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How to Play Realm Grinder

Realm Grinder is a highly strategic incremental game centered around building a kingdom and managing its economy. Unlike simple clickers, success depends entirely on your choice of **Faction** and how you synergize spells, upgrades, and research.

The Core Loop: Gems, Factions, and Reincarnation

Manual Clicks: Start by clicking the screen to earn Coins. Use Coins to buy buildings.




Gems: Coins convert into **Gems**, the soft prestige currency. Accumulating enough Gems allows you to **Reincarnate**, which resets your Coins and buildings but gives you a permanent, massive multiplier.




Choosing a Faction: Early in a run, you must align with one of the starting Factions (e.g., Fairies, Elves, Goblins). Your chosen Faction grants unique passive bonuses, specific upgrades, and exclusive building benefits that define your entire strategy for that run.

Strategic Gameplay

Spells: Use Mana to cast powerful **Spells** that provide temporary boosts to Coin production, clicking power, or resource generation. Managing Mana efficiently is critical.




Research: Later in the game, you unlock the **Research** mechanic, which offers a complex tree of thousands of upgrades. These upgrades drastically multiply the power of specific Faction abilities, demanding high optimization.




Bloodlines and Heritages: These are permanent unlocks gained through Faction progression that provide lasting bonuses even after Reincarnation, constantly accelerating your overall growth.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) of Realm Grinder

What are Gems, and what is their purpose?

Gems are the soft-cap currency earned from Coin production. They represent the growth of your overall kingdom wealth and determine the multiplier you receive when you **Reincarnate**.

What is Reincarnation?

Reincarnation is the game's core prestige mechanic. It resets your Coins and buildings but grants you a massive, permanent **Gem Multiplier**, allowing you to reach higher growth stages much faster in your next run.

How does choosing a Faction affect my game?

Your Faction choice dictates your primary source of income and available upgrades for that run. For example, **Fairies** gain power from the number of buildings you own, while **Goblins** gain power from low-cost buildings and instant coin gains.

Which Faction should a new player choose first?

The **Fairies** are generally recommended for new players due to their straightforward strategy that scales well with the number of buildings purchased.

What is the benefit of Mercenaries?

Mercenaries are a late-game Faction unlocked after reaching a high Reincarnation count. They allow you to combine the strengths (upgrades) of *any* two other Factions into one extremely powerful custom build.

Do I earn Coins while offline?

Yes, production from all your owned buildings continues to generate Coins while you are offline, up to a certain limit of time, which can be extended through upgrades.

How do I manage Mana?

Mana is passively regenerated, and its capacity can be upgraded. Strategic Mana management involves casting your high-cost **Spells** at optimal times, often right before a large burst of income or before going offline.

What are Bloodlines?

Bloodlines are permanent upgrades purchased using the high-tier resource, Rubies. Once unlocked, they provide a powerful, lasting boost to a specific Faction's ability across all future Reincarnations.

What are the 'Good' and 'Evil' alignments?

Factions are grouped into Good (Fairies, Elves, Angels) and Evil (Goblins, Undead, Demons). You must stick to your current alignment until you unlock the prestige Factions, which can be aligned Neutral (e.g., Druids).

When should I start investing in Research?

The Research system is unlocked after reaching a high Gem count, often around 1 Oc (One Octillion) Gems or a similar milestone. It is the major progression layer that follows the Faction stage.

What are Trophies and do they grant bonuses?

Trophies are achievements earned for completing various in-game tasks. Many Trophies grant permanent, small bonuses to production or provide resources like Rubies.

Is it better to buy many cheap buildings or few expensive ones?

This depends entirely on your chosen Faction. For example, Goblins benefit from maximizing the total *number* of cheap buildings, while Dwarves benefit from highly upgraded, expensive buildings.

How is Realm Grinder different from Cookie Clicker?

Realm Grinder is much heavier on **Strategy** and decision-making due to the complex Faction alignment, Spell system, and branching Research trees. Cookie Clicker focuses more on the click-to-idle transition and exponential numbers.

What should be my focus during a short run?

During short runs, your focus should be maximizing Gem gain as quickly as possible, casting Spells aggressively, and Ascending promptly to bank the permanent Gem multiplier for long-term growth.

Can I change my Faction choice mid-run?

No, once you align with a Faction in a given run, you are locked into that Faction's abilities and upgrades until you perform your next Reincarnation.