Official How-To

Nightborn Empire
Player Guide

Build your empire. Command your armies. Master every system.

Gothic online strategy

Build a Vampire Empire Beneath an Eternal Night

Nightborn Empire is a vampire strategy game for mobile where you develop a Citadel, command vampire heroes and specialized armies, master dark Research, join a Coven, and contend with rivals across a persistent world.

Aurelia Thorne, a vampire hero in Nightborn Empire
Complete player guide

Master the whole empire

Practical guidance for empire growth, armies, world activity, cooperation, heroes, equipment, and account systems—without hidden mechanics.

Getting Started

Your first nights: Citadel, economy, troops, marches, and progression.

Citadel & Buildings

Develop the Citadel, manage builders, and meet upgrade prerequisites.

Resources & Economy

Produce, store, collect, and spend Blood, Credits, and Influence.

Research

Choose branches, follow prerequisites, and research the current bottleneck.

Backpack & Items

Open resource packs and apply speedups from the timer that needs them.

Troops & Training

Train all three formations and understand their battlefield order.

World Map & Marches

Choose a target, configure a march, commit forces, and track travel.

Combat, Reports & Recovery

Read outcomes, separate wounded from lost, and restore your forces.

Protection & Defense

Use shields, scouting, garrisons, reinforcements, and relocation safely.

World Nodes & Gathering

Compare yield, danger, duration, escorts, and the resource you need.

Covens & Cooperation

Find allies, request timer help, rally, reinforce, and contest landmarks.

Daily Tasks & Events

Read scoring rules, complete tasks, and claim reachable milestones.

Social, Profile & Rankings

Use chat, friends, reports, profiles, and leaderboards responsibly.

Heroes

Choose a hero, understand roles, and prepare your march.

Hero Bond

Build progression between you and one selected hero.

Hero Ascension

Collect fragments and awaken the next stage of a hero.

Hero Chests

Open fragment chests and direct rewards toward your roster.

Hero Equipment

Equip, improve, protect, and manage an individual hero’s regalia.

Lord Equipment

Build regalia sets that support combat, growth, or gathering.

Crafting & Forging

Turn gathered materials and spare pieces into equipment.

Ingredients & Materials

Know what every forging and improvement material is for.

Store, VIP & Purchases

Understand offers, entitlements, delivery, and safe purchase support.