Idle Ages / Ages / Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms is age 34 on the Idle Ages ladder, set in 184 CE. You unlock it with coins the ages below it earned. From there it produces on its own cycle, with its own upgrade costs and its own four heroes.
| Position | Age 34 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 184 CE |
| Legendary | Cao Cao |
| Automation | Needs Lady Bian at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, Sun Shangxiang, Lady Bian |
Cao Cao raises every age you own at once. The other three raise this one. All four carry a piece of written history that unlocks as you level them.
Legendary
Cao Cao rose during the collapse that followed the Yellow Turban rebellion of 184 CE and ended up controlling the Han court and most of northern China. He never took the title of emperor himself, leaving that to his son Cao Pi, who founded the state of Wei in 220.
Raises output in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Zhuge Liang served Liu Bei and then his son as chancellor of Shu Han, running the state and leading its campaigns north. Later ages made him the model of the brilliant strategist, and his memorial urging his young ruler to govern well is still read today.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Rare
The histories call her simply Lady Sun: sister of the southern warlord Sun Quan, married to Liu Bei around 209 CE to seal the alliance between their houses. Later stories gave her the name Sun Shangxiang and a reputation as a fighter who travelled with an armed guard of women.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Common Manager, level 5
Lady Bian was a performer before she became the wife of Cao Cao and the mother of four of his sons, among them his successor Cao Pi. When Cao Pi founded Wei in 220 CE she became empress dowager, and she kept a reputation for plain living in a court that had none.
Raises the output of their own age. Every level multiplies what they add by 1.6. Levelling Lady Bian to 5 is what automates Three Kingdoms.
Idle Ages is free on the App Store, with no ads.