Welcome to The Third Kingdom Handbook!
Your guide to getting the most out of your journey, whether you’re just starting out on your Origin Island or diving into missions in the Mycelium Archipelago. Learn how to build, harvest, prestige, and generate energy - then take things further by placing SurrealScapes in the Mycelium Archipelago to unlock missions, form squads made up of your favorite character collectibles, harvest Mycelium, and unlock ROOT.
ORIGIN ISLAND
Your primary base for gameplay, where you produce resources and generate energy. You can choose a biome based on the SurrealScapes you own.
Stack SurrealScapes
Deploy Prysms
Build Extractors
Upgrade Extractors
Harvest Resources
Prestige
Generate Energy
LIGHTHOUSE
The command center for managing SurrealScapes, tracking prestige requirements, and leveling up through prestige.
Deploy and undeploy SurrealScapes on Origin Island
Prestige to level up
SURREALSCAPES
Resource-rich biomes that boost resource production, expand Prysm deployment capacity, and unlock Mycelium harvesting missions.
Boost production for all resources, scaling with SurrealScape size:
1x1 = 1%
2x2 = 2%
3x3 = 3%
4x4 = 4%
Increases the total number of Prysms that can be deployed
Apply SurrealScape biome to Origin Island
Place in the 8 available slots around the Mycelium Totem to unlock missions. The larger the SurrealScape, the more missions it unlocks
PRYSMS
Land-harvesting devices essential for generating energy and unlocking rewards. Prysms last one season once deployed.
Boost resource production based on Prysm traits (increases prestige requirements)
Re-roll production boost (5%-100%) using Kingdom Coins (requires undeploying)
Generate energy upon prestige
Note: Once deployed, Prysms are tied to your FuturePass and cannot be reused by any other account.
ETERNAL PRYSM
Eternal Prysms of Mastery are special and remain active across all seasons, providing ongoing production boosts that affect all industries.
MILITARY PRYSM
Boosts resource production for all resources with a 1-10% bonus.
PRYSM CLUSTER
A location on Origin Island to deploy and manage multiple Prysms of the same industry.
Scales the overall contribution from the Prysm bonuses within that cluster (50% to 150%)
Each industry has one Prysm cluster
The bonus per cluster is randomized each time you prestige
EXTRACTORS
Extractors harvest stone, alloy, gems, ooze, and gold – essential for prestige.
Build extractors in 12 slots on Origin Island (5 types for different resources)
Upgrade production rate/capacity using resources or Kingdom Coins
Demolish unnecessary extractors
RESOURCES
Stone, alloy, gems, ooze, and gold collected to support growth and prestige progression.
Harvest resources using extractors
Use resources to upgrade extractors and prestige
Mint excess resources to Material World
MATERIAL WORLD
A shared ecosystem for collecting, crafting, and trading resources across different game worlds and digital experiences where developers choose to integrate them.
Mint excess resources to Material World upon prestige
Take them to other experiences where developers choose to integrate them
KINGDOM COINS
An in-game currency you can use to accelerate your progress.
Purchase Kingdom Coin packs using ROOT token
Use them to reroll resource production boosts for your Prysms
Skip extractors' upgrading costs
Reroll missions
PRESTIGE
Level up your empire, reset your progress, and generate energy.
Use harvested resources to prestige
The resource requirements to prestige are different for every user and change at every prestige level
Prestiging resets your buildings and materials
Prestiging gives you a production boost and generates energy (if you have at least one Prysm deployed)
Must prestige at least once to unlock the Mycelium Archipelago
ENERGY
Prestige to generate it, use it to harvest Mycelium, which is redeemable for ROOT.
Generate energy each time you prestige (you need to deploy at least one Prysm to generate energy)
The more Prysms you deploy, the more energy you can generate
MYCELIUM ARCHIPELAGO
A mysterious region unlocked after your first prestige, where energy can be converted into Mycelium, and Mycelium redeemed for ROOT.
Unlock missions by placing a SurrealScape in an available archipelago slot
Provides 8 slots around your Mycelium Totem for you to place SurrealScapes
SQUADS
Groups of character collectibles that you can send on Mycelium harvesting missions - made up of Guardians and Collectors.
Guardians: Increase the mission success chance (Flufs, Party Bears, Genesis Brains, Walkers, Doodles, Pudgy Penguins, Deadfellaz, Cool Cats, Shadow Wolves)
Collectors: Reduce mission duration (Thingies, Seekers, Buzzies)
Each squad can have up to 20 Guardians and 20 Collectors.
A squad can only run one mission at a time.
MISSIONS
Send your squad into the archipelago wilds to harvest Mycelium.
Unlocked by placing a SurrealScape in one of the 8 archipelago slots
Deploy a squad and spend energy to start a mission
Each mission differs by: max energy amount, duration, energy-to-Mycelium conversion rate, and success chance (boosted by Guardians)
Available missions refresh every 6 hours (or can be re-rolled with Kingdom Coins)
Outcome: Based on a star rating (influenced by success chance)
2/3-Stars: Harvest more Mycelium, up to the mission's maximum potential amount at 3-stars
1-star: Returns the baseline Mycelium amount (equivalent to the Mycelium Totem's passive conversion)
MYCELIUM
The Kingdom’s most sacred resource - harvested through gameplay and redeemed for ROOT.
Harvested by converting energy through missions or the Mycelium Totem
Can be redeemed for ROOT at a 1:1 ratio
MYCELIUM TOTEM
The Mycelium Totem passively converts your energy into Mycelium, which can then be redeemed for ROOT.
Stores accumulated Mycelium
Passively converts deposited energy into Mycelium over time (provides the baseline conversion rate)
Allows redemption of accumulated Mycelium for ROOT 1:1 (minimum 2,000 Mycelium required; 72-hour cooldown after each redemption)
ROOT
The ultimate reward for your efforts in The Third Kingdom, ROOT is the native token powering The Root Network.
Unlocked by redeeming Mycelium (1:1 ratio) via the Mycelium Totem
Used to buy Kingdom Coins
THE GREAT HALL
A companion web app where players form squads, harvest resources, and forge allegiances.
Harvest resources from Origin Island extractors without having to launch the game
Create and edit your squads of character collectibles
Join a team (Cerebra, Lumera, or Valora - permanent choice!)
Select a character collectible to represent you in the realm
Claim your Team Token to access your Team HQ in the Commons (coming soon)
TEAM
Your chosen allegiance within The Third Kingdom. Join fellow players under one of three banners – Cerebra, Lumera, or Valora – each representing a different philosophy for restoring the realm.
Complete challenges with fellow teammates to unlock group rewards
Cannot be changed – choose wisely
THE COMMONS
A dedicated social space for players, where early intel drops, friendships form, and teams strategize behind closed doors.
Connect, chat, and share strategies with other players in real-time
Receive official announcements and exclusive game updates
Interact with Professor Sparkenski, an AIgent, for lore, tips, and entertainment.
Access team-exclusive channels (coming soon)