Kingshot Merchant Empire Guide: Caravans, Raids and Strategy

Kingshot Merchant Empire is a recurring event built around escorting your own caravans, protecting their cargo, assisting alliance members, and raiding caravans belonging to other players.

Caravan rarity affects the potential reward quality, but rarity is not the only factor that matters. A valuable cargo item, strong escort, low raid risk, and useful Alliance Brawl points can make one caravan more worthwhile than another.

This guide explains the event schedule, caravan refresh system, SSR guarantee, assistance rules, power calculation, raid limits, fire and crossed-sword icons, and the best F2P strategy for maximizing rewards.

Merchant Empire Overview

Merchant Empire Schedule and Daily Limits

Merchant Empire normally appears once per month after Kingdom of Power. In kingdoms that qualify for Alliance Brawl, both events commonly run together. Younger kingdoms that have not unlocked Alliance Brawl may receive Merchant Empire as a standalone event.

The event interface remains available for seven days, but the complete period is not one continuous escort phase.

• Days 1–6: Escort your own caravans and raid eligible enemy caravans.
• Final four hours: Continue raiding, but no new caravan can be dispatched.

Each player can send four caravans during every 24-hour reset period. Since only two can travel at the same time, the normal schedule is two dispatches followed by another two after the first pair finishes.

Maximum caravans per event

Four daily caravans across six escort days gives a maximum of:

Missing one daily reset permanently reduces the number of personal caravans available during that event session.

Recommended daily schedule

1. Open the event shortly after the daily caravan reset.
2. Refresh and dispatch the first two caravans.
3. Return after approximately 3.5 hours.
4. Collect the completed caravans.
5. Dispatch the remaining two daily caravans.
6. Complete raids and alliance assistance before the next reset.

Caravan Rarities and Rewards

Merchant Empire has four caravan rarities.

Potential caravan rewards include:

• Forgehammers
• Gems
• Hero shards
• Governor Gear materials
• Governor Charm materials
• Pet materials
• Resources
• Quick March items
• Hero skill books
• Alliance Brawl points when the events overlap

Is SSR always the best caravan?

SSR is the highest rarity and generally provides the strongest potential rewards. However, the best caravan for your account depends on the actual cargo.

For example, an SR caravan containing a material that immediately completes an important upgrade may be more useful than an SSR caravan containing low-priority items.

Before spending Caravan Vouchers or gems, compare:

• The cargo’s usefulness to your current progression
• The number of refreshes already used
• The remaining gem cost
• Your expected raid risk
• The strength of the available assisting squad
• Whether Alliance Brawl points are also important

How Caravan Refreshing Works

Every caravan begins with one free refresh. After using the free refresh, further attempts require one Caravan Voucher or an increasing number of gems.

The sixth total refresh guarantees an SSR caravan if one has not already appeared.

Best refresh order

1. Inspect the starting rarity and cargo.
2. Use the free refresh when the starting caravan is weak.
3. Inspect the new cargo before continuing.
4. Use Caravan Vouchers before spending gems.
5. Set a gem limit before beginning the refresh sequence.
6. Continue to the SSR guarantee only when its likely value justifies the cost.

Where to get Caravan Vouchers

Caravan Vouchers are obtained through Alliance Brawl. They are used to refresh caravan quality without paying the listed gem cost.

Save Vouchers for caravans where the free refresh produces an unwanted rarity or cargo. Avoid using them automatically on an SR caravan before checking its items.

Should You Spend Gems for an SSR Caravan?

Spending gems can be worthwhile, but only when the expected reward and Alliance Brawl value exceed the refresh cost.

Gems are easier to justify when:

• You are close to the guaranteed SSR refresh.
• The caravan contributes an important Alliance Brawl target.
• The SSR cargo contains a scarce progression material.
• A strong assisting squad is available.
• You have already budgeted gems for the event.

Stop refreshing when:

• The current SR cargo already supports your account.
• The next refresh costs 500 gems and no guarantee is close.
• You lack a strong escort or assisting squad.
• Your kingdom is experiencing heavy caravan raiding.
• The likely reward does not justify the gem cost.

Do not treat SSR as a mandatory result for all 24 event caravans. A controlled refresh budget usually provides better long-term value than repeatedly paying 500 gems.

How to Send and Protect a Caravan

1. Open Merchant Empire.
2. Select an available caravan slot.
3. Review its rarity and cargo.
4. Use the free refresh or additional refreshes when needed.
5. Select your escort formation or request alliance assistance.
6. Confirm the caravan’s current power.
7. Dispatch it before the daily reset or escort cutoff.

A caravan takes approximately 3.5 hours to complete its journey. It can still be attacked while the owner is offline.

Best dispatch timing

There is no universally raid-proof dispatch time. However, protection may improve when:

• Strong alliance members are online and can post assisting squads.
• Your kingdom’s most active raiders are less active.
• The caravan will finish before you become unavailable.
• You avoid leaving both daily dispatches until the final hours.
• You use the strongest assistance on the most valuable cargo.

Kingshot Caravan Assistance Guide

Caravan Assistance allows an alliance member’s posted squad to protect your caravan.

How to request caravan assistance

1. Open the caravan preparation screen.
2. Select Assisting Squads.
3. Review the squads posted by alliance members.
4. Select the strongest suitable squad.
5. Confirm the caravan and dispatch it.

You can only select allies who have already posted a squad on the assistance list. If an alliance member is missing, ask them to open Merchant Empire and register an assisting formation.

Assistance limits

• You can request protection for one caravan per day.
• You can receive assistance rewards up to three times per day.
• Each hero can escort only one caravan at a time.
• An assisting formation can contain up to three heroes.

Why is one hero missing from the assisting squad?

A hero cannot escort two caravans simultaneously. If one of the selected heroes is already protecting another caravan, that hero may be unavailable in the new assisting formation.

Why did the assisting squad’s power change?

Escort power updates in real time. If the assisting player upgrades heroes, gear, Charms, Governor Gear, pets, or another applicable statistic while the caravan is travelling, its displayed escort power may change.

Which caravan should receive assistance?

Use your daily protection request on the caravan with the greatest expected loss if raided.

That may be:

• An SSR caravan with scarce cargo
• A caravan carrying an item needed for an immediate upgrade
• A high-value Alliance Brawl caravan
• A caravan dispatched during a high-risk period

What Determines Caravan Power?

Caravan power is based on several account systems.

• Hero levels
• Hero Gear
• Pet skills
• Active buffs
• Governor Gear
• Governor Charms

The displayed power updates in real time. Therefore, an upgrade completed after dispatch can still change the power of an active escort formation.

Should you upgrade before dispatching?

Complete an upgrade first when it is already part of your normal progression and meaningfully improves the escort. However, do not spend rare resources solely to increase one temporary caravan number.

Caravan power is only one part of the decision. A very valuable caravan can still attract stronger raiders, while an average caravan may complete safely without the account’s strongest formation.

How Caravan Raiding Works

Players can locate raid targets in two ways:

1. Find active caravans on the world map.
2. Open the Other’s Caravan section inside Merchant Empire.

Eligible targets are non-allied players within the event’s matching range. Depending on the available list, targets may include players from the same kingdom or another kingdom.

Daily raid rules

• You can complete four successful raids per day.
• Failed raids do not consume the successful-raid limit.
• Raids resolve immediately after selecting Raid Now.
• A caravan can be successfully raided twice.
• Both raids combined can remove up to 50% of its cargo and event points.
• You cannot raid caravans belonging to alliance members.

What the caravan icons mean

• One fire icon: The caravan has been raided once.
• Two fire icons: The caravan has reached its two-raid limit.
• Crossed swords: The player previously raided one of your caravans.
• Competing alliance tag: The caravan belongs to your Alliance Brawl opponent.

Always inspect the remaining cargo before attacking a caravan that already has one fire icon. Some of its most valuable items may already have been removed.

Best Merchant Empire Raid Strategy

1. Inspect cargo before power

A caravan is only worth attacking when it still contains a useful reward. Do not waste a successful raid on an SSR caravan whose remaining cargo has little value to your account.

2. Check existing raid damage

A caravan with one fire icon has already lost part of its cargo. Compare the remaining rewards with untouched SR and SSR options.

3. Target realistic power

Failed raids do not consume the successful-raid limit, but repeatedly attacking stronger caravans wastes time. Select targets your available formation can defeat reliably.

4. Prioritize the competing alliance

When Merchant Empire overlaps Alliance Brawl, successfully raiding the opposing alliance reduces the points they retain from that caravan.

5. Save targets when useful

Avoid consuming all four raids on low-value caravans immediately after reset. Better cargo may appear later.

6. Use the final raid-only period

The last four hours cannot be used for new escorts, but raids remain available. Complete any unused daily attacks before the event closes.

Best F2P Merchant Empire Strategy

1. Send all four daily caravans.
2. Use every free refresh.
3. Inspect SR cargo before spending another refresh.
4. Use Caravan Vouchers before gems.
5. Set a maximum gem budget for each caravan.
6. Request assistance for the highest-value daily cargo.
7. Post a strong assisting squad for alliance members.
8. Claim all three available assistance rewards.
9. Inspect cargo before using each raid.
10. Target the competing Alliance Brawl alliance when practical.
11. Complete unused raids during the final four-hour period.

Recommended gem rule

A conservative F2P approach is to use the free refresh and Caravan Vouchers first. Spend gems only when:

• The next refresh is inexpensive
• The SSR guarantee is close
• The account specifically needs the potential cargo
• The caravan can be protected properly
• The refresh also supports an important Alliance Brawl objective

Should You Send SR or Keep Refreshing for SSR?

Merchant Empire progression is only one part of a developed account. Players comparing a new profile with an established roster can review a Kingshot account for sale while checking heroes, pets, Governor Gear, Charms, caravan power, kingdom age, and remaining upgrade resources.

Merchant Empire and Alliance Brawl

Merchant Empire often runs alongside Alliance Brawl. In eligible kingdoms, caravan escorts and raids can contribute to the alliance competition.

Higher-rarity caravans can provide more Alliance Brawl value, while raiding the opponent’s tagged caravans reduces the points they keep.

Alliance coordination checklist

• Post strong assisting squads early each day.
• Tell members which squads should protect SSR caravans.
• Share high-value raid targets.
• Prioritize caravans belonging to the competing alliance.
• Avoid raiding players from friendly or protected groups when alliance rules prohibit it.
• Remind members about the final raid-only period.

Merchant Empire can run by itself when a kingdom is not yet eligible for Alliance Brawl. In that case, the personal caravan and raid systems still operate, but the related alliance competition does not apply.

Merchant Empire Rewards

Merchant Empire rewards vary by caravan rarity and the specific cargo generated for that caravan.

Commonly listed reward categories include:

• Forgehammers for Hero Gear
• Gems
• General or specific hero shards
• Satin and other Governor Gear materials
• Charm Guides and Charm Designs
• Pet items
• Resources
• Quick March items
• Hero skill materials

The value of each category changes with account age. For example, a player approaching a Governor Gear breakpoint may value Satin or Artisan’s Vision more than another player who is currently limited by hero or pet progression.

Merchant Empire vs Other Kingshot Merchants

Merchant Empire vs Dragon’s Caravan

Merchant Empire is the monthly escort-and-raid event described in this guide.

Dragon’s Caravan is a separate Flamedragon-related shop where Dragon Essence can be exchanged for items. It does not use the Merchant Empire caravan rarity, assistance, or raiding system.

Merchant Empire vs Nomadic Merchant

Nomadic Merchant is a recurring shop used to exchange resources and purchase rotating items. It is not the monthly caravan escort event.

Searches for Dragon’s Caravan or Nomadic Merchant should therefore be answered by separate shop guides rather than added as alternative names for Merchant Empire.

Common Merchant Empire Mistakes

Refreshing every caravan to SSR

SSR is the highest rarity, but repeatedly paying 500 gems can exceed the value of the final cargo. Inspect the rewards and set a budget.

Ignoring SR cargo

An SR caravan may contain exactly the item your account needs. Check the cargo before refreshing again.

Using gems before Caravan Vouchers

Vouchers exist specifically for caravan-quality refreshes. Use them before spending general-purpose gems.

Requesting assistance for a weak caravan

Only one daily protection request is available. Reserve it for the caravan with the highest expected value or risk.

Forgetting to post an assisting squad

Alliance members cannot invite you unless your squad appears on the assistance list.

Raiding by color alone

An SSR caravan may already have lost its best item. Inspect the remaining cargo and fire icons first.

Missing the daily escort reset

Unused caravan dispatches do not create additional opportunities later. Send all four caravans before the reset.

Confusing Merchant Empire with another shop

Dragon’s Caravan and Nomadic Merchant are separate systems. Their currencies, rules, and rewards do not belong to this event.

FAQ

What is Merchant Empire in Kingshot?

Merchant Empire is a monthly event where players escort their own caravans, assist alliance members, and raid eligible caravans for cargo and event rewards.

How many caravans can you send per day?

You can send four caravans per 24-hour period, with a maximum of two caravans travelling simultaneously.

How do you guarantee an SSR caravan?

Every caravan gets one free refresh. Further attempts use Caravan Vouchers or gems, and the sixth refresh guarantees an SSR caravan if one has not already appeared.

How does caravan assistance work?

Select Assisting Squads before dispatch and choose an alliance member who has posted a formation. You can request protection once per day and earn rewards from assisting allies up to three times per day.

How many caravans can you raid?

You can complete four successful raids per day. Failed attempts do not consume the successful-raid limit.

What do the fire icons mean?

One fire icon means the caravan has been raided once. Two fire icons mean it has reached its two-raid limit and has already lost part of its cargo.

Should F2P players spend gems for SSR?

Use the free refresh and Caravan Vouchers first. Spend gems when the guarantee is close, the cargo is valuable, or the caravan supports an important Alliance Brawl target.

Are Dragon’s Caravan and Nomadic Merchant part of Merchant Empire?

No. Dragon’s Caravan is a separate Flamedragon shop, while Nomadic Merchant is a rotating resource-exchange shop.

Conclusion

Kingshot Merchant Empire rewards players who balance caravan rarity, cargo usefulness, escort strength, refresh cost, raid risk, and alliance strategy.

Send all four daily caravans, use the free refresh first, and spend Caravan Vouchers before gems. Although SSR offers the highest reward tier, inspect every SR caravan before refreshing because its cargo may already fit your progression.

Use the daily assistance request on your most valuable caravan. In addition, post a strong squad for alliance members and complete the three available assistance rewards.

When raiding, inspect the remaining cargo, caravan power, fire icons, and competing Alliance Brawl tag. Four carefully selected raids usually provide more value than attacking the first SSR caravans that appear.

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