Where do I get the Golden Apple?
This comes from the Magic Garden, the (gem) Apple tree and the traverse the sands castle adventure. It does not come from any other tree (this includes crab apple trees).
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Where do I get the Golden Apple?
This comes from the Magic Garden, the (gem) Apple tree and the traverse the sands castle adventure. It does not come from any other tree (this includes crab apple trees).
Do I have to spend gems to get the apple tree?
You can buy the apple tree with gems. You can also get it as a reward from adventures if you're really lucky.
How can I restore energy?
Energy regenerates at a rate of 1/3 minutes. You can also get energy by:
- Leveling up
- Reward from adventure
- Rare drop from Sir Pigglesworth
- Reward from trade route in the Royal Exchange
- From the alicorn
- Buying with gems
Of the ways above, leveling up will allow you to temporarily exceed your energy cap. The other methods won't (not sure about buying) so make sure you collect from them when you are low on energy.
Can I let the market requests expire?
If you want to keep your resources, you can let these quests expire and then click the finish button. You will just miss out on the 2 gem reward.
Check this section of Dabag's goal thread.
How can I get Jewels
Jewels can be obtained by:
- Asking neighbours to gift them
- Mining rocks
- Sparkling mines
- Deep Mines
- Crafting in Magic Forge if you've completed the 4th shard quest
- Sir Pigglesworth
- Feed the Baron recipe
- Trade with Belladona - Royal Exchange
- Adventure reward
What gives royal points?
Royal points come from:
- Walls
- Royal buildings
- Royal animals
- Magic Garden
- Tablet of Tabernum
- Troll Pit
- Royal decorations - eg carriages, unicorn statues
How many monsters can I have at a time?
You can only have 1 monster at a time. There are some people who keep a monster if it is in an area that doesn't affect too many items. Doing this stops you from being able to get monster supplies. It can also stop you from triggering certain quests - eg after you dress Thurston you need to see a skunkupine to trigger defeating peril.
The troll king won't appear when you expand to the troll pit if you have a monster in your kingdom. Other monsters won't appear if you have the troll king in your kingdom.
What's the purpose of the Kitchen?
The kitchen allows you to craft feasts which are required to send your knights on adventures in the castle. You can also craft items to use in the Royal Exchange.
How do I get bacon?
Bacon drops from the various types of pigs and from the stables. You can buy the black pig without spending gems.
What materials do I need to build x?
You can find that information in these threads:
What materials are needed for x building? or How do I get x material?
For answers to both of these questions checkout the references below.
* Reference thread
* Spreadsheet
I don't want to spend money on gems to get the trees or animals. Does this mean I can't do the goals?
You can do all goals without needing to spend money. It just might take you a little longer.
Adventures from the keep sometimes give gem trees and animals as rewards. Truffles and Prime Cuts are sometimes rewards as well. You'll even get gems on occasion.
The Purple Cow and Sir Pigglesworth sometimes drop gems.
Bacon and Wool sometimes drop from the Stables.
How do I get the Purple Cow?
When you collect from the Magic Garden there is a chance you will start a quest line (the one with Ivy and the Cow). The reward at the end of this quest line is the Purple Cow.
See this section of Dabag's goal thread for the steps.
I can only have 1 castle but I chose the wrong one. Can I do anything about this?
Once you've built the King's or Queen's Keep they will both disappear from the market. If you want to change which one you have, you can sell your current one (as long as no adventures are happening). Both will appear in the market and you can choose which one you want.
My items have gone missing. What do I do?
Have you used them in anything thing? If so you can't get them back.
Did the game start processing when you lost them? This is a sync issues. You can try closing the game completely then restarting it. If they don't appear they have been lost.
Did you place an item in storage immediately on receiving it from an adventure or the love shack? If so close the game completely then restart it. They'll be in your inventory.
You can always email support@teamlava.com with your ID, game and issue.
How do I get the Translator's Tome?
Do the Magic Ink & Pages quest. You'll then get the Lost in Translation quest. Once you've done that you'll see the Tome in the special section of your workshop.
See this section of Dabag's goal thread.
I've expanded as far as I can but there are still places that are locked? Why can't I get to them?
Castle Story is still being developed. These areas are still locked as the characters, items, quests etc haven't been developed yet. They'll unlock in the future with different updates.
What's the point of visiting people?
The first time you visit a neighbour each day it gives you a bonus of 1 xp or $5 for each visit. Also a chance to get 1 energy (to a max of 10/day).
For anyone you visit, if you can help their buildings, when they collect they get 1 extra xp and an extra 20% to the rent. Hopefully they'll return the visit.
How do I get the fruit goals?
The first three fruit goals are triggered when you get your first lemon, orange and apple. Once you've done the first three you'll get a fourth. Completing that will give you the cooking caravan. See this section of Dabag's goal thread for the fruit goals and this one for the caravan.
Cooking a dessert will also trigger the quest to unlock the dessert route in the Royal Exchange.
You can get fruit from fruit trees and from sir pigglesworth.
How do I get Prime Cuts?
Prime cuts come from:
- Sheep
- Cows
- Adventures
With the animals check the description in the market. It will tell you which ones have a good chance of getting them (rare drops).
How do I get Truffles?
Truffles come from pigs and adventures. With the pigs check the description in the market. It will tell you which ones have a better chance of finding truffles.
How do I get wool?
Wool comes from sheep and from the stables.
A monster has appeared where I can't get to him. What do I do?
If a monster appears outside your kingdom completely close your game then restart it. The monster should have disappeared. If it hasn't that means part of it is in your kingdom. In this case zoom in as close as you can, tap the bit of the monster that is as close to your kingdom as possible. This may take a couple of tries. You can also try clicking on the area of influence (cloud) that is in your kingdom.
You can also see this thread.
How do I get the alicorn quest?
This is only if you have the Love Shack from the valenitne edition - You need to collect from Thurston's fort. This will trigger a quest where Ivy asks you make some bling for Thurston. Keep following the quests that appear when you finish. You will eventually get a quest to find the alicorn horn and wing. When you've found both parts (or skipped with gems) the alicorn will be unlocked in your love shack.
Or you could buy it from the market. Go to nature then animals.
Which adventure gives the alicorn parts?
The alicorn parts can drop from any adventure. They're rare drops so it may take you a very long time to get them.
The alicorn description says it refills 40 energy. It's not for me.
The alicorn completely refills your energy.
Collecting from the alicorn will not temporarily take you over your energy cap so make sure you collect from it when you're almost empty.
You can only collect from it once a week.
What's with my newsfeed?
The newsfeed will record the last 10 people who visited and were able to click on your hearts. It also records the last 10 people who responded to a request you sent out. Requests are not a regular feature of the game so this section of your newsfeed can get old.
How many times can I help someone's kingdom?
You can help each kingdom 5 times a day.
I helped a kingdom 5 times. When I went back the same day I was able to help again. How come?
You may have helped at the same time someone else helped. The game has attributed the help to the other person and not to you.
How do I get the feed the baron recipe?
You get this after you have collected/have a certain number of truffles and prime cuts. I'm not 100% certain on the quantities needed.
See this thread for more details.
I did the feed the baron recipe but didn't get a meal
This recipe doesn't give you food. It gives you a random material, eg glimmerdust, jewels, builders paste, wisp lantern etc.
I haven't had a quest to build x building. Should I build it or wait?
Most quests that require you to build a building will count anything that you have already built so go ahead and build. If you do get a quest that doesn't recognise it, build another or sell your current one and rebuild it (possibly only the Royal Exchange).
I need to build serenade walls/towers but it says inventory full. What do I do?
These are both walls. You currently are at the limit of walls you can have. If you've got under 100 walls (includes gates/wall towers, doesn't matter which type, does include the ones in inventory as well as in the kingdom) you can wait till you level up. Otherwise sell some walls and you'll be able to craft them.
Can I restart my game?
You cannot restart your game. You can always start a new game on another device.
How do I get mithril?
You can get mithril as a very rare drop when mining or collecting from mines (deep mines have a better drop rate). If you have completed the fourth shard quest you can craft it in your magic forge. If you need it to forge excalibam make sure you read the secret of mithril quests. After you've read it send your knights on the explore the dark cave adventure. This will give you a 1 time automatic drop with it.
How do I unlock the pink rainbow?
This is only if you have the Love Shack from the Valentines edition - Do the quest where you craft a valentine scepter for the baron. Do each of the quests that appear after that. Once you've done dispel the love (do the valentine adventure) collect twice from Thomas' house. This will trigger a quest with his lost love Agnes. After you finish collect from Thomas' house twice to trigger the next bit. There are four parts in total. Once you've done the last part when you do a random action Agnes will send a letter that unlocks the rainbow.
See this thread for more info on the Agnes quests.
How do I get the deed to the royal chateau?
You get this in the royal exchange. It will cost you 50 trade certificates. You get 1 trade certificate for each trade you do and a bonus 5 when you upgrade a trade route. Trade certificates sometimes come from adventures.
How does the newsfeed work?
There are a couple of different sections in your newsfeed.
1. Gifts
When you receive a new gift it will appear in your newsfeed. Press accept to put the gift into your inventory. When a new game day starts you'll see the last 20 gifts you received. If you've previously accepted them the accept button will be greyed out. This list can help you decide who you want to send your three gifts to. When you send your three gifts the list will disappear.
2. Visits
The newsfeed also records the last 10 people who visited your kingdom and helped at least one building. I would suggest that you do not rely on people checking this to return visits to you. If you cannot help a building your visit isn't recorded. If 10 more people help after you and the person checks their feed then your visit will have been bumped off the list.
3. Requests
If a neighbour has sent you a request it will appear in your newsfeed. Press accept to help them out. Don't worry you don't have to send anything extra and it doesn't come out of your inventory.
4. Responses to requests
The newsfeed will also record the last 10 people who responded to your request. As requests are not a regular part of the game you may find that this section of your newsfeed gets quite old.
You cannot clear the visit and responded to request sections if your newsfeed.
Is 30 the level cap and will they increase it?
The current level cap is 30. Even though the level is capped your experience is still increasing. You can see this in your profile. If they do increase the cap you'll jump to your new level. See this thread for more discussions on the cap.
This is the last info we had on plans to increase it:
I've got a new device. Can I keep playing my existing game?
You can transfer your game by following the instructions in this thread. If you want TL to do the transfer or you've set up a new storm8 ID on your new device you can email support@teamlava.com to transfer it for you. Please note it can take 3 to 5 business days for them to do the transfer.