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Refugee Guide

Recruit for permanent efficiency—not simply to fill every building.

Refugees provide passive bonuses when assigned to the correct buildings. The best choices improve systems you use constantly: Alliance Help, construction, research, march capacity, healing, and troop development.

This guide focuses on priority, buff values, and a disciplined ticket strategy. It intentionally does not include a personal refugee tracker.

Core Principle
Choose refugees by how often their bonus helps you—not by how exciting the recruit looks.

Priority Tiers

Which refugees should come first?

The tiers below prioritize long-term account impact over passive production convenience.

Tier 1

Essential

Secure these first. Their value compounds across nearly every part of account growth.

🤝

Diplomat

Alliance Center · Alliance

Raises the Alliance Help cap. More help touches construction, research, healing, training, and other timers every day.

Help Cap +1Help Cap +2Help Cap +3Help Cap +5

Tier 2

High Priority

Core utility refugees that directly improve progression speed, march size, or recovery.

🏗️

Butler

Villa · Construction

Reduces construction time across your building progression.

+3% Construction Speed+5% Construction Speed+10% Construction Speed+15% Construction Speed

🔬

Scientist

Bookstore · Research

Reduces research time and improves one of the longest-running account queues.

+3% Research Speed+5% Research Speed+10% Research Speed+15% Research Speed

⚔️

Officer

Military Center · Military

Adds unit capacity so your marches can carry more troops.

+500 Unit Cap+1,000 Unit Cap+2,000 Unit Cap+3,500 Unit Cap

🏥

Nurse

Hospital · Healing

Speeds healing after PvP, siege events, and other troop-heavy activity.

+3% Healing Speed+5% Healing Speed+10% Healing Speed+15% Healing Speed

Tier 3

Medium Priority

Useful once the account-wide utility refugees are established, especially for your primary troop type.

🎖️

Assault Instructor

Assault Camp · Training

Speeds Assaulter troop training.

+3% Training Speed+5% Training Speed+10% Training Speed+15% Training Speed

🏍️

Rider Instructor

Rider Camp · Training

Speeds Rider troop training.

+3% Training Speed+5% Training Speed+10% Training Speed+15% Training Speed

🔫

Shooter Instructor

Shooter Camp · Training

Speeds Shooter troop training.

+3% Training Speed+5% Training Speed+10% Training Speed+15% Training Speed

💪

Stamina Trainer

Training Ground · Production

Improves Heroic Experience production.

+3% Hero EXP Production+5% Hero EXP Production+10% Hero EXP Production+15% Hero EXP Production

Tier 4

Low Priority

Helpful passive bonuses, but generally less impactful than construction, research, Alliance Help, march size, or healing.

⚒️

Metallurgist

Smelting Plant · Production

Improves Enhancement Alloy production.

+3% Alloy Production+5% Alloy Production+10% Alloy Production+15% Alloy Production

🏘️

Community Manager

Residence · Production

Improves Zent production.

+3% Zent Production+5% Zent Production+10% Zent Production+15% Zent Production

🌾

Farmer

Farmhouse · Production

Improves Food production.

+3% Food Production+5% Food Production+10% Food Production+15% Food Production

🪵

Lumberjack

Lumberyard · Production

Improves Wood production.

+3% Wood Production+5% Wood Production+10% Wood Production+15% Wood Production

⛽

Mechanic

Gas Station · Production

Improves Fuel production.

+3% Fuel Production+5% Fuel Production+10% Fuel Production+15% Fuel Production

🏪

Warehouse Keeper

Warehouse · Defense

Raises the amount of resources protected by the Warehouse.

+3% Resource Protection+5% Resource Protection+10% Resource Protection+15% Resource Protection

Buff Reference

All refugees at a glance

Use this table to compare Green, Blue, Purple, and Orange values before committing tickets or upgrades.

Refugee	Building	Green	Blue	Purple	Orange
🤝Diplomat	Alliance Center	Help Cap +1	Help Cap +2	Help Cap +3	Help Cap +5
🏗️Butler	Villa	+3% Construction Speed	+5% Construction Speed	+10% Construction Speed	+15% Construction Speed
🔬Scientist	Bookstore	+3% Research Speed	+5% Research Speed	+10% Research Speed	+15% Research Speed
⚔️Officer	Military Center	+500 Unit Cap	+1,000 Unit Cap	+2,000 Unit Cap	+3,500 Unit Cap
🏥Nurse	Hospital	+3% Healing Speed	+5% Healing Speed	+10% Healing Speed	+15% Healing Speed
🎖️Assault Instructor	Assault Camp	+3% Training Speed	+5% Training Speed	+10% Training Speed	+15% Training Speed
🏍️Rider Instructor	Rider Camp	+3% Training Speed	+5% Training Speed	+10% Training Speed	+15% Training Speed
🔫Shooter Instructor	Shooter Camp	+3% Training Speed	+5% Training Speed	+10% Training Speed	+15% Training Speed
💪Stamina Trainer	Training Ground	+3% Hero EXP Production	+5% Hero EXP Production	+10% Hero EXP Production	+15% Hero EXP Production
⚒️Metallurgist	Smelting Plant	+3% Alloy Production	+5% Alloy Production	+10% Alloy Production	+15% Alloy Production
🏘️Community Manager	Residence	+3% Zent Production	+5% Zent Production	+10% Zent Production	+15% Zent Production
🌾Farmer	Farmhouse	+3% Food Production	+5% Food Production	+10% Food Production	+15% Food Production
🪵Lumberjack	Lumberyard	+3% Wood Production	+5% Wood Production	+10% Wood Production	+15% Wood Production
⛽Mechanic	Gas Station	+3% Fuel Production	+5% Fuel Production	+10% Fuel Production	+15% Fuel Production
🏪Warehouse Keeper	Warehouse	+3% Resource Protection	+5% Resource Protection	+10% Resource Protection	+15% Resource Protection

Strategy Guide

Recruit more efficiently

Ticket discipline matters as much as the refugee you are trying to obtain.

Start with the 500-ticket pull

Use the lowest-cost recruit to reveal one result and unlock the free refresh. This is the safest default for cycling through more pools without draining tickets.

Refresh weak pools

If the pool does not contain a refugee worth chasing, take the single 500-ticket recruit and use the free refresh rather than paying deeper costs for low-value options.

Chase exceptional rolls selectively

A high-rarity Diplomat—or another top-priority refugee your account genuinely needs—can justify continuing into the 2,000- or 5,000-ticket pulls.

Time recruiting with Alliance Duel

Shelter Upgrade day rewards refugee recruitment. Saving tickets for that scoring window lets one action improve your account and contribute to VS.

Assign by long-term value

Place refugees in the building tied to their specialty and prioritize bonuses that affect queues, Alliance Help, march capacity, and recovery every day.

Do not spread upgrades blindly

Concentrate improvement on the refugees and buildings that support your current account goals before investing heavily in passive production roles.

Default Ticket Loop

500 tickets → evaluate → free refresh

Use the inexpensive first pull to cycle weak pools. Spend deeper only when the remaining options justify the extra tickets.

Account Priorities

Match the refugee to your current bottleneck

The tier list is a strong default, but your immediate account needs still matter.

Prioritize first

Diplomat for Alliance Help value
Butler and Scientist for permanent queue speed
Officer for march capacity
Nurse for active PvP and event recovery
Your main troop instructor after core utility is established

Usually wait

Production refugees when active gathering supplies more value
Off-troop instructors before your primary troop type is supported
Deep 2,000- or 5,000-ticket pulls on weak pools
Upgrades spread across every building at once
Recruiting outside VS when no exceptional target is present

SIN's Bottom Line

Build passive bonuses that keep paying you back.

Prioritize Diplomats, then construction, research, march capacity, and healing. Use the 500-ticket refresh loop as your normal approach, save routine recruiting for Shelter Upgrade day, and reserve expensive pulls for refugees that clearly improve your account.

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