By doing events and completing Kingdom tasks in Aether Kingdoms you have an opportunity to earn Aether. Aether is the bonus currency that you can spend to buy resources, units and speed up building. And just to be clear: Aether is only earned in-game.

Screenshot of the Aether Store Screenshot of the top section of the Aether Store

Earning Aether

Aether is earned in two ways in Aether Kingdoms:

  • Tasks: Each Kingdom has tasks that they can complete as their account progresses. These tasks award increasing amounts of Aether the more difficult they are.
  • Events: Going out on the map and completing events offers a steady supply of Aether. Select an event on the map to see if it awards Aether on completion. While events get stronger every week, the amount of Aether rewarded increases as well.

Buying resources

Purchasing resources costs 20 Aether for a batch. At the start of the server, you can get 750 of a specific resource or 250 of each resource for 20 Aether. Every month this amount doubles. This means that in the second month 20 Aether gets you 1500 of a resource or 500 each, and so on.

Screenshof of exchanging resources with Aether Screenshof of exchanging resources with Aether

Exchanging resources

You can exchange resources for free for a 3:1 ratio. By spending 10 Aether you get a better deal of 1.5:1. The more resources you exchange, the more Aether it'll cost. For 10 Aether you can exchange 5,000 resources for the better rate. Every week this amount goes up by 5,000.

Buying troops

You can purchase troops for Aether for a fixed cost per unit. The Aether cost of each unit goes down every month, until you pay no more than the base amount. For example, a militia will cost 5 Aether the first month, 4 Aether the second month and 1 Aether from month 5 and onward.

You can buy units for Aether on the Train troops page You can buy units for Aether on the Train troops page

Builders

Builders speed up anything you add to the village queue. Making buildings get a 100% boost and everything else (units, science and culture) a 50% boost. Each builder costs 10 Aether and is one-time use. Don't worry if you queue the wrong thing with a builder, you get it back if you cancel it in the queue.