In the Pre-Dark World, “special” buildings now known as Auxiliary Buildings stood out, served their purpose, and typically was a game-changer upon release night. Whether the building was a home for your Monster Champions or increasing your Troop Capacity, they become irrelevant over time and sometimes too quickly. However, in the Dark World, they make their comeback one way or another.
In this guide, we will cover:
- The particular building’s purpose
- What type of prints are required, and how many
- What changes Auxiliary buildings make in the Dark World
- Auxiliary building guides to continue in the Dark World.
- What to read next?
- Special thanks
- Latest guides at the hub
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Mythic Forge
The Mythic Forge allows you to:
- View your Gear Set Bonus
- Upgrade your Gear quality from basic to legendary
- Power up your gear beyond legendary
- Increase your Set Gear Leveling
In the first tab, you will be able to view your Gear and its status. When selecting the Gear, you can then see the Gear Set bonuses it provides and each piece’s requirements.
In the ‘Upgrade Gear Quality’ section, you have the opportunity to increase your Gear’s quality from Basic (grey) to Legendary by using particular items to increase per piece per level, which in the Dark World, is known as Sigils of Quality.
Once your Gear has reached Legendary status, you will find some use in the ‘Power Up Legendary Gear’ tab, which allows you to enhance additional bonuses on each piece using the Power Up Material assigned to that Gear. In the Dark World, this will be known as Power Up Material.
Gear Set Leveling enables you to grant additional bonuses by leveling them up with particular experience points. This feature is the same concept as if you were leveling your Hero but for your Gear. Set Gear Leveling bonus requires a minimum Legendary Gear from each Equipment type for you to level up the gear itself, such as the Helmet, Footwear, Body Armor, Weapon, and ONE Accessory.
You do not need all three accessories from that Gear Set to trigger. If Gear XP is required, you can accumulate it from hitting the Realm Boss or attacking your opponent.
Mythic Forge Benefits
When increasing your Mythic Forge levels, there will be benefits that you can earn from leveling.
Keywords to indicate
Multi-Level Gear Upgrade applies to the Upgrade your Quality portion, allowing you to level the particular gear multiple times for convenience.
Level 2:
- Upgrade Basic Gear to Common Quality
- Unlock Gear Upgrades
Level 3:
- Gear Power-Up Unlock
- Max Gear Power-Up Level +3
- Upgrade Common Gear to Uncommon Quality
Level 4:
- Upgrade Uncommon Gear to Rare Quality
Level 5:
- Upgrade Rare Gear to Epic Quality
- 5 Gear Power-Up Level
Level 6:
- Upgrade Epic Gear to Legendary Quality
Level 7:
- 10 Gear Power-Up Level
- Unlock Basic Set Bonus
Level 8:
- Unlock Set Bonuses up to Common
Level 9:
- 15 Gear Power-Up Level
- Unlock Set Bonuses up to Uncommon
Level 10:
- Unlock Set Bonuses up to Rare
Level 11:
- 20 Gear Power-Up Level
- Unlock Set Bonuses up to Epic
Level 12:
- 25 Gear Power-Up Level
Level 13:
- 30 Gear Power-Up Level
Level 14:
- 2 Multi-Level Gear and Power-Up Upgrade
Level 15:
- 3 Multi-Level Gear Upgrade
- 4 Multi-Level Power-Up Upgrade
Level 16:
- 4 Multi-Level Gear Upgrade
- 6 Multi-Level Power-Up Upgrade
Level 17:
- 5 Multi-Level Gear Upgrade
- 8 Multi-Level Power-Up Upgrade
Level 18:
- 10 Multi-Level Gear Upgrade
Mythic Forge Chart
Elemancy Hall
The Elemacy Hall allows you to convert your Core Troops into Elementals using Troops and a type of Elemental Essence.
The building also provides Troop Attack bonuses maxing at 200,000%, while gaining 200,000% HP when reaching level 16 before Dark stats arrive.
Elemancy Hall Chart
Missing Elemancy Hall 13 to 17 level requirements
Magitek Converter
The Magitek Converter was initially released to help convert Resources, Speedups, Blueprints, and Tomes.
Level 2:
- Convert to T4 Resources
Level 3:
- Convert to Exalted Speed Ups
Level 4:
- Convert to Royal Blueprints and Scrolls (Citadel 31 to 40)
Level 5:
- Convert tp Exalted Blueprints and Scrolls (Citadel 41 to 50)
Level 6:
- Convert to Divine Blueprints and Scrolls (Citadel 51 to 60)
In the pre-dark world, the Magitek Converter may be challenging to justify at the time. Still, when the Dark World approaches, more so Verstael’s Hero release, the Magitek Converter will become one of the most advantageous buildings in your Empire.
Magitek Converter Chart
Mercenary Fighting Pits
Like the Elemancy Hall, the Mercenary Fighting Pits are a home for your Mercenaries. When Monster Troops are released, this particular building will hold them also.
The building also increases your Mercenary Training Queue and Troop Capacity.
Keywords to indicate
Training Queue is the number of Troops you can train at once.
Troop Capacity is the maxed amount of Troops you can have in total.
At level 8, you will unlock the Mercenary healing Queue, which allows you to heal an abundance of Mercenaries with Gold and Resources.
Before the Dark World arrives, you can reach a 150,000 Mercenary Training Queue along with a Mercenary Capacity at 1.2M.
After the Dark World, as the Mercenary Pit grows, your Mercenary Training Queue will still be applicable.
Mercenary Fighting Pits Chart
Oracle Temple
The Oracle Temple allows you to craft a variety of passive permanent boosts using crafting materials.
The permanent boosts provide all types of stats and efficiencies for buildings, research, heroes, troops, etc.
In the Dark World, the Oracle Temple will continue to strive and provide additional benefits, which you can find in the Auxiliary Buildings 2.0 guide.
Oracle Temple Chart
Monster Pen
The Monster Pen is the ultimate home for your Monster Champions (NOT MONSTER TROOPS!). With the initial release, you are limited to the Monsters you can have, and it was based on stars.
Keywords to indicate
Monster Champion March shows how many marches you can have to include Monster Champions.
Monster Champions per March tells you how many Monster Champions you can have PER March.
Level 2:
- Activates Cryonade Monster Champion
- Unlocks Monster March, Monster Crystal Defense, and Monster Champions per March
Level 3:
- Activates Malboro Monster Champion
Level 4:
- Activates Tonberry and Yojimbo Monster Champion
Level 5:
- Activates Wyvern, Griffon, in addition to Spiracorn Monster Champion
Level 6:
- Activates Regaltrice, Ronin, along with Iron Giant Monster Champion
Level 7:
- Activates Cactuar, Gigantoad, Wraith, plus Master Tonberry Monster Champion
- +1 Monster Champion March
Level 8:
- Activates Memorial Flan, Realmboss Dualhorn, Flan, Mandrake, Dualhorn, Hecteyes, and Realmboss Hecteyes Monster Champion
- +1 Monster Champion March
Level 9:
- Activates Killer Wasp, Midgardsmormr, Naga, Mindflayer, as well as Treant Monster Champion
- +1 Monster Champion March
Level 10:
- Activates Reapertail, Bandersnatch, Karalbos, Kujata, Quetzalcoatl, in addition to King Tonberry Monster Champion
- +1 Monster Champion March and Monster Champions PER March
By level 10, you should have all the above mentioned Monster Champions unlocked and five separate marches allowing two Monster Champions per march unlocked.
Monster Pen Chart
Proving Grounds
In the Proving Grounds building, you can use Elixir to hit Monsters to earn older Gear items, Currency, and so on.
While this building has not been instrumental in the pre-dark world, there eventually are events that will take place in the Proving Grounds. However, newer ones will require different Elixir. With that in mind, be sure to stock, if you can, for hourly events and whatnot.
Proving Grounds Chart
Arcanaeum
The Arcanaeum building, the Secret University that took forever and a day to unlock, allows you to research, craft, and apply temporary consumable Enhancements to your Gear.
The first tab is where you can enchant your Gear. Some of the enhancements are only permitted on particular pieces.
The ‘Research Enhancements’ tab empowers your stats on the enhancements. This is exceptionally vital to do and is a game-changer in the pre-dark world.
Tip: Monster and Dungeon related enhancements are still applicable in the Dark World and become increasingly difficult to acquire.
The last tab is an overview of your Regent inventory.
Arcanaeum Chart
Command Center
The Command Center, formally known as Commander Hall, permits you to manage and promote your Commanders. The Command Center at the time was also a great way to increase your March Size, along with Training Capacity for your Mercenaries and Core Troops.
At level 10, you will reach:
- 2M Troop Capacity
- 600,000 Mercenary Troop Capacity
- 70,000 March Size
In the Dark World, the Command Center will convert to Troop Supplies and dominate the game for some time and as new levels are released.
You will also notice the Troop Capacity/March Size continues to increase. Don’t fret; Troop Supplies will still fall under the standard March Size category. Continue to expand it accordingly.
Command Center Chart
Crystal Nexus
The Crystal Nexus holds your Cores containing additional stats that you can activate. Once activated, they each have a specific duration and a cooldown period. They are not consumable, but it is limited in their usage, hence the cooldown.
Upon unlocking the Nexus, you will be granted an Adventurer’s Core, improving your Quests.
As you level your Nexus, more Cores will be released to level 10, the 12th level granting additional Core Slots.
Additional Cores:
*Cores are in order of levels 2-10
- Luminous Core
- Spirastone Core
- Emerald Core
- Tiger’s Eye Core
- Quick stone Core
- Diamond steel Core
- Abyssal Core
- Red Fury Core
- Unconquerable Core
To learn more about what these Cores do, check out the Crystal Nexus Overview link at the end of this guide!
Crystal Nexus Chart
Missing Crystal Nexus 11 and 12 level requirements
Guild Adventure Hall
The Guild Adventure Halls is a multiplayer dungeon that you and 19 other guildmates can enter to hit monsters for loot. As tiresome as it can be running back to back, it drops loot based on your needs.
Ignis Diner
In the Ignis Diner, you can collect plates and ingredients to create a meal that provides temporary consumable boosts.
To make a meal, you choose a plate and select your ingredients. Keep in mind that the stats on the dishes you see in the blog and guides are not guaranteed; they will fall into a range. When cooked, they will end up somewhere in this spectrum.
Ignis Diner Chart
Defense Ministry
The Defense Ministry is more straightforward and is more a stat-based building. This building provides Troop Armor and HP along with Training Capacity and Queue.
Defense Ministry Chart
Auxiliary Buildings in the Dark World
In the Dark World, aside from new Auxiliary Building releases, the older Auxiliary Buildings update overtime with additional advances exceeding the building’s intent to remain applicable. Not all of the buildings will update equivalently, it diversifies, but they all will have identical prints required instead of distinct ones pre-dark world did.
Check out the Auxiliary Building guides when you reach the Dark World to see how they further benefit you along with the new buildings that release as the Dark World approaches!
Click here to read the Auxiliary Buildings 2.0 guide!
Since the 2.0 Edition was getting long with updates over time, a 3.0 version starts with the War Reliquary release on May 19th, 2020, and is updated to be current.
Click here to read the Auxiliary Buildings 3.0 guide!
Upon the next series of Auxiliary Buildings, there will be a 4.0 edition to carry it out.
Special Thanks
A special thank you to Vulgarian, the original author of the “All Special Building Blueprint Requirements” guide.
A special thanks to:
DncingRetsuko
-Kato-
PrincessKat
QUTX
To everyone in the community for your exceptional contributions to charts over the years!
What to Read Next?
As we cover the Auxiliary Buildings, their purposes, and their requirements, we can review some in-depth guides to gain knowledge of the buildings or the objectives they serve.
Mercenaries
With the Mercenary Fighting Pits in the Pre-Dark World, there are many Mercenaries to choose from. See which ones suit you the best and how to utilize them.
Click here to read the Mercenary Troops Guide!
Command Center
Commanders and Troop Supplies stand out well on their own quite well in every situation and timeline.
Click here to read the Commander Hall Guide!
Click here to read the Explore the Command Center guide!
Guild Adventure Halls
Need a more in-depth overview of the Guild Adventure Halls?
Click here to read the Guild Adventure Hall: Introduction and Strategy guide!
Already in the Dark World? Check out all the tips and tricks to increase your damage in the halls!
Click here to read the Dark Guild Adventure Halls guide!
Click here to read the Dark Guild Adventure Halls 2.0 guide!
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