> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rokroyalty.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Vanguard: your Rise of Kingdoms companion without screen taps

> Vanguard, the Personal Account Companion, handles Rise of Kingdoms chores, troops, dailies and gathering by talking to the game directly. Vanguard Hub runs many accounts with no game open.

Vanguard plays the repetitive parts of Rise of Kingdoms for you. It talks to the game the same way the game's own buttons do, so it never clicks, never reads the screen and never moves your mouse. The game can stay minimised while Vanguard works, and game updates that move buttons around do not break it.

This guide covers two apps:

* **Vanguard**: the desktop app that drives one Rise of Kingdoms game running on your PC (PC client or emulator).
* **Vanguard Hub**: one window that runs many accounts at once, with no game or emulator open at all.

## What Vanguard can do

> **[Chores](/vanguard/features/chores)**
>
> Build and upgrade, research, alliance help and gifts, quests, collecting and event turn-ins.

> **[Military](/vanguard/features/military)**
>
> Train and heal troops, auto shield, barbarian hunts, fort rallies, rally rush and teleport.

> **[Dailies](/vanguard/features/dailies)**
>
> Free daily claims, Blacksmith materials, Expedition, Sunset Canyon and the State Forum.

> **[Gather](/vanguard/features/gather)**
>
> Keep every march farming resources or gems.

## Built to be safe

* **DRY-RUN first.** In DRY-RUN Vanguard only plans and sends nothing, so you can see exactly what it would do.
* **Never buys anything.** Vanguard only uses items you already own and never spends gems.
* **Paced like a person.** Random pauses, timer randomness, a nightly rest window and daily caps. See [Staying safe](/vanguard/help/safety).

## Start here

> **[Quickstart](/vanguard/quickstart)**
>
> Attach Vanguard to your game and run your first loop.

> **[Vanguard Hub](/vanguard/hub/overview)**
>
> Run many accounts at once without a game.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Vanguard Farm** is a lighter edition of Vanguard. It collects production and territory resources, turns in event items, gathers (never gems) and joins or starts fort rallies.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Vanguard 1.0 is the first release under the Vanguard name. An install from before 1.0 updates itself into Vanguard as an upgrade of the same app, and an old shortcut still opens it.


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