Granted, ever since the first Super Server Merge, Evony’s medal drop rates have been ruined. Medals are not only needed to get promoted to a higher rank, but also to hire captured heroes.

  • To start, you will need around 30,000 archers per valley you plan to farm, and you need to farm at least 4 valleys at a time, so a spare 120,000 archers will suffice. You’ll also need a few thousand warriors, a couple of pikemen and swordsmen, and up to 20,000 cavalry if you decide to farm the valleys that have archers.
  • You’ll also want to make sure your party hall is FULL while collecting medals, because if you capture a hero, your chances of getting a medal go down considerably.
  • You’ll want to attack each Valley twice, consecutively, even if you get a medal. Valleys have been known to award medals one after another, but never more than 2 medals in 6 hours, so if you get 2 medals from a valley, you can stop hitting that valley until 6 hours have passed. If you hit a valley twice and don’t get a medal, wait 1 hour for the troops in the valley to replenish and try again.
  • Always send between 250 and 500 warriors with your attacks to a valley to gain prestige. Archers cost too much to send more, so stick with warriors.

Start by exploring all the level 10 valleys you want to farm for medals, I wouldn’t go much further than 15 miles unless you have to. Depending on what type of troops there are in the Valley, you will farm a certain type of your own troops to take minimal losses from the Valley. You’ll want to search Valleys for this spell. Any combination of the following:

  • Warriors/Pikemen/Swordsmen
  • archers only
  • Cavalry with up to 3 other Troop Types, excluding Archers (Archers and Cavalry give too many losses to the Farm)

Depending on how many Troops the Valley has, you should attack with the following:

Valley Troopers – Warriors/Pikemen/Swordsmen Attack to send – 25k Archers

Valley Troops – Archers Attack Only to Send – Cavalry Equal (Same as Archers)

Valley Troops – Cavalry only attack to send – 15k archers, 10 pikemen, 10 swordsmen, 1 ballista

Valley Troops – Cavalry with 2 other troops attack to send – 30k archers, 10 pikemen, 10 swordsmen, 1 ballista

Valley Troops: Cavalry with 3 other troops attack to send: 30,000 Archers, 3,000 Warriors, 10 Pikemen, 10 Swordsmen, 100 Ballistae

(Note: Medals of Justice and Nation CAN also be obtained from level 9 Velleys) – Jul 12, 2011)

Where to find your medals (This may not be 100% accurate)

Cruz: Everywhere – mainly grasslands

Rose: Mainly level 10 floors

Lion: Hills level 10 Honor: Forests level 10

Freedom: Insecure

Wisdom: Insecure

Courage: Everywhere

Nation: level 10 hills

Justice: Level 10 Swamps and Deserts