It’s more efficient to use these heroes when gathering specific resources. These heroes are called the Rare Heroes and they’re coloured blue.

Hero	Resource
Olive	Mill (Bread)
Forest	Lumberyard (Wood)
Edwin	Quarry (Stone)
Seth	Iron Mine (Iron)

Here are 5+ solid resource gathering tips for Kingshot players (Bread/Food, Wood, Stone, Iron), pulled from current efficient strategies:

1. Max out your march queues
   Aim for 5 simultaneous gathering marches (Command Tactics I/II/III in the Growth tree + VIP 6). Keep every slot busy at all times — idle marches = zero income. Stagger start times so returns are staggered and you can immediately re-send.
2. Park your Town Center inside alliance territory
   The big gathering speed bonus (+50–100%) is based on where your TC sits, not the tile location. This is one of the strongest passive multipliers available and stacks with research and heroes.
3. Always send the right gathering heroes

• Gordon is excellent early for +25% gathering speed + march capacity.
• Use the matching Rare (blue) heroes for max bonus:
  • Olive → Bread
  • Forrest → Wood
  • Edwin → Stone
  • Seth → Iron
    The hero must be in the march for the wilderness gathering skill to apply (up to +25% at skill level 5).

1. Target Level 6–8 tiles
   These offer the best balance of yield, gathering speed, and availability. Lower tiles are inefficient; higher ones don’t exist. Prefer tiles near your city when possible to cut travel time.
2. Prioritize Economy tree research focused on gathering speed
   Gathering-speed nodes outperform pure production nodes long-term. Stack research + hero bonuses + alliance territory and you can reach 300–400% of base gathering speed.
3. Maintain a healthy resource ratio (~20 : 20 : 4 : 1)
   Bread : Wood : Stone : Iron. Focus extra marches on whatever is currently bottlenecking your next big upgrade (early game often Bread/Wood; later Stone/Iron become scarcer).
4. Protect what you gather
   Wilderness resources return as non-secured (plunderable above Storehouse protection). Spend them promptly on upgrades, keep excess as unopened backpack items/chests, and time large returns carefully around offline periods or PvP windows. Town production is secured and safer.

Bonus tip: Consider a dedicated farm account (TC ~18 with 4 marches) once your main starts feeling resource pressure — a well-run farm can add millions of resources per day with minimal daily effort.

These tips scale well for both free-to-play and mid-spenders. Share the ones that fit your alliance’s current stage!