the next server reset spike.

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Tip #2: Prioritize High-Value Reward Items

Not all caravans in Kingshot are created equal. Knowing which items to prioritize is essential for both Raiding (stealing loot) and Escorting (asking for Alliance help).

If you see a caravan with these items, use your Alliance Assist on it immediately, as it will be a high-priority target for enemies. Conversely, these are the specific items you should hunt for when raiding:

1. Artisan’s Vision (Top Priority)

• Why it is #1: This is a massive bottleneck for Kingshot players upgrading Governor Gear to Blue and Purple levels.
• The F2P Struggle: Free-to-play players often have plenty of Satin and Gilded Threads but zero Artisan's Visions.
• Pro Tip: Do not ignore Blue (Rare) caravans. A Blue caravan can sometimes carry Artisan's Vision. Always check the cargo, not just the color of the wagon!

2. Charm Guides & Charm Designs

• Why it is #2: These are used for Governor Charms.
• Stat Value: Charms provide Health and Lethality. In the Kingshot meta, Health and Lethality are often more valuable than raw Attack and Defense stats found on standard gear.
• Scarcity: Sources for Charm items are much rarer than standard gear materials.

3. Truegold (Situational Priority)

• Use Case: Required for Town Center upgrades (Level 30+).
• Verdict: Helpful if you are stuck and cannot build anything else, but generally lower priority than Artisan's Vision because Truegold has more sources in the game.

4. Lower Priority Items

• Forgehammers: Good, but easily farmable via the "Bear Hunt" event.
• General Speedups: While the 8-hour (Orange) speedups look nice, you can often get 3-hour speedups from lower-tier caravans. Do not sacrifice Artisan's Vision just to get a speedup.

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Tip #3: Exploit the Refresh Probability Rates

You have the ability to refresh your caravan quality using vouchers. However, Kingshot uses a progressive probability system. Understanding the math will save you resources.

The Refresh Statistics: The more you refresh, the higher your chance of getting an SSR (Orange) Caravan.

• 1st Refresh: 5% Chance of SSR
• 2nd Refresh: 10% Chance of SSR
• 3rd Refresh: 15% Chance of SSR
• 4th Refresh: 20% Chance of SSR
• 5th Refresh: 25% Chance of SSR
• 6th Refresh: 100% Guaranteed SSR

The Strategy:

• Commit to the Refresh: If you have already refreshed 3 or 4 times, do not stop. You have pushed through the worst odds. The probability is tilting in your favor.
• Voucher Management: Only start refreshing if you have enough vouchers to go deep into the count (ideally 6) to guarantee that SSR cart.
• The "Re-Roll" Tactic: Even if you get an SSR cart, check the loot (see Tip #2). If the SSR cart only has wood or food, and you have vouchers to burn, you can refresh again. Since you are past the 6th refresh, the next one is also likely to be high tier (or guaranteed, depending on specific event rules shown), allowing you to fish for Artisan’s Vision.

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Tip #4: Strategic Target Selection (Alliance Brawl)

When the Merchant Empire runs alongside Alliance Brawl, your raiding becomes a weapon of war.

Identify the Enemy:

• Look for the Alliance Tag [Bracketed Text] on the caravan nameplate.
• If you are matched against Alliance [ABC], prioritize raiding caravans with the [ABC] tag.
• Double Benefit: You gain resources and points; they lose resources and potential points.

Advanced Coordination Tactics:

1. The "Share" Feature: If you find a juicy enemy caravan but are out of raid attempts, Share the caravan location to your Alliance Chat. Let your teammates finish the job.
2. Global Targeting: If the cargo is amazing (e.g., huge amounts of Truegold or Artisan's Vision), share it to World Chat. Let the whole server raid your enemy.
3. Farm Account Synergy:
   • Attack with Farm: If your main account is out of raids, share the enemy location to your Farm account (if it is strong enough) to deny the enemy points.

• Raid your own Farm: If your Farm account rolls a caravan with high-value items your Main account needs, share the Farm's caravan location with your Main account and raid yourself to transfer the loot safely.

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Tip #5: How to Find Hidden Enemy Caravans

The Kingshot event interface usually displays a random list of caravans, often showing only one caravan from your specific rival alliance. If you want to raid more of your enemies, you need to use the Map Zoom Trick.

The Step-by-Step Method:

1. Find the one enemy caravan listed in the event menu.
2. Do not raid it immediately. Instead, click View.
3. Or, share that caravan's location to your private chat ("Saved Messages" or send to yourself).
4. Click the coordinates to jump to the map view.
5. ZOOM OUT.
6. Look at the physical route the caravan is traveling along the road.

Why this works: The game generates routes between specific outposts. If one member of the enemy alliance is traveling that route, chances are high that other members of the same alliance are on the exact same road nearby, even if they weren't listed on your event dashboard.

By manually scrolling along the route on the world map, you can physically spot multiple [Enemy Tag] caravans and wipe them out one by one.

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Summary Checklist for Kingshot Players

• Wait 4-6 hours after server reset before launching valuable caravans.
• Prioritize raiding/assisting caravans with Artisan's Vision and Charm Guides.
• Commit to refreshes; the odds improve with every attempt (Guaranteed SSR at 6).
• Target your Alliance Brawl rivals specifically to swing the score.
• Scout the map routes manually to find hidden enemy wagons.

By following this Kingshot guide, you will not only secure the best gear materials for your Governor but also become a key player in securing victory for your alliance! Happy raiding!