Alice Vytsenets said:

Jarls, it's time to reveal the contest results!

You faced a difficult task, but you did well! We've randomly chosen 15 winners from among those participants who gave the right answer: 

• ACCU
• COBR@
• DOOGS
• EDDEY
• EVOKEK
• FOOD
• FUADSALIHI
• HIPY
• KILLMOVE-WOOD
• NICH
• ONE
• PASAR
• ROCKETMANIAC66
• UTHER
• WSNELSON1

The following rewards await the winners: 

- 1M Gold 

- 3.5B Food 

- 3.5B Lumber 

- 3.5B Iron 

- 3.5B Stone 

- 3.5B Silver 

To receive your reward, you need to write your game ID (you can find it in the "About the game" section of the Menu) in a personal message to our admin IVAR MARKSMAN before  August 2. 

The right answer for this contest is: 113%. 

Bjorn's Town was located in the Valley of the Aesir and his Clan Stronghold was upgraded to level 2, so he received 8% to his total defense bonus. 

Since Bjorn defended his Town from espionage, the level 27 Wall gave him a 43% bonus to total defense, and his level 27 Watchtower gave him 16%. In addition, he was using the Cradle Town Skin and received a 2% bonus to total defense. 

Bjorn crafted Legendary Ice Boots without a defense bonus and an Unusual Warrior Helmet that increased the total defense by 9%. Bjorn got a Legendary Inlaid Belt from the Khazar and got a 9% bonus to total defense. 

Then Bjorn crafted a special weapon – Epic Brodir's Flail from Epic Harald's Tooth, Epic Eriс's Horn, Epic Olaf's Armor, and Epic Sigurd's Cloak. The Flail gives a 15% bonus to scout defense, but to put it on, you need to reach Hero level 50. Bjorn couldn't use this bonus since his Hero was only level 48. 

The Shaman brought four Beast Shell Legendary runes to Bjorn. Each of these runes increases the scout defense bonus by 9%. In order to activate the bonus, you need to inlay the runes into equipment. You can only inlay a rune into Legendary equipment, and Bjorn only has two Legendary pieces of equipment he could put on (Ice Boots and Inlaid Belt). As a result, the runes gave Bjorn an 18% bonus. 

The King of Jotunheim gave the Lands of Strong Shields Title to Bjorn's Kingdom. One of the bonuses of this Title is increased total defense, 60%. But the Konung assigned a negative Repute to Bjorn that reduced his scout defense by 75%. 

The other actions didn't affect Bjorn's troop defense, and the total bonus was 113%. 

Thank you for your participation! 

Did you like this riddle? Write your feedback in the comments. 

But you asked the INCREASED percentage, so Wall and Watchtower add just 3% and 1% respectively, not 43% and 16% 😞

Luismy09,

As I have concerns  myself about the riddle and the explanation of the answer, I understand yours about your statement of

"But you asked the INCREASED percentage, so Wall and Watchtower add just 3% and 1% respectively, not 43% and 16% 😞"

I do not know where you obtained the figures of 3% and1% from.

You have a point,you do not know what levels he was before he got to 27, so you cannot say what his increase was,but if you are able to find the information from somewhere, you can say what increase level 27 Wall and level 27 Watch tower bring, which is spltting hairs over the meaning of the word or text,as you  can say what his increase is, and so effectively was.

I do not even know where the 43% correct answer for the Wall ,comes from, as I could find no reference to this figure anywhere in the game, nor on the forum, as was the case with some of the other needed information, like the title of " Land of Strong Shields" giving 60%.

How are people who have recently started playing the game supposed to find the answers needed?

If you havent got the likes of access to a stronghold to see what special equipment is available and how it works? the answer is you cant

Other players may not know themselves ,or choose not to give an answer, or even supply you with incorrect information, such that you do not impede their chances of being drawn a winner.

Everyone should have an equal and fair chance of getting the correct information needed to working out an answer, to enter it and win.

Shouldnt they?

It has become apparant that a number of people haven't even attempted to figure out an answer, and just copied someone else's, even I did that, but only because I couldnt find the information, I wanted, or verify it  myself  .

Is it fair that a player who hasnt even bothered to solve the riddle gets a prize over those that have taken the time themselves to come up with the correct answer.?

Maybe in the ruthless world of 'Vikings: War Of Clans', it is.

Alice Vytsenets said:

Jarls, it's time to reveal the contest results!

You faced a difficult task, but you did well! We've randomly chosen 15 winners from among those participants who gave the right answer: 

• ACCU
• COBR@
• DOOGS
• EDDEY
• EVOKEK
• FOOD
• FUADSALIHI
• HIPY
• KILLMOVE-WOOD
• NICH
• ONE
• PASAR
• ROCKETMANIAC66
• UTHER
• WSNELSON1

The following rewards await the winners: 

- 1M Gold 

- 3.5B Food 

- 3.5B Lumber 

- 3.5B Iron 

- 3.5B Stone 

- 3.5B Silver 

To receive your reward, you need to write your game ID (you can find it in the "About the game" section of the Menu) in a personal message to our admin IVAR MARKSMAN before  August 2. 

The right answer for this contest is: 113%. 

Bjorn's Town was located in the Valley of the Aesir and his Clan Stronghold was upgraded to level 2, so he received 8% to his total defense bonus. 

Since Bjorn defended his Town from espionage, the level 27 Wall gave him a 43% bonus to total defense, and his level 27 Watchtower gave him 16%. In addition, he was using the Cradle Town Skin and received a 2% bonus to total defense. 

Bjorn crafted Legendary Ice Boots without a defense bonus and an Unusual Warrior Helmet that increased the total defense by 9%. Bjorn got a Legendary Inlaid Belt from the Khazar and got a 9% bonus to total defense. 

Then Bjorn crafted a special weapon – Epic Brodir's Flail from Epic Harald's Tooth, Epic Eriс's Horn, Epic Olaf's Armor, and Epic Sigurd's Cloak. The Flail gives a 15% bonus to scout defense, but to put it on, you need to reach Hero level 50. Bjorn couldn't use this bonus since his Hero was only level 48. 

The Shaman brought four Beast Shell Legendary runes to Bjorn. Each of these runes increases the scout defense bonus by 9%. In order to activate the bonus, you need to inlay the runes into equipment. You can only inlay a rune into Legendary equipment, and Bjorn only has two Legendary pieces of equipment he could put on (Ice Boots and Inlaid Belt). As a result, the runes gave Bjorn an 18% bonus. 

The King of Jotunheim gave the Lands of Strong Shields Title to Bjorn's Kingdom. One of the bonuses of this Title is increased total defense, 60%. But the Konung assigned a negative Repute to Bjorn that reduced his scout defense by 75%. 

The other actions didn't affect Bjorn's troop defense, and the total bonus was 113%. 

Thank you for your participation! 

Did you like this riddle? Write your feedback in the comments. 

Yes I like the riddles you post, as mentioned in my other comments about it.

The information needed to solve them should be accesible to every player, and those that are inclinded to take the time to search for the answer, ought to have more standing in the draw for the winners , than those that have just copied someone elses.

Other wise you might as well just say.

' We are having a raffle for lots of resources and gold, just post your enrty here'

pipkin said:

I am pleased to see Rocketmaniac is a winner - he was the first to realise that although scouts and presumably shaman are present that their levels, and their  numbers and their strengths are somehow irrelevent in protecting the town from an espionage attack and get an answer of 113%.

Pipkin I have just read your response.

I think I read all of the answers given, but do not recall Rocket mentioning the things you have just written he did.

This is exactly the point I was going to make just now, the riddle is a bit misleading, maybe it supposed to be, on the one hand it says use your knowledge of the game , but the explanation would suggest otherwise, and we are only supposed to base the answer on the information we are given, and not on what we might surmise.

However are there times when the circumstantial knowledge is important?

For instance the mention of the gods helping, the text being different, is also a red herring I assume.The Aesir and cohorts are desribed as gods, they  give bonuses, but we can only guess what these might be.

I had also been trying to figure out the importance of the seemingly throw away statement, the Shaman brought me legendary runes .

You can only get these from Shaman if you have done the Shaman knowledge tree? and the shaman knowledge tree gives your shaman bonuses. Again do these work in town, do we even know the shaman is in town, which shaman etc?

The only enigmas I was tryng to solve  was the negative repute from the Konung, doesnt a reduction in offense of troops also mean an effective reduction of defense?

Deepak said:

How did you knew who copied other and who really found the answer themselves , I worked 1 hour to find the exact answer but some people just copied others, I really believed I will get that reward and my answer was too damn correct with a clear explanation

next time don't explain the answer, so other people are less likely to copy your answer, and you have more chances to get the reward

Didn't you think about it?

Anyone,

Yeah, you are right, and there were too many variants that were not very clear. I feel a little stupid because the first time, I wrote 113%, and I actually found that value by myself, but when I realized the word "increased" I changed it to 58% hahah.

Well, next time we may have more luck. And about the information that cannot be obtained directly from the game, you can find it on the official Vikings page, on the Wikis or on other pages like www.vikings.help, among others.

Thanks for your comment, and sorry for my english. Greetings :)

I am happy for the winners who did the work to find the correct answer and not just copy someone else's work. After spending hours getting the info, I am more upset about the I time wasted, the time I wasted of others, and the wrong answer then not winning.

 I didn't know we were to assume the Jarl Bjorn had only been playing for one day hence the full defense points given for the Wall (43%) and the Watchtower (16%). I also didn't know the Buffoon Repute had been given for a whole 24 hours, If it occurred the day before the battle the repute wouldn't be in effect on the day of the battle as it last 3 hours. The tile given out Lands of strong shields lasts 1 week. As you can see I have the correct figures as I used my "knowledge of the game" . It did ask for his increase percentage, not an overall percentage which would be the full defense bonus on the Wall and Tower along with the negative repute.

Please proof read contests, please do the contests for yourselves see how many answers you and your team come up with, it's only fair to your players who genuinely love the game. My Original Post is below:

 133%

 I'm a sucker for a good contest, but the work put into this... well anyway I am no math wiz but I love Vikings...

Clan SH 8%

Wall 3% (increased 1 level)

Tower 1% (increased 1 level)

Helmet 9%

Amulet 9%

Skin 2%

Runes 18% (2)

Title 60%

VIP 23%

Nothing is given for the Mines.

Nothing White Robe/Brodirs Flail ....

Nothing for 2 of the Beast Shell Runes

Nothing for Repute as this is a story of the day before and Reputes last 3 hrs.

Good Luck to All the Jarls!!!!

My answer is 133%

Anyone: Vikings help has a tab near top left where you can select buildings: click on the building  you want and a chart comes up with all the relevant information. The chart is too wide for my screen so I click on one item then use my arrow key to scroll right.

the same tab covers just about everything other than buildings

1. The confusion about wording, using 'increase', is a valid one. However, since there is no logical way to assume anything other than what was written, you can infer that 'increase' would be a total amount, not an incremental stage allotment.

2. The information to determine answers is readily available to those willing to search all the areas of the gaming interface. The resultant confusion relates more to the abysmal guides that, at best, are incomplete and meant only for neophytes and at worst, woefully lacking of structure and access as a reference source. I almost put more time in searching forum for information and finding ways to determine whether the information is outdated. The screen image being to small to fit the screen for the defense stats for the wall is another example...more slap-dash then a planned deployment.

3. While the issue of the gear dropped by the Khazar is valid, there is a reference to this drop....that is how I got to the point of linking the mats to the gear...

In all, I enjoy this game as a diversion. I applaud those that work to make it better and thank those whose work adds dimension to playing this game. To all the forum moderators who assist us, thank you. To Alice, for taking time to bring us this forum diversion and riches rewarded to random players...thank you. And, to all of you who play, in spite of our complaints and disagreements...thank you for playing.

you guys are making non sense with that increase logic.

i got the right answer 113% but no prize. the way I see it is he had a certain % of defense before and with the upgrades the riddle tell us he got his defense increased to 113%. it's quite easy to understand really.