New-player protection
What the five-day shield protects and which action permanently ends it.
Eligibility and expiry #
Corrected: The current game has no “Explore as a guest” option; only villages created before it was removed can still be recovered.
Newly registered accounts receive five days of new-player protection from registration. Existing accounts are not retroactively given a new period, and villages created through the retired guest mode never received the registration shield. The game shows the protected status and expiry; protection ends exactly at its expiry timestamp.
Player attacks #
Protected players cannot be targets of land or naval player attacks. A protected sender must explicitly confirm losing their own protection before dispatching a player attack. A successfully dispatched attack ends the shield permanently; recalling it does not restore it. Invalid or rejected dispatches do not remove protection.
Safe activities #
Barbarian and pirate PvE, and scouting, do not end protection. The shield is a player-attack restriction, not a resource-production or building bonus, and not a ban on scouting a protected city. The server rechecks target protection at arrival and cancels a now-protected target without combat or loot.
