Anocris: the complete guide hub

Search for Anocris and you mostly find one paragraph copied from the start page. We went further. Every rule and number on these pages comes from the official Anocris forum guides written by the game's administrators, from staff answers, or from the official start page and app store listings. Where we could not confirm something, we left it out. If you only want to start playing, jump straight to the beginner guide.

Anocris: web browser game by Lionmoon (Game24tv)

Who makes Anocris, and is it a fantasy game?

Anocris is owned and operated by Lionmoon UG (haftungsbeschraenkt), an independent, self funded studio in Speyer, Germany. The legal notice on anocris.com names Lionmoon as the rights holder, and the same company publishes the mobile app on the App Store and Google Play. There is no separate publisher. Lionmoon's only other game is Tentlan, which shares a lot of its design with Anocris.

Some listing sites file Anocris under fantasy. That is only half right. The world is a historical setting: the Nile, pyramids, sphinxes, Hyksos spearmen, Medjay and the era of Ramses II. The fantasy part comes from the gods. You call on Ra and Anubis, recruit Anubis Warriors and Ra Warriors, cast season spells and hold festivals that double your combat power. Think of it as mythic Egypt rather than a sword and sorcery world.

The copyright line on the site starts in 2019, and the first official guides on the forum date from September 2019. Steam does not list the game. You play it in the browser at anocris.com or in the app, with the same account rules on both.

How Anocris plays: the short version

Anocris is a classic persistent browser strategy game. The world keeps running when you log off, and everything takes real time: buildings, research, recruiting, marches. A session is a few minutes of decisions, then you come back later. The loop looks like this:

1. Produce resources. Clay, granite, papyrus and wheat come from four production buildings.
2. Build and upgrade. Around twenty buildings, each with a clear role: the pyramid for population, the Library for research, the Sekhmet Temple for units, the Serdab to hide resources.
3. Research. Sciences such as Geometry, Architecture and Espionage apply to your whole account.
4. Raid nomads. Nine levels of NPC nomad camps, five free attacks a day, the main early income.
5. Join a tribe. Tribes coordinate defense, joint attacks and trade.
6. Fight players. PvP is the core of the game once your beginner protection ends.
7. Found colonies. The Hatshepsut Palace lets you add more cities.

Each of these steps has its own page in this series. The buildings and resources guide covers the first three, the units and combat guide the last four.

Resources and currencies

Papyrus is the early bottleneck. The administrators' first tip for new players is to upgrade the Papyrus Plantation often, because you need much more papyrus than anything else at the start.

Browser or app?

The official app for Android and iOS went live in January 2026 (the App Store lists 12 January 2026). The team describes it as completely reworked graphics, new music and new sound effects. At launch it was available in English, German and Spanish only. It connects to the same servers as the browser version, so you can switch between both on one account.

The app is good for quick checks and push notifications. For planning attacks, using the combat simulator or managing many cities, most players still prefer the browser, and a player on the official forum said the same in the launch thread. As of November 2026 the Google Play page shows more than 10,000 downloads and the US App Store shows a 4.6 star average from a small number of ratings.

Nomads: the PvE side

Nomad camps are computer controlled camps full of troops and resources. There are nine levels. You get five free attacks on nomads per day and can buy more with amethysts. Levels 1 and 2 are open from the start; from level 3 upward each level needs a research: Barter 5 for level 3, Measurement 20 for level 4, Glassmaking 1 and 17 for levels 5 and 6, Mummification 1, Alchemy 1 and Zodiac 1 for levels 7 to 9.

Win a nomad fight and you can also pick up lapis lazuli. The developers' advice is simple: never attack before you have a complete spy report, and do not touch level 2 camps before you have at least 100 Hyksos spearmen or the same strength in other units. The full routine is in the tips for fast progress.

Combat in one paragraph

Units are either combat units or support units. Combat units always fight first and take the hits; support units such as Bedouin spies, traders, Wabau healers and Sesh scribes only get hit when every combat unit on their side is gone. Each unit has strength (attack), stamina (defense) and a weakness value that decides how quickly it dies. Before you reach the defender's troops you must break one level of their city wall. Espionage is not random: it works if your Espionage research is higher than the target's, and at Espionage 15 you unlock the combat simulator, the single most useful tool in the game. All of it is explained in the units and combat guide.

Servers, events and how alive the game is

Anocris is old but actively run. In 2026 the team opened a new international server roughly every two weeks, rotating between speed, speed economy, peace and special rule sets. The newest at the time of writing is the special server Djesu (int70), which opened on 28 October 2026. Old servers are merged from time to time so the map stays busy; the last merges ran in July 2026 and created the servers Samhut, Perneb, Tjebu, Hutara and Zerket. The factions and server types page explains the differences between them.

Recurring events include The Treasure of Tutankhamun, where nomads carry faience pearls you trade for High Priests, Neith Priestesses and special festivals (it ran in winter 2025/26, spring 2026 and from 1 August to 3 September 2026), and the yearly Christmas truce, when attacks and espionage between players are switched off on all servers while nomads stay open.

Is Anocris pay to win?

You can play for free without hitting a hard wall, but amethysts buy real advantages: attack protection for 12, 24 or 72 hours (Sekhmet items), peace mode with the Udjat Talisman, city relocation with the White, Red and Double Crown, extra nomad attacks and faster timers. A paying player grows faster. What money cannot replace is activity and a good tribe, because defense in Anocris is mostly about coordination and timing. The administrators mention a recurring "happy hour" with 30 percent more amethysts per purchase if you do plan to spend.

Where to go next

• New to the game: Anocris beginner guide, your first week step by step.
• Wondering which side to pick: races, factions and tribes in Anocris.
• Planning your city: buildings and resources.
• Raising an army: units and combat.
• Growing faster without paying: tips for fast progress.

Anocris guides

GuideAnocris beginner guide: your first weekFrom the tutorial to your first nomad raids: what to build, what to research and the rules nobody explains.

GuideAnocris races and factions: what you actually chooseThere is no race pick in Anocris. Here is what replaces it: tribes, server rules, play styles and the gods behind your units.

GuideAnocris buildings and resources: the complete economy guideWhat each building does, which resources run your city, how research multiplies it, and the order that works.

GuideAnocris units and combat: how battles really workEvery unit, how damage is shared out, why espionage is not random, and how to use the simulator to win without losses.

GuideAnocris tips for fast progressA daily routine and fifteen habits that make a free account grow faster than most paying ones.

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