Esmeralda’s House in RoK: November 23–25, how many gems to spin and what the rewards are

In the Rise of Kingdoms event schedule for the second half of November, “Esmeralda’s House” appeared - the exchange of gems for materials and speedups. According to the event calendar, it will take place on November 23–25; exact hours vary by server.

Mechanically it is a direct rival of “Treasure of the Holy Knight”: the same gem spins, but the focus is on raw materials rather than blueprints.

What the spins give

• 10 spins — 5,200 gems: 33 hours each of research, training and construction speedups, 45 hours of universal speedups, 539 base materials, about 6.2 million resources, plus 3 epic head fragments and 3 epic leg fragments.
• 100 spins — 70,000 gems: 369 hours for each branch, 165 hours of universal speedups, 6,156 materials, about 77.7 million resources, 33+33 epic fragments and two 50% army expansions.

How much to spin

The main catch is that the first ten pulls are the most cost-effective: on ten spins the price per legendary material is about 2,470 gems, then it grows to 2,945–3,183 and never falls back to the level of the first ten. Therefore, it is more profitable for F2P players to stop at the first threshold, and save the rest of the gems for the “Treasure of the Holy Knight” or “Esmeralda’s Prayer,” where legendary fragments drop.

There are no legendary blueprints in Esmeralda’s House at all — only epic ones, and in the long run they have almost no effect on the account. Judge an event by its materials and speedups, not by fragments.

For medium and large accounts, it makes sense to go up to 100 spins: in addition to raw materials, a full run gives two 50% army expansions, which are not available in other events in this category.

Source: riseof.ru (schedule), forsmarket.store (awards)