Part of the Alliance Series:

Alliance Guide: Everything the alliance gives you (Start Here).

Best Epic Commanders: Where the sculptures should go.

Speedups Guide: The other big purchase.

Quick Answer

The alliance shop trades alliance credits for items, and credits are earned by helping alliance members, donating to alliance technology, and participating in alliance events. Buy commander sculptures first, then teleports when you need them, then speedups. Skip the resource bundles — you can gather those.

Quick Reference: Buying Priority

Priority	Item	Why
1	Commander sculptures	The only genuinely scarce resource in the game
2	Teleports (when needed)	Expensive elsewhere, cheap here
2=	Passport Pages / Civilization Change	The alternative is gems or real money
3	Speedups	Always useful, especially before an event
4	Materials and utility items	Situational but real value
Skip	Raw resource bundles	Gather these instead

How to Earn Alliance Credits

Credits accumulate from ordinary alliance participation:

Helping members. Tap the help button constantly. It costs nothing, it earns credits, and it speeds up your alliance-mates — the single best habit in the game.
Donating to alliance technology. Donations earn credits and buff every member permanently.
Alliance events and rallies. Participation pays.
Daily alliance activity. Gifts, contributions and territory work.

If your credits are not accumulating, the usual reason is that you are in an alliance where nobody needs help. That is a signal about the alliance, not about the shop — see the alliance guide.

What to Buy

Commander sculptures — always first

Sculptures are the bottleneck on every account. The alliance shop is one of the few steady, predictable sculpture sources available to a free player, and it does not depend on luck.

Spend them on the commander you are currently building, not on whoever looks interesting. Depth beats breadth — see the commanders hub and best epic commanders.

Teleports — when you need them

Random and targeted teleports are expensive from other sources and reasonable here. Keep one in reserve rather than buying in a panic mid-war. See the teleport guide.

Speedups — the reliable filler

Never wasted. Bank them for scoring events rather than spending on whatever is in your queue today.

The big-ticket items

Two items in the alliance shop cost a fortune in credits and are worth every one of them, because buying them any other way costs gems:

Passport Pages — roughly 600,000 Individual Credits each, against a real-money bundle otherwise. If you expect to migrate, start banking these long before you need them, because the number required scales with your power.
Civilization Change — around 2,000,000 Individual Credits, against roughly 10,000 gems in the shop. See how to change civilization.

Both need your alliance to spend Alliance Credits restocking them, so ask leadership rather than waiting and hoping.

Materials and utility items

Talent reset items (also around 1,000 gems in the shop), action point refills and gear materials all show up here and all have real uses. Buy them when you have a specific need, not speculatively.

What to skip

Raw resource bundles. Your marches can gather these for free — see best gathering commanders. Credits spent on food are credits not spent on sculptures.

The Shop Refresh

The shop restocks on a rotation, and sculpture availability varies. Two habits:

Check daily. Sculptures for the commander you want do not sit there forever.
Hold a credit reserve. Spending everything on resources means being empty when sculptures appear.

FAQ

How do I get alliance credits in Rise of Kingdoms?

Help alliance members, donate to alliance technology, and take part in alliance events. Helping is the largest and easiest source.

What is the best thing to buy in the alliance shop?

Commander sculptures for the commander you are actively building. Nothing else in the shop is genuinely scarce.

Are alliance credits worth spending on resources?

No. Resources are gatherable; sculptures are not.

Do I lose alliance credits if I leave my alliance?

Spend them before leaving. Credits and unspent contributions do not follow you to a new alliance.

How do I earn credits faster?

Be in an active alliance and tap help constantly. A quiet alliance simply cannot generate help requests to earn from.

Key Takeaways

Sculptures first, teleports second, speedups third, resources never.
Helping members is the biggest credit source and costs you nothing.
Check the shop daily — sculpture stock rotates.
Keep a credit reserve for when the right sculptures appear.
Spend everything before leaving an alliance.

Rise of Kingdoms Alliance Shop and Credits: What to Buy First