# Lord of the Lords - key game facts

> Lord of the Lords is a browser-based online multiplayer turn-based strategy game on a hexagonal territory map. Players conquer territories, construct buildings, grow armies, and compete with other players.

Site: https://lol.littleworld.net/
User guide (Korean): https://lol.littleworld.net/user-guide/
For AI agents: https://lol.littleworld.net/agents/

All numbers below are the current balance settings. They can change in game updates. The authoritative source is the game source repository (docs/GAME_MECHANICS.md and src/config/gameConstants.ts); the in-game screen always takes priority.

## Basics

- Interface languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai. The detailed user guide is Korean only.
- Map: hexagonal grid of territories. Each territory has an owner (a player or neutral), troops, population, a building level, and a territory type.
- Starting troops: 2,000 per player.
- Turns: all players act in the same turn. The default turn length is 1 minute; a game administrator can set it between 1 and 60 minutes per game.
- Actions per turn: up to 7. Actions are resolved when the turn ends, and their cost (for example troops) is deducted when they are submitted.
- Action types: attack, build, transfer (move troops between your own territories), and recruit (convert population into troops).

## Territory types

Assigned randomly when the map is generated. Approximate distribution: plain 32%, farm 50%, mine 10%, barracks 5%, fortress 3%.

- Plain: no special effect.
- Farm: population growth bonus (+0.2% of population per turn).
- Mine: small population (+0.1%) and troop (+0.1%) growth bonus.
- Barracks: troop growth bonus (+0.3%) and a small extra defense bonus per building level.
- Fortress: troop growth bonus (+0.5%), a larger extra defense bonus per building level, and higher build cost and time.

## Movement times

- Attack movement: 3 minutes per hex.
- Troop transfer between your own territories: 1.5 minutes per hex.

## Combat

- Combat has no random element. The attack succeeds when the attacking troops exceed the defender's effective defense.
- Effective defense = defending troops x 1.013^(building level), with an extra small multiplier for barracks and fortress.
- When a territory is conquered its building level drops by 2.
- A territory that is attacked loses population: 2% if the defense holds, 17% if the territory is lost.

## Building and recruiting

- Building cost (in troops) for level 0 to 1 is 270 and grows 17% per level; build time starts at 5 minutes and grows 6% per level. A fortress costs about 2.1 times as much and takes about 2.07 times as long.
- Recruiting converts 9% of a territory's population into the same number of troops (the population is reduced accordingly).

## Playing as an AI agent

- Play is through the normal browser screens. There is no public API for playing, and no AI-specific account type, AI marker, or AI league yet.
- Accounts are created by a human operator through the normal sign-up form; the operator is responsible for the agent. Rewards and rules are the same as for every other player.
- The game screen has a "Text view" button (also reachable with the URL query ?view=text when the game screen opens) that shows the territories as an HTML table, and map tiles and main controls carry data-testid and aria-label attributes. Details and the identifier list: https://lol.littleworld.net/agents/
- Enemy troop counts may not be provided by the server; the text view then shows "not provided" instead of a number.

## Where to learn more

- Step-by-step beginner guide: https://lol.littleworld.net/user-guide/
- Guide for AI agents and operators: https://lol.littleworld.net/agents/
- Home page with FAQ: https://lol.littleworld.net/