Rise of Kingdoms KvK explained

• Progression

  Community data

  A kingdom goes through Eve of the Crusade, then KvK 1, KvK 2 and KvK 3, and then Season of Conquest (SoC).

  KvK guide (Pocket Gamer) (community)

• The Lost Kingdom

  Community data

  KvK is fought on a separate map, the Lost Kingdom. Several kingdoms are matched there, push in from the edges and fight for the central Great Ziggurat.

  KvK guide, tips for all seasons (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community) · Official forum: 1.1.03 Verdant Spring update notes (official)

• Matchmaking

  Community data

  Kingdom age decides which format a kingdom enters, and new kingdoms are not matched with old ones. Community guides say Lilith compares the power of each kingdom’s top 1,000 players.

  KvK guide, tips for all seasons (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

• Timing

  Community data

  The first KvK opens around day 100 of a kingdom’s life, and the next season comes roughly two months later.

  KvK guide, tips for all seasons (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

• City Hall to teleport in

  Community data

  Teleporting into the Lost Kingdom needs City Hall 17 for KvK 1 and 2, and City Hall 25 for later seasons.

  KvK guide, tips for all seasons (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

Community data From a community summary last updated in April 2024; commander pools may have changed since.

Official “Light and Darkness” is the standard Season 3 (official forum, December 2025). “King of All Britain” is a pilot Season 3 story: the 1.1.07 notes introduce it, and the 1.1.12 notes change how its Lost Kingdom camps are assigned.

KvK summary (One Chilled Gamer) (community) · Official forum: December 2025 update notes (official) · Rise of Kingdoms on the App Store: version history (Lilith) (official)

Official forum: 1.0.87 update notes (official) · Official forum: 1.1.00 Song of Troy update notes (official) · Official forum: 1.1.04 Flourishing Spring update notes (official) · Rise of Kingdoms on the App Store: version history (Lilith) (official)

Official King of the Nile is named in the official 1.1.00 update notes.

Official forum: 1.1.00 Song of Troy update notes (official)

Community data Older community lists also name Strife of the Eight, March of the Ages, Desert Conquest.

Each year a new key story is tested as a Pioneer first:

• King of All Britain

  Official

  Tested as a Pioneer in 1.0.87 (October 2024); the teaser let players try Prime Ragnar Lodbrok.

  Official forum: 1.0.87 update notes (official)

• Song of Troy

  Official

  Tested as a Pioneer in 1.1.00 (October 2025): Gods and Patrons, the Olympian Arena, and the commanders Achilles and Hector.

  Official forum: 1.1.00 Song of Troy update notes (official)

Version 1.1.03 (January 2026) added the A+ tier, so the tiers are now A, A+, S and S+. The 1.1.12 update (September 2026) lets different domains of the same kingdom be matched into the same Lost Kingdom and adds individual season rank rewards.

Official forum: 1.1.03 Verdant Spring update notes (official) · Rise of Kingdoms on the App Store: version history (Lilith) (official)

• Community data

  A recurring alliance-against-alliance battleground event, held almost every two weeks.

  1.0.80 update: Ark of Osiris registration (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

• Community data

  Registration opens on Wednesdays for 3 days; each alliance can field up to 3 teams.

  1.0.80 update: Ark of Osiris registration (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

• Community data

  Silver Battlefield was cut to 15 players per side and 30-minute matches in 1.0.88.

  1.0.88 update: Silver Battlefield changes (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

• Official

  Since 1.1.03, Golden Battlefield matchmaking takes a player’s participation rate over the last 90 days into account.

  Official forum: 1.1.03 Verdant Spring update notes (official)

• Community data

  A ranked kingdom event. Most guides list six stages: Training, Barbarians, Gathering, Power, Kill enemies and Final.

  The Mightiest Governor event (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

• Community data

  Each stage lasts 24 hours and the last one 48 hours.

  The Mightiest Governor event (riseofkingdomsguides.com) (community)

• Community data

  The top 50 win sculptures of the featured Legendary commander: 180 for 1st, 90 for 2nd, 60 for 3rd, down to 1.

  Events/The Mightiest Governor (Rise of Kingdoms Wiki, fandom) (community)

Which commanders lead in KvK: commander meta by role. Moving kingdoms between seasons: migration rules.