Problem -- Stuck on Story Mode Intervention

[Helmut Von Neubenstein]

So I just got the game and am playing Story Mode and am stuck on the "Intervention" chapter. I have built a great economy and have moved my war band right up to the border of the blue clan -- they just won't cross over into the blue tile to attack the Town Hall. I have used mercenaries to raid the blue clan home tile, but once they kill all the villagers they won't attack any buildings. Help!

[NightFury]

The mercenaries are programmed return to their ship and sail home after a specific amount of time. They will not "decolonize" enemy zones. Your mercenaries will reward you with extra resources when they survive long enough to return to their ship and sail home.

Have you scouted all of the blue territory by upgrading your Scout Camp with Stone (after upgrading your Town Hall)? Scouts cannot explore territory belonging to other clans until after you have upgraded your Scout Camp. However, your Harbors can scout coastal zones (including territory that belongs to other clans) before being upgraded.

Your military units are NOT allowed to enter zones that are covered with black "fog of war", aka unexplored zones. You must explore those zones with scouts (or upgraded scouts) before any other units will be allowed to enter.

In general, you must kill all enemy units in a zone that an enemy clan controls, and then wait for the orange wheel with the red flag icon on it to completely empty of orange in that zone. Once that has occurred, you have "de-colonized" the enemy zone, and the outline of the enemy territory should shrink so that it no longer includes the zone that you de-colonized. You are not allowed to move your military units more than one zone depth into enemy territory, so you may have to wait for the zone you are on to decolonize before you can attack the enemy town hall (or the next enemy zone on your way to approach to the enemy town hall).

After learning what I wrote above, are you still having difficulty completing "Intervention"?

[Helmut Von Neubenstein]

Thank you so much -- that worked! On to Story 7!

[WillyDog]

Thanks for tip on upgrading scout building