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Celesta, Mystic Guardian of the Crystal of Fire

Heroes are characters you can recruit in game to help you with battles and quests. The hero that leads your army for battles and quests is called a General. Please note: Heroes are not army members or soldiers (units).

Recruiting Heroes[]

All heroes need to be "recruited", i.e., acquired. There are five ways to do this, which varies based on the specific hero:

  • Some heroes are purchased with gold on the Heroes tab.
    • For these heroes, you use the "Heroes" tab below the Castle Age banner.
    • They cost gold to recruit, and may or may not require an upkeep (hourly fee).
    • As you unlock new Quest lands, you will find more heroes to recruit listed on the Heroes tab.
    • All generals needed to gain influence on quests can be bought here.
  • Some heroes are available as rewards from the Oracle treasure chests.
    • You spend Favor point small  Favor Points to pull a random reward from an Oracle treasure chest. Each chest includes some heroes among the possible rewards.
    • You cannot specify a general to acquire. Chest rewards are random.
    • Heroes acquired in this way are never required for quests, although they can be used when the quest states "any general".
    • These heroes are useful for the PvP and Monster Hunting aspects to the game.
  • Some heroes are purchased as Favor Generals from the Oracle.
    • Favor Generals cost 30 Favor point small  Favor Points.
    • Each Favor General has a required level to purchase. You must be at that level or higher to buy the hero.
    • Heroes acquired in this way are never required for quests, although they can be used when the quest states "any general".
    • These heroes are useful for the PvP and Monster Hunting aspects to the game.
    • Also available from the Mystic Emporium since Sept. 2018.
  • Some heroes are created through Alchemy.
    • For heroes created through Alchemy, the ingredients required to make them are obtained from various places, including monster loot, gifts, treasure chests, Kobo, or some other parts of the game.
  • Some can be obtained by simply gathering enough army members.

An A-Z photo gallery of all heroes is at Heroes Gallery.

Active General[]

While you may recruit many heroes, only one may be your "Active General" at a time. Your Active General contributes their Attack, Defense, and any special abilities when attacking (also dispelling and fortifying) a monster, invading another players army, or questing.

There are several ways to switch Active Generals:

  • Go to the Generals tab from the main navigation and then click on the hero that you want to be your new Active General.
  • Choose the general you want to use from the quick select changer where your active general is displayed.
  • Click the picture of a general by a quest and click the Select Hero button to select that one as your Active General. (If you do not own the general yet, you will have the option to purchase it, which automatically selects it as your Active General after the purchase).

Each general has different Attack and Defense stats which helps determine your battle power in duels. And they each add their own special ability, which has one of a variety of effects on gameplay.

Your Active General had formerly determined whether or not you will gain influence while doing quests, but this was changed in September 2014 so that any general can give influence on any quest.

General Levels[]

As time goes on, each general can become stronger. If you have them selected as your Active General, they will gain experience whenever you do quests, participate in PvP, and when you fight monsters (Note: you will earn experience as well from these activities, but the amount you earn will be different than the amount your active general earns). Weaker generals earn experience faster than stronger generals. You can start leveling your generals once you reach level 10.

When a general gains a level, his/her/its attack and defense will increase, and their special ability improves. Every general begins at level 1, and eventually reaches level 4. Then, at first, obtaining Hero Medals allowed a few specific generals to have their level cap raised a bit. With the introduction of Hero Crystals, the level cap has been raised for all heroes. As a hero levels up further, they will gain more attack and defense, and selected generals will see an increase in abilities, or even secondary abilities.
Note: Heroes purchased with gold will retain their level and experience if you sell them and then hire them back at a later time to avoid upkeep costs.

To level up, you must reach a certain amount of General Experience and use up a Hero Crystal. At level 20 and every 5 levels above that, you will need a certain amount of Blue, Red, or Green Evolution Crystals as documented here: http://castleage.wikia.com/wiki/Hero_Crystal#General_Leveling

The experience gained by a general is correlated to the amount of resources spent while they are active, along with the activity that the resources are spent on; not on the amount of experience the player gains while they are active. Generals can also gain experience through the use of Hero Potions, which grant a fixed amount of 85,000 Hero XP each.

Hero Experience Sources
Activity Experience Return
Stamina Activities
PvP or Monsters 7 xp/stamina
Territory Invasion 7 xp/3 stamina
War 7 xp/10 stamina
Epic Quests 0 xp
Energy Activities
Monster Energy Actions (Heal, Fortify, Class-based actions) 3.5 xp/energy
Main Quests (Hero required for the quest) 10 xp/energy
Main Quests (other hero) 3 xp/energy
Subquests 6 xp/energy
Boss Quests 6 xp/energy
Excavation Quests 10 xp/energy
Epic Quests 0 xp
Fortifying in Conquest Lands 0 xp
Upgrading Trade Market storage and trading essence 0 xp
Token Activities
Conquest Duel 7 xp/token
Guild Conquest/Land of Mist attack or defend 0xp
Guild Conquest/Land of Earth attack or defend 0xp
Arena 7 xp/token
Hero Potions
Hero Potions 85,000 xp/potion

This is a spreadsheet that lists all the heroes and their stats and abilites from level 4 up: General Level 5 Upwards Upgrades

And this spreadsheet gives the required XP to reach any level for all generals (by categorizing them in 12 different "XP tiers"): Castle Age: General leveling and XP


See also: Category:Heroes with Power Upgrades and Category:Heroes without Power Upgrades


General Promotion[]

When a player owns multiple copies of a general (or one or more Promotion Orbs), they are able to Promote the general to a higher rank, signified by an increasing number of stars. Promoting generals grants them a boost in stats, as well as a boost in ability level if their ability has power upgrades. For example, a 2* general at level 4 would have the same ability as a 1* general at level 7. The boosts are displayed in the table below.

Favor generals (bought from the Oracle general shop) used to be capped at 5 stars*, while generals pulled from chests are capped at 8 stars. Other generals generally aren't freely available to purchase, and don't have a standard cap.

*You can only buy 12 copies of a Favor General through the Oracle "general shop", however since the introduction of Oracle Generals Pack promotions in 2017 and then the Mystic Emporium in 2018, Favor Generals are no longer capped to 5 stars. If you manage to get enough copies, you can promote them all the way to 8 stars.

General Promotion Info
Rank Image Copies Needed Copies needed (cumulative) Ability Boost Ability Boost (cumulative) Stats Boost
1 Banner star 1 1 1 none (base) none (base)
2 Banner star 2 1 2 +3 levels +3 levels (baseStat*1.3)+7

Rounded off

3 Banner star 3 2 4 +4 levels +7 levels (baseStat*1.6)+17

Rounded off

4 Banner star 4 3 7 +5 levels +12 levels (baseStat*2)+30

Rounded off

5 Banner star 5 5 12 +6 levels +18 levels (baseStat*2.4)+44

Rounded off

6 Banner star 6 8 20 +7 levels +25 levels (baseStat*2.6)+61

Rounded off

7 Banner star 7 13 33 +8 levels +33 levels (baseStat*2.8)+85

Rounded off

8 Banner star 8 21 54 +9 levels +42 levels (baseStat*3.0)+105

Rounded off

*Note: Ability ranks past 5 are projected, and need verification.

Irregular ability progression[]

There are a few Heroes whose abilities don't follow the usual ability boost when promoted:

The boost their ability gets when promoted is much bigger than it should be.

These are Heroes introduced since 2017. However there are other recent Heroes which have kept the regular ability progression: Hera, The Time Keeper, Moonlight Dragon, Trundle, Zeus, Groot, Salvatore, Gloucester, Isla, Jormungand, Míchaël, Winter Dragon, Demon Warrior, Storm Dragon, Katy

Promotion Orb[]

Promotion orb

This item was introduced on Dec. 1, 2018.

The Promotion Orb is a material used for general promotion. When promoting a general, one Orb can replace one copy of a general.
For instance, if you have a general already promoted to 4*, you need 5 more copies of this general to promote him to 5*. However, if you have 1 Orb, you can use it to replace a copy, so when promoting your general it will use the Orb in addition to the 4 general copies.

It can be used on any general in the game (chest generals, alchemy generals, event generals, etc.).

As of today (April 22, 2019), the only way to obtain an Orb is through the Monkey King Promo.

General Types[]

Each general is classified as one of three types: Balanced, Defensive, or Aggressive. These types affect the materials necessary to upgrade generals at certain levels past level 20, with the hero's type determining the color of evolution that is predominantly needed.

See also: Category:Balanced Heroes, Category:Aggressive Heroes, and Category:Defensive Heroes


General Specifics[]

There are a lot of generals. Each general has its own stats. They also have an ability. They can also level up and change their stats and the strength of their abilities. Because of this, there is a bit of a disagreement on how to display this information. If you wish, you can browse our General General Tables (which carries general information on the generals). If you wish to know absolutely everything about a General, please browse that general's individual page. (Note: if you are wondering what happened to all the information that used to be on this page, it has been moved to the General General Page)


Generals[]

As of January 1, 2014, there are a total of 210 heroes, 8 of which can no longer be obtained (Nax the Blighted, Odin, Eternal Alystra, Kilgore, Dexter the Drunk, Memnon, Angelica, Elin, Noktar, Persephone and Gabrielle).

Land of Fire Heroes[]

Strider
Strider
Penelope
Penelope
Dragan
Dragan
Sophia
Sophia
Elena
Elena
Aeris
Aeris
Celesta
Celesta
Sephora
Sephora


Land of Earth Heroes[]

Cid
Cid
Zarevok
Zarevok
Sano
Sano
Garlan
Garlan
Shino
Shino
Valiant
Valiant


Land of Mist Heroes[]

Terra
Terra
Mercedes
Mercedes
Edea
Edea
Titania
Titania
Arielle
Arielle


Land of Water Heroes[]

Morrigan
Morrigan
Lilith and Riku
Lilith and Riku
Dante
Dante
Elizabeth Lione
Elizabeth Lione
Vanquish
Vanquish


Undead Realm Heroes[]

Araxis
Araxis


Atlantis Heroes[]

Nautica
Nautica


Alchemy Heroes[]

Though neither of them are available through the store, Keira may be considered the general of the Demon Realm and Cartigan may be considered the general of the Underworld.

Keira
Keira
(The Dread Knight)
Angelica
Angelica
(The Angel Knight)
Leon Ironhart
Leon Ironhart
(The Knight Hero)
Chase
Chase
Cartigan
Cartigan
Medius
Medius
Serene
Serene
Hyperion
Hyperion
Elin
Elin
Vincent
Vincent
Noktar
Noktar
Zeventis
Zeventis
Bjorin
Bjorin
Kilgore
Kilgore
(The Forest Stalker)
Dexter the Drunk2
Dexter the Drunk
Alperon
Alperon
Neo Alystra
Neo Alystra



Other Heroes[]

Master and Apprentice / Reinforcements[]

Darius
Darius


Guild[]

Deianira
Deianira
Excelsior
Excelsior
Vivian the Eternal
Vivian the Eternal
Petrus the Elusive
Petrus the Elusive
Web hero salvatore
Salvatore


Festival[]

Persephone
Persephone
Kraxus
Kraxus


Arena[]

Gabrielle
Gabrielle
Eternal Alystra
Eternal Alystra
Odin
Odin
Nax the Blighted
Nax the Blighted
Succubus Nightmare
Succubus Nightmare
General thane
Thane
Hero Layla
Layla
Hero pandaren (Chen)
Chen
Web hero zeus
Zeus
General Michael 1
Míchaël
Liz
Liz


Meteorite / FLIPPED / Happy Halloween[]

Monkey King
Monkey King
Hero hera
Hera
Hero beastmaster
Beast Master


Treasure Island[]

Wraith King
Wraith King


Caverns of Time[]

TimeKeeper
The Time Keeper


Colosseum[]

Web hero trundle
Trundle
Web hero groot
Groot
Web hero isla
Isla
Hero winter dragon
Winter Dragon


10th Anniversary Festival - 11th Anniversary - 12th Anniversary[]

Masilda
Masilda
Web hero moonlight dragon
Moonlight Dragon
Web hero jormungand
Jormungand
Demon warrior
Demon Warrior
Storm dragon general 1
Storm Dragon


The Lost Dungeon[]

Gloucester
Gloucester


Warm Winter Gift House[]

Elf dragon
Fairy Dragon


Fairy Forest - Pet Event[]

Hero Nymph
Nymph


Oracle[]

Promo Pack[]

Aki
Aki

Alpha Chest[]

Artanis
Artanis
Chimerus
Chimerus
Crom2
Crom
Mephistopheles
Mephistopheles
Orc boss
Gildamesh
(The Orc King)
Savvanah ver.2
Savannah
Serra
Serra Silverlight
Ophelia
Ophelia
Stone Guardian
Colossus
(The Stone Guardian)
Sylvanas
Sylvanas
(The Sorceress Queen)
Tifanna
Tifanna
Vulcan
Vulcan


Vanguard Chest[]

Boss ambrosia2
Ambrosia
Helena2
Helena
Illusia
Illusia
Lothar the Ranger
Lothar
(The Ranger)
Lotus Ravenmoore
Lotus Ravenmoore
Lucius
Lucius
Malekus
Malekus
Marina
Marina
Percival2
Percival
Boss skaar
Skaar Deathrune
Vorenus
Vorenus


Onslaught Chest[]

Anwar
Anwar
Athenia
Athenia
Hero aurora
Aurora
Azeron h
Azeron
Azriel
Azriel
(The Angel of Wrath)
Calista
Calista
Draconius
Draconius
Gallador
Gallador
Isolde
Isolde
Kull
Kull
(The Orc Captain)
Scourge
Scourge
Theorin
Theorin
Tristram
Tristram


Oblivion Chest[]

Banthus Archfiend
Banthus Archfiend
Corvintheus (framed)
Corvintheus**
Delfina Cloudslayer
Delfina Cloudslayer
Halcyon
Halcyon
Hyacinth
Hyacinth
Jada
Jada
Karn the Minotaur
Karn
(The Minotaur)
Kobo
Kobo
(The Goblin)
Miri Bladebourne
Miri Bladebourne
Phaethor
Phaethor
Sofira
Sofira
Xira
Xira
(The Fallen Archangel)


Annihilator Chest[]

Ameron
Ameron
Elaida
Elaida
Raziel the Silent
Raziel
(The Silent)
Serylius
Serylius
Severin
Severin
Zurran2
Zurran


Ascension Chest[]

Hero agamemnon
Agamemnon
Alyzia
Alyzia
Hero aurelius
Aurelius
Evalice
Evalice
Hero jahanna
Jahanna
Misa
Misa


Wrath Chest[]

Esmeralda
Esmeralda
Felizia
Felizia
(The Arcane)
Flaminius
Flaminius
Jaelle
Jaelle
Kothas
Kothas
Tyrant
Tyrant


Conquest Chest[]

Aegea
Aegea
Amon
Amon
(The Demonwalker)
Axxon
Axxon
(The Blade Master)
Charlotte
Charlotte
Isidra
Isidra
Feral
Feral
Reinhardt
Reinhardt


Phoenix Chest[]

Aravoss
Aravoss,
Lord of the Chasm
Gale
Gale
(The Wind Master)
Ender
Ender,
Harbinger of Death
Kitsune
Kitsune
(The Fox Spirit)


Battlelust Chest[]

Adaya
Adaya
Azorah
Azorah
Bacalou
Bacalou
Deimos
Deimos
Kolrath
Kolrath
Sylphora
Sylphora


Corruption Chest[]

Jera
Jera
Krystalia
Krystalia
Kang
Kang
Mischa
Mischa
Vancy
Vancy
Tora
Tora


Reckoning Chest[]

Caewen
Caewen
Kroma
Kroma
Andraste
Andraste
Saint Viscus
Saint Viscus


Nightfall Chest[]

Saya the Undying
Saya the Undying
Jessika the Jester
Jessika the Jester
Alistair
Alistair
Alloken the Fallen
Alloken the Fallen
King Hrothbeort
King Hrothbeort
Straticus
Straticus
Emeria Jade
Emeria Jade
Count Malek
Count Malek
Grok
Grok
Rose Hrothbeort
Rose Hrothbeort
Dominus
Dominus
Astrid Hrothbeort
Astrid Hrothbeort
Luno
Luno
Grombeard
Grombeard


Kingdom Chest[]

Marcus
Marcus
Caesar
Caesar
Danielle
Danielle
Alanna
Alanna
Bear Warrior
Bear Warrior
Elf Knight
Elf Knight


Oracle Favor Generals[]

  • Most of these can be purchased using Favor Points, through the "Favor Generals" Oracle tab or the Mystic Emporium. Each Hero's viability is dependent on your current level.
Adriana
Adriana
(The Ageless
Vampiress)
Aesir
Aesir
(The Warmonger)
Aethyx
Aethyx
Alexandria
Alexandria
Annika
Annika
Anya
Anya
Aria
Aria
Attilius
Attilius
Azalia
Azalia
(The Archmage)
Azul
Azul
(The Avenging
Angel)
Barbarus
Barbarus
(The War-Faring
Chieftain)
Brakus
Brakus
Bogo
Bogo
Caine
Caine
Crissana
Crissana
(The Vengeful
Assassin)
Daphne
Daphne
(The Defender)
Dawn
Dawn
Deshara
Deshara
Dexter
Dexter
Dolomar
Dolomar
(The Magus)
Elora
Elora
(The Expert
Marksman)
Elyvita
Elyvita
Ephraline
Ephraline
(The Mystical
Faerie)
Erynion
Erynion
Fenris
Fenris
(The Werewolf)
Feredir
Feredir
(The Rogue Outcast)
Frost
Frost of the North
(The Water
Guardian Spirit)
Gawain
Gawain
(The Defender
Knight)
Godric
Godric
(The Mystical Mage)
Gorlak
Gorlak
(The Ogre)
Hero Queen Guinevere
Guinevere
Hero hemdoor
Hermóðr
Jezale
Jezale
Joan
Joan
(The Valerian Commander)
Kaiser
Kaiser
(The Assassin)
Kanbe
Kanbe
Kataan
Kataan
(The Fearless
Hunter)
Katherine
Katherine
Hero katy
Katy
(The Quirky
Princess)
Kaylen
Kaylen
(The Mysterious
Warrior)
Kendra
Kendra
(The Koralan Princess)
Lailah
Lailah
(The Seraphim Angel)
Lyra-0
Lyra
Maalvus
Maalvus of Ursus
(The Champion of
the Arena)
Meekah
Meekah
Memnon
Memnon
(The Arch Mage)
Minerva
Minerva
Muse
Muse
Oberon
Oberon
(The Resilient)
Rafaria
Rafaria of the Shadows
Ravendor
Ravendor
Hero remiel
Remiel
Sahar
Sahar
Sanna
Sanna
(The Warrior
Priestess)
Scarlett
Scarlett
(The Treasure
Hunting Magi)
Shivak
Shivak
(The Dark Ritualist)
Slayer
Slayer
(The Vampire)
Solara
Solara
(The Silverlight
Heiress)
Sorkan
Sorkan
Suri
Suri
(The Elven Princess)
Syren
Syren
(The Alluring
Beauty)
Tefaera
Tefaera
(The High Priestess
of Ilvasa)
Hero butcher
The Butcher
Therian
Therian
(The Mighty
Juggernaut)
Tyxeros
Tyxeros
(The Chaos Mage)
Vanathan
Vanathan
Vanir
Vanir
Xelia
Xelia
of the Phantasms
Zin
Zin
(The Sword Dancer)
Zolthar
Zolthar
of the Mountains


See also[]


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Heroes
Land of Fire Strider - Penelope - Dragan - Sophia - Elena - Aeris - Celesta - Sephora
Land of Earth Cid - Zarevok - Sano - Garlan - Shino - Valiant
Land of Mist Terra - Mercedes - Edea - Titania - Arielle
Land of Water Morrigan - Lilith and Riku - Dante - Elizabeth Lione - Vanquish
Undead Realm Araxis
Atlantis Nautica
Alchemy Keira, the Dread Knight - Angelica - Leon Ironhart - Chase - Cartigan - Medius - Serene - Hyperion - Elin - Vincent - Noktar - Zeventis - Bjorin - Kilgore - Dexter the Drunk - Alperon - Neo Alystra
Arena Gabrielle - Eternal Alystra - Odin - Nax the Blighted - Succubus Nightmare - Thane - Layla - Chen - Zeus - Míchaël - Liz - Hades
Colosseum Trundle - Groot - Isla - Winter Dragon - Treacherous feathers
Other Darius - Deianira - Persephone - Kraxus - Excelsior - Aki - Vivian - Petrus - Monkey King - Wraith King - Hera - The Time Keeper - Beast Master - Masilda - Moonlight Dragon - Salvatore - Gloucester - Jormungand - Demon Warrior - Storm Dragon
Oracle Heroes
Alpha Chest Artanis - Chimerus - Crom - Mephistopheles - Ophelia - Orc King - Savannah - Serra Silverlight - Stone Guardian - Sylvanas - Tifanna - Vulcan
Vanguard Chest Ambrosia - Helena - Illusia - Lothar the Ranger - Lotus Ravenmoore - Lucius - Malekus - Marina - Percival - Skaar Deathrune - Vorenus
Onslaught Chest Anwar - Athenia - Aurora - Azeron - Azriel - Calista - Draconius - Gallador - Isolde - Kull - Scourge - Theorin - Tristram
Oblivion Chest Banthus Archfiend - Corvintheus - Delfina Cloudslayer - Halcyon - Hyacinth - Jada - Karn the Minotaur - Kobo - Miri Bladebourne - Phaethor - Sofira - Xira
Annihilator Chest Ameron - Elaida - Raziel the Silent - Serylius - Severin - Zurran
Ascension Chest Agamemnon - Alyzia - Aurelius - Evalice - Jahanna - Misa
Wrath Chest Esmeralda - Felizia - Flaminius - Jaelle - Kothas - Tyrant
Conquest Chest Aegea - Amon - Axxon - Charlotte - Feral - Isidra - Reinhardt
Phoenix Chest Aravoss - Ender - Gale - Kitsune
Battlelust Chest Kolrath - Azorah - Sylphora - Deimos - Adaya - Bacalou
Corruption Chest Jera - Krystalia - Kang - Mischa - Vancy - Tora
Reckoning Chest Caewen - Kroma - Andraste - Saint Viscus
Nightfall Chest Saya the Undying - Jessika the Jester - Alistair - Alloken the Fallen - King Hrothbeort - Straticus - Emeria Jade - Count Malek - Grok - Rose Hrothbeort - Dominus - Astrid Hrothbeort - Luno - Grombeard
Kingdom Chest Marcus - Caesar - Danielle - Alanna - Bear Warrior - Elf Knight
Favor Generals Memnon - Aria - Lyra - Dexter - Gorlak - Slayer - Lailah - Fenris - Minerva - Kaylen - Scarlett - Kaiser - Barbarus - Kataan - Adriana - Godric - Suri - Solara - Zin - Azalia - Elora - Azul - Gawain - Crissana - Sanna - Deshara - Therian - Dolomar - Oberon - Daphne - Maalvus - Tyxeros - Aethyx - Syren - Shivak - Meekah - Anya - Alexandria - Caine - Ephraline - Rafaria - Joan - Tefaera - Xelia - Aesir - Vanir - Frost - Feredir - Erynion - Kanbe - Zolthar - Kendra - Brakus - Ravendor - Sorkan - Annika - Vanathan - Elyvita - Muse - Dawn - Attilius - Jezale - Sahar - Katherine - Bogo - Hermóðr - The Butcher - Remiel - Guinevere
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