Conquering

Conquering allows you to take over a dungeon that is already occupied by another player and is done using one or multiple Sappers. To send a Sapper on a Conquest mission you must select the conquest box from the raid menu. (Other options there include Raid, Spy & Pillage)


 * A Sapper must be at least level 11 before it can be used in a conquest attack.
 * In a successful conquest, the control of the dungeon will be reduced by 1%, for every level the attacking Sapper is, greater than 10.
 * A Level 11 Sapper would reduce dungeon control by 1%, a Level 12 would reduce by 2%, a Level 20 would reduce by 10%, etc.
 * Once the control value of a dungeon reaches 0, the attacker gains possession, with all remaining rooms, furniture, and storage
 * The Sapper creature is consumed in taking control of the dungeon
 * Control value of the defending dungeon increases by 1%, per level of the Vault, every payday. Meaning a level 5 Vault will regenerate 5% dungeon control per hour.
 * Currently an INACTIVE dungeon does not regain any vault control.
 * You must have an open dungeon slot in order to be able to Conquer another dungeon.

It is extremely important to know what level the target dungeon Vault is as it will allow you to form a conquest strategy. Unlike all the other rooms in Dungeon Overlord, you cannot pillage a vault, meaning whatever level it is, is the level you will have to go up against. There is curretly no way to "de"level a vault that is not your own.

For example if you are planning to attack an active dungeon that has a level 3 Vault with two Level 15 Sappers that is 4 hours away (which is relatively close in Sapper travel terms), you will never be able to conquer that dungeon.
 * Level 3 Vault in an active dungeon will regenerate 3% dungeon control per hour.
 * Two Level 15 Sapper will decrease the dungeon control by 10%.
 * Round trip time is 8 hours
 * In 8 hours the Level 3 Vault will have regenerated 24% dungeon control.

Once you have figured out what strategy will work for you in your specific conquest I would strongly suggest having a single Level 11 Sapper in addition to your other Sappers as the one that will actually do the conquering. Sappers are extremely expensive to level and you really don't want to have your level 40-50 Sapper be consumed by the conquest. Having a level 11 Sapper (minimum needed for conquest) do the actual take over will save you a lot of resources in the long run for future conquests.

Another strategy is to have 2 open dungeon slots for a conquest. This allows you to place the first of the open ones into a free dungeon slot withing the mountain of the target conquest dungeon. You then transfer your Sapper(s) to that dungeon and conquer from there effectively cutting down your Sapper travel time to the minimum of 2 hours round trip.

--NecroDee 16:17, March 6, 2012 (EST)