Armament, show yourself! November 8–9 in Rise of Kingdoms: how to guarantee a special dedication
On November 8–9, Rise of Kingdoms hosts the next window of the “Armament, Show Yourself!” event. - an event entirely dedicated to equipment and its special dedications. It is in such windows that players sit down en masse to reforge and refine things: it’s more pleasant to knock out the desired dedication when the entire server is forging with you. We analyze the mechanics by numbers so as not to burn materials in vain.
What does special dedication give?
Special dedication (in common parlance - “crit” or special talent) is +30% to all current characteristics of an item for the selected type of troops: both basic items and cult bonuses. Important: the bonus only works when the item is worn by the primary commander of a pair with the matching red talent line. On the second commander, the equipment has no effect at all. You choose the initiation branch yourself at the time of receipt - you cannot replay it later.
Two ways to guarantee
Forging. By itself, it is always successful; the whole accident lies in the occurrence of initiation. The chance is fixed: 11% on each of the first four reforges and 100% on the fifth . The counter is kept for each item separately and is reset to zero as soon as the talent is dropped. A classic mistake is to chain seven different things at once: that’s seven independent attempts of 11% each, and the probability of being left without a single “crit” for the entire set is 44%. The community's working technique is to reforge one item until it's guaranteed, rather than spreading attempts across the set.
Finalization. The second way: raise the level of item refinement to 100 - at the hundredth level, dedication is given to the selected branch. One modification adds at least +25 level, with chances for big jumps; on average, it takes about 2.6 improvements from zero to one hundredth, and almost half of the players complete a talent in one or two attempts. Which way is cheaper in terms of materials - consider for a specific item.
A couple of tips for the window
- Do not scatter attempts over the entire set: the guarantee only works within one item.
- Choose a branch for a real bearer: +30% “on the wrong” branch does not give anything.
- When parsed, a legendary item without dedication returns only 50% of the materials - with dedication it returns 100%. It is profitable to bring an item to talent even for the sake of recrafting.
Source: riseof.ru event calendar , “Forge and equipment” guide (updated 11/08/2026)