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Advanced Strategies

By ScotUpdated

Tactical Quick Answer

High-level Super Fantasy Kingdom play comes down to three systems: climbing the Curse ladder, running both the daytime resource promotions and the nightly Tavern promotions, and using the Wizard and Scientist to pick your opening instead of rolling for it. Curse runs C0 to C5 and each level shifts the whole enemy schedule forward by a day, so at C1 you fight day 2's wave on day 1. Day X closes every run as an endless challenge paying Shards and one Super Metal.

Once you can consistently clear standard runs, the real game begins. Curse levels, the endless final day, and targeted meta-progression are what separate casual players from high-level pushers.

Curse Levels​

Curse is the difficulty ladder, and it runs C0 through C5. There is nothing above C5. You unlock the next level by winning at the one below it, not merely by finishing a run, and you pick your level in the Throne Room before a cycle starts.

What a Curse level actually does:

  • It advances the entire enemy schedule by one day per level. At C1 you meet day 2's monsters on day 1. That is the whole scaling model, and it is why higher Curse compresses your economy instead of simply inflating health bars.
  • It adds one new Villain, appearing from day 4. Butcher at C1, Vagabond at C2, Heretic at C3, Thief at C4, Arsonist at C5.
  • It raises your Tavern promotion prices. A first-rank promotion costs 5 Coins at C0 and 10 at C5, and a third-rank promotion goes from 30 to 50.
  • It raises the Glory ceiling you can earn in a cycle.

Beating a Curse level for the first time awards a Star. Weather events also become more likely as Curse rises, which matters if you are chasing the Pixie unlock.

The Hybrid Upgrade System​

After Patch 15 moved unit upgrades to a Coin-based nightly Tavern ceremony and renamed them promotions, Patch 16 brought resource upgrades back alongside it. The game now runs both:

  • Daytime: Promote with resources, 3/6/10 Ingots for Humans or 3/6/10 Books for the Undead. Units native to your kingdom use their own resource instead, so a Crossbowman costs 8/16/32 Wood. You do this through the General, who charges 1 Berry (Human) or 1 Rat (Undead) on top.
  • Nighttime: Spend Coins at the Tavern during the nightly ceremony. There are three promotion ranks in total.

The reason to run both is concrete: the Tavern promotes only one unit per night. The daytime resource path is how you get a second unit up the same day.

RNG Mitigation: The Wizard and Scientist​

The Wizard and Scientist let you choose your opening instead of rolling for it. Both need unlocking first: the Wizard wants several cycles of conversation and 100 Shards to repair his tower, and the Scientist asks 10 Shards after sending you off to unlock Curse.

  • Wizard: He studies one of your relics, destroying it. Afterward you can start future cycles holding that relic for a coin price set per relic. He appears on day 23.
  • Scientist: He researches one of your units, removing it from your roster, and afterward you can start with it for 10 Coins. He appears on day 26, and he refuses units of the kingdom you are currently playing.

Both selectors live in the Throne Room, not the Castle, and you can also flag either down on the map to book them as an end-of-week visitor.

Be realistic about the payoff. Each turn-in adds one option to the Throne Room picker, and you begin a run with one chosen unit and one chosen relic against a coin budget. That is a reliable opening, not a pre-built loadout.

tip

Sky Shield and Frost Arrows are both worth targeting, but they are not both defensive. Sky Shield makes Rejuvenate regenerate Shield instead and needs a Paladin. Frost Arrows makes your entire ranged line apply Freeze and needs a Halfling. Every relic is gated behind owning a specific unit, which is the thing to plan around.

Day X, the Endless Finale​

A cycle is 28 days plus an extra Day X, and Day X is an endless challenge that tests the ceiling of your build. You can keep promoting units during it and use the Portal without limits, so spend everything you have left.

Lasting longer earns you more Shards and one Super Metal. There are no tiered thresholds and no repeat payouts inside a run.

It is a good payout but not your main Shard engine. Shards also come from bosses, evolved monsters, the Bounty Board, the Shards outpost, map pickups, and the Shard Foundry that converts ingots or books.

One gate worth knowing: the EndBoss on Day X requires 1,250 Glory, which in practice means you will not reach it below C5.

Preparing for Day X​

  • Run both promotion paths through the whole cycle, since the Tavern only handles one unit a night.
  • Choose your opening through the Wizard and Scientist so your run does not hinge on early luck.
  • Build toward kingdom trait thresholds at 2, 4, and 6 units of one kingdom. Only units that eat at the Tavern count toward the total, but the buff applies to everything on the field including siege.

Super Metal​

Super Metal is a meta-progression resource with its own slot in the top bar. You get it three ways: finding it on the map, surviving deep into Day X, and the Super Metal Trader, a map event spot that unlocks at Kingdom Level 20 and swaps 12 Shards for 1 Super Metal.

You spend it at the Armory in the Throne Room, where one unit researches a starting Item for future runs, and research leans toward giving you Items you do not already own. It is not a tier ladder, and permanent upgrades are what Shards are for.

Key Late-Game Compositions​

These three are this guide's own shorthand and not established community terms.

The Sustain Tank​

Build around the Vampire, whose Feasting passive overheals on its own hits, and give it the Fangs relic for +30% Power to the minions its Bat Swarm summons. Add the Thorns item so attackers take damage back. Note that Thorns triggers when the Vampire is hit while Feasting triggers when it hits, so these are two separate engines and not one loop.

The Burst Line​

Pair a Marksman with a Druid. The Marksman's Most HP targeting makes it your boss answer, and the Druid's Animal Barrage applies Radiance to strip 20% magical defense off the wave. Since Patch 15 cooldown reduction only affects active abilities, so it speeds up Animal Barrage but not the Druid's passive heal. Treat the Druid as a damage multiplier, not sustain, and take Hourglass for it since the Druid is a Magic unit.

The Siege Line​

Build Trebuchets at the Siege Camp and level them by upgrading the camp with Faith. They fire from the bench in a 20m radius at fixed points, so they are wave clear and not a boss duel. Pair them with a frontline that holds while they work.

Frequently Asked Questions​

How high does Curse go in Super Fantasy Kingdom?

C0 through C5, and nothing above that. You unlock each level by winning at the one below it, then pick your level in the Throne Room before a cycle starts. Each level shifts the enemy schedule forward a day, adds one new Villain from day 4, and raises Tavern promotion prices.

Do I really need both the daytime and nighttime upgrade paths?

The reason to run both is that the Tavern only promotes one unit per night. The daytime resource path is how you get a second unit up the same day. Daytime costs 3, 6, then 10 Ingots for Humans or Books for the Undead, and goes through the General, who adds a Berry or a Rat on top.

How do you remove RNG from a run?

The Wizard studies a relic and the Scientist researches a unit, destroying each one, and afterward you can pay coins in the Throne Room to start future runs holding them. Unlocking them costs 100 Shards for the Wizard's tower and 10 for the Scientist. Each turn-in adds one option, so you get a chosen opening and not a full loadout.

What is the fastest way to farm Shards?

There is no single source. Day X pays well the longer you last, but Shards also come from bosses, evolved monsters, the Bounty Board, the Shards outpost, map pickups, and the Shard Foundry that converts ingots or books.

How do you get Super Metal?

Find it on the map, survive deep into Day X for one, or use the Super Metal Trader, a map event spot that unlocks at Kingdom Level 20 and trades 12 Shards for 1 Super Metal. You spend it at the Armory in the Throne Room, where one unit researches a starting Item for future runs.