Chapter 29: continuously
"If we can gather enough Pegasus Knights and enough gold, I can train them into Silver Pegasus Knights. Then maybe—just maybe—we could try attacking the Unicorn Glade in Wishing Valley!"
Elynn's eyes sparkled with excitement. "If we succeed, every additional Tier 11 Unicorn we recruit will buy us more time! As long as we can hold out until Her Highness Seraphina comes of age, any crisis will be resolved instantly!"
But as she spoke, a wry smile crept onto her face. "That said, the gold needed to recruit Unicorns is a huge problem. I estimate we'd need at least 1.2 million gold just to recruit a single Tier 11 Royal Unit—let alone a Unicorn. And Wishing Valley only has two Enchanted Springs. Even if we capture both, we'd only be able to recruit Tier 7 Pegasus Knights at first. And the next recruitment cycle? We'd have to wait a full three months!"
In the world of Glory Lords X, the recruitment cooldowns for different unit tiers vary:
Basic Units (Tier 1-6) refresh every 7 days to a month.
Elite Units (Tier 7-8) and Champion Units (Tier 9-10) refresh every three months.
Royal Units (Tier 11-12) take at least six months.
Legendary and Mythic Units (Tier 13-14) have a minimum recruitment cooldown of a year!
In other words, within the next three months, Emerald Castle could only recruit ten Tier 7 Pegasus Knights. Each Enchanted Spring could only produce five every three months. Unless they discovered more Enchanted Springs, their recruitment capacity was already set in stone.
And whether they were recruiting Tier 7 Pegasus Knights from the Enchanted Springs or having Elynn train them into Tier 8 Silver Pegasus Knights, it all cost money!
Recruiting a Tier 7 Pegasus Knight: 30,000 gold.