Your Stronghold serves as the foundation of your power in Game of Thrones: Dragonfire. Every army you raise, dragon you command, and upgrade you unlock starts here. Understanding each Stronghold feature is essential if you want to expand efficiently and compete with stronger players throughout a campaign.
This guide explains every major Stronghold system, including upgrades, troop management, dragons, heirlooms, and relocation mechanics.
Throne Room Overview
The Throne Room acts as your account headquarters.
From here, you can:
- Customize your character profile
- Choose your Great House
- Create a personal backstory through History and Ambitions
- Change your banner and sigil
- View your faction information
- Access game settings
The Throne Room also displays important account details such as:
- World ID
- Current server
- Game build version
If you encounter technical issues, the Support option allows you to contact customer support directly through your linked account.
Stronghold Upgrades Explained
The Upgrade menu contains three major development paths.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure upgrades improve your economy and overall Stronghold growth.
Important upgrades include:
- Granaries for Food production
- Quarries for Stone production
- Lumber Mills for Wood production
- Foundries for Iron production
- Storehouse upgrades for higher resource capacity
One of the most valuable early investments is Rapid Recruitment. This upgrade increases troop training speed, helping you recover losses much faster during wars.
War Tactics
War Tactics focuses on army performance and battlefield efficiency.
Key upgrades include:
- Army Expansion for additional march slots
- Swift Stride for faster movement
- Relentless Assault for increased PvE damage
- Stalwart Defense for improved PvE survivability
- Troop-type attack bonuses
- Troop-type defense bonuses
- Siege Precision for stronger siege attacks
- Rapid Reposition for quicker reinforcements
- Ruins Reinforcement for larger ruin garrisons
Players interested in combat progression should prioritize Army Expansion and march speed upgrades early.
Dragon Care
Dragon Care upgrades strengthen your dragons and improve their effectiveness in battle.
Notable upgrades include:
- Dragon’s Army for larger troop capacity
- Might of Valyria for increased Strength
- Wisdom of Valyria for Intelligence improvements
- Conqueror’s Instinct upgrades
- First Flame initiative bonuses
- Breed-specific attack boosts
- Breed-specific defense boosts
These upgrades become increasingly important as dragons become the centerpiece of your strongest armies.
Barracks
The Barracks is responsible for troop training and storage.
Here you can:
- Train new troops
- Monitor training queues
- View troop counts
- Check training costs
- Increase military reserves
Troops are created as generic soldiers and can later be assigned specific combat roles when building armies.
Army Management
The Army menu allows you to assemble forces for exploration, combat, and conquest.
When creating an army, you will choose:
- Dragons
- Troop composition
- Formation setup
Maintaining multiple specialized armies is often more effective than relying on a single all-purpose march.
Popular setups include:
- Fast cavalry armies
- Defensive shield formations
- Spearman-focused armies
- High-damage archer armies
Dragon Pit Guide
The Dragon Pit houses every dragon you collect.
Each dragon includes several important progression systems.
Dragon Rarity
Rarity affects:
- Overall power
- Combat effectiveness
- Long-term scaling potential
Higher-rarity dragons generally offer stronger stat growth and abilities.
Star Rank
Star Rank increases through Dragon Relics obtained from the Hatchery.
Benefits include:
- Increased stats
- New Habits
- Additional skills
- Higher combat potential
Unlike many progression systems, Star Rank remains permanent across future reigns.
Reign Level
Reign Levels are earned through combat experience.
Dragons gain experience by defeating enemies and participating in battles.
Higher Reign Levels improve combat effectiveness but reset whenever a new reign begins.
Boost Center
The Boost Center tracks all active bonuses affecting your account.
These include:
Personal Boosts
Temporary bonuses earned through rewards, purchases, or events.
Realm Bonuses
Server-wide bonuses shared by your faction or realm.
Efficiency Bonuses
Efficiency affects costs and timers across many systems.
Higher Efficiency can reduce:
- Construction times
- Upgrade costs
- Resource expenses
Stacking Efficiency bonuses provides some of the strongest economic advantages available.
Heirlooms
Heirlooms function as a permanent progression system.
Unlike campaign-based upgrades that reset, Heirlooms continue benefiting your account across multiple reigns.
Benefits include:
- Permanent stat bonuses
- Long-term account growth
- Increased Stronghold power
- Strategic specialization
Because House Level determines which Heirlooms remain active, planning your upgrades carefully is important.
Dragon Strike
Dragon Strike is a separate progression mode where players complete combat stages using dragons.
Rewards can include:
- Dragon enhancement materials
- Stronghold progression items
- Additional upgrade resources
Progress in Dragon Strike remains available between reigns, making it an excellent source of long-term account power.
Market
The Market allows players to exchange resources and currencies.
Resources
Trade Gold for:
- Food
- Wood
- Stone
- Iron
You can also convert one resource type into another when shortages occur.
Relic Shards
Exchange Dragon Shard Dust for:
- Dragon Relics
- Dragonbone Keys
Dragon Shard Dust is earned when receiving duplicate relics for dragons already at maximum Star Rank.
Gold Exchange
Convert specific items and relics into Gold when needed.
Stronghold Relocation
Relocation allows you to move your Stronghold to a new position on the world map.
Reasons to relocate include:
- Better resource access
- Faster reinforcement times
- Shorter march distances
- Improved strategic positioning
Important relocation rules:
- Your faction must control the region’s Seat of Power.
- Relocation can only be performed once every two days.
- Active marches are recalled after relocation succeeds.
- Enemy players can interfere with relocation attempts.
- Failed relocations do not consume the cooldown.
Positioning your Stronghold near active conflict zones can create major advantages, but it also increases the risk of enemy attacks.
