“ Across all cultures your blazon is your family's identity, guard it with everything you have![1] „
The Kingdom's coat of arms[2] is the distinctive emblem displayed on the pause menu as a escutcheon and on the town center past the village tents tier as a banner. Its colors (tinctures) also appear on banners and shields around the Kingdom.
It's a cosmetic feature, with no impact on gameplay mechanics. Every new Monarch is randomly assigned a fresh coat of arms.
Kingdom: New Lands & Two Crowns – A player may set a custom coat of arms, use the blazon syntax, or one of the available generators.
Kingdom: Classic – Coat of arms are randomly generated at the beginning of a new Kingdom and there is no way to customize it (see history note). This article may still be useful for players to check the types of escutcheon and color combinations a kingdom may have.
Blazon[]
In heraldic terminology, a blazon is the formal description of a coat of arms. In the game's settings, the player can set a custom coat of arms for the Kingdom in the menu by entering the blazon’s parameters with the proper syntax in the text box and then confirming the entry using the "Set Blazon" button. That syntax is:[3]
[1st Tincture], [Ordinary] [2nd Tincture], [Charge] [3rd Tincture]
(Commas and brackets are included here for clarity and should be removed.)
- Ordinary: the geometric patterns in the background.
- Charge: the animal or shape in the center.
- Tincture: the color or metal of the prior feature.
For example, NAVY A SALTIRE WHITE A LION RED
produces a navy-colored coat of arms with a white saltire and a red lion (see image). There is a multitude of possible combinations for a Kingdom's coat of arms.
Kingdom: New Lands – Since version 1.2.3 and onwards, using ⌫ Backspace when typing the blazon makes the "Options" submenu close back to main menu. Players can use the arrows and the del key if needed.
Tinctures[]
The table below displays all available colors that can be used on the background, the ordinary and the charge of the coat of arms.
Due to a bug, charges cannot have a tincture with a name that starts with another tincture name.[4] The colors falling into this are: Aquamarine, BlueViolet, Goldenrod, GreenYellow, LavenderBlush, Orange, OrangeRed, Orchid, and YellowGreen. They can, though, be perfectly used on the background and on the ordinaries.
Black
Sable
DimGray
Gray/Grey
DarkGray
Silver
LightGray
Gainsboro
Argent
White
Maroon
DarkRed
Gules
Red
Snow
LightCoral
FireBrick
Brown
IndianRed
MistyRose
Salmon
Tomato
DarkSalmon
Coral
OrangeRed
LightSalmon
Sienna
Chocolate
Linen
Peru
DarkOrange
Bisque
AntiqueWhite
Burlywood
Tan
NavajoWhite
BlanchedAlmond
PapayaWhip
Moccasin
Orange
OldLace
Wheat
FloralWhite
DarkGoldenrod
Goldenrod
Cornsilk
Gold
Or
LemonChiffon
Khaki
PaleGoldenrod
DarkKhaki
Olive
Yellow
LightYellow
Ivory
LightGoldenrodYellow
Beige
YellowGreen
DarkOliveGreen
GreenYellow
LawnGreen
Chartreuse
DarkGreen
Green
Vert
Lime
Honeydew
PaleGreen
LightGreen
ForestGreen
DarkSeaGreen
SeaGreen
MediumSeaGreen
SpringGreen
MintCream
MediumSpringGreen
MediumAquamarine
Aquamarine
Turquoise
LightSeaGreen
MediumTurquoise
Teal
DarkCyan
Aqua/Cyan
LightCyan
PaleTurquoise
DarkSlateGray
DarkTurquoise
CadetBlue
DeepSkyBlue
LightBlue
LightSkyBlue
AliceBlue
DodgerBlue
LightSlateGray
LightSteelBlue
CornflowerBlue
RoyalBlue
Navy
DarkBlue
Azure/Blue
GhostWhite
Lavender
MidnightBlue
SlateBlue
DarkSlateBlue
MediumSlateBlue
MediumPurple
BlueViolet
Indigo
DarkOrchid
DarkViolet
Purple
DarkMagenta
Fuchsia/Magenta
Violet
Plum
Thistle
Orchid
Purpure
MediumVioletRed
DeepPink
HotPink
PaleVioletRed
LavenderBlush
Crimson
Pink
LightPink
Maroon
DarkRed
Brown
FireBrick
Gules
Red
IndianRed
Tomato
OrangeRed
Coral
Sienna
Chocolate
Peru
DarkOrange
Orange
Goldenrod
DarkGoldenrod
Gold
Or
DarkKhaki
Olive
Yellow
YellowGreen
DarkOliveGreen
GreenYellow
LawnGreen
Chartreuse
DarkGreen
Green
Vert
ForestGreen
Lime
DarkSeaGreen
SeaGreen
MediumSeaGreen
SpringGreen
MediumSpringGreen
MediumAquamarine
Turquoise
LightSeaGreen
MediumTurquoise
Teal
DarkSlateGray
DarkCyan
Aqua/Cyan
DarkTurquoise
CadetBlue
DeepSkyBlue
LightSlateGray
DodgerBlue
CornflowerBlue
RoyalBlue
Navy
DarkBlue
MidnightBlue
Azure/Blue
DarkSlateBlue
SlateBlue
MediumSlateBlue
MediumPurple
BlueViolet
Indigo
DarkOrchid
DarkViolet
Purple
DarkMagenta
Fuchsia/Magenta
Orchid
Purpure
MediumVioletRed
DeepPink
PaleVioletRed
Crimson
Tan
LightCoral
Snow
Salmon
MistyRose
DarkSalmon
LightSalmon
Linen
Bisque
Burlywood
AntiqueWhite
NavajoWhite
BlanchedAlmond
PapayaWhip
Moccasin
Wheat
OldLace
FloralWhite
Cornsilk
Khaki
LemonChiffon
PaleGoldenrod
LightGoldenrodYellow
Beige
LightYellow
Ivory
LightGreen
PaleGreen
Honeydew
MintCream
Aquamarine
PaleTurquoise
LightCyan
LightBlue
LightSkyBlue
AliceBlue
LightSteelBlue
Lavender
GhostWhite
Violet
Plum
Thistle
HotPink
LavenderBlush
Pink
LightPink
White
Argent
Gainsboro
LightGray
Silver
DarkGray
Gray/Grey
DimGray
Sable
Black
Ordinaries[]
The articles (i.e. a/an) are required whenever specified below (some ordinaries and all charges). A blazon must have exactly one ordinary, so if the player wants a solid background, he or she can choose any ordinary and make it the same colour as the background.
In Europe[]
The following ordinaries are available in the Europe setting.
In Shogun[]
Kingdom Two Crowns – The following ordinaries are available in the Shogun setting.
In Dead Lands[]
Kingdom Two Crowns – The ordinaries below can be used in the Dead Lands setting.
Charges[]
Note: In Shogun coat of arms have no charges. However if using the blazon input field, they have to be defined for the whole blazon to work properly.
In Europe[]
The following charges are available in the Europe setting.
Youtubers' charges – The charges below display special arts in honor of famous youtubers[5] who have played either Kingdom Classic or Kingdom: New Lands. These are hidden charges: they cannot appear in a new game coat of arms, nor they show up in the visual editor. They can only be set through the blazon terminology.
"An Xisuma" charge is only available in New Lands.[6]
Kingdom Two Crowns only:
In Dead Lands[]
Kingdom Two Crowns – The following charges can be used in the Dead Lands setting.
youtubers' charges, but displaying sprites apparently unrelated to the streamers.
– The charges below work just like theGenerators[]
Kingdom Two Crowns – There is an embedded coat of arms generator (or visual "blazon" editor) that can be accessed by clicking on the heraldic shield (step to the right on consoles) on the pause menu.
Kingdom: New Lands – Players may explore the instructions of this article and set a blazon themselves, or use one of the generators made by the community:
- a desktop version made by Tobe Continued
- an online version made by Cl00e9ment
Achievement decorations[]
Kingdom: New Lands – There are four common and one special achievement that grant unique decorations to the Kingdom's escutcheon on the pause menu—without changing any other flag or banner. These achievements with their rewarded decorations are listed bellow:
Achievement | Requirements | Decoration's description | prvw |
---|---|---|---|
Birth of a Reign | Escape any island. | Carved leaves on both sides of the escutcheon. | |
Interior Decoration | Escape 3 islands in a row without losing/restarting. | A pair of deer antlers. | |
Heraldic Achievement | Escape any 5 islands in a row without losing/restarting.[7] | A pair of lit candles on metal candle holders. | |
Crowned | Escape the 5th island. | A golden Crown on the top of the escutcheon. | |
Skull Island | Destroy all portals in the Skull Island. | Four skulls at the bottom of the escutcheon. |
All decorations are removed if the player starts a new game from the map, except for the skulls and the crown — these can only be removed after deleting the save files and starting a brand new save game.
An escutcheon with no extra decoration, | one with antlers, leaves and candles, | and another with skulls and a crown. |
Classic and Two Crowns – The pause menu's escutcheon also has decorations that are based on the Monarch's success. They appear to persist across different Monarchs, but their connections to achievements are less visible.
History[]
Date | Game | Platform | Version | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019-08-29 | All | 1.0.4 | Improved color options for blazon editor. Shogun ordinaries were renamed.[8] | |
Change | ||||
Improved color options for blazon editor. Shogun ordinaries were renamed.[8] | ||||
2019-04-09 | All | 1.0.4 B | A blazon editor with a visual interface was introduced. It's then possible to customize the coat of arms on consoles. | |
A blazon editor with a visual interface was introduced. It's then possible to customize the coat of arms on consoles. | ||||
2018-12-11 | All | 1.0.0 | The Shogun style was introduced. | |
The Shogun style was introduced. | ||||
2016-08-09 | All | 1.0.0 | Editing the coat of arms was introduced through heraldic descriptions in the options menu. | |
Editing the coat of arms was introduced through heraldic descriptions in the options menu. | ||||
2016-04-11 | All | 1.2.0 | Realigned menu graphics (day counter/coat of arms). Fix the saving process of the coat of arms. There was an ability to lock an eventualy loved coat of arms for future kingdoms at the village tents, but it was removed from the game.[9] | |
Realigned menu graphics (day counter/coat of arms). Fix the saving process of the coat of arms. There was an ability to lock an eventualy loved coat of arms for future kingdoms at the village tents, but it was removed from the game.[9] |
Heraldic terminology[]
Escutcheon: The shield itself.
Field: The background of the shield, usually composed of one or more tinctures (see colours & metals below)
Charges: Any emblem occupying the escutcheon, be it a geometric pattern (ordinaries) or a depiction of some beast. In French blazon, ordinaries are called pièces and other charges are meubles.
Ordinaries: Geometric patterns emblazoned upon the escutcheon.
Helm: The helm above the shield, facing dexter.
Supporters: Figures to the left and right of the shield, usually depicted as holding it up.
Mantling: Drapes above the helmet and to the sides of the shield.
Colours: Gules (red), azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green), and purpure (purple).[10]
Metals: Or (gold) and argent (silver).[10]
Chief and Base: Refer to the shield's up & down, respectively.
Dexter and Sinister: Refer to the shield's right & left, respectively.[10]
A bend pointing dexter originates from dexter chief to sinister base. Ordinaries are assumed pointing dexter unless otherwise specified.
See also
References[]
- ↑ "Kingdom Two Crowns: Medieval" trading card on Steam.
- ↑ Aka: armorial bearing, blazonry, crest, emblem, escutcheon, heraldic device, heraldry, or insignia.
- ↑ How to Create a Blazon!, a guide by Bow Vagrant's. 18 August 2016.
- ↑ For example, the game reads both "orange" and "orchid" as "or", as shown in their images here and here respectively.
- ↑ Crumps, "An Eye" (Jack Septic Eye), Gronkh, Jack Pattillo, Kiwo, Sips and Xisuma.
- ↑ In Kingdom Two Crowns the charge "An Xisuma" was removed from the visual editor, and using it in the blazon input box will render "A Tortoise" in the shield.
- ↑ Islands can be repeated for this achievement. — Candles reappeared in a brand new save game after doing islands 1, 2, 1 again, 2 again and 3, i.e.: five islands in a row, without losing or restarting. Tested in v1.2.8 by Sapador.
- ↑
Old name New name LOZENGY BENDY BENDY A PALE A PALE A CHIEF A CHIEF FIVE ANNULETS FIVE ANNULETS A FESS A FESS A CROSS A CROSS A SALTIRE A SALTIRE PARTY PER CROSS PARTY PER CROSS CHEVRONNY CHEVRONNY BENDY SINISTER BENDY SINISTER PARTY PER PALE - ↑ Dev said "Turns out we remove this feature", 22 Nov 2016, on a Steam forum; and "Does that option never appear, even past level 2?", one year later, on another thread.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Heraldry - a guide to your Coat of Arms. Ancestors of Dover Ltd.