My Lands: Black Gem Hunting

MithryL wrote:even with x3 it's hard to find any

Sorry, but your pain makes me feel better

Gah, someone has 6 sets already

I know they are incredibly rare to find. But I have been sending out explorers around the clock and I can't find any.

Is this something else that is designed to help those of higher rank?

Do I need to use them at all for Ruins? I always thought I should use them to counter the assassins already at the ruins, but I just sent 3x the number as in the ruins and they all died and I still won by a landslide with my other units.

Hello

I heard that you can find artifacts in ruins, but I have yet to find any. Can they only be found starting in a certain level of ruin? The highest I have been able to attack is level 4 and a few level 5s.

ahh, thank you

Is there a set age that the server needs to be?

In the Encyclopedia, it says you can participate in tournaments by studying the Mapping Science. I assume this means completely studying it?
Right now, I am at 40,000 + 100 BG. Does anyone know how much it will cost to study it the final time?

Twice now I have upgraded the Science for City Expansion. And each time, I got the e-mail saying my Scientists needed Assistance. So I went to pick out which city to have the expansion apply towards and...nothing happened. The Science stayed at 0/1 and all my points I had used for the science went ...

So, finally got my hero, a Guru.

How do I get skill points?
Do I send it out on attacks?

What do I do next?