Before the First Fight:
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* Restart until you get around 160 HP (and high aggro) on 2 of your 3
starting men.
* Move all newcomers Meditate sliders to MAX until they reach 100
(always train Meditate first!)
* Upgrade the weapons on the 2 geared gladiators to Gladius and Large
Basic Shield.
* Immediately click on the Doctore to the left, check the Auto Train
box and train Humility.
* Click on the Jupiter card table and drag the Jupiter Blessing card
on a geared gladiator.
* Click on the table to open the market screen, buy all the food, wine
and water you can.
* Send wine 4 times to both the Legate and Magistrate and apply for
patronage a them both.
Hire the Architect, Bard and Sacerdos.
Have your Architect build a Palus.
* Research „Song of Ceres” from the Bard and „Mars Prayer” from the
Sacerdos.
* Move your 3 gladiators to the top left 3 training positions. The
Architect builds training equipment starting from the top left to
right, one row at a time and this is how you should line up your
gladiators (you can drag and move both gladiators and Palus).
* If you were able to click fast enough, you should have been able to
get all this done before the first fight begins. Don’t worry if you
didn’t get it all done in time, just do it after the fight.
After a Fight:
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* You’ll want to heal the gladiator you just sent into battle.
* On lower difficulties, use „training speed” and „auto heal” cards
specifically (when you get to know the useful Jupiter cards, just
discard the bad ones to prevent clutter – only a few cards truly matter).
* If you got any new, strong card drops, remember to equip them.
* If you have been awarded new slaves/gladiators – sell them or let
them be cannon fodder for unfair fights from the Legate or
Magistrate (better than selling, since you will get a consolation price).
Continually – Stock Up:
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* Buy food, water and/or wine often, since the market is full after
for 2 days.
* Keep food and water around 1000 in case of an unlucky event.
* In the beginning, give wine to the Legate and Magistrate to get
easier mandatory fights and better rewards (gold), but only give the
full amount (64,128,256) or they will be angry at you for giving
them less than expected.
* However, they will soon lose faith in you faster than you can give
wine, so after a while just dont bother – spend your money on
something else.
Continually – Research:
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* Research new things with Doctore. Prioritize Blade Control, Deep
Breathing, Attack Vector, Rolling Attack, Murmillo Training and then
Dismemberment. Everything after that you can decide for yourself.
You have enough time in the year to pretty much research everything
available.
* If you get Mind Control, know that pointing the mouse determines
where your gladiator strikes at various angles and at different
sides, while the keyboard moves in directions. I just use the AI.
* Keep building Palus with your Architect.
* Keep researching with your Bard and Sacerdos (generally only do the
useful stuff, since they dont work when they are researching).
* When you have 15 Palus, replace the Architect with the Educator
(the Architects purchases stays, but researched bonuses from all
other employees disappear when they are fired).
* Have the Educator research Focus and Anatomy first, then the rest.
Train Slaves:
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* Buy strong (300+ HP) slaves from the Magistrate and train them
appropriately. I use Murmillo, since the Murmilloâs Zweihander do
more damage, and Retiarius takes so long to research.
Murmillo = high aggro, low turtle, med evasion
Thraex = med aggro, high turtle, low evasion
Retiarius = low aggro, med turtle, high evasion
* Once they have 100 Meditate, you will want to go full Weapon
training (until at least level 20). There doesnt seem to be a great
need for agility to counter equipment weight or defence to absorb
enemy damage. It looks like damage is king, so I just go for weapon
training. Besides, winning battles increases all stats.
* Maintain morale by giving coin (or wine) to your fighters (wonât be
needed with the Bard).
Train Many Gladiators:
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* Dont risk everything on one guy – train many. The game balances around
your best equipped (armor) gladiator, and when he dies, the game
difficulty does not reset.
* Do however use your champion in fights to help buy equipment for the
rest of your gladiators.
* When a champion asks for his freedom, grant it very soon. He will
(try to) escape after the second time he asks. Get around this by
using many gladiators so none exceed about 10 fights.
* On lower difficulties you can switch strong cards between your
weaker gladiators to help them improve in pit fights (cards always
return, if the gladiator dies, no worries).
* Some cards can stack to increase their effect.
Fight or Flights:
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* Keep an eye on the opponent: Be wary in the beginning if they have a
spear, a Zweihander, higher aggro or higher AI.
* Always pay attention to Jupiter Blessing cards as they can easily
decimate you without question. Some of these Blessing to be wary of
are: Curse of Magicrate (look for half health) / Weapon Master /
Reaction Boost / Dual Wield Master / AI Proficiency / Wild Animal /
Attack Stance.
Endgame:
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* All you need to do now is gather 15 gladiators, train and equip them
and wait.
* Remember to get 3 regionals! Get more regionals if you want training
and money for better gear.
* With around 50 days left buy final equipment upgrades and grant
around half of your trained guys freedom, including a few of your
main guys that were winning fights for you (they will be needed).
* Put the returned, strong cards on your remaining fighters.
* Before the final battle, replace the Sacerdos with Haruspex to curse
the enemies’s Fighting Proficiency (do it at least 2 days before, or
the effect will not be researched in time).
Specifics About Stats and Gear:
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Written by Carpetman
* I usually end up with my 2 Thraex starting guys (if they survived)
and the rest (13) as Murmillo.
* All gladiators at this point have 300-500 HP and 200-400 base damage
(without the use of cards).
* I buy light gear and stop at the big price increments. This route
from slave to Murmillo costs 492.
* Specifically, the Murmillo wield dual Gladius (80 gold) and are
armoured up with Basic Thaxe Helm, Jupiters Mail, Bronze Pauldrons,
Fancy Leather Skirt, Onyx Greaves (412 gold).
* Equipping 13 Murmillo will cost 6400 gold – upgrading the 2 Thraex
will cost about 600 gold.
* When all 15 are equipped, I buy Zweihander for the 13 Murmillos (3600).
* Afterwards, if possible, I also buy the Plus for the 13 Murmillos
(1800).
* In total about 7.000 for standard equipment, 10.600 with Zweihander
and 12.400 with the Plus.
* The Faber’s 25 % discount could be of use in this regard, but I
havent needed him to win.
King of the Jungle Achievement Guide:
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Written by Mjozerov
This guide will show you the fastest way to get the King of the Jungle achievement.
One important note is that you must have atleast a few open spots in your Ludus
to house the lion (to be safe I had 5 spaces open), if not it will eat one of your
men and run away. You can do this in either mode. The quickest and easiest way
to obtaining a lion to fight in the arena, is by waiting until a red event box
pops up into the middle of the screen that gives you a series of choices. You are
looking for a particular event, one that says „Your guards have found a caged lion.”
If this event does not come up, hit escape and quit to menu. Then reload your game
and you will be taken right back before a new event. Keep doing this until you find
the caged lion event and select the answer choice „Train the lion in the gladitorial
arts. It will make an impressive show in the arena.” Once you do this you will have
a new pet lion and also the King of the Jungle achievement.
