Attack Monsters Strategy — Maximizing Rewards Per Stamina
Attacking monsters is the most consistent source of progression items in War and Order. Resources, speed-ups, equipment pieces, hero experience, and event points all flow from monster hunting. It sounds simple — march troops at a monster, collect drops — but the players who get the most out of it are the ones who think about it deliberately.
This guide covers which monsters to target, how to set up your army for efficient kills, what drops to prioritize, and how to use event windows to multiply your rewards.
Why Monster Efficiency Matters
Your stamina is finite. You can only regenerate so much per day, and the items in your stamina inventory will eventually run out if you spend them carelessly. Every stamina point spent on a suboptimal target is a point not spent on a better one.
More specifically: a monster kill that causes significant troop casualties is costing you twice. Once in stamina to kill the monster, and again in resources and time to heal or replace your troops. The goal is high kill rate, high drops, low casualties.
See the Stamina Management Guide for context on overall stamina strategy. This guide focuses specifically on the monster side.
Choosing Your Monster Level
Not all monsters are created equal. Higher-level monsters give better drops but require a stronger army. The right target level for you is the highest level you can kill with consistent, low-casualty fights.
A few signs you are fighting at the right level:
- Your march completes quickly with minimal troop loss
- You are getting meaningful drops (not mostly the lowest-tier items)
- You are not sending your entire army to kill a single monster
A sign you are fighting too high:
- You are losing large numbers of troops per kill
- Your hospital fills up frequently from monster attacks
A sign you are fighting too low:
- Drops feel underwhelming relative to your stamina cost
- The kill is trivially easy and you are not advancing toward higher drops
{{VERIFY: Confirm whether there is a recommended monster level progression tied to castle level (e.g., castle 10 = monster level 5, castle 15 = monster level 7) and whether specific monster types have better drop tables for resources vs. speed-ups vs. equipment.}}
Army Composition for Monster Hunting
Your troop formation matters even for monster attacks. A well-organized army kills faster, loses fewer troops, and protects your more vulnerable units.
General principles for monster hunting formations:
Frontline troops absorb damage. Infantry and cavalry typically form the frontline in War and Order's battle system. For monster hunting where your goal is efficient kills with low loss, having adequate frontline strength prevents backline archers and mages from taking damage.
Backline troops deal damage. Archers and mages typically deal more damage per fight. A formation heavy on backline attackers with adequate frontline protection clears monsters fastest.
Match tier to target. Higher-tier troops deal and absorb more damage per unit. For higher-level monsters, mixing in higher-tier units in your relevant troop slots increases clearing efficiency.
Use the Troops Formation Builder to set up your army composition and see how your formation looks before you send it. You can also load preset formations designed for specific activities.
Event Windows: When to Use Stamina Items
The single best stamina multiplier available to you is the event window. During kill events, monster hunt events, or point-based alliance events, every stamina point you spend is worth more than during normal play.
The reason: events award bonus points, drop rate bonuses, or direct event currency based on your monster kills. The same number of monster kills that gives you only normal drops outside an event will earn you those drops plus event rewards during the event window.
Strategy: hold your stamina items for event windows. During regular sessions, use your passive stamina regeneration. Reserve your stamina pills, vials, and other items for events where spending them earns double value.
{{VERIFY: Confirm the names of the relevant events that reward monster kills with event points and whether these run on a predictable weekly or monthly schedule.}}
Drop Categories and What to Prioritize
Monster drops generally fall into a few categories:
Resources (food, wood, stone, gold) — Common drops at all levels, more valuable at higher monster levels. Useful for fueling constant construction and training queues.
Speed-ups — Among the most valuable drops in the game. Speed-ups are the universal currency for accelerating everything from building to research to troop training. Prioritize monster levels that drop meaningful speed-ups.
Equipment pieces and blueprints — Drop more frequently from higher-level monsters. Equipment significantly boosts your stats, so consistently hunting at a level that drops equipment pieces accelerates your gear progression.
Hero experience items — Used to level up heroes. More valuable early-game when hero levels provide outsized combat bonuses.
Stamina items — Some monsters drop stamina packs, which can partially offset the cost of hunting them. More common from certain monster types.
{{VERIFY: Whether specific monster types (e.g., zombies vs. werewolves vs. whatever is in the game) have different drop table distributions, and if so, which are best for which resource type.}}
Alliance Rallies on Monsters
For very high-level monsters that are beyond your solo army's ability to handle, alliance rallies pool multiple members' troops into a single coordinated attack. Rally kills typically give better drops and count toward alliance event scoring.
Participate in your alliance's monster rallies when they are organized. Even contributing a small army to a rally on a high-level monster earns you a share of the drops and the event points. Rally monsters are especially worth targeting during monster hunt events.
Quick Reference: Monster Hunting Checklist
Before a monster hunting session:
- Check if there is an active event that rewards monster kills — if so, use stamina items
- Set your army formation in the Troops Formation Builder for efficient monster combat
- Identify your target monster level (highest you can clear with low losses)
- Attack continuously until stamina is spent or the session ends
- Heal wounded troops before the next session
The best monster hunters in War and Order are not the ones with the most stamina — they are the ones who hunt at the right level, during the right events, with the right formations, consistently.