Protect Paladins and keep the Castle growing
Build around Paladins strengthened with Wildcard and Steel Coat, upgrade the Castle, and choose your offensive route from the cards you receive. Later options include repeating Gigantify through Rewind, upgrading Paladins again through Regression, or combining Static with Steel Coat. Enemy matchups and rewards vary, so treat the opening as priorities rather than a guaranteed card-by-card script.
Check the quest and difficulty before committing
Nothing Total War is a King of Nothing quest that starts with Supplies and allows attacks from all rival kings. That broad enemy pool makes adaptation part of the challenge. Avoid planning your entire run around a narrow set of opponents.
Quest Mode offers Knight, King, and Chaos difficulties. The Paladin opening below follows an older quest walkthrough, so use it for card priorities rather than as an exact placement solution across those settings. Check the starting board, available cards, and victory and defeat conditions displayed in your selected quest before playing.
Follow these opening priorities
- Use Wildcard to strengthen your Paladins. Make them the focus of the opening instead of dividing your early investment among competing troop plans.
- Apply Steel Coat to the Paladins. This protects the troops you are investing in and establishes the defensive part of the route.
- Upgrade the Castle alongside your Paladin investment. The Paladins can hold enemies while the Castle supplies the damage needed to finish the fight.
- Preserve Archers as possible targets for Offering or Overhaul. Keeping them available leaves you a sacrifice option when those cards become part of your plan.
- Place an available Farm, Beacon, Camp, or Blacksmith around your main carry. Choose support that fits the cards already in your run while continuing to seek stronger offensive effects.
Choose a finishing route from your rewards
Gigantify and Rewind form a route based on repeating Gigantify. When both become available, consider using that combination to strengthen your main investment. Avoid reserving your whole plan for the combination before you actually receive its pieces.
Regression offers another route through repeated Paladin upgrades. It lowers a plot's level while retaining its current stats and effects, allowing you to build on what the plot has already gained. Use this route when Regression and further Paladin upgrades are available together.
Static and Steel Coat provide another combination for surviving the final battles. Keep offensive improvement and protection working together rather than spending every reward on survival alone. If a different route comes together sooner, adapt to the hand you have instead of waiting for a particular tome.
Correct the investment before abandoning the run
- If Paladins hold the enemy but battles drag on, review your Castle upgrades. More protection alone will not solve a lack of damage behind the front line.
- Check that Farms and Blacksmiths touch the Paladin plot they are meant to support. Keep their benefits concentrated on the carry rather than spreading your investment across extra troop plots.
- If Gigantify, Rewind, or Regression does not arrive, reconsider the route using your available rewards. Variable matches and card rewards make improvisation part of Nothing Total War.
Account for the blessing fix when following older guides
Nothing Total War received a fix so that its blessing triggers properly. Follow the blessing event your run presents instead of expecting every older sequence to match it. After downloading a patch, start a new run as the developer advises, because an existing run may lack the updates and cause conflicts.