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The Tavern guide: Tavern Tokens, Dragon Crash and coin flips
The Tavern is the place to spend a few minutes of fun with your spare gold. It has two games, Dragon Crash and coin flips, and both are played with Tavern Tokens. This guide explains how everything wo …
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The Ironbarrow market: how to trade wood, stone, iron and food
The Ironbarrow market is run by players, not by a shop. Prices come from real orders, so a good trader can turn a surplus into steady gold. This guide shows how it works. What you can trade You buy an …
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Welcome to the Ironbarrow blog: guides, news and where to chat
Ironbarrow is a free strategy game that runs in your browser. You build a walled city, raise an army and take your place on one shared world map, and your city keeps working while you are away. This b …
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Rankings guide: every leaderboard and how to climb them
… barrow has more than 25 rankings, so there is almost always something to fight over. You do not have to be the strongest warrior to top one: builders, hunters, traders and gamblers all have a board of …
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Barrowlands beginner’s guide: your first hour and first day
New to Barrowlands? This guide shows a calm first hour and a good first day. Nothing here is a rule: there is no wrong way to play, only slower and faster ways. Start with a gathering skill Open the S …
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Ironbarrow beginner’s guide: how to spend your first day
Ironbarrow is a free strategy game that runs in your browser, and your city keeps working while you are away. That makes the first day easy to plan. This guide walks you through it from the first minu …
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Night of the warbands: keep your capital safe from attacks
… s wear helmets. Bands of barbarian bandits attack your city from time to time, and a capital that is ready for them barely notices. Here is how to make sure yours is the one that holds. What a bandit …
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Halloween in Ironbarrow: icons, backgrounds, outfits, prices and dates
The Halloween event is here. Every year from 15 October to 3 November the Ironbarrow Shop gets a spooky shelf with chat icons, profile backgrounds and hero outfits that you can only buy while the even …
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Barrow Depths guide: how to get deeper in the endless dungeon
… eon in Barrowlands. You go down floor after floor, and every floor is tougher than the last. You can go alone or bring a party of up to five. This guide covers how it works and how to get deeper. Goin …
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Which class should you pick? Kingdom, Northmen, Sultanate or Wardens
… alls. Each class brings ten units of its own, from a cheap front line to siege engines. The good news: the four free classes are within about 3% of each other in overall strength, so there is no wrong …
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Barrowlands guilds guide: weekly goals, the Guild Hall and the boss
A guild is a team of Barrowlands players who train together. You do not have to play at the same time: what each member trains counts toward shared goals. This guide explains how it works. Joining or …
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Research guide: permanent upgrades for your economy and army
Buildings are not the only way to grow stronger in Ironbarrow. Research gives you upgrades that never expire, and they keep paying off for as long as you play. This guide explains where research comes …
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Hero guide: skills, adventures, gear, outfits and wild animals
… . A good hero makes every army stronger, and monster cities only fall to an army with a hero at its head. Level up and spend skill points Your hero earns XP from every enemy slain while leading an arm …
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Runecrafting and Magic guide: from rune essence to spells
… u make the runes yourself. This guide follows the chain from the mine to your spellbook. Step 1: mine rune essence Open Mining and choose Mine rune essence. A swing takes 3.6 seconds and gives a rando …
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Barrowlands market guide: buy orders, sell offers and tax
The Barrowlands market lets players trade items for coins. It works like an order book, which sounds complicated but is simple once you see it. This guide covers how to buy, how to sell and how to avo …
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How Ironbarrow works while you are away: offline progress explained
The idea behind Ironbarrow is simple: you should not have to stare at the screen. The game runs on a server clock, so your city keeps working after you close the tab. Here is exactly what that means. …
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Alliances explained: treasury, wars, pacts and rally attacks
… ed world. They give you a private chat, shared defence and the chance to take on big targets together. This guide covers everything an alliance can do. Joining or founding one You can join an existing …
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Barbarian camps and attacks: loot, bounty and keeping your capital safe
Barbarians are the safe way to learn war in Ironbarrow. They give loot, trophies and experience, and they never log off. But they also march on your capital, so you need to understand both sides. Clea …
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