We all can agree that legendary commanders are the most important part of rise of kingdoms (ROK). So it makes the Wheel of fortune event very important too. In this event, you Basically spin the wheel, of course using gems in order to get the exclusive legendary commander sculptures. Aside from that you also get some rewards like speed-ups, legendary stars, and resources.
Here you will find a full timeline for all the commander releases for Wheel of fortune along with a guide on how to spend your gems to get the most out of it, even as a F2P player.
How wheel of Fortune work in the ROK?
It’s pretty straightforward; you simply tap on the “spin” button, and the wheel will start to spin. When it stops, you will receive whatever reward is on the arrow of the wheel. You get one free spin, and after that, each spin requires a certain number of gems. There is also a discount involved in several spins, but more on that later. You also get bonus rewards after a certain number of spins. Let’s check out the official rules for the Wheel of Fortune event first.
Rules
- The event lasts for a total of 3 days and comes back every 2 weeks
- You receive one free spin each day
- There are special bonus rewards based on the number of spins. You can claim them by tapping the chest icon on top left corner.
- Special bonus rewards do not get reset every day. It continues to count for all three days.
- Daily chance of spins is limited, and they are resets 0 UTC.
- For the New Kingdoms, the first wheel of fortune will arrive in 24th day.
- Wheel of Fortune features the same commander for 3 consecutive events, then it will feature 1 universal legendary commander before switching to the next commander.
- Generally, you will see a new commander on Wheel of Fortune every 56 days.
Wheel of Fortune commander cycle/schedule/timeline
Wheel of Fortune event comes back every two weeks with different commanders. Below is an entire timeline of commander cycles.
| Number of Days | Commander |
|---|---|
| 24 | Universal Sculpture |
| 38 | Richard x 3 |
| 80 | Universal Sculpture |
| 94 | Yi Seong-Gye(YSG) x 3 |
| 136 | Universal Sculpture |
| 150 | Genghis Khan x 3 |
| 192 | Universal Sculpture |
| 206 | Alexander the Great x 3 |
| 248 | Universal Sculpture |
| 262 | Edward of Woodstock x 3 |
| 304 | Universal Sculpture |
| 318 | Takeda Shingen x 3 |
| 360 | Universal Sculpture |
| 374 | Guan Yu x 3 |
| 416 | Universal Sculpture |
| 430 | Ramesses x 3 |
| 472 | Universal Sculpture |
| 496 | Yi Sun-sin(YSS) x 3 |
| 538 | Universal Sculpture |
| 552 | William I |
| 594 | Universal Sculpture |
| 608 | Harald Sigurdsson |
Bonus and Extra rewards list
Extra Rewards and Probability
- 4 x 500k Wood – 6%
- 4 x 500k Food – 6%
- 4 x 375k Stones – 6%
- 4 x 200k Gold – 5%
- 4 x 8-Hours Research Speed-ups – 8%
- 4 x 8-Hours Training Speed ups – 8%
- 4 x 8-Hours Universal Speed Ups – 8%
- 3 x 15-Hours Training Speed Ups – 6%
- 1 x Legendary Universal Sculpture – 8%
- 2 x Legendary Stars – 14%
- 1 x Legendary Commander Sculpture – 23%
- 8 x Legendary Commander Sculpture – 2%
Bonus Rewards
| Number of Spins | Rewards |
|---|---|
| 10 | 5 x Legendary Commander Sculpture |
| 25 | 5 x Legendary Commander Sculpture 5 x 500k Wood 5 x 500k Food 5 x 375k Stones 5 x 200k Gold |
| 45 | 10 x Legendary Commander Sculpture |
| 70 | 10 x Legendary Commander Sculpture |
| 100 | 15 x Legendary Commander Sculpture 3 x 8-Hours Research Speedups 3 x 8-Hours Training Speedups 3 x 8-Hours Building Speedups 1 x 24-Hours Universal Speedups |
| Total Sculptures | 45 x Legendary Commander Sculpture |
How to Spend Gems in Wheel of Fortune
You probably wanna get the most value out of your gems. Getting a bonus is the best way to get the most out of your gem spend. If you are a pay-to-win player, then you definitely want to do 100 Spins. However, if you are a free-to-play player, then you might be looking to spend fewer gems. Below you find a full calculation and guide to achieve bonus rewards of each level with the minimum possible gem spend.
Sometimes, F2P and low-spender players just want to unlock the commanders rather than go all out. You need a total of 10 Legendary commander sculptures to unlock the commander. This is how you get them by spending a large amount of gems.
If you are just looking to unlock the commander
Day 1
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- Total spend – 400 gems
Day 2
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- Total spend – 400 gems
Day 3
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x 5 spins – 3600
- Total spend – 3600gems
For a total of 4400 gems spent, you will receive 5 legendary commander sculptures, not counting any extra sculptures you might receive from the wheel itself. Therefore, in the calculation, you will spend 880 gems per sculpture. Now, if you are lucky enough, you might get an 8X Legendary commander sculpture(2% chance) reward from the wheel, and you will have yourself unlocked the legendary commander. But we all know Lilith isn’t that generous. So can repeat this same process in the next wheel of fortune event of the same commander and unlock your commander.
10 Spins
The process to achieve 10 spins is the same as above; you can simply follow it to get your rewards.
25 Spins
Day 1
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- Total spend – 400 gems
Day 2
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- Total spend – 400 gems
Day 3
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- 4 x regular spin – 3,200 gems
- 3 x 5 spins – 10,800gems
- Total spend – 14,400 gems
For a total of 15,200 gems spent, you will receive 10 legendary commander sculptures. So in the calculation, you will be spending 1520 gems per sculpture(wheel reward sculptures excluded ).
Better option: Since every commander arrives on Wheel of Fortune 3 times, you can do 10 spins on two separate events instead of doing 25 on a single event. That way you will still receive the same 10 legendary commander sculptures but at a much lower price, 8,800 gems to be precise.
45 Spins
Day 1
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- Total spend – 400 gems
Day 2
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- Total spend – 400 gems
Day 3
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- 4 x regular spin – 3,200 gems
- 7 x 5 spins – 25,200gems
- Total spend – 28,800 gems
For a total of 29,600 gems spent, you will receive 20 legendary commander sculptures. So in the calculation, you will be spending 1480 gems per sculpture(wheel reward sculptures excluded).
Better option: You can do 10 spins on two separate events, one 25 on the last event. That way you will still receive the same 20 legendary commander sculptures but at a much less price, 24,000 gems to be precise.
75 Spins
Day 1
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- Total spend – 400 gems
Day 2
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- 6 x 5 spins – 21,600gems
- Total spend – 22,000 gems
Day 3
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- 4 x regular spin – 3,200 gems
- 7 x 5 spins – 25,200gems
- Total spend – 28,800 gems
For a total of 51,200 gems spent, you will receive 30 legendary commander sculptures. So in the calculation, you will be spending 1706 gems per sculpture(wheel reward sculptures excluded).
Better option: You can do 10 spins on two separate events, one 45 on the last event. That way you will still receive the same 30 legendary commander sculptures but at a much less price, 32,800 gems to be precise.
100 Spins
Day 1
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- 5 x 5 spins – 18,000 gems
- Total spend – 18,400 gems
Day 2
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- 6 x 5 spins – 21,600gems
- Total spend – 22,000 gems
Day 3
- 1 x Free spin – 0 gems
- 1 x discount spin – 400 gems
- 4 x regular spin – 3,200 gems
- 7 x 5 spins – 25,200gems
- Total spend – 28,800 gems
For a total of 69,200 gems spent, you will receive 45 legendary commander sculptures. so in the calculation, you will be spending 1537 gems per sculpture(wheel reward sculptures excluded).
gems cost based on the number of legendary sculptures
Below is a table that will give you an idea of how many Legendary sculptures you will receive based on your gems spending budget. Remember, we are only talking about sculptures you receive from bonus rewards and not the ones you get from the wheel itself. You can get mamimum135 bonus Sculptures for the same commander over 3 events.
| Legendary Sculptures | Event 1 | Event 2 | Event 3 | Total Gems Cost | Cost/ Sculpture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10 spins | – | – | 4400 | 880 |
| 10 | 10 spins | 10 spins | – | 8800 | 880 |
| 15 | 10 spins | 10 spins | 10 spins | 13,200 | 880 |
| 20 | 10 spins | 10 spins | 25 spins | 24,000 | 1200 |
| 25 | 10 spins | 45 spins | – | 34,000 | 1360 |
| 30 | 10 spins | 10 spins | 45 spins | 38,400 | 1280 |
| 35 | 10 spins | 25 spins | 45 spins | 49,200 | 1405 |
| 40 | 10 spins | 10 spins | 75 spins | 60,000 | 1500 |
| 45 | 100 spins | – | – | 69,200 | 1537 |
| 50 | 10 spins | 100 spins | – | 73,600 | 1472 |
| 55 | 10 spins | 10 spins | 100 spins | 78,000 | 1418 |
| 60 | 10 spins | 25 spins | 100 spins | 88,800 | 1480 |
| 65 | 45 spins | 100 spins | – | 98,800 | 1520 |
| 70 | 10 spins | 45 spins | 100 spins | 103,200 | 1474 |
| 75 | 25 spins | 45 spins | 100 spins | 114,000 | 1520 |
| 80 | 10 spins | 75 spins | 100 spins | 124,800 | 1560 |
| 85 | 45 spins | 45 spins | 100 spins | 128,400 | 1510 |
| 90 | 100 spins | 100 spins | – | 138,400 | 1537 |
| 95 | 10 spins | 100 spins | 100 spins | 142,800 | 1503 |
| 100 | 25 spins | 100 spins | 100 spins | 153,600 | 1536 |
| 105 | 75 spins | 75 spins | 100 spins | 171,600 | 1634 |
| 110 | 45 spins | 100 spins | 100 spins | 168,000 | 1527 |
| 120 | 75 spins | 100 spins | 100 spins | 189,600 | 1580 |
| 135 | 100 spins | 100 spins | 100 spins | 207,600 | 1537 |
