Grow a tiny settlement into a kingdom by gathering resources, hiring workers and advancing from age to age.
Realm of Ages Clicker is a clicking and idle game, told mostly in text, that starts with nothing more than a bucket of water. You click to gather resources, spend them on workers and buildings, and slowly turn a tiny camp into a realm with its own place in history. Each new game gives your realm a random name, something like Northern Athens.
The story moves through big historical eras, starting in the Stone Age and pushing on into the Feudal Age, the Dark Age and the Renaissance.
Getting started
Your opening move is the Water upgrade, which costs nothing. After that, the Gather button under water becomes your first tool. Every click fills a red progress bar, and a full bar becomes one unit of the resource. Water takes 10 clicks per unit, wood takes 25 and stone takes 50, so the hand work adds up fast.
That is why workers matter so much. Water Fetchers, Lumberjacks and the rest fill those bars for you every second, while buildings usually add finished goods straight to your stock. Prices climb with each one you own. Each resource also has a storage limit, shown on the colored bar above it.
Moving through history
Age upgrades are the major goals. Buying one grants an Advancement Point and opens fresh content. In the Stone Age you can research things like Fire and the Wheel. Later eras add iron, trades, leaders and gold. The Dark Age even throws a disease outbreak at you that knocks your realm back for a while.
Seven resources appear over the course of a game: diamond, silver, wheat, iron, stone, wood and water. Gold comes separately, through trades such as Tax and Property Tax, which pay based on how many workers and buildings you have.
Strategy notes
- Gather by hand only until Water Fetchers are affordable, then let them take over.
- Watch the storage cap. Clicks are wasted on a full resource.
- Hover over an upgrade to see its tier number. Some can be bought more than once.
- Keep a healthy mix of workers and buildings so your trade income stays strong.
- Think before hiring a leader, since each colony allows only one.
- If upkeep gets too heavy, hold Ctrl and click a worker or building to sell it.
Good to know
You can chase 36 achievements, and a stats screen counts every click and purchase you make. Eight color themes let you change the look, and separate panels hold Messages, Statistics, Achievements and Settings.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gather a resource | — | Click "Gather" under the resource | Tap "Gather" |
| Buy a worker, building, upgrade or trade | — | Click its tile | Tap its tile |
| See costs and effects | — | Hover over a tile, or click a resource name | Tap a resource name |
| Sell a worker or building | Hold Ctrl | Ctrl + click its tile | — |
| Switch menu panels | — | Click Messages, Statistics, Achievements or Settings | Tap the panel button |
Realm of Ages Clicker FAQ
Can I play Realm of Ages Clicker on a Chromebook or phone?
A Chromebook or laptop suits it best. The layout is wide, tooltips appear when you hover, and selling something needs the Ctrl key. Phones and tablets are partly supported. Tapping still gathers and buys, and tapping a resource name opens its details.
Does my realm save?
Yes. The game saves automatically, and the settings let you export your save and import it again later. That makes it easy to leave for a while and pick up exactly where you stopped.
What is the point of starting a colony?
A colony works as a prestige reset. Your realm begins again from scratch, but you hold on to your Prestige Points and Advancement Points. Prestige Points buy permanent skills from three groups, and those bonuses carry over to every future colony.
What should I do if nothing seems to be happening?
Check the storage bar above each resource. When a resource is full, gathering adds nothing, so either spend it or buy a storage upgrade. Also make sure you have hired workers, since clicking alone gets slow very quickly.
