Heroes: Kingdom: Samkok M is a free-to-play strategy game developed by Tapplus. It is themed around the historic Three Kingdoms era, which was a period between 220 to 280 AD where China was divided into the three dynastic states: Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. In this game, you get to recruit over 200 notable generals from the Three Kingdoms era and combine them with over 20 unique troop types and over 10 formation combinations to build a powerful army. With your army, you engage in expeditions and invade various cities of Three-Kingdoms-era China by challenging enemies in head-on strategic battles. After taking over cities, you can reap the rewards and use them to continue upgrading your army and you can also keep developing the city you took over to serve as passive income. Aside from expeditions, you can also partake in various game modes like the EXP Tower where you can train generals individually. There is also the Arena which contains game modes like Ordeal and Limited Campaign where you can earn valuable rewards. You can also play with your friends and build alliances, factions, or kingdoms together. Collectively, you can take over more cities and conquer the Three Kingdoms with ease.

When you play Heroes Kingdom: Samkok M, you get to relive the era of the Three Kingdoms, which was the point in time between 220AD to 280AD where China was divided into three dynastic states: Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. You get to recruit various generals and invade territories to expand your power. In this beginner’s guide, we’ll take a look at how you can start your journey as a military general and start establishing your place in the Three Kingdoms era. If you haven’t installed Heroes Kingdom: Samkok M yet, check out our installation guide to start playing the game right now on your PC or Mac with BlueStacks.

Build Your Army

In Heroes Kingdom: Samkok M, you can have 200+ legendary generals from the Three Kingdoms era, 20+ unique troop types, and 10+ formation combinations. With these, you have plenty of options in building your army.

Generals are the backbone of your army and you can recruit them to build your army. Generals come in different rarities which determine their base strength. Five-star generals are the strongest ones by default and they are strategically the best ones to deploy. Each general has basic stats such as HP, SP, Honor, Soul, and special stats like STR, INT, GOV, and Loyalty. You can upgrade these stats by levelling up generals which can be done by deploying them into battles.

Aside from stats, generals also have their own skills which are special attacks or buffs that they can activate during battle. There are various types of skills: General Skill, Chief Skill, Awaken Skill, and Mind Skill. Generals unlock more general skills as they level up.

You can also configure the troop type and formation that the general will use during battle. The troop type determines the type of soldiers that they will be fighting with during expeditions. The formation determines how they will be positioned to fight the enemy army. Each formation can be strong against several formation, but they can also be weak against several others.

Conduct Expeditions

To expand your army, you must conquer other territories. You can do this by conducting expeditions where you explore various parts of China and take over cities.

In the expedition map, cities are arranged in a sequential order. To attack one city, you must have conquered the city before it. Before attacking cities, you select several generals to deploy. The deployment limit can be increased by upgrading your main city.

The pre-battle screen provides you with useful information such as the formation that the enemy general is going to use. After the battle, you are given the option to execute, release, or capture the enemy general. If the general has at least four stars, then it is worth capturing them. Otherwise, you can execute them or let them go.

Developing the Main City

The main city is your headquarters and important buildings are established here. Throughout your journey in conquering the Three Kingdoms, accessing the main city’s servers can help you become stronger.

• Main City – this is like the city hall of your main city, and it provides an overview of the territories that you have conquered and the revenue rates that you earn from them. Additionally, the main city also provides shortcuts to territories so that it’s more convenient to develop them individually. You can also click on “Develop All” to upgrade all territories at once. Upgrading the main city by spending silver increases your hourly gold production, deployment limit, blood limit, barrack limit, general level cap, and gear level cap. When you reach Level 52 or have a VIP status, you can collect all the resources generated by your territories with just one click but note that the main city can only store a maximum of 8 hours’ worth of resources.

• Tavern – this is where you can recruit new generals, especially rare and high-quality generals, into your army. You can refresh the list of available generals by spending gold. Refreshing every 15 times guarantees that a 5-star general will show up. In the tavern, you can treat your generals by buying them booze with either silver or gold to increase their affinity with you. Once the affinity reaches a certain level, a general can now be recruited into your army.

• Storehouse – generals can be equipped with powerful gear to make them stronger. The storehouse allows you to upgrade existing gear by either spending silver to boost them or inlaying gems for bonus buffs. You can also sell gear here. Note that upgrading gear is not always guaranteed as there it depends on the success rate. This rate lowers as you keep upgrading gear.

• EXP Tower – this is where you can train generals to earn more EXP to unlock upgrades. There are two types of training: basic training and advanced training. Basic training is done by spending silver whereas advanced training is done by spending gold. The EXP Tower may also require additional resources for training generals depending on their level.

• Arena – the arena offers nine special game modes where you can earn more resources to upgrade your generals and territories. You unlock more game modes as you level up. Some game modes that you can play are Warrior Ranking, Ordeal, Limited Campaign, and Power Ranking. Game modes like Limited Campaign are only available for a certain amount of time before they become temporarily unavailable again.

• Clinic – this is where you can heal your wounded generals after a tough battle. The healing speed of the clinic depends on your level. Additionally, you can instantly recover your generals by consuming blood banks. You can refill your blood bank by using remedies (which can come in S or L sizes) or by spending gold. You may also prioritize one general’s healing over another.

• Hall of Fame – this is the leaderboards of the game where the tope heroes and champions of the server are given the spotlight. You must be Level 42 to enter the Hall of Fame.