Guardians of the Citadel

Guardians of the Citadel is a midgame raid that can be taken on in a party of 1 to 6 players.

In this raid, we're not the ones doing the raiding! Hostiles are marching towards the Citadel and it's on us to help keep it standing.

Build defenses, craft ammunition, and brew potions to help the troops of the Citadel withstand the war!

Each run starts with the objective of scavenging for resources, brewing potions for the Citadel and building defenses. You're playing against time and monsters in this challenge - you only have a few minutes to get as well equipped as you can before your party gets thrown into battle.

Teamwork is key to get your party geared up to take on the monsters that await have arrived at the Citadel!

Requirements

No requirements for Guardians of the Citadel! Just recommended levels.

Recommended levels

At least 75+ in a few of the skills listed. 90+ recommended.

This includes Foraging, Farming, Brewing, Woodcutting, Carpentry, Crafting.

Skills used

Skill	Purpose
Foraging	Forage for T1, T2, T3 and T4 Seeds
Farming	Plant seeds to get herbs
Brewing	Increases defensive % on your enemies attacks.
Woodcutting	Cut logs to be used for Citadel health and Citadel offense.
Carpentry	Use cut logs to gain Citadel health.
Crafting	Use cut logs to gain Citadel offense.

Simple Guide

Tips for Solo Success in Guardians of the Citadel

Immediate Action Plan: Start Woodcutting Immediately: Begin woodcutting as soon as the raid starts to avoid wasting any “ticks.” This ensures a steady supply of logs from the outset.

Enemy Assessment and Foraging: Assess Enemy Types and Numbers: Quickly identify the distribution of Melee, Archery, and Magic enemies. Remember that the total number of enemies (400) will be split among these types.

Forage Strategically: Prioritize foraging based on the enemy types. The system automatically forages for the highest potential seeds. Focus on: 2 seeds for the strongest enemy type. 1 seed for the second strongest type. Skip foraging for the weakest enemy type to save time.

Farming and Brewing: Plant Seeds Efficiently: After foraging, plant the seeds to grow the necessary herbs. Brew Potions Quickly: Use the herbs to brew potions that boost your defensive % against enemy attacks.

Building Defenses: If you have extra time after boosting offense, focus on enhancing the Citadel’s health using Carpentry. Always aim to keep your Citadel Health above “Enemies will hit for X% of the Citadel’s Total Health”.

Resource Allocation: Prioritize Citadel Offense: Continue Woodcutting: Maintain a steady supply of logs for crafting. Crafting: Use the logs to increase the Citadel’s offense. Aim to get the Citadel Offense to 70% or higher as quickly as possible this will grant you 35 Kills per hit. Our units will “Attack” twice as fast as the enemy. Killing the lowest number of variant enemies first.

Skill breakpoints

Foraging and Woodcutting tasks use level requirements like Plundering in Reckoning of the Gods, as detailed below. The other 4 skills do not, instead having a base time of around a few seconds at level 70.

The speed at which you complete these tasks is based on your level. Every 5 levels below level 70 will result in a 2% penalty, whereas every 5 levels above 70 will result in a 2% bonus.

For example, if a task has a base time of 2 seconds and you are level 90 in the related skill, you'll be completing it in 1840 milliseconds (92% of base time). At level 50, it'd be 2160 milliseconds (108% of base time).

This results in a maximum time of 128% time at level 1 and a minimum time of 80% at level 120.

Note: The following base times are not official, but results of independent testing:

Foraging = 3 seconds (unaffected by level)

Farming = 3 seconds

Brewing = 4 seconds

Woodcutting = 2.5 seconds (unaffected by level)

Carpentry = 1.75 seconds

Crafting = 2.5 seconds

Foraging with higher levels will add higher tier seeds to the drop table, allowing for better potions to be brewed, with lesser types of seeds being removed from the pool once the player has reached the relevant level requirement + 20. Attempting to forage while below level 60 will result in an error message.

Woodcutting will grant a chance of any logs that the player has reached the level requirement for, with lesser types of logs being removed from the pool once the player has reached the relevant level requirement + 40, as seen below.

Skill Breakpoints
Skill	Level	Details
Foraging	60	(+) Tier 1 Seeds added to drop table
	75	(+) Tier 2 Seeds added to drop table
	80	(-) Tier 1 Seeds removed to drop table
	95	(+) Tier 3 Seeds added to drop table (-) Tier 2 Seeds removed to drop table
	115	(+) Tier 4 Seeds added to drop table (-) Tier 3 Seeds removed to drop table
Woodcutting	1	(+) Spruce log added (1.6% hp/0.6% dp)
	10	(+) Pine log added to drop table
	20	(+) Oak log added to drop table
	30	(+) Maple log added to drop table
	40	(+) Teak log added to drop table
	41	(-) Spruce log removed from drop table
	50	(+) Chestnut log added to drop table (-) Pine log removed from drop table
	60	(+) Mahogany log added (4.3% hp/3.3% dp) (-) Oak log removed from drop table
	70	(+) Yew log added (5% hp/3.9% dp) (-) Maple log removed from drop table
	80	(+) Redwood log added (7% hp/4.1% dp) (-) Teak log removed from drop table
	90	(+) Magical log added (9.6% hp/4.3% dp) (-) Chestnut log removed from drop table
	100	(-) Mahogany log removed from drop table
	110	(-) Yew log removed from drop table
	120	(-) Redwood log removed from drop table

Player Contribution %

Brewing potions, cutting logs, and crafting arrows contribute different amounts of value depending on the number of players in your raid session. The more players, the less value one action is worth.

Note: The following percentages are not official, but results of independent testing

Brewing Potion Tiers (%)
# of Players	Tier 1 Potion	Tier 2 Potion	Tier 3 Potion	Tier 4 Potion
1	26.1	33.5	41	48.4
2	13.5	17.3	21.2	25
3	9.3	11.9	14.6	17.2
4	7.2	9.2	11.3	13.3
5	5.9	7.6	9.3	11
6	5.1	6.5	8	9.4

Carpentry Log Tiers (%)
# of Players	Spruce log	Pine log	Oak log	Maple log	Teak log	Chestnut log	Mahogany log	Yew log	Redwood log	Magical log
1	1.6	2.1	2.5	3.2	3.4	3.9	4.3	5	7.1	9.6
2	0.9	1	1.3	1.5	1.8	2	2.2	2.6	3.7	4.95
3	0.5	0.7	0.9	1	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.8	2.5	3.4
4	0.45	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.95	1.05	1.1	1.35	2	2.6
5	0.3	0.5	0.55	0.75	0.8	0.95	1	1.1	1.2	2.2
6	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.45	0.7	0.73	0.85	0.95	1.4	1.85

Crafting Log Tiers (%)
# of Players	Spruce log	Pine log	Oak log	Maple log	Teak log	Chestnut log	Mahogany log	Yew log	Redwood log	Magical log
1	0.6	0.8	1.2	1.65	2.2	3.3	3.3	3.85	4.1	4.3
2	0.25	0.4	0.7	0.8	1.2	1.7	1.7	2	2.1	2.225
3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.16	1.15	1.4	1.4	1.6
4	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.9	1.05	1.1	1.2
5	0.13	0.2	0.26	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.75	0.85	0.9	1
6	0.1	0.1	0.23	0.35	0.4	0.63	0.64	0.75	0.8	0.85

Rewards

Item	Quantity	Chance	Shop sell value
Guardian's lamp	1	0.1%	175,000
Guardian's brewing spoon	1	0.1%	175,000
Guardian's trowel	1	0.1%	175,000
Guardian's mallet	1	0.1%	175,000
Guardian's chisel	1	0.1%	175,000
Citadel's woodworking tips	1	0.25%	200,000
Grouping techniques	1	0.5%	175,000
Platinum ore	20-40	3%	62
Meteorite ore	10-30	3%	105
Gold ore	50-100	4%	52
Cabbage seed	10-20	4%	15
Strawberry seed	10-15	4%	30
Watermelon seed	8-14	4%	60
Grape seed	8-12	4%	80
Papaya seed	4-8	4%	100
Magical flax	75-150	4%	15
Blueberry	75-125	4%	16
Enchanted flax	60-115	4%	18
Porcini	50-100	4%	24
Pine log	75-150	4%	10
Oak log	70-125	4%	13
Maple log	60-115	4%	16
Teak log	50-100	4%	20
Oak log	40-80	4%	40
Yew log	25-50	4%	55
Coal ore	75-150	6%	11
Leather	100-200	10%	50
Gold	20,000 - 30,000	12.75%	20,000 - 30,000