Guide to Defence Shields

Day 2,422, 10:16 Published in Cuba United Kingdom by HebronGazelle


One of the rewards from the July World Cup competition is a country defence shield. Some of you who are new the game, or haven't paid a lot of attention, will be confused about what these defence shields are. This article is a republication of an old guide about defence shields, but is still useful currently.


What Are They, And How Do They Work?
The defence shield is a defence mechanism held by countries in the game which allows them to "absorb" damage done by an opposing country. Basically, it adds damage points onto a defending country at the start of each round meaning the attacking country will have to do even more damage to get the bar past 50% and win the battle. The damage absorbed by the shield depends on several factors such as regions owned and division. Here's how it is calculate😛

- Available Defence Shield Capacity is divided by number of regions
- This results in the Shield Bonus
- The Shield Bonus is divided equally between the first 5 battles
- This Shield Bonus for each round is then divided into the divisions: Division 1(5😵, Division 2(10😵, Division 3(15😵 and Division 4(70😵
- Any remaining Shield Bonus after first 5 battles is used up in the remaining battles.



Norway is using their defence shield

You may or may not understand this, so here is an example based off a past eUK vs Norway war from October 2013:

Norway has a 10 billion damage shield available. Norway only has 1 region, so the Shield Bonus for the current battle is 10 billion(10 billion divided by 1). Each of the first 5 battles will receive 2 billion Shield Bonus(10 billion divided by 5). Division 4 will receive 1.4 billion shielded damage for the first 5 battles as 70% of 2 billion is 1.4 billion. Division 3 receives 0.3 billion damage, division 2 receives 0.2 billion damage and division 1 receives 0.1 billion damage.

Complicated stuff? Don't worry, eRepublik will calculate all of this for you, and even show it during the battle.


How To Get Defence Shields
As you may have noticed, the admins enjoy to add individual and national missions from time to time. These national missions will often give the country rewards depending on how many milestones they reach, missions they complete or rank they reach. Most of the time, these rewarded are either gold(which goes straight to the treasury) or the national defence shield.


The rewarded national defence shield.

Just like food and weapons, there are 7 different qualities of defence shield. However, the damage from these defence shields can be stacked up, so there can be more than 10 billion damage in a defence shield.

Q7 Defence Shield - 10 Billion Damage
Q6 Defence Shield - 8 Billion Damage
Q5 Defence Shield - 6 Billion Damage
Q4 Defence Shield - 4 Billion Damage
Q3 Defence Shield - 3 Billion Damage
Q2 Defence Shield - 2 Billion Damage
Q1 Defence Shield - 1 Billion Damage



Frequently Asked Questions

Does the whole shield have to be destroyed to conquer a region?
No. As long as enough damage is done to get past the shield and win rounds, the region can be conquered.

Can one country take another countries shield, if they conquer that country?
No. The conquered(wiped) country will keep the rest of their shield.

Can shields regenerate?
Not exactly, but shield damage can be stacked if the country wins more.
This article was written by CheetahCurtis on the 8th of July 2014. Please subscribe for more great tips and info.