Castles and Keeps: FAQ – Splinterlands

For a full look at Castles and Keeps, review The Secret of Praetoria.

What are Castles and Keeps?

Castles and Keeps are ancient structures hidden within Praetoria that have incredible magical power. They are discoverable within the surveying stage and have many benefits.

How many Castles and Keeps are in Praetoria?

Each Tract of land (100 contiguous plots) contains exactly one plot with either a Castle or a Keep on it.

Each region (1000 contiguous plots) contains exactly 1 Castle.

Within each Region, exactly 9 Keeps and 1 Castle exist.

How are Castles and Keeps different from land plots?

While Castles and Keeps still require worker cards, power sources, and dark energy to be staked, they must channel their worker's efforts into maintaining the magical connection between these buildings throughout the continent of Praetoria. As compensation for these efforts, Castle and Keep owners collect resources via taxes. View Managing your Castles and Keeps for further detail.

How do Taxes work with Castles and Keeps?

In Land Phase 1.5, a 10% tax is collected from all resource-producing plots. Castle and Keep owners are entitled to a portion of resource production taxes collected from land plots within that Region or Tract, respectively.

**Please note: Resources collected in taxes that are not gathered by the Castle and Keep owners will be burned.

Castles may claim 20% of the total tax gathered within their region (1,000 contiguous plots).
Keeps may claim 50% of the total tax gathered within their tract (100 contiguous plots).
Keeps have a fixed 1,000 grain cost to harvest.
Castles have a fixed 10,000 grain cost to harvest.

What about Totem Fragments?

Totem Fragments are discoverable by Castles and Keeps. Research Huts can also reveal totem fragments.

Castles have a 10x chance of uncovering totem fragments and a 3x chance of that fragment being Legendary, Epic, or Rare.
Keeps have a 3x chance of uncovering totem fragments and a 1.5x chance of that fragment being Legendary, Epic, or Rare.

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