Imperial Access
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Imperial Access is optional comfort for commanding your empire — extra build and research queue slots (everyone already has free slots), overview tools, shortcuts, and automation. It does not buy combat power, resources, or leaderboard rank.
How to get Access
- Imperial Credits — earn them from gameplay (quests and events), then buy a timed package in the Store (1 week or 1 month). Credit prices are the free-to-play path.
- Quantum Shards — buy shards in the Store, then spend them on the same timed packages (shard prices are set so packs are not months of Access at once).
- Imperial Access Pass — a subscription (monthly, 3 months, or yearly) that grants Access for the period, Quantum Shards, ad-free play when ads are offered, 15% off common / rare / epic cosmetics, and the ability to buy building skins with Imperial Credits (common 300 / rare 350 / epic 400). Legendary and mythical cosmetics stay Quantum Shards only. Nothing in the Pass affects combat.
Lifetime Imperial Access owners keep permanent Access forever (and ad-free when ads ship). That offer is not on general sale. One final Founders-only window runs 4–21 October (see below); after it closes, Lifetime will not be offered again. Lifetime owners can still subscribe to the Access Pass for Pass-only perks (cosmetic discount, Imperial Credit building skins, and the Quantum Shards in each period) — they do not need the Pass for Access itself.
Founders — commanders who joined before 4 October receive a permanent lifetime ad-free bonus (ads start 3 October). From 4 October onward, new commanders join as regular players. Lifetime Access owners also stay ad-free permanently.
Founders Lifetime Imperial Access (4–21 October) — Lifetime Imperial Access reopens for Founders only for a single window, 4 October 00:00 UTC to 21 October 23:59 UTC, with a live countdown on the Store card. This is the last time it is offered — no extensions, and it will not return. It grants Imperial Access forever with no renewals and no expiry, but it does not include Quantum Shards, the 15% Pass cosmetic discount, or Imperial Credit building skins — those stay Pass-only.
Timed packages
Packages unlock the same Imperial Access features for 7 or 30 days. Paying with Credits is the free-to-play path; paying with Shards is a faster top-up. Completing dailies steadily covers a meaningful share of Access time without spending.
Imperial Access Pass
Two auto-renewing options plus a monthly door:
- Monthly — easy entry if you want to try the Pass.
- 3 Months — best everyday value.
- Yearly — best long-term rate for committed commanders.
Cancel anytime in the App Store or Google Play; Access lasts until the end of the paid period.
Fair play
Imperial Access and the Pass never change ship stats, research combat bonuses, resource production rates, or rankings. Cosmetics and comfort stay separate from war.