New events tend to be a bit complicated, so we’re going to do what we can to minimize that confusion by explaining one particular aspect of this event: nerds. Simply put, nerds are your soldiers during this event; they attack other castles.

In this event you will eventually build three different types of castles: Barbarian, Recycle, and Cardboard. Each of these castles generates nerds for your automatically, like a unique currency. For instance, every 2h you will earn 15 nerds, per castle. So if you have all three castles you can earn just shy of the maximum number of nerds you are allowed to have at any given time: 50.

What do I do with nerds?

You use nerds to attack other castles, whether they belong to your neighbors or are in random towns. You can choose how many nerds you want to use to attack. The more nerds you attack with, the faster you will earn the listed reward. For houses the rate is 70 elixir, 25 gold. When you attack a castle the rate is doubled, the only catch is the fastest you can destroy a castle is 4h, whereas a house can be destroyed in 60m if you use the maximum amount of 9 nerds to attack.

Can you simplify that?

The more nerds you attack with, the faster you’ll earn elixir and gold.

How do I defend myself against attacks?

Just tap the shield icon in your town. If a build of yours is destroyed, just tap it and it instantly rebuilds. You’ll also get elixir and gold from this, so don’t be too concerned about your buildings. Checking in frequently to rebuild what was damaged or destroyed is the best thing you can do, as you’ll earn rewards faster.

I still don’t understand, what madness is this?

Ugh! Haven’t you ever played a game like Starcraft? Just send your units (in this case nerds) to attack houses and castles. It’s really not as hard as you’re making it out to be. Just about everything will get you some type of reward, just tap the f**k out of any new icons you see and you’ll be fine. Seriously, this event doesn’t end until October, if you can’t get your s**t together by then maybe you should just try Candy Crush Saga or something. (I kid, just keep calm and carry on.)

Why are you being so snippy, I just asked a simple question?

How dare you insult my kingdom! I’m going to go find your town and blow your castle up in one hit!

You can one shot buildings, without waiting? How?

Yeah, there are d20s you can buy (and occasionally happen across) that can immediately wreck any building without using nerds. Please tell me you know what a d20 is. *sigh* It’s a twenty-sided die, usually depicted as a red icosahedron with number 20 displayed prominently to indicate its maximum value. Still too complicated? In the game it makes things go boom. You can also use it to instantly repair all damage to your town and rid yourself off all opposing forces.

Anything else? Should I hold onto my nerds?

Spending ’em if you got ’em. You can only have so many nerds at any given time, usually 50 or so. So send them out to attack towns as often as possible. If you already have the maximum number of nerds, if you try and collect any more it will let you, but it will not count towards your total.