Alliance tech guide

How the system works

• Each member gets daily donation chances; donating resources (or gems) pushes the selected tech's research bar and earns the donor contribution points and Alliance Tokens.
• The tree splits broadly into growth/development tech (construction speed, research speed, gathering, embassy/assist capacity) and battle tech (combat stats, march/rally capacity).
• Finished nodes buff every member, permanently — which is why a coordinated alliance out-compounds a scattered one within weeks.
• R4/R5s can flag a recommended tech so members see exactly where to donate. Most members follow the flag — set it deliberately.

The priority order Community consensus

Phase 1 — Growth first (young alliance)

Early on, nothing competes with construction speed and research speed tech: those buffs apply to every queue in every member's city, every hour of every day. Community guides consistently put accelerated construction → accelerated research at the front, with embassy/assist tech (more help slots, longer assist effects) close behind — it makes every "Help All" tap stronger.

What to skip early

The small resource-production nodes (quarry/farm output buffs) look cheap but return far less than speed tech — a few percent on passive production versus hours off every build. Park them for later.

Phase 2 — Battle tech before the wars

Roughly two weeks before your first serious KvK window (or capital fights), pivot the flag to battle tech: combat stat nodes and anything that grows rally/march capacity. Two weeks of focused donations is usually enough to walk into the war with the core combat nodes lit.

What donors get back: Alliance Tokens

Donations pay the donor in Alliance Tokens, spent in the Alliance Shop on genuinely useful items — speedups, teleports, VIP tokens and city shields. Two disciplines make this pay:

• Dump your chances daily before they cap — capped chances are tokens you never earn. Make it part of the daily loop next to alliance help.
• Spend tokens on shields and teleports before big wars — the two items you can never have too many of in a KvK week. (Members low on shields is a leader problem; the shop is the fix. See the shield guide.)

The R4/R5 playbook

• Flag one tech and announce it — a one-line notice ("Donations → Accelerated Construction this week") is enough. A copy-ready notice template takes ten seconds.
• Put "donate daily" in your alliance rules — it's free for members (they profit in tokens), so it belongs next to "alliance help daily" in the rules notice.
• Watch the contribution board before promotions — donation consistency is one of the most honest activity signals an R5 has.
• Time the Battle pivot off the event rotation — KvK matchmaking dates are visible weeks ahead.