Introduction

This article gives an explanation of how to acquire very high Troop Attack, Defense and Health boosts in Guns of Glory. The focus is on Troop Attack, but for most categories Defense and Health are acquired in the same manner.

Scope of this Article

We will have a look at each category in which you can get Troop Attack boosts and explain how you can acquire these.

Gear

The complete Retribution set gives a basic Troop Attack boost of 75%. Once completed you also get a Set Resonance Boost of 15%, which can be increased further by 50% for the first enhancement level. Also for each time the gear is enhancement the basic boosts are increased.

Based on feedback I got the enhancement level increases of the Set Resonance Boost are 50% for lvl 1, 0% for lvl 2, 70% for lvl 3, 0% for lvl 4 and 80% for lvl 5, so cumulative 200% for lvl 5 enhancement, making the Set Resonance Boost increase from 15% to 45%.

The troop attack boosts is incremented with 4% for every enhancement level.

Based on this the total gear set Troop Attack boosts can be 135% (90% (basic gear boost enhanced to level 5) + 15% (basic set resonance boost) + 30% (200% of 15% for lvl 5 enhancement).

The basic boost of the Sun King set is 150%, which I assume can be increased further by enhancements, but I have no data on that.

The basic boost for Master is 195%, I assume this can be extended further with complete set and/or enhancements, but I have no data on that.

Gemstones

Two fully refined Pure Darkness Gemstones will give you 117% (2x58.5%) Troop Attack boost

Airship Parts

Two fully upgraded Epic Titanium Core Airship Parts will give you 162% (2x81%) Troop Attack boost.

Coat of Arms

Four fully upgraded Epic Grand Musketeer Coat of Arms will give you 40% (4x10%) Troop Attack boost.

Curiosities

Two fully enhanced Gold Celestia Globe of Leonardo da Vinci Curiosities will give you 127.0% (2x63.5%) Troop Attack boost.

Glory Levels

For the two buildings that give a glory level troop attack boost from level 1 onwards I have data available until level 32 (Academy and Castle). Extrapolating this data I estimate a total glory level Troop Attack boost for those two of 73.1% (49.7% Academy, 23.4% Castle) is possible with both buildings at glory level 35.

In addition starting from lvl 31 you also get Troop Attack boost for the Warehouse and Trap Factory. I only have date for lvl 31 available, but expect this is the same for levels 32-35, which would mean a total of 8.4% (4.2% for each, 0.84% per level).

This would mean a total of 81.5%.

Research

The two Troop Attack projects in Combat II will give a total of 20% Troop Attack Boost.

Talent Points

Lord Talent points in War via the All Troop Attack project close to the end of the tree can give a 10% Troop Attack.

VIP

Active VIP 10 or higher gives 15% Troop Attack.

Airship Abilities

The advanced Airship Ability Blood Thirst gives a basic Troop Attack of 2%. I assume this can be increased by upgrading and/or enhancing to a higher level, but I have no idea how high.

Airship Class

The Hostile Airship Class can give a 17.5% Troop Attack (and Defense and Health) boost for Airship lvl 61.

Guards

D'Artagnan (Captain, 30%+10% Dashing Duelist boost), Mademoiselle Maupin (Weapons Master, 40%), Captain Treville (Advisor, 15%), Thomas Blood (Ambassador, 20%) can provide 115% Troop Attack.

Creation Talent Points

In the Brutal Tree there are two Troop Attack projects that can provide a total of 10% (2x5%) Troop Attack.

Catacombs v2

In update 2.6.0 a new version of the Catacombs was introduced and for each of the eight sections you complete you get Troop Attack (and Defense and Health) boosts, a total of 76% once you completed all 8 sections.

Catacombs Crawler Event

The catacombs Crawler Event is a 4 part event that can give you significant Troop Attack (and Health and Defense) boosts. The maximum you can acquire is 152% (4 times 38%).

Note for King of Avalon players: In King of Avalon there is no Catacombs Crawler Event, but you do get a lot more (190% instead of 76%) for the completion of the Labyrinth/Catacombs. The total boost you can acquire from the Labyrinth/Catacombs is still lower for King of Avalon (190% vs 228%).

Wonders

Hellfire Handcannon and Aircannon give 15% Troop Attack. There might be others that provide even higher boosts.

Accolades

Various accolades can give a total of 25% Troop Attack boost.

Items

By using a Savage Attack item you can temporarily increase your Troop Attack boost with 25%.

Breakdown

See in table below a breakdown of the above discussed ways to get Troop Attack bonus.

Note

There are some very specific boosts, such as the boosts you can select inside the Spirit Mines, or the boosts you can get when plundering full or defending empty alliance buildings in the ultimate alliance campaign that are not included in this overview, but that can cause higher Troop Boosts to show in in battle reports.

Conclusion

This should give an idea how some players (big spenders) get these 400+% Troop Attack/Defense/Health boost, while you are stuck between 100% and 150%.

Although these troop boosts are great, do not forget to focus on damage and damage reduction/received as well. Also, since you likely mostly use Distance and Cavalry for damage dealers, having both Cavalry Attack and Distance Attack is almost as valuable as having Troop Attack.