Build an economy
Assign working-age citizens to limestone, grain, and obsidian. Feed the population, expand capacity, and decide what can safely be committed to the monument.
The Ascension race
Build your monument.
Finish before every rival.
Every dynasty builds its own five-phase pyramid in the same live world. The first ruler to complete the Ascendant Capstone wins, and the active world freezes immediately.
One race, rival monuments
Your monument is independent.
Every rival affects your plan.
Each village develops its own pyramid. The map and rankings show every rival’s progress, so the decision to build, defend, negotiate, or raid depends on the state of the whole world.
Read the field
Rankings show the race taking shape. Trade, gift resources, negotiate a seven-day non-aggression pact, or prepare troops when a rival becomes a threat.
Protect the work
Successful raids may target stores or damage a rival’s most advanced pyramid work. Defence is part of construction: progress alone does not make it safe.
Five phases of Ascension
185,000 construction power
between foundation and eternity.
The phases must be completed in order. Each one is larger than the last, forcing a dynasty to scale its workforce and reserves as the race intensifies.
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Phase 1
Foundation of Eternity
Set the first stones and turn a young village into a contender.
- Required
- 5,000 power
- Share of monument
- 2.7%
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Phase 2
Lower Terraces
Broaden the monument while keeping the fields and quarries supplied.
- Required
- 12,000 power
- Share of monument
- 6.5%
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Phase 3
Inner Sanctum
Cross the point where every rival can see the shape of your ambition.
- Required
- 24,000 power
- Share of monument
- 13.0%
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04
Phase 4
Upper Terraces
Sustain an immense crew while protecting years of accumulated work.
- Required
- 48,000 power
- Share of monument
- 25.9%
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Phase 5
The Ascendant Capstone
Complete the Ascendant Capstone and win the world for your dynasty.
- Required
- 96,000 power
- Share of monument
- 51.9%
How progress is made
Reserve resources.
Assign citizens.
Pyramid construction is a deliberate commitment, separate from ordinary building upgrades. You reserve stone and glass for the active phase, then assign a crew from the same working-age population your economy needs.
Progress continues with elapsed time while both a crew and stored construction power remain. If the reserve runs dry, the crew is released until you commit more material.
See the structures behind the economy →-
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Reserve materials
One limestone supplies one power; one obsidian supplies two.
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Assign a crew
Choose between 5 and 200 available working-age citizens.
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03
Advance over time
Each worker contributes 12 power per hour before active modifiers.
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Repeat through five phases
Only the first unfinished phase can receive new work.
The end of a world
No fixed deadline.
One decisive finish.
A world does not end because a calendar reaches a promised date. It remains active until a dynasty completes all five phases.
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Active
The race continues
Dynasties produce, build, trade, research, negotiate, raid, and advance their own monuments.
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Victory
The Ascendant Capstone completes
The ruler who finishes the pyramid first wins immediately.
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Frozen
The active contest stops
The world is frozen immediately, preserving the final state and the victorious dynasty.
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Archive
History is sealed
Seven real days after victory, the frozen world moves into the archive.
The race for Ascension is open
Complete the pyramid before every rival.
Build your economy, track rival monuments, and decide how many citizens and resources your dynasty can commit to victory.