Premium

Premium is a feature of the game which allows a player to gain certain advantages in-game through the use of various advisors, reducing the time it takes to build buildings, train troops, and research at the Academy. It also allows you to gain Culture Points, and summon the Phoenician Trader to a city of your choice. Each of these features costs gold. The follwing will explain how to acquire gold, and also the benefits of the premium features.

Gold

There are a number of ways in which you can acquire gold. Each of them is different and provide different amounts. They are:

• Purchasing it
• Earning it
• Inviting a Friend

Purchasing Gold

Once you open the Premium window, you will see three tabs - Use, Buy, and Advantages. Under the Buy tab, you will be able to select the amount of gold you wish to purchase. Make sure that the currency is set to your currency. You will then be able to select the method by which you want to make the purchase. After that, you will just need to follow the steps and once the transaction is complete (this usually takes no more than a few minutes) you should receive a report letting you know that you have been given your gold.

Earning Gold

Just like buying gold, you will start the process through the Buy tab in the Premium Window. However, instead of selecting the amount you wish to purchase, you will click on the Earn Your Gold Coins button. This will bring up a list of all of the current offers available. This is done in cooperation with SponsorPay, an outside company which then credits your account with the gold. Please be aware that sometimes this can take longer than directly purchasing the gold. However, once credited, you will receive a report letting you know that you have the gold.

Inviting a Friend

This is a new feature and allows players to invite new players into the game. New players are defined as those who have never played the game before and do not currently have an account on any other worlds. Should the invited player reach 1000 points, then the player who recruited them into the game will be given 200 gold for their efforts (Players who share an internet connection will not be able to collect this reward). There are three ways in which you can invite a new player to the game: by email, with a direct link, or through banners on websites.

Email & Direct Link

With these options you can choose whether to start your friends in a specific location of your choosing, or to allow them to start in a specific direction or randomly spawn a city. The methods are fairly straight forward and allows a player to begin their journey with Grepolis almost immediately.

Web Banners

Web Banners work differently as these are not directed towards a specific person. As any player can place a banner for the game on a website, the banners are specific to that person and carry the link which identifies the inviting player. This method does not allow the inviting player to choose the location of the new players, but can allow a player to earn more gold as more people will see the link.

Advisors

Advisors
Administrator	Merchant	Priestess	Commander	Captain

Under Premium on the sidebar, you will find the option to enlist the help of 5 Advisors in the game. Each of these advisors provide you and your cities with various benefits. In order to start using these advisors, you will need to have enough gold in your account to activate them.

Administrator

The Administrator supports you during the development and organisation of a huge empire. You can place up to seven construction orders and he will prepare many detailed overviews for you.

One of the most valuable of these overviews is the Quickbar. The quick bar appears under the City Name and Resources Symbols, and is entirely customisable.

Another example of a provided overview is the ability to view past reports in the General Information tab of other cities. This is helpful when planning attacks.

Merchant

The Merchant optimises your economic cycles, increasing your resource production by 30%. In addition, he allows for more favourable trade with other cities.

High Priestess

The High priestess has an especially good relationship with the gods. She increases your favour production by 50% and supports your mythical units so they fight 20% stronger.

Commander

The commander enjoys the highest regard among your troops. He is able to increase your troop's motivation even further, so land units fight 20% stronger.

Captain

The Captain is an experienced seafarer who has already defeated many enemy fleets. His experience is a valuable enhancement of your naval battle force, so naval units fight 20% stronger.

Attack Planner (2.0)

The captain also comes with an Attack Planner (2.0), so that you can organise attacks easily and share them with your allies.

Cut Building Time

Next to your advisors you also have the option to instantly cut a building's construction time in half, this will cost 20 gold per use.

Cut Recruitment Times

As of version 2.07, you also have an option to instantly cut recruitment times in half, similar to how building times are cut. However, there are some limitations:

• You may only use the "cut recruitment time" feature a limited number of times for each group of units being built. A complex formula is used to work out a non-reduceable time, which must remain after using the "cut recruitment time" feature. This formula is:
  • (Units building x "20 seconds")- *lapsed time to push reduction* = unreduceable time

Note that the 20 seconds is dependant on world speed. For example, on speed 2 it will be 10 seconds and so on.

Cut Research Times (2.0)

You may now cut research times in half, similar to how you cut building times in half. This costs 20 gold per use.

Summon Phoenician Trader (2.0)

You may also summon the Phoenician Trader instantly to one of your harbours. This costs 50 gold.

Olympic Games

Olympics

Furthermore, you have the ability to hold the Olympic Games. The Olympics can begin in the Culture Tab of the Agora and will cost 50 gold, however you need a Level 30 Academy to begin. The Olympics will contribute towards your culture points, which are required to conquer and found other cities.