The Empires and Puzzles Seasonal event just had a revamp in 2020 with fresh stages and new heroes!
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Sand Empire 2020 – Empires and Puzzles
Sand Empire Match Special Shields
The updated Sand Empire features replacements for the usual Match 4 Dragons, and Match 5 Diamonds.
In-game explanation:
This battle features new Match 4 & 5 Special shields!
Match 5 Shield: explodes in a big diagonal cross formation. Prevents all enemies from taking action for 2 turns.
Match 4 shield: Explodes in a small diagonal cross formation. Prevents all enemies from taking action for 2 turns.
Enemy actions can be prevented for a maximum of 4 turns.
- Instead of Match 5+ forming a Diamond that explodes all same-color shields, it instead forms a genie’s lamp, which explodes in a diagonal X to each edge of the board.
- Instead of Match 4 forming a Dragon that explodes the adjacent shields, it instead forms an hourglass, which explodes the hourglass and each shield diagonally adjacent to it, forming a small X.
- Both special shields cause all enemies to have their turn counter increased by 2, to a maximum of 4 turns. In addition, Bosses are unable to fire Special Skills while delayed, even with full Mana. Their Mana Bar flashes gray until the delay expires.
Sand Empire heroes & Hero Reviews
| Fire Heroes | Ice Heroes | Nature Heroes | Holy Heroes | Dark Heroes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3* / Rare | Hisan | Arman | |||
| 4* / Epic | Gafar Jabbar |
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| 5* / Legendary | Yunnan | Rana Roc Roc Review |
All new and existing Sand Empire Heroes are now members of the Sand Empire Family.
Families give bonuses for each unique Hero of the same Family in battle.
Bonus for 2/3 Heroes: +10%/+20% defense
Sand Empire Summon Rate
Classic Season 1 Heroes
- Rare Classic Hero: 56.8%
- Epic Classic Hero: 20.8%
- Legendary Classic Hero: 1.0%
Seasonal Heroes
- Rare Seasonal Hero: 14.2%
- Epic Seasonal Hero: 5.7%
- Legendary Seasonal Hero: 1.5%
BONUS DRAW
Legendary Hero of the Month: 1.3%
Sand Empire summon cost
- Single: Epic Hero Token or 300 Gems
- 10x: 2600 Gems
Tips & Tricks for Cheap/Free 2 play.
Tip 1: Don’t use your gems for Sand Empire
Sand Empire does not feature any top tier/must have heroes. You will be better off saving your gems for Atlantis Summons or Valhalla summons from the gems that you have saved.
Check out our guide on gem farming here.
Tip 2: Use your Epic Hero Tokens for Summons
Epic hero tokens can only use be used for regular summons, or the 4 seasonal events
- Springvale,
- Sand Empire
- Return to Morlovia
- Santa’s Challenge
Extra: Hero Summoning Hack!
Epic hero tokens are hard to get but there is a way to consistently get 6 Epic Hero Tokens every month.
Challenge events (Knights of Avalon, Pirates of Corellia, Fables of Grimforest, Fables of Wonderland & Guardians of Teltoc) give out Epic hero tokens for achieving a certain ranking.
- Rare: Top 10,000 ( 1 EHT )
- Epic: Top 5000 ( 2 EHT )
- Legendary: Top 1000 ( 3 EHT )
Getting those scores is not difficult – read our guide here to find out how to achieve the high score for challenge events
Sand Empire Stages
Sand Empire Easy stages
| Stage | Flags | Recommended TP | Rewards |
| 1 | 3 | 1500 | 6x Clean Cloth |
| 2 | 3 | 1550 | 6x Common Herbs |
| 3 | 3 | 1600 | 8x Clean Cloth |
| 4 | 3 | 1650 | 6x Crude Iron |
| 5 | 3 | 1700 | 8x Common Herbs |
| 6 | 3 | 1750 | 7x Large Bone |
| 7 | 3 | 1800 | 6x Leather Strips |
| 8 | 3 | 1850 | 10x Practice Sword |
| 9 | 3 | 1900 | 3x Minor Healing Potion |
| 10 | 4 | 1950 | Arman Avatar, 1* Yellow Trainer Hero, 3x Minor Mana Potion, 8x Leather Strips |
| 11 | 4 | 2000 | 2x Antidote, 7x Oil |
| 12 | 4 | 2050 | 10x Adventurer’s Kit, 7x String |
| 13 | 4 | 2100 | 2x Arrow Attack, 10x Clean Cloth |
| 14 | 4 | 2150 | 4x Axe Attack, 10x Common Herbs |
| 15 | 4 | 2200 | 1x Mana Potion, 10x Crude Iron |
| 16 | 4 | 2250 | 10x Training Manual, 9x Large Bone |
| 17 | 4 | 2300 | 1x Axe Attack, 10x Leather Strips |
| 18 | 5 | 2350 | 1x Potent Healing Potion, 13x Oil |
| 19 | 5 | 2400 | 1x Mana Potion, 13x String |
| 20 | 5 | 2450 | Hisan Avatar, 2x 1* Yellow Trainer, 1x Epic Troop Token, 10x Training Manual |
Sand Empire – Normal stages
| Stage | Flags | Recommended TP | Rewards |
| 1 | 6 | 2500 | 5x Crystal Shard |
| 2 | 6 | 2550 | 5x Firestone |
| 3 | 6 | 2600 | 6x Crypt Mushroom |
| 4 | 6 | 2650 | 6x Crystal Shard |
| 5 | 6 | 2700 | 6x Firestone |
| 6 | 6 | 2750 | 3x Leather Armor, 7x Metal Ores |
| 7 | 6 | 2800 | 4x Axe Attack, 7x Potent Leaves |
| 8 | 6 | 2850 | 1x Mana Potion, 7x Sunspire Feathers |
| 9 | 6 | 2900 | 3x Leather Armor, 8x Metal Ores |
| 10 | 7 | 2950 | Gafar Avatar, 2* Yellow Trainer Hero, 1x Chainmail Shirt, 1x Axe Attack |
| 11 | 7 | 3000 | 1x Potent Healing Potion, 8x Potent Leaves |
| 12 | 7 | 3050 | 3x Leather Armor, 8x Sunspire Feathers |
| 13 | 7 | 3100 | 1x Mana Potion, 7x Crypt Mushroom |
| 14 | 7 | 3150 | 2x Bomb Attack, 7x Crystal Shard |
| 15 | 7 | 3200 | 3x Arcane Scripts, 7x Firestone |
| 16 | 7 | 3250 | 2x Super Antidotes, 9x Metal Ores |
| 17 | 7 | 3300 | 1x Dragon Banner, 9x Potent Leaves |
| 18 | 8 | 3350 | 3x Leather Armor, 9x Sunspire Feathers |
| 19 | 8 | 3400 | 1x Revive Scroll, 3x Fine Steel |
| 20 | 8 | 3450 | Jabbar Avatar, 3* Yellow Trainer, 1x Epic Hero Token, 1x Orb of Magic |
Sand Empire Advanced Stages
| Stage | Flags | Recommended TP | Rewards |
| 1 | 9 | 3600 | 1x Super Antidotes, 5x Grimoire Dust |
| 2 | 9 | 3650 | 3x Arcane Scripts, 3x Hardwood Lumber |
| 3 | 9 | 3700 | 1x Dragon Banner, 3x Midnight Roots |
| 4 | 9 | 3750 | 1x Revive Scroll, 2x Meteor Fragments |
| 5 | 9 | 3800 | 3x Leather Armor, 3x Dragon Bone |
| 6 | 9 | 3850 | 1x Bomb Attack, 2x Orichalcum Nugget |
| 7 | 9 | 3900 | 3x Leather Armor, 4x Fine Steel |
| 8 | 9 | 4000 | Yunan Avatar, 1x Dragon Banner, 5x Fine Steel |
| 9 | 9 | 4050 | 7x Grimoire Dust, 1x Dragon Bone |
| 10 | 10 | 4100 | 2x 3* Yellow Trainer, 1x Orb of Magic, 3x Arcane Scripts |
| 11 | 10 | 4150 | 4x Rogue Emblem, 1x Bomb Attack, 4x Hardwood Lumber |
| 12 | 10 | 4200 | 4x Sorcerer Emblem, 1x Super Antidote, 4x Midnight Roots |
| 13 | 10 | 4250 | 4x Wizard Emblem, 1x Super Mana Potion, 6x Hardwood Lumber |
| 14 | 10 | 4300 | 4x Barbarian Emblem, 1x Super Healing Potion, 6x Midnight Roots |
| 15 | 10 | 4350 | Rana Avatar, 1x Epic Hero Token, 4x Cleric Emblem |
| 16 | 10 | 4400 | 4x Druid Emblem, 1x Revive Scroll, 3x Meteor Fragments |
| 17 | 10 | 4450 | 4x Fighter Emblem, 1x Timestop, 5x Dragon Bone |
| 18 | 11 | 4500 | 4x Monk Emblem, 1x Tornado, 5x Meteor Fragment |
| 19 | 11 | 4550 | 4x Paladin Emblem, 1x Miracle Scroll, 4x Orichalcum Nugget |
| 20 | 11 | 4600 | Roc Avatar, 4* Yellow Trainer, 1x Poison Darts, 4x Ranger Emblem |
Sand Empire Stage (image)
Sand Empire Seasonal event tips & tricks
You will notice that Sand Empire’s difficulty level has been increased compared to the other seasonal events.
Worry not. The new Match 4 and Match 5+ special shields will be the key to winning your fights easily. The best way to take advantage of these shields is to plan ahead (such practice will also help you in your raids and alliance war).
We also have additional tips and tricks for you to clear the Sand Empire stages if you are having any difficulties with them!
1. Hero Selection/criteria for Sand Empire
- Two healers (at least)
- Heroes that have mana reduction/mana stop/silence effects. (Chao, Lixiu, Bauchan, Proteus, Gretel, Hansel etc)
- Heroes that have attack increase buffs or defense reduction debuff special skills.
- Heroes that have high attack/high damage specials
2. Item Selection
As Seasonal events have no item restriction, you are not restricted to use the items listed here. You may bring Dragon Attacks for easy stages to make it too easy for yourself.
Easy: Axe attack, Arrow attack, Small mana Potion, Mana Potion
Normal: Bomb Attack, Axe attack, Mana Potion, Small mana potion
Advanced: Dragon Attack, Bomb Attack, Tornado, Axe attack
3. Begin the Fight!
- Clear the first two waves of monsters without using any items*
- Leave 1 monster up in the second wave. Start by charging up all your heroes’ mana to maximum and to clear away useless tiles while absorbing hits from that one monster.
- Enter Boss wave with Full mana, full items and a good board
- Use all your damage items (Easy: 1500 damage, Normal: 2500 Damage, Advanced: 4500 Damage). These should already be enough to burst down most stages. Note: You can use these sparingly in the earlier stages if it is not necessary for you to use items to complete the stages.
- Use all your heroes special, use mana potions to charge up your heroes to fire again over and over again.
- You should be able to achieve enough burst damage to prevent the bosses from firing their troublesome specials (where most people have the most difficulty at)
*If you are unable to clear the first two waves without using any items, and heroes dying, you will need to build a better roster, or level up your heroes. This guide.. cannot help you achieve the impossible (like clearing advanced stage20 with unleveled heroes).
Hopefully this helps you get the important items and emblems at completion of the Seasonal event.
Springvale 2020 – Empires and Puzzles
All the latest information for Empires and Puzzles Springvale in the latest 2020 update here!
Springvale heroes & Hero Reviews
- Killhare — Hero Review
- Sir Roostley — Hero Review
- Master Lepus
- Jack o’Hare
- Lady Woolerton
- Squire Wabbit
- Chick Jr.
Springvale – Easter Family
All new and existing Springvale Heroes are now members of the Easter Family.
Families give bonuses for each unique Hero of the same Family in battle.
Bonus for 2/3 Heroes: +10%/+20% attack
Springvale Hero Summoning
Springvale Hero summon rates
Classic Season 1 Heroes
- Rare Classic Hero: 56.8%
- Epic Classic Hero: 20.8%
- Legendary Classic Hero: 1.0%
Seasonal Heroes
- Rare Seasonal Hero: 14.2%
- Epic Seasonal Hero: 5.7%
- Legendary Seasonal Hero: 1.5%
BONUS DRAW
Legendary Hero of the Month: 1.3%
Springvale summon cost
- Single: Epic Hero Token or 300 Gems
- 10x: 2600 Gems
Tips & Tricks for Cheap/Free 2 play.
Tip 1: Don’t use your gems for Springvale.
Springvale does not feature any top tier/must have heroes. You will be better off saving your gems for Atlantis Summons or Valhalla summons from the gems that you have saved.
Check out our guide on gem farming here.
Tip 2: Use your Epic Hero Tokens for Summons
Epic hero tokens can only use be used for regular summons, or the 4 seasonal events
- Springvale,
- Sand Empire
- Return to Morlovia
- Santa’s Challenge
Extra: Hero Summoning Hack!
So choose your seasonal event wisely. Hopefully it will be worth the wait for you.
Epic hero tokens are hard to get but there is a way to consistently get 6 Epic Hero Tokens every month.
Challenge events (Knights of Avalon, Pirates of Corellia, Fables of Grimforest, Fables of Wonderland & Guardians of Teltoc) give out Epic hero tokens for achieving a certain ranking.
- Rare: Top 10,000 ( 1 EHT )
- Epic: Top 5000 ( 2 EHT )
- Legendary: Top 1000 ( 3 EHT )
Getting those scores is not difficult – read our guide here to find out how to achieve the high score for challenge events
Springvale Stages
Springvale – Easy
| Stage | Flags | Recommended TP | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 950 | 6x Clean Cloth |
| 2 | 3 | 1000 | 6x Common Herbs |
| 3 | 3 | 1050 | 8x Clean Cloth |
| 4 | 3 | 1100 | 6x Crude Iron |
| 5 | 3 | 1150 | 8x Common Herbs |
| 6 | 3 | 1200 | 7x Large Bone |
| 7 | 3 | 1250 | 6x Leather Strips |
| 8 | 3 | 1300 | 10x Practice Sword |
| 9 | 3 | 1350 | 3x Minor Healing Potion |
| 10 | 4 | 1400 | Squire Wabbit Avatar, 1* Green Trainer Hero, 3x Minor Mana Potion, 8x Leather Strips |
| 11 | 4 | 1450 | 2x Antidote, 7x Oil |
| 12 | 4 | 1500 | 10x Practice Sword, 7x String |
| 13 | 4 | 1550 | 2x Arrow Attack, 10x Clean Cloth |
| 14 | 4 | 1600 | 4x Axe Attack, 10x Common Herbs |
| 15 | 4 | 1650 | 1x Mana Potion, 10x Crude Iron |
| 16 | 4 | 1700 | 10x Rugged Clothes, 9x Large Bone |
| 17 | 4 | 1750 | 1x Axe Attack, 10x Leather Strips |
| 18 | 5 | 1800 | 1x Potent Healing Potion, 13x Oil |
| 19 | 5 | 1850 | 1x Mana Potion, 13x String |
| 20 | 5 | 1900 | Squire Chick Avatar, 1* Green Trainer, x1 Epic Troop Token, 10x Rugged Clothes |
Springvale – Normal
| Stage | Flags | Recommended TP | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 1950 | 5x Crystal Shard |
| 2 | 6 | 2000 | 5x Firestone |
| 3 | 6 | 2050 | 6x Crypt Mushroom |
| 4 | 6 | 2100 | 6x Crystal Shard |
| 5 | 6 | 2150 | 6x Firestone |
| 6 | 6 | 2200 | 3x Wooden Shield, 7x Metal Ores |
| 7 | 6 | 2250 | 4x Axe Attack, x7 Potent Leaves |
| 8 | 6 | 2300 | 1x Mana Potion, 7x Sunspire Feathers |
| 9 | 6 | 2350 | 3x Leather Armor, 8x Metal Ores |
| 10 | 7 | 2400 | Jack O’Hare Avatar, 2* Green Trainer Hero, 1x Scabbard, 1x Axe Attack |
| 11 | 7 | 2450 | 1x Potent Healing Potion, 8x Potent Leaves |
| 12 | 7 | 2500 | 3x Wooden Shield, 8x Sunspire Feathers |
| 13 | 7 | 2550 | 1x Mana Potion, 7x Crypt Mushroom |
| 14 | 7 | 2600 | 2x Bomb Attack, 7x Crystal Shard |
| 15 | 7 | 2650 | 3x Strong Rope, 7x Firestone |
| 16 | 7 | 2700 | 2x Super Antidotes, 9x Metal Ores |
| 17 | 7 | 2750 | 1x Dragon Banner, 9x Potent Leaves |
| 18 | 8 | 2800 | 3x Leather Armor, 9x Sunspire Feathers |
| 19 | 8 | 2850 | 1x Revive Scroll, 3x Fine Steel |
| 20 | 8 | 2900 | Lady Woolerton Avatar, 3* Green Trainer, x1 Epic Hero Token, x1 Sturdy Shield |
Springvale Stage – Advanced
| Stage | Flags | Recommended TP | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2900 | 1x Super Antidotes, x5 Grimoire Dust |
| 2 | 9 | 2950 | 3x Strong Rope, 3x Hardwood Lumber |
| 3 | 9 | 3000 | 1x Dragon Banner, 3x Midnight Roots |
| 4 | 9 | 3050 | 1x Revive Scroll, 2x Meteor Fragments |
| 5 | 9 | 3100 | 3x Wooden Shield, 3x Dragon Bone |
| 6 | 9 | 3150 | 1x Bomb Attack, 2x Orichalcum Nugget |
| 7 | 9 | 3200 | 3x Leather Armor, 4x Fine Steel |
| 8 | 9 | 3250 | Master Lepus Avatar, 1x Dragon Banner, 5x Fine Steel |
| 9 | 9 | 3300 | 7x Grimoire Dust, 1x Dragon Bone |
| 10 | 10 | 3400 | 3* Green Trainer, 1x Sturdy Shield, 3x Dagger |
| 11 | 10 | 3500 | 4x Barbarian Emblem, 1x Bomb Attack, 4x Hardwood Lumber |
| 12 | 10 | 3600 | 4x Cleric Emblem, 1x Super Antidote, 4x Midnight Roots |
| 13 | 10 | 3650 | 4x Druid Emblem, 1x Super Mana Potion, 6x Hardwood Lumber |
| 14 | 10 | 3700 | 4x Fighter Emblem, 1x Super Healing Potion, 6x Midnight Roots |
| 15 | 10 | 3750 | Sir Roostley Avatar, 1x Epic Hero Token, 4x Monk Emblem |
| 16 | 10 | 3800 | 4x Paladin Emblem, 1x Revive Scroll, 3x Meteor Fragments |
| 17 | 10 | 3850 | 4x Ranger Emblem, 1x Timestop, 5x Dragon Bone |
| 18 | 11 | 3900 | 4x Rogue Emblem, 1x Tornado, 5x Meteor Fragment |
| 19 | 11 | 3950 | 4x Sorcerer Emblem, 1x Miracle Scroll, 4x Orichalcum Nugget |
| 20 | 11 | 4000 | Killhare Avatar, 4* Green Trainer, 1x Mysterious Tonic, 4x Wizard Emblem |
Springvale / Seasonal event tips & tricks
1. Hero Selection/criteria for Springvale
- Two healers (at least)
- Heroes that have mana reduction/mana stop/silence effects. (Chao, Lixiu, Bauchan, Proteus, Gretel, Hansel etc)
- Heroes that have attack increase buffs or defense reduction debuff special skills.
- Heroes that have high attack/high damage specials
2. Item Selection
As Seasonal events have no item restriction, you are not restricted to use the items listed here. You may bring Dragon Attacks for easy stages to make it too easy for yourself.
Easy: Axe attack, Arrow attack, Small mana Potion, Mana Potion
Normal: Bomb Attack, Axe attack, Mana Potion, Small mana potion
Advanced: Dragon Attack, Bomb Attack, Tornado, Axe attack
3. Begin the Fight!
- Clear the first two waves of monsters without using any items*
- Leave 1 monster up in the second wave. Start by charging up all your heroes’ mana to maximum and to clear away useless tiles while absorbing hits from that one monster.
- Enter Boss wave with Full mana, full items and a good board
- Use all your damage items (Easy: 1500 damage, Normal: 2500 Damage, Advanced: 4500 Damage). These should already be enough to burst down most stages. Note: You can use these sparingly in the earlier stages if it is not necessary for you to use items to complete the stages.
- Use all your heroes special, use mana potions to charge up your heroes to fire again over and over again.
- You should be able to achieve enough burst damage to prevent the bosses from firing their troublesome specials (where most people have the most difficulty at)
*If you are unable to clear the first two waves without using any items, and heroes dying, you will need to build a better roster, or level up your heroes. This guide.. cannot help you achieve the impossible (like clearing advanced stage20 with unleveled heroes).
Hopefully this helps you get the important items and emblems at completion of the Seasonal event.