🏰 Realms

The 8,000 Realms are the foundation of Eternum, each uniquely destined to shape the fate of this vast continent. As limited and irreplaceable strongholds, these Realms serve as the primary playing pieces of the game. Each Realm settled in Eternum can produce between one and seven different resources, depending on the metadata of the original Realm NFT and its associated Season Pass. This metadata also aligns each Realm to one of sixteen ancient Orders, however the meaning of this alignment has been lost to the mist… for now.

Settling

To settle a Realm, Lords must first burn a Season Pass, which gives them the ability to select the location of their homeland from an array of locations scattered across the map. For Season 1, there is a seven-day settling period before the game starts, allowing players to organise and position themselves before a move can be made. Realms can still be settled after this period, however the earlier in the season that Lords can establish their holdings, the greater their production potential and overall experience.

Starting Resources

Starting Resources for Realm

Food

Wheat

3,000,000

Food

Fish

3,000,000

Labor

Labor

300,000

Donkey

Donkey

3,000

Starting Military

Each Realm starts with the majority of the starting troops deployed to the first defense slot as a guard army. A small number of troops remain within the Realm's storage to be deployed as a field army should the Realm Lord wish to explore beyond their walls. Troops can be transferred from the guard army to the field army using the troop transfer process explained in the Movement & Exploration section. The specific type of military unit is determined by your Realm's biome, and is strategically chosen to have a combat advantage in that particular environment.

Starting Military for Realm

Military

Military T1 units

5,000

• 4,900 T1 units in defense slot

• 100 T1 units in storage

Note: The type of troop received depends on the biome that the realm is spawned on. Starting troops will always have a combat advantage when defending their home.

Note: Most of the starting troops are automatically deployed as a guard army in a defensive slot, only a handful are provided as tokenized troops in the realm’s storage to allow for deployment of field armies. and as field troops you can command.

Realm Progression

Realms can grow from a Settlement into a City, then to a Kingdom, and finally an Empire. Each upgrade level unlocks additional buildable hexes and defensive army slots, allowing for the expansion of your economy and strengthening of your defences. Each progression requires specific materials, outlined in the table below:

⬆️Realm Upgrade Costs

Current Level	Next Level	Resources Required
Settlement	City	100,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
City	Kingdom	500,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 250,000
Kingdom	Empire	1,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 750,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 100,000 100,000 100,000