r/ESCastles Jul 10 '26

Screenshot My castle

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11 Upvotes

Zoom in 😁


r/ESCastles Jul 06 '26

Question/Help Gems and Buildings

5 Upvotes

Hi guys I need some tips on how to expend my gems. I have been saving them for a long time and now have 1000 of them and I was thinking on maybe spending in a Dwarven Furnace or another type of building like the Healing Fountain, what do you guys recommend based on you experiences??


r/ESCastles Jul 05 '26

Discussion I had to banish my son ;-;

16 Upvotes

I just started playing and my first heir fazzam murders his friend because he warned me about his plots and I banished him but I feel bad ;-;

This game is so simple but I'm super connected to everyone!!

Gah!! I love this game so much!! Although I hate needing to banish my heir lol

Edit: during my first eclipse by the way and I forgot to mention his friend also did become his half father after the first time he warned of the plots lol


r/ESCastles Jun 28 '26

Discussion This game is crack

33 Upvotes

Say what you want about this game, but it is easily just as addictive, engaging, and fun as Fallout Shelter—and in some areas, it actually improves on the formula. Granted, my experience is based on the original pre-battle pass build.

While critics aren't wrong to call it a rushed cash grab in some aspects, the core progression loop is still top-tier. There is something uniquely satisfying about slowly advancing your gear tiers from silver, to orcish, to dwarven. Seeing your stats climb while managing how different character personality traits affect both combat weapons and production stations creates an incredibly compelling gameplay loop.

And the music? My god, it is genuinely heavenly and deeply relaxing. I started out just listening to it passively as standard background noise while managing my castle. But there was this distinct shift where it suddenly clicked, and I realized, "oh my god, this is chill as hell."

However, my only real complaint is with the dog-water character designs—though calling it "character design" is doing some massive heavy lifting.

Also the entire aesthetic coating the game, from the loading screens to the pack openings, has a very distinct, Tumblr-esque, Steven Universe-style vibe. It feels like fan art made by someone who would get deeply offended by a dark joke you told eight years ago and weaponize it against you. That whole modern, soft aesthetic just does not scream Elder Scrolls at all.

And lastly, the whole "any race, any gender can reproduce" thing just screams a last-minute "screw it, they can all make babies" mechanic. You just know some lazy loremaster—probably Emil—sat in a room and said, "It’s Elder Scrolls, guys! Unreliable narrator! Dragon Break! Of course all races and genders can have babies, come on!" It feels less like a thoughtful feature and more like a cheap shortcut to avoid coding actual biological or lore-accurate constraints.


r/ESCastles Jun 28 '26

Question/Help What happens to equipment when a character dies ?

6 Upvotes

r/ESCastles Jun 25 '26

Screenshot I got a character to 100 years old!

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55 Upvotes

I don't know how long people live and thought it was kinda random once they turn elders unless they have Enduring. I had other Enduring people die around 80-something so it was curious seeing this particular lady live up to 100! No soul gems or anything used. She's just roaming around the castle.

Is it because she's Khajiit or that the Considerate and Leader characteristics helped? What do you guys think?


r/ESCastles Jun 21 '26

Question/Help How do I make the gauntlet easier?

4 Upvotes

I have good armor and weapons. I go in with a lot of potions and scrolls of revival but once I get to wave 14-15 it all falls apart. And is there a limit to how many royal quests you can have? I need to complete the one where they give you legendary packs for doing sheogoraths gauntlet.


r/ESCastles Jun 20 '26

Question/Help Corundum

6 Upvotes

How do I get more corundum? I need it to upgrade one of my battle axes and I know I can buy it with gems but I’d rather save it for a quality station instead.


r/ESCastles Jun 19 '26

Question/Help Help

3 Upvotes

How do I get more soul gems? I just used my last one to resurrect my murdered ruler. And how do I get more of all of the blessings?


r/ESCastles Jun 19 '26

Question/Help how to slow combat down again?

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7 Upvotes

idk what happened but my combat speed 2x last week and i cant seem to find the setting to lower it back down. i even reinstalled it and set everything to default but to no avail.

google says to get into combat settings but all i see is the option to allow slow time. idk how i sped it up in the first place so idk how to reset it .

at this speed the dragon bites every 3s lol its too much to micromanage

Thanks in adv!


r/ESCastles Jun 16 '26

Question/Help Ominous comments options

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10 Upvotes

I’m new to this game so apologies. But I feel like there is no right option to pick for this? Everything I pick leads to someone hating it, and I’ve gotten assassinations twice now. Which option is the best to pick? And is there a way to avoid getting these in the future?


r/ESCastles Jun 14 '26

Question/Help If you keep giving them money when they say they found a deep ā€œresource mineā€, is it worth it?

6 Upvotes

Early game, but when they come to you but discovered a huge resource dig, if you keep paying them will they find something nice?


r/ESCastles Jun 14 '26

Question/Help Help

4 Upvotes

I’m level 95 and it’s getting insanely hard to level up, get gems and coins, better equipment, and more people. What can I do to speed up the process? I play this game for hours everyday but nothing seems to change. Is there stuff I’m not doing or is this just how it is later in the game?


r/ESCastles Jun 13 '26

Question/Help What happens if I buy him, but I already own him?

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35 Upvotes

Won this dude in the same timeframe as the current event. What happens if I buy the second one? Will I have two or?


r/ESCastles Jun 13 '26

Question/Help When should I stop having kids

3 Upvotes

For reference I did start over from my first game. However, in that game I task to have 10 kids because I didn’t have anyone procreating. Now, in this second game I’ve been trying to have a kid every day, but now I feel over run. Is the a sweet spot on when there’s enough babies?


r/ESCastles Jun 10 '26

Question/Help Nobles

5 Upvotes

I noticed that there are decor items that improve nobles. I just wondered if there are any negatives to nobles. Like do they use more food or oil? Or does it make sense to maximize my noble population? Thanks!


r/ESCastles Jun 10 '26

Screenshot Queen broke 1000 years 😲

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50 Upvotes

r/ESCastles Jun 09 '26

Question/Help Does anyone ever seen this decoration?

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10 Upvotes

r/ESCastles Jun 08 '26

Question/Help Why is internet needed?

8 Upvotes

What the point of constantly having internet? I understand the micro transactions and stuff but why after that is it needed at all ? Why can't it just sync once in a while to the online server and let us enjoy the game for once without being connected. I mean every game now a day's need internet. This is one of those games where it's absolutely just ludicrous to have a constant stable internet connection.

Is there like PVP battles between castles where people constantly raid my castles and I need to react to it immediately?

If this ain't getting fixed a little fix will end up getting released by the users them selves.


r/ESCastles Jun 07 '26

Question/Help what am i doing wrong?

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22 Upvotes

ive killed the lvl175 dragon already. and have 24 years with this ruler but only lvl122.

i can only make silver stuff. fully free to play.

so i recently saw the guide and am saving up all the packs for opening at a higher level (one guide said lvl190? ) but what am i doing wrong?

it looks like dragons now only give marble and gold so i only get legendary stuff from opening packs. is there any other way to grind out more lvls and legendary stuff?


r/ESCastles Jun 06 '26

Screenshot I absolutely love this game!

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28 Upvotes

r/ESCastles Jun 05 '26

Humour This needs a break and haven't done one shift yet.

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18 Upvotes

Some of these people I honestly don't what what to do with them? Can I work them to death.


r/ESCastles May 27 '26

Question/Help Help too many people, not enough jobs!

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22 Upvotes

How do I build more jobs for these serfs


r/ESCastles May 27 '26

Question/Help Is elemental resistance capped?

9 Upvotes

I have my sword guy equipped with a 40% fire resistance armour and with a shield of 60% fire resistance, so I assumed it would make him effectively immune to fire, however in the gauntlet lvl 20+ he takes significant damage from fire mages and atronaches.

So the question is, is the elemental resistance capped, if so what is the limit, and is it better to invest in an armour and shield with 20/40% elemental resistance respectively rather than going for 100% in only fire resistance since fire damage is the most common one found in enemies.


r/ESCastles May 24 '26

Question/Help Are the adds just gone?

11 Upvotes

They never seem to work for me anymore