A Primus Conduit increases the firing speed of adjacent defenses when charged with Gold.

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Size Mana gained when destroyed
3x3 1
Level Upgrade Cost (Gold) Upgrade Cost (Rings) Upgrade Cost (Arcadian Coins) Upgrade Time Stronghold Level Required
1 18,000 - - 3 Hours 5
2 30,000 - - 3 Hours 30 Minutes 5
3 68,000 - - 4 Hours 6
4 170,000 - - 5 Hours 7
5 560,000 50 - 13 Hours 9
6 860,000 70 - 1 Day 8 Hours 10
7 1,400,000 140 - 2 Days 8 Hours 12
8 1,900,000 200 - 3 Days 13
9 3,200,000 900 - 5 Days 15
10 5,700,000 2,000 - 6 Days 16
11 6,840,000 3,100 - 10 Days 17
12 7,710,000 6,000 - 10 Days 17
13 8,690,000 8,000 - 12 Days 18
14 12,000,000 10,000 - 14 Days 18
15 15,600,000 12,000 - 14 Days 19
16 16,500,000 13,000 - 14 Days 19
17 - 13,000 16,500 14 Days 19
18 16,500,000 13,000 - 14 Days 20
Level HP Charge Increase Charge Cost (Gold) Overcharge Increase Overcharge Cost (Gold)* Supercharge Increase Supercharge Cost (Gold)* Extended Overcharge/Supercharge Cost (Gold)*
1 325 20% 550 40% 3375 3375
2 395 21% 800 42% 4950 4950
3 430 22% 1800 44% 10,800 10,800
4 460 23% 4400 46% 26,000 26,000
5 565 24% 25,000 48% 125,000 125,000
6 630 25% 50,000 50% 275,000 275,000
7 765 26% 100,000 52% 550,000 550,000
8 835 27% 150,000 54% 700,000 700,000
9 1,105 28% 200,000 56% 850,000 850,000
10 1,450 30% 250,000 60% 1,000,000 1,000,000
11 1,950 32% 250,000 64% 1,000,000 1,000,000
12 2,300 33% 250,000 66% 1,000,000 1,000,000
13 2,645 34% 250,000 68% 1,000,000 1,000,000
14 3,042 35% 250,000 70% 1,000,000 1,000,000
15 3,650 36% 250,000 72% 1,000,000 1,000,000
16 4,380 37% 250,000 75% 500,000 112% 1,500,000 1,500,000
17 5,256 38% 275,000 77% 550,000 115% 1,650,000 1,650,000
18 7,902 40% 275,000 79% 550,000 118% 1,650,000 1,650,000

*Note - Overcharge, Supercharge, and Extended-Supercharge costs are increased by 50% when a mithril enhancement is applied to your Primus Conduit.


Appearance

  • conduit-uncharged.jpgUncharged
  • conduit-charged.jpgCharged
  • conduit-overcharged.jpgOver-charged
  • conduit-overcharged.jpgSuper-charged
  • conduit-extended-overcharge.jpgExtended Super-charged

Uncharged - Primus Conduit is not functional, it is not affecting the firing speed of connected defenses.
Charged - Connected defenses have X% firing speed increase, as per the 'Charged Increase' column above (up to 24hrs).
Overcharged - Connected defenses have X% firing speed increase, as per the 'Overcharged Increase' column above (up to 24hrs).
Supercharged - Connected defenses have X% firing speed increase, as per the 'Supercharged Increase' column above (up to 24hrs).
Extended Overcharged/Supercharged - Connected defenses have X% firing speed increase, as per the 'Overcharged Increase' or 'Supercharged Increase' columns above (up to 48hrs).

Technical Overview

The Primus Conduit can increase the attack speed of the following defenses:

Defensive buildings must directly connect to at least 2 tiles of the Primus Conduit edge in order to receive the increase. You can connect a defense to 2 Primus Conduits at the same time, which will give you a multiplied increase in fire speed.

Calculations

To calculate attacks per second:
defense attack speed x (conduit boost [x conduit boost])

To calculate attack speed:
defense attacks per second / (conduit boost [x conduit boost])

Example 1:
An Arrow Launcher has a rating of 0.33 attacks per second (1 attack every 3 seconds [calc: 1/0.33]).
The Arrow Launcher is connected to:
A level 5 over-charged Primus Conduit, which will increase the attack speed by 48%.
To calculate the Arrow Launchers new attack speed: 0.33 x 1.48 = 0.49 attacks per second (1 attack every 2.04 seconds [calc: 1/0.49]).

Example 2:
An Arrow Launcher has a rating of 0.33 attacks per second (1 shot every 3 seconds [calc: 1/0.33]).
The Arrow Launcher is connected to:
A level 5 over-charged Primus Conduit, which will increase the attack speed by 48%.
A level 8 over-charged Primus Conduit, which will increase the attack speed by 54%.
To calculate the Arrow Launchers new attack speed: 0.33 x 1.48 x 1.54 = 0.75 attacks per second (1 attack every 1.33 seconds [calc: 1/0.75]).

Example 3:
The base attack speed of a level 1 Spell Tower is 0.1 (1 attack per 10 seconds).
A level 8 Spell Tower increases the attack speed by 40%, so that's an attack speed of 0.1 x 1.4 = 0.14 attack speed (1 attack every 7.14 seconds [calc: 10 / 1.4]).
The Spell Tower is connected to:
A level 7 over-charged Primus Conduit, which will increase the attack speed by 52%.
A level 9 over-charged Primus Conduit, which will increase the attack speed by 56%.
To caclulate the Spell Towers attacks per second: 0.14 x 1.52 x 1.56 = 0.332 attacks per second.
To calculate the Spell Towers attack speed: 7.14 / (1.52 x 1.56) = 1 attack every 3 seconds (calc: 1 / 0.332).


Placement Examples

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Catapult is boosted by the Primus Conduit
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Catapult is NOT boosted by the Primus Conduit (1 tile gap between the 2 structures)
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Catapult is boosted by the Primus Conduit
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Catapult is NOT boosted by the Primus Conduit (only 1 tile connecting, need 2-3 tiles connected)
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Catapult is NOT boosted by the Primus Conduit (no tiles are connected, need 2-3 tiles connected)
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Catapult is boosted by 2 Primus Conduits (charged amount is multiplied by 2 conduits)

Tip: If the defense sparkles, it's being powered by the Primus Conduit!

Mithril Upgrades and costs

There are three Mithril upgrades to choose from:

1. Regen: While overcharged, the Conduit and its targets recover 50 health a second. Increases overcharge cost by 50% and cannot stack.
2. Protect: While overcharged, The Conduit and its targets take 65% less damage from troops. Increases overcharge cost by 50% and cannot stack.
3. Shell: While overcharged, the Conduit and its targets take 65% less damage from spells. Increases overcharge cost by 50% and cannot stack.

Mithril upgrade costs, once you have invested in an upgrade tree (see below) you are locked into it. To invest you must pay the Mithril and ring cost which scales based in points already invested:

Count Mithril Cost Ring Cost
1 15 350
2 3 780
3 3 1400
4 3 2350
5 3 3600