Skip to content
Kingshot Tips

Kingshot War Academy Truegold Path: When to Open the Tree

Last checked:

AQuick answer
Open War Academy Truegold in the troop type your rally or garrison already uses. Do not start a second tree because a graphic said Archer is meta. Use the War Academy planner with Include prerequisites on so FC / Truegold-stage gates list before you spend dust. Academy building gates still belong in the building planner.

TL;DR

One troop type. Finish unmatched gates. Dust is scarce. Pair a first Truegold rank with a small T5 batch only if you train that type. Share w: and t: segments together.

Truegold is a troop-type bet

War Academy Truegold raises Health, Lethality, Attack and Defense for one troop type per tree. Starting Infantry and Cavalry “just in case” splits Truegold Dust you will not get back before the next patch.

Check each hero’s troopType on their detail page. If the lineup is mixed, pick the type you actually send in rallies this month, not the type a year-old tier list preferred.

How to use the planner without lying to yourself

  1. Open the War Academy planner. The Post-Truegold dust and War Academy + training batch presets exist as encoded rows — confirm the slug is in your catalog.
  2. Leave Include prerequisites on. Finish-gates-first still applies: unmatched War Academy stages before you treat the dust total as complete.
  3. If an Academy or Town Center gate appears, that job is construction. Switch to the building planner, not another research node.
  4. After Truegold, Advanced Truegold is a later tree. Use the ATG planner only when those slugs are in the catalog.

The Academy vs War Academy guide is the short version of which tool to open first.

Pairing training without lagging buildings

A small T5 batch of the same type can sit next to a first Truegold rank on the Progression hub (w: plus t:). Type Barracks / Stable / Range levels into the troop planner so the lag warning can fire.

We do not ship T6+ training costs. The troop planner stays T1–T5 until a community table exists. Confirm live dust costs in the War Academy screen; our numbers carry a Last checked date.

Frequently asked questions

The troop type your active heroes and marches already use. There is little value in maxing Archer Truegold if your garrison and rally are Infantry.

Keep exploring

Academy vs War Academy Planner: Which Kingshot Research Tool to Open

The difference between Kingshot Academy research and War Academy Truegold planners — when to use each, how they encode on the Progression hub, and why Advanced Truegold is a third tool.

Kingshot F2P Academy Research Order: What to Rank First

A free-to-play Academy research sequence for Kingshot: early economy and hospital ranks before vanity combat lines, using the Academy planner instead of a copied tier list.

Kingshot Town Center Push: When to Raise It and What to Keep Close

How to sequence a Town Center push in Kingshot without starving Storehouse, Infirmary, and troop buildings — community-typical sequencing, not a guaranteed power spike.