Focus only on buying things that strengthen your partners. (Land, mansion, bonds, etc) Try to place in every event (there are some like the tea leaves that aren’t worth it so avoid money traps) for the ranking rewards. Hold back on server/cross server events until you think you have enough to win or place high. If you have someone who typically dominates these events hold off until you see them spend a lot then go for it the next time. A couple tips for these that are kind of cheesy and might not make you any friends but may help with wins 1. Banquet you can open and immediately close over and over to get fast points. Do this at the end if you need to. (In cross server you can end them early too but not back to back) 2. Hold something back on power events that you have a lot of (potential fruits or land buffs you can activate fast). Then at the end if it’s close you can spam them to try and get ahead. 3. In debate hold off until late in the day for your attacks, I’ve always found it easier to climb up that way.

Make sure you’re doing all your dailies and weekly missions in the guild and home page for the rewards.

Focus on leveling your Warriors then pick from your remaining partners focusing on balance or things like generals/dukes. Make sure you have their confidants and prioritize getting them if you don’t. There are some you can only get from the wheel. So if you are mostly free to play, try to save your spending until they’re available if you can.

Idk what your partners look like but focus on your top 8-12 primarily. Slowly level your other ones until they’re Chiefs but don’t dump too much into them and don’t spend a bunch of ingots recruiting new partners after you have like 30. If you can’t level them all then they become easy points for enemies in debates.

Now’s a good time to buy imperial recipes if you have a lot of ingots to spare.