The Events: Ancient Ruins and Dark Altars
The Ancient Ruins and Altar of Darkness events in Rise of Kingdoms are key moments for alliance strategy. Both events follow a specific cadence, with the Ancient Ruins recurring every 40 hours and the Dark Altars every 86 hours. However, the start time of each event is influenced by players’ actions in preceding stages, making planning essential to ensure optimal participation.
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The game uses UTC as a standard timezone, providing uniformity and simplifying coordination. This is a significant advantage as it allows players to work with a shared schedule without needing to calculate time differences. With the support of a Discord bot, organizing these events becomes even easier and more accessible.
How MsgPlanner Simplifies Scheduling for reminders for Rise of Kingdoms
The bot’s recurring scheduling feature, which timezone can be configured as UTC, allows you to set automatic reminders for each cycle at predetermined intervals according to the event’s frequency. For instance, you can configure a message to be sent 30 minutes before the event starts, tagging the players who are expected to participate. A message could look like this:
@Ancient Ruins in 30 minutes, get ready.
or
@Altar of Darkness in 1 hour, get ready for fight.
This type of notification helps alliance members prepare in advance, gather together, and share the strategies needed to tackle the event successfully. Managing roles in the Discord server, such as Ancient Ruins or Altar of Darkness, further enhances the notification system, allowing you to quickly reach the relevant players without disturbing others who are not participating.
With the bot, managing events is simple and intuitive. There are no technical complications, and the entire process, from reminders to participation, is fully automated. Using UTC eliminates the need for time calculations, making the system ideal for alliances of any size and geographic distribution.
Assume we have the following table with time following UTC timezone and American date format:
| # | Ancient Ruins | Altar of Darnkness |
|---|---|---|
| Every 40 hours | Every 86 hours | |
| 1 | 01/26/2025 15:26:00 | 02/09/2025 12:23:00 |
| 2 | 01/28/2025 7:26:00 | 02/13/2025 2:23:00 |
| 3 | 01/29/2025 23:26:00 | 02/16/2025 16:23:00 |
| 4 | 01/31/2025 15:26:00 | 02/20/2025 6:23:00 |
| 5 | 02/02/2025 07:26:00 | 02/23/2025 20:23:00 |
| 6 | 02/03/2025 23:26:00 | 02/27/2025 10:23:00 |
| 7 | 02/05/2025 15:26:00 | 03/03/2025 00:23:00 |
| 8 | 02/07/2025 07:26:00 | 03/06/2025 14:23:00 |
| 9 | 02/08/2025 23:26:00 | 03/10/2025 04:23:00 |
| 10 | 02/10/2025 15:26:00 | |
| 11 | 02/12/2025 07:26:00 | |
| 12 | 02/13/2025 23:26:00 | |
| 13 | 02/15/2025 15:26:00 | |
| 14 | 02/17/2025 7:26:00:00 | |
| 15 | 02/18/2025 23:26:00 | |
| 16 | 02/20/2025 15:26:00 | |
| 17 | 02/22/2025 7:26:00 | |
| 18 | 02/23/2025 23:26:00 | |
| 19 | 02/25/2025 15:26:00 | |
| 20 | 02/27/2025 7:26:00 | |
| 21 | 02/28/2025 23:26:00 | |
| 22 | 03/02/2025 15:26:00 | |
| 23 | 03/04/2025 07:26:00 | |
| 24 | 03/05/2025 23:26:00 | |
| 25 | 03/07/2025 15:26:00 | |
| 26 | 03/09/2025 07:26:00 | |
| 27 | 03/10/2025 23:26:00 | |
| 28 | 03/12/2025 15:26:00 |
With MsgPlanner we can realize pretty fast a reminder, below a clip in the web dashboard (but can be done in app too). Date format below is European because i’m from Italy, but inputs are detected based on your country
Conclusion: Reminders for Rise of Kingdoms
This example illustrates how MsgPlanner can be used to automate reminders for the Ancient Ruins and Dark Altars events. However, the flexibility of the bot allows you to set up reminders for many other aspects of Rise of Kingdoms. Whether it’s notifying players about the start of kingdom buffs, rally schedules, or even internal alliance meetings, the bot can simplify and streamline communication for all alliance-related activities. By automating reminders, alliances can focus more on strategy and participation, ensuring success in the ever-evolving world of Rise of Kingdoms.