Guides

Short, practical guides to winning more land in HexCrest. Every number comes from the game itself.

New here? Start with how to play.

Basics

HexCrest beginner tips: 9 ways to claim more land

New to HexCrest? Nine tips for safer loops, smarter boosting and bigger captures, from keeping trails short to using rivers as free walls.

Your village

HexCrest towers: how they shoot and how to beat them

Towers grow on your land and shoot rival trails within three tiles. Learn their range, aim time and cooldown, and how to slip past enemy towers.

HexCrest coins: windmills, missions and how to earn more

Where HexCrest coins come from: land, kills, wins, windmills that pay every eight seconds, daily missions and the Kingdom bonus. Plus what to spend them on.

Razing castles in HexCrest: the biggest capture in the game

Loop around a rival castle in HexCrest and it falls, handing you their land nearby. How razing works, when to go for it and how to protect your own castle.

The island

HexCrest terrain guide: roads, bridges, forests, rivers

How HexCrest terrain changes play: roads and bridges are 30% faster, forests are 25% slower and hide trails from the map, rivers and mountains close loops.

Progress

HexCrest Adventure: 30 islands, five realms and five kings

HexCrest Adventure has 30 islands in five realms, up to three stars on each, and a boss king at the end of every realm. How stars and unlocking work.

HexCrest Kingdom: what to build and why it pays

Your HexCrest Kingdom is an island you build with coins. All 16 pieces and their costs, and how each adds 3% to every round's coins, up to 48%.