You receive awards when you reach certain milestones whilst playing Grepolis. This guide lists all known achievements (medals) that you can get in Grepolis, how to get them, and how to choose who sees them.
List Of All Awards
The following is a list of all of the Awards available in Grepolis. As you can see, there are a few requirements which are still unknown, so if you figure them out please post details in the forum.
Graded Awards
The following medals are awarded when you achieve specific requirements. Unlike daily awards, you'll still receive the medal even if other players have achieved more than you. As your level of achievement for a particular requirement increases over time, you'll get higher "grades" of the award. These awards encourage you to learn about major game features and then to keep using those features in your gameplay.
Even if you are a lousy Grepolis player and fail spectacularly, you'll still be awarded and graded for your EPIC FAIL achievements. Now you can boast about your failures!
The appearance of the award changes based on it's grade:
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Grade I
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Badly broken columns either side of the medal
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Grade II
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Slightly broken columns either side of the medal
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Grade III
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Perfect columns, draped with tattered (ripped/worn) blue banners
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Grade IV
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Perfect columns, draped with perfect blue banners
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Usually only the highest grade you've reached will be displayed, although if you reset your account, you get to keep the awards gained prior to the reset, but they are reduced to the lowest grade.
The one exception is the Victim award (which is the highest level of failure possible in Grepolis) as it has only one grade due to its somewhat amusing requirements.
Daily Awards
Each of the following awards are handed out once a day to the player who best achieves the awards' requirements. For example, the person who loots the most cities in a day, more than anyone else in the world (server), will get the "Looter of the day" award. However, they only appear once 30 days have passed on a world (non-dependent on speed).
Daily awards look like a tombstone and have the date engraved on them, along with a picture representing the achievement:
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Attacker of the Day
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Kill the most troops in a day as an attacker
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Defender of the Day
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Defeat the most units in a day as a defender
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Looter of the Day
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Loot the most resources in a day
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Great power of the Day
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Conquer the most cities in a day
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Supporter of the Day
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Collect the most battle points as a supporter.
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You can collect large numbers of these daily awards - each time you're the best on the server for one of the requirements above you'll be awarded with a new tombstone! Note that these only appear 30 days after the World opens (non-dependent on speed).
Special Awards
Every so often, something unusual happens in Grepolis, such as an Advent calendar quest or the Easter Event 2013. Not surprisingly there's awards for these special events or quests. You can find all of them below.
Easter
This award is earned by participating in the Easter Event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Easter Egg Hunt Award
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Grepolympic Awards
To recognize the achievements of players in the 1st Annual Grepolympic Games, various awards are available to be won by those lucky enough to place well in the games. The first type of award is based on ranking in the events.
Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Athletic Hoplite Racer
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You made it into the top 500. Your rank:
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1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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4th - 500th Place
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Athletic Archer
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You made it into the top 500. Your rank:
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1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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4th - 500th Place
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Athletic Javelin Thrower
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You made it into the top 500. Your rank:
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1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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4th - 500th Place
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Chariot Race
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You made it into the top 500. Your rank:
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1st Place
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2nd Place
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3rd Place
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4th - 500th Place
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The second type of award is for training your athletes to the best possible condition in order to compete at top form in the events.
Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Trained Hoplite
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Award for earning training points
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5 Training Points
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10 Training Points
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20 Training Points
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35 Training Points
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Trained Archer
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Award for earning training points
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5 Training Points
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10 Training Points
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20 Training Points
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35 Training Points
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Trained Javelin Thrower
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Award for earning training points
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5 Training Points
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10 Training Points
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20 Training Points
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35 Training Points
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Trained Chariot Racer
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Award for earning training points
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5 Training Points
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10 Training Points
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20 Training Points
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35 Training Points
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Oktoberfest 2012
These awards are earned by participating in the Oktoberfest by producing beer.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Oktoberfest
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You have produced 250 litres of beer
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You have produced 750 litres of beer
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You have produced 2,000 litres of beer
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You have produced 4,000 litres of beer
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Halloween
These awards are earned by participating in the Halloween event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Pumpkin Collector
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Collect 20 pumpkins.
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Collect 50 pumpkins.
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Collect 90 pumpkins.
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Collect 130 pumpkins.
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Pumpkin Hunter
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Collect 10 pumpkins in less than 60 seconds.
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It's Halloween
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You are a 2012 Halloween participant.
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Halloween Event Reward
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Login during Halloween 2011.
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Advent Calendar
These awards are earned by participating in the Advent Calendar.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Collector of Gifts
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Collect one gift.
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Collect six gifts.
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Collect fourteen gifts.
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Collect twenty-four gifts.
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Advent Calendar Award
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Find all the gifts.
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Easter Events 2013
These awards are earned by participating in the Easter Event 2013.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Glutton
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You have fed your chicken 50 times
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You have fed your chicken 100 times
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You have fed your chicken 200 times
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You have fed your chicken 400 times
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Halloween 2013
These awards are earned by participating in Halloween 2013.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Alchemist
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Create one mixture.
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Create five mixtures.
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Create twenty mixtures.
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Create forty-five mixtures.
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Philosopher
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Find one recipe.
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Find five recipes.
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Find ten recipes.
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Find twenty recipes.
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Tyche's Calendar 2013
These awards are earned by participating in the Tyche's Calendar event by spinning Tyche's wheel.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Tyche's Calendar
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You have spun Tyche's wheel once.
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You have spun Tyche's wheel 5 times.
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You have spun Tyche's wheel 10 times.
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You have spun Tyche's wheel 24 times.
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Jason's hen event 2014
These awards are earned by participating in the event of Jason's hen.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Friend of the hen
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Jason's hen has layed 1 egg.
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Jason's hen has layed 5 eggs.
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Jason's hen has layed 20 eggs.
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Jason's hen has layed 40 eggs.
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Colorful Easter
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Jason's hen has layed 1 colorful egg.
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Jason's hen has layed 2 colorful eggs.
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Jason's hen has layed 3 colorful eggs.
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Jason's hen has layed 4 colorful eggs.
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Hephaestus's Forge 2014
These awards are earned by participating in the Hephaestus Forge.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Divine Forge
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You have already invested 1 divine orbs in Hephaestus's craft.
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You have already invested 15 divine orbs in Hephaestus's craft.
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You have already invested 40 divine orbs in Hephaestus's craft.
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You have already invested 70 divine orbs in Hephaestus's craft.
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Thracian Conquest 2014
These awards are earned by participating in the Thracian Conquest event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Leader of the Thracians
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You have rallied 100 Thracian mercenaries under your command.
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You have rallied 400 Thracian mercenaries under your command.
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You have rallied 1,000 Thracian mercenaries under your command.
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You have rallied 5,000 Thracian mercenaries under your command.
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Purging the Thracian Rebels
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You have eliminated 500 Thracian Rebels.
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You have eliminated 3,000 Thracian Rebels.
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You have eliminated 10,000 Thracian Rebels.
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You have eliminated 50,000 Thracian Rebels.
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Thracian Opressor
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You have cleared 3 battlegrounds in Thrace.
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You have cleared 15 battlegrounds in Thrace.
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You have cleared 40 battlegrounds in Thrace.
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You have cleared 60 battlegrounds in Thrace.
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Thracian Unity
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You have pacified 1 Thracian realm.
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You have pacified 2 Thracian realms.
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You have pacified 3 Thracian realms.
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You have pacified 4 Thracian realms.
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Persian Conquest 2014
This award is earned by participating in the Persian Conquest event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Level V
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Alliance Placing
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Your alliance is ranked at first place.
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Your alliance is ranked at second place.
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Your alliance is ranked at third place.
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Your alliance is ranked at fourth place.
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Your alliance is ranked at fifth place or lower.
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Halloween 2014
These awards are earned by participating in Halloween 2014.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Master of Elements
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Create one mixture.
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Create five mixtures.
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Create twenty mixtures.
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Create forty-five mixtures.
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Master of Experiments
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Find one recipe.
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Find five recipes.
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Find ten recipes.
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Find twenty recipes.
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Tyche's Advent Calendar 2014
This award is earned by participating in Tyche's Advent Calendar 2014.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Fortunate Ruler
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Spin Tyche's wheel one time.
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Spin Tyche's wheel five times.
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Spin Tyche's wheel ten times.
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Spin Tyche's wheel twenty-four times.
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Thessalonike the Mermaid 2015
This award is earned by participating in Thessalonike the Mermaid 2015 (Valentine's Day).
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Thessalonike's Sweetheart
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Receive one gift.
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Receive five gift.
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Receive ten gifts.
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Receive twenty gifts.
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Battle of Troy 2015
These awards are earned by participating in the Battle of Troy 2015 event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Leader of the Trojan War
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You have rallied X Trojan mercenaries under your command.
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You have rallied X Trojan mercenaries under your command.
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You have rallied 500 Trojan mercenaries under your command.
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You have rallied X Trojan mercenaries under your command.
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Trojan Massacre
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You have eliminated X enemies.
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You have eliminated X enemies.
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You have eliminated X enemies.
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You have eliminated 10,000 enemies.
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Conqueror of Troy
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You have cleared X battlegrounds in Troy.
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You have cleared X battlegrounds in Troy.
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You have cleared 20 battlegrounds in Troy.
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You have cleared X battlegrounds in Troy.
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Easter 2015
These awards are earned by participating in the Easter 2015 event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Egg Crusher of the Day
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Be ranked #1 in the world for harmony points.
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Egg Master 2015
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Be ranked #4 overall for harmony points.
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Be ranked #3 overall for harmony points.
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Be ranked #2 overall for harmony points.
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Be ranked #1 overall for harmony points.
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Hen Whisperer
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Create one reward.
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Create five rewards.
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Create twenty-five rewards.
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Create fifty rewards.
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Elemental Analyst
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Find one recipe.
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Find ten recipes.
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Find twenty-five recipes.
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Find fifty recipes.
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Commander of Rome 2015
These awards are earned by participating in the Commander of Rome 2015 event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Warmaster
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Be ranked #1 in the world for honor points.
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Heroic Commander 2015
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Be ranked #4 overall for honor points.
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Be ranked #3 overall for honor points.
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Be ranked #2 overall for honor points.
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Be ranked #1 overall for honor points.
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Crusher of Legions
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Kill 250 units.
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Kill 1,500 units.
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Kill 5,000 units.
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Kill 10,000 units.
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Captured Standards
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Clear three stages.
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Clear eight stages.
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Clear twenty stages.
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Clear fifty stages.
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Commander of Legions
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Command 50 soldiers.
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Command 200 soldiers.
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Command 500 soldiers.
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Command 1200 soldiers.
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Spartan Assassins 2015
These awards are earned by participating in the Spartan Assassins 2015 event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Master Assassin
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Be ranked #1 in the world for honor points.
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Master Collector
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Be the first in a world to complete a collection.
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Cavalry Collection
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Complete the cavalry collection.
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Legionary Collection
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Complete the legionary collection.
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Sapper Collection
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Complete the sapper collection
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Legionnaire Assassin
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Shoot 10 legionary targets.
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Shoot 25 legionary targets.
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Shoot 55 legionary targets.
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Shoot 90 legionary targets.
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Cavalry Assassin
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Shoot 10 cavalry targets.
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Shoot 25 cavalry targets.
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Shoot 55 cavalry targets.
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Shoot 90 cavalry targets.
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Sapper Assassin
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Shoot 10 Sapper targets.
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Shoot 25 Sapper targets.
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Shoot 55 Sapper targets.
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Shoot 90 Sapper targets.
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Halloween 2015
These awards are earned by participating in the Halloween 2015 event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Master Conjurer
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Be ranked #1 for daily blood points.
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Grand Master 2015
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Be ranked #4 overall.
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Be ranked #3 overall.
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Be ranked #2 overall.
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Be ranked #1 overall.
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Dark Conjurer
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Perform 1 incantation.
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Perform 5 incantations.
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Perform 25 incantations.
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Perform 50 incantations.
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Dark Scribe
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Find 1 incantations.
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Find 5 incantations.
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Find 25 incantations.
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Find 50 incantations.
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Tyche's Advent Calendar 2015
These awards are earned by participating in the Tyche's Advent Calendar 2015 event.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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All the Crystals
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Obtain all five crystals.
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Lucky Winter Fun
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Spin Tyche's wheel one time.
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Spin Tyche's wheel five times.
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Spin Tyche's wheel ten times.
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Spin Tyche's wheel twenty-four times.
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Demeter 2016
These awards are earned by participating in Demeter 2016.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Master Innkeeper
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Be ranked #1 for daily hospitality points.
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Fresh Meat!
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Serve 3 skewers in a row.
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Cheers!
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Serve 3 red wines in a row.
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Fed them all
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Serve every guest.
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Land of Milk and Honey
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Serve every possible meal.
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Lord of the Innkeepers 2016
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Be ranked #4 for overall hospitality points.
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Be ranked #3 for overall hospitality points.
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Be ranked #2 for overall hospitality points.
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Be ranked #1 for overall hospitality points.
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Feeding the Poor
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Serve 1 meal.
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Serve 5 meals.
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Serve 25 meals.
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Serve 50 meals.
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Most Creative Cook
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Discover 1 meal.
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Discover 5 meals.
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Discover 25 meals.
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Discover 50 meals.
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Gameplay Awards
Gameplay awards can be achieved by completing various in-game tasks. Each award has 4 levels (with the exception of world wonder era, experienced ruler, and victim awards). Below is a comprehensive list of all in-game awards and requirements.
Hero Awards
These awards are earned by using Heroes.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Friend of Heroes
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You have successfully recruited 1 hero.
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You have successfully recruited 5 heroes.
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You have successfully recruited 10 heroes.
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You have successfully recruited 20 heroes.
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Creator of Legends
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You have helped 1 hero achieve the maximum level.
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You have helped 5 heroes achieve the maximum level.
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You have helped 10 heroes achieve the maximum level.
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You have helped 20 heroes achieve the maximum level.
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Island Quest Awards
These awards are earned by completing the Island Quests.
Title
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Ruler of your lands
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You have successfully completed 10 island quests
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You have successfully completed 50 island quests
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You have successfully completed 200 island quests
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You have successfully completed 1000 island quests
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Aggressive ruler
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You have completed 10 quests in a reprehensible manner
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You have completed 50 quests in a reprehensible manner
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You have completed 200 quests in a reprehensible manner
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You have completed 400 quests in a reprehensible manner
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Wise ruler
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You have completed 10 island quests with great care
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You have completed 50 island quests with great care
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You have completed 200 island quests with great care
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You have completed 400 island quests with great care
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Misc Awards
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Experienced Ruler
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You have successfully completed all of the tutorial quests
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Age of Wonders Awards
You can view a Hall of Fame of those alliances which have been awarded the Victor of X award in the Hall of Fame
Resource Gathering
These awards encourage you to gather as many resources as possible, which in turn will allow you to increase the size of your civilisation and army.
While you can gain resources by building up your Timber Camp, Quarry and Silver mine, you will gain far more resources if you loot farming villages, attack enemy cities and trade goods at the market.
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Robber
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Loot/Demand resources from other players
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500 Resources
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50,000 Resources
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2,500,000 Resources
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50,000,000 Resources
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Jinxed
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Lose units while Looting/Demanding
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50 Units
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250 Units
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1,000 Units
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5,000 Units
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Merchant
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Trade goods at the Marketplace
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20,000 Resources
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200,000 Resources
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2,000,000 Resources
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20,000,000 Resources
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Civilization Size
These awards encourage you to increase the size of your civilization by:
In order to get more cities, you'll need more Culture.
The purpose of increasing your civilization is to enable you to support a bigger army. If you're doing it just for the points (known as being a "Points whore" or "Sim city player") then enemies will just wipe you off the map as your cities will be easy targets for them to capture!
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Point King
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Increase your point score
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2000 Points
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25,000 Points
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250,000 Points
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2,000,000 Points
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Bread and Games
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Increase your Culture level
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CP Level 5
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CP Level 20
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CP Level 50
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CP Level 150
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Determined Expansionist
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Build Colony Ships
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5 Ships
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50 Ships
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200 Ships
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500 Ships
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Peaceful Settler
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Colonize new cities
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5 Cities
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25 Cities
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75 Cities
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150 Cities
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Conqueror
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Conquer enemy cities
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5 Cities
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25 Cities
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75 Cities
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150 Cities
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Island Overlord
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Own all city and anchor points on an island
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1 Island
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3 Islands
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5 Islands
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10 Islands
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Ruler of the Seas
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Ocean Ranking (appears 2 months after World start)
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Top 100
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Top 30
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Top 5
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Rank #1
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Ruler of the World
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World Ranking (appears 2 months after World start)
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Top 1000
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Top 100
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Top 20
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Rank #1
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Recruitment
These awards encourage you to recruit more troops - a bigger army enables you to:
- Defend better against enemy attacks
- Attack and/or capture enemy cities
- Loot more resources from farms and enemies
- Gain more battle points during wars
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Trainer
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Demand Troops from farm villages
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100 Recruits
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1,000 Recruits
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10,000 Recruits
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100,000 Recruits
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Legendary Army
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Train mythical creatures
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5 mythical units
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50 mythical units
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500 mythical units
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5000 mythical units
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Espionage
These awards encourage you to spy on other players. Your espionage activities reveal detailed information about your enemies, including:
- The number and type of troops stationed in their city
- The amount of resources they have in their warehouse
- The levels of all their buildings
Armed with this information, you can better plan your attacks and have a better idea of what to expect should the enemy attack you first.
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Spy
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Complete spy missions
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5 Missions
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50 Missions
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500 Missions
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5000 Missions
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Double Agent
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Fail spy missions
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5 Missions
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50 Missions
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500 Missions
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5000 Missions
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War
These awards encourage you to wage war - both defending your own villages and alliance villages, and to attack enemy villages.
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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Divine Aid
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Cast divine spells
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10 Times
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100 Times
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1,000 Times
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10,000 Times
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Unrelenting Fighter
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Kill enemy units in battle as an attacker. (Based off of units killed, not BP).
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250 Kills
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2,500 Kills
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25,000 Kills
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250,000 Kills
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Heroic Death
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Lose troops while defending an ally
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100 Deaths
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1,000 Deaths
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10,000 Deaths
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100,000 Deaths
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Watery Grave
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Lost without a fight
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10 Drowned
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100 Drowned
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1,000 Drowned
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10,000 Drowned
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Victim
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Die quickly
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Killed less than 7 days after Beginner Protection ends
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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Speed Worlds
These awards are only available on "speed worlds" (worlds where everything happens at an accelerated rate)...
Medal
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Title
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Description
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Level I
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Level II
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Level III
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Level IV
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We Came, We Played, We Conquered
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High alliance rank at end of Speed World
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Top 100
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Top 25
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Top 10
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Rank #1
|
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Ruler of the World
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High player rank at end of Speed World
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Top 100
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Top 25
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Top 10
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Rank #1
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Note: Normal worlds also have a "Ruler of the World" award, for more information see Civilization Size.
Choosing which awards to display
By default, when you receive an award only you will see it. If you want other players to see your awards, you need to edit your award settings.
To do this, go in to your Profile and choose the Awards section.
You can change the default setting for each server that you have an account shown on - select the server from the first drop down, then select what should happen when you receive new awards on that server:
- Only visible to you -- New awards are only shown to you, nobody else can see them
- Visible to the alliance -- New awards are made visible to members of your alliance
- Note: It's not clear how "visible to alliance" works - for example, is it just the alliance you're in or does it also include pact alliances (allies and NAPs)? It's also unclear as to whether your alliance on other servers can see awards that aren't from that server.
- Visible to everyone -- New awards are made visible to all Grepolis players (on all servers)
For example, if you select the "Visible to everyone" setting, then new awards will automatically be added to the "Visible to everyone" column. You're existing awards will not be updated, you'll have to move them manually if you want to change who can see them.
Regardless of the default settings, you can still manually rearrange your awards between the three columns by dragging them to a different column.
Depending on which column the award is in, other players will be able to see it in a bar at the bottom of your user profile...
Award Bar (viewing other player's awards)
To see the rewards received by a player, look on their user profile page and you'll see the award bar at the bottom:
As shown above, blue banners indicate which World (server) the players were awarded on. Players can have accounts on multiple servers so it's not uncommon to see several worlds (and their associated awards) listed.
Prolific players will have a big list of awards that scroll off the edge of the screen - you can drag the award bar with the mouse to scroll it and see more awards.
Hovering over an award will display more information about the award such as it's title and what was required to achieve it.
If no awards are shown then it's likely that the player has chosen not to make their awards publicly visible.
Why would I choose not to show my awards to everyone?
Awards can possibly give away sensitive information about your account on a server - for example, do you want opponents to know that you regularly fail espionage (spying) missions or that you've recruited lots of mythical units?
Remember that you'll always get a notice when you receive a new reward so you can manually override the display of that award fairly soon after you get it. You might still choose to add all awards to the "Visible to everyone" or "Visible to the alliance" columns, and then remove any sensitive awards after you get the notice about receiving them.
How do I show my awards in forum topics and other places?
You can insert your awards in a forum topic, your profile text, in-game messages and various other places using the "Award" button as shown below:
You can choose to display all your awards, or just awards from a specific server, or even a specific award. Quite why you'd want to do this I have no idea, but hey, its still pretty cool!
The BB Codes (formatting markup used in the in-game forums) can be pasted in to your profile, notepad and anywhere else that accepts BBCode within the game.