Farm Account Guide: How to Build and Manage a Farm — KingshotPro

By The Hive Makes

In the expansive world of Kingshot, efficient resource generation is the bedrock of rapid progression and military dominance. While your main account strives for balance, a dedicated "farm account" can supercharge your resource income, providing a steady supply of what you need to grow your main city, train troops, and research technologies. This guide will walk you through the why, what, and how of building and managing effective farm accounts.

What is a Farm Account?

A farm account is a secondary (or tertiary, or more!) Kingshot account that you primarily use for resource production and gathering, rather than combat or main story progression. Its sole purpose is to feed resources to your main account, allowing your main to focus its building queues, research, and troop training on offensive or defensive capabilities without constantly worrying about resource shortages.

Why Use Farm Accounts?

Farm accounts offer several significant advantages, especially for free-to-play (F2P) or low-spending players:

• Accelerated Growth: The primary benefit. More resources mean faster building upgrades, research completion, and troop training on your main account.
• Sustain Expensive Activities: High-tier troops, advanced research, and powerful gear crafting consume vast amounts of resources. Farms ensure you can sustain these activities without pausing.
• Reduced Reliance on Gathering Maps: While your main account can gather, farm accounts can gather constantly, freeing up your main's armies for events, PvP, or defending.
• Specialization: Each farm can specialize in a specific resource (e.g., one for food, one for wood), ensuring a balanced supply chain.
• Event Advantage: Some events reward resource production or gathering, and having multiple accounts contributing can earn more rewards.

Setting Up Your Farm Account

Creating a farm account is straightforward, but requires a separate login method:

1. Separate Login: You'll need a different email address or social media account (e.g., Google, Facebook) to register a new Kingshot account. Do NOT link it to your main account's login credentials.
2. Choose a Kingdom: Ideally, create your farm in the same kingdom as your main, or a very close one. This allows for easy resource transfer within an alliance. If you create it in a brand new kingdom, you'll eventually need to use kingdom transfer passes to move it closer, which can be costly.
3. Initial Progression: Play through the tutorial and initial quests. Get your Town Center (TC) to at least level 7-10 as quickly as possible to unlock key buildings and research.
4. Join an Alliance: This is critical. Join a friendly alliance, ideally one associated with your main account's alliance, or a feeder alliance. This enables alliance help, resource gifting, and access to the Alliance Warehouse.

What to Build on a Farm Account

The build strategy for a farm account is starkly different from a main account. Prioritize resource generation and gathering speed:

• Resource Production Buildings: Dedicate most of your build slots to Farms (Bread), Lumber Mills (Wood), Stone Quarries, and Iron Mines. Early on, it can be beneficial to specialize a farm (e.g., mostly Bread, some Wood) to maximize output of a specific resource.
• Storage: Upgrade your warehouses to protect resources from being plundered by other players (though typically farm accounts are low power and less attractive targets for serious attackers).
• Barracks: You'll need barracks to train gatherer troops (often Tier 1 or Tier 2 infantry/cavalry as they have good load capacity). Don't over-invest in high-tier troops; T1/T2 are cheap to train and have low upkeep.
• Hospital: Keep hospitals at a basic level to avoid troop losses during unfortunate attacks, but don't overbuild them.
• Research: Focus almost exclusively on Economic research, particularly "Gathering Speed," "Resource Production," and "Load Capacity." Skip combat research entirely.
• Heroes: Focus on heroes with gathering or production buffs. Leveling them enough to unlock their passive economic skills is sufficient; they don't need expensive gear or combat skill upgrades.
• Defense: Minimal. Don't invest in defense buildings or powerful walls. The aim is to be low power and unappealing to attackers. If attacked, it's often cheaper to rebuild than to defend actively.

How to Transfer Resources to Your Main Account

Resource transfer is the core function of a farm account:

1. Alliance Warehouse: The safest and most common method. Your farm sends resources to your alliance's warehouse. Your main account then withdraws them. This requires both accounts to be in the same alliance or an alliance family. Be mindful of alliance tax rates.
2. Direct Trading (Resource Spot): If your farm is near your main, your farm can send troops to a resource tile, and your main account can 'attack' those troops to plunder the resources. This is generally less efficient and riskier than the Alliance Warehouse, as it involves troop losses on the farm's side and potential for third-party interference. Only use if Alliance Warehouse isn't an option.
3. Rally/Attack (Less Recommended): In some games, you can simply attack your farm account with your main to plunder its unprotected resources. This results in significant troop losses for the farm and is usually a last resort or for 'zeroing' a farm.

Pro Tip: Only keep resources your main needs on your farm account for short periods. Transfer frequently to minimize risk.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Over-leveling TC: Going too high with your Town Center level on a farm increases its power, making it a more attractive target for attackers. It also unlocks more expensive troop tiers, which increase upkeep and resource drain. Keep TC at a manageable level (e.g., TC 16 or TC 20 for specific unlocks, but no higher than necessary).
• Training High-Tier Troops: Expensive troops require significant resources for training and upkeep. Farm accounts should stick to T1/T2 gatherers.
• Neglecting Research: Even though it's a farm, economic research is crucial for maximizing resource output and gathering speed.
• Not Joining an Alliance: Without an alliance, resource transfer is difficult, and you miss out on alliance help for faster building.
• Ignoring Events: Many events offer universal speed-ups or resource bundles that can greatly accelerate farm development.
• Building Too Many Defensive Buildings: A farm's defenses are negligible against a serious attack. Don't waste resources upgrading walls or defensive towers.
• Having Too Many Unprotected Resources: Always ensure your protected resource limit covers your current storage, or empty resources to your main frequently.

How Many Farm Accounts Do You Need?

The ideal number of farm accounts depends on your main account's resource consumption and your time commitment:

• One Farm: A good starting point. Provides a significant boost and helps you learn the ropes without being overwhelmed.
• Two to Three Farms: Common for active players. Allows you to specialize farms (e.g., one for food, one for wood/stone, one for iron) or simply have more consistent income. This balance often strikes a good balance between benefit and management overhead.
• Four+ Farms: For highly dedicated players or those in top alliances. Requires substantial time to manage effectively, but can provide an almost endless supply of resources.

Start with one, master its management, and then consider adding more as your main account's needs grow.

Mastering farm accounts is a skill that will pay dividends throughout your Kingshot journey. By strategically developing and managing these secondary cities, you'll ensure your main account always has the resources it needs to dominate the battlefield and the world map!