Get Broken Decrees by Repeating a Royal Council
Broken decrees can appear when you travel backward in time and repeat a Royal Council. Use a Portal to revisit a council you have already attended, then choose an offered broken decree for its effect.
Prepare Your Portal Before the Return Trip
Portal belongs to the King of Time's starting deck. Other kings can obtain it through the King of Time's loot or a merchant offer. If your goal is to repeat councils, secure the Portal before committing the rest of your run to that plan.
A Portal sends your kingdom two years backward when its plot reaches maximum level. Stack Portal copies on the same plot to reach that trigger. Plan the final upgrade around a council you have already visited, so the return trip lets you encounter it again.
Rewind helps supply further Portal cards after a Portal turn. Wormhole makes Portals travel an additional year backward. Treat these as ways to extend your time-travel setup once you have the cards, while keeping the repeated Royal Council as your immediate target.
Use Portal to Reach the Repeated Council
- Attend a Royal Council so you have an event to revisit. Broken decrees depend on repeating the council after traveling backward in time.
- Place a Portal on a free plot. This gives you a dedicated plot on which to stack the copies needed for its time-travel trigger.
- Upgrade that Portal plot to maximum level when its backward jump will let you revisit the council. Its normal effect sends the kingdom two years into the past.
- Choose a broken decree if one appears when the Royal Council repeats. Read the offered effect before selecting it, because the rewards include different kinds of benefits and a useless-card outcome.
- If you have Rewind, throw it into the pit after a Portal turn to recover Portal cards. Those cards can support another trip through earlier events.
Choose the Reward and Strengthen It With Kintsugi
Broken-decree names include Enrage, Recovery, Provisions, Fastforward, Interest, Loot, Nullify, Punctuality and Redo. Their effects range from stat increases to extra cards or rerolls. Read the choice in front of you and favor the benefit that addresses your kingdom's immediate weakness.
Nullify adds three useless Temp Null cards. Read that outcome carefully if you are choosing a decree for an immediate useful reward. Compare it with the other offers before committing your selection.
Kintsugi makes broken decrees twice as powerful. It is a useful companion to a Portal plan that already repeats decree picks. Prioritize it when those repeated councils are part of your route, then judge each subsequent offer by what your build needs.
When Broken Decrees Do Not Appear
Check whether you actually repeated a Royal Council after traveling backward. Broken decrees are a distinct category tied to that condition, so an ordinary first council is not a reason to expect them. Build your route around reaching the repeat visit before depending on its possible rewards.
For multiplayer attempts, the patch notes include a fix for broken decrees failing to appear properly. After downloading the patch, start a fresh run as the developer recommends. An existing run does not contain the patch's updates and may cause conflicts.