🗺️ X27 Official Match Bracket 2 — Maps, Rankings & the New Eden: Imperial Fortification
Great news for everyone following the Eden Championship on ROCAcademy! The ranking page got some major updates today, and here's everything that's now available.
✅ Bracket 2 Official Maps Are Live
The official match for Season X27 has been released by the game and is already available on our tool. Head over to tools.riseofcastles.net/rank, click ⚔️ Official Maps, switch to Advanced Mode, and you'll find all 6 official maps for Bracket 2 (S553–S906 / S3001–S3029):
maps 900039, 900040, 900041, 900042, 900043 and 900044 — each with 10 alliances on North and 10 on South.
⚡ What the Map Control Center Shows You
For every map you get a full side-by-side comparison of both factions, showing the alliance name, home server, current total power and member count — all updated with today's data. The tool also calculates the power balance between factions and shows data quality, so you know exactly how many alliances were matched against the global ranking.
On top of that you can export the faction comparison as an image (great for sharing on Discord or your alliance group) and export the full power ranking as an image or text file.
🕰️ Eden Timeline Updated
The Eden Timeline in the Bracket Info section has been updated and now correctly handles two different Eden formats. Eden: Bounty and Eden: Imperial Fortification follow the classic multi-week timeline, while Eden: Conquer has its own progression with different milestones like Sector openings, Combat Zone, Lv6/Lv8/Lv9 Gates and World Center. Each bracket is automatically positioned based on its real current progress, from registration all the way to the end of Eden.
🏰 Eden: Imperial Fortification — What Is This New Format?
Season X27 on Bracket 2 runs the Eden: Imperial Fortification format. It uses the same North vs South map as Eden Bounty, but introduces three brand new structures that alliances can build on the map. Here is a breakdown of each one.
Harvest Altar
The Harvest Altar collects the accumulated resources from tiles within its coverage area instantly — once per day. The higher the level of the altar, the more resources it collects and the bigger the area it covers. You can build up to 5 Altars in total. The first one unlocks at Guild level 6, and a new one becomes available every 5 Guild levels after that (levels 6, 11, 16, 21 and 26). Focus on placing them over high-level resource tiles and split coverage between both resource types to maximize output.
Fort
The Fort acts as a forward war base. This is not a defensive structure — it is pure power projection. Troops stationed inside a Fort gain massive Chaos Might and Chaos Resistance bonuses, scaling from 60% at level 1 all the way to 300% at max level 5. You can build up to 5 Forts, unlocking one every 10 Guild levels starting at level 10. Place them at choke points, near enemy borders or behind shield-breaking zones. Use them as rally staging points and rotate troops through the cycle of buff, attack and return.
Catapult
The Catapult launches projectiles with a range of 10 tiles. It has two ammo types: Stone Projectiles deal high area damage but can only hit guild buildings and are blocked by Shields, while Flame Projectiles hit all buildings but require a linked path to the target. Because Shields are immune to Stone, Flame is often the forced choice in contested zones. The Catapult can destroy enemy Forts, Altars and other buildings. You can only build 3 Catapults — the first unlocks at Guild level 15, the second at 20 and the third at 50.
The most powerful combination in this format is Fort plus Catapult working together: the Catapult weakens the target and the Fort-buffed troops move in to finish the job.
📌 Everything Is Live Now
All of this is available for free at tools.riseofcastles.net/rank. Go check your bracket, find your alliance on the map and share the comparison with your team.
Good luck out there, and may your server go far in X27! ⚔️