Formatting guide

Text

Pages are written in Markdown, which is plain text with a few symbols for formatting. Leave a blank line between paragraphs.

This is **bold**, this is *italic*, and this is ~~crossed out~~.

This is a new paragraph.

> Quote something by starting the line with an arrow.

Use backticks for `short code`, or three of them for a block:

```
longer code
```

longer code

Headings

The page's title is added for you, so start with two #. Level 2 and 3 headings also appear in the page's "On this page" list.

## A section

Some text.

### A smaller section

More text.

Lists

Start each line with a dash for bullets, or a number for steps.

- First thing
- Second thing

1. Do this
2. Then this

Links

Double square brackets link to another page on this wiki. Links to pages nobody has written yet are shown with a dashed underline and lead to a page inviting someone to start it.

See the [[Getting started]] page.

Links to a page by its title.

Read [[Getting started|the beginner guide]].

The text after the bar is what readers see.

This page is [[Not written yet]].

Links like this also add the page to the home page's "Help write these" list.

Visit [an outside site](https://example.com).

For anywhere else, use square brackets then round brackets.

Images

Images use an exclamation mark, then a description, then the address. The description is read aloud to people using screen readers, so make it useful.

![This site's small icon](/favicon.ico)

Upload images on the Images page, then copy the line it gives you. You can also use an image that's already online, with its full address starting with https://.

You type

::gallery{files="first.png,second.png"}

Readers see

A gallery shows several uploaded images as a grid. It goes on a line by itself.

Tables you write by hand

Use bars between columns and dashes under the header. These are good for anything that's just part of the page's text.

| Level | What to build |
|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | Sawmills first |
| 4 | Walls |

Infoboxes and source labels

An infobox is the facts panel at the side of a page. It goes in a block between two lines of three dashes, at the very top of the page. Each number can say where it came from, using a source label.

---
infobox: troop
categories: [Troops, Ranged troops]
attack: { value: 120, source: official }
range: { value: 1200, source: official }
role: Ranged
---

The page text starts here.

The infobox line names what kind of thing this page is, and pages of the same kind can be compared in live tables. The categories line lists the categories it belongs to. Any other line becomes a row. The spacing and punctuation matter: if something is wrong, the editor tells you and won't publish until it's fixed.

Every wiki picks its own labels. The ones in these examples are made up.

Live tables

A live table reads the infoboxes of every page of one kind. Fix a number on one page, and every table showing it follows. Don't copy numbers into a hand-written table when a live one will do. A live table goes on a line by itself, and can't go inside a spoiler or tab.

::stat-table{type=troop columns="name,attack,range" where="range > 1000" sort="range desc"}

Numbers on this example are made up.

Drop tables

List what something drops in the block at the top of its page, then show it with a drop table. Each item links to its own page, and each row can say where its numbers came from.

---
drops:
  - { item: Iron Ore, quantity: 2 to 5, rarity: Common, source: official }
  - { item: Old Key, quantity: 1, rarity: Rare, notes: First kill only }
---

::drop-table

To show another page's drops, name it: ::drop-table{page="Bandit Camp"}

Maps

A map shows pins people can click. Each line is a pin: where it goes, its name, then an optional description, separated by bars. Link a pin to a page with double brackets.

:::map{width=800 height=800}
120, 340 | [[Bandit Camp]] | Good early target
500, 90 | Old Bridge
:::

Without an image, you get a plain grid, and the width and height are its size in your own coordinates. To use a picture, upload it and write :::map{image="world.png"}. Coordinates are then pixels from its top left corner, unless you also give a width and height.

Translations

Choose Translate on a page to start one in another language. It starts as a copy of the original, so translate the text and leave the facts as they are. These lines at the top are what link it to the original. Readers see links between the languages, and a note if the original has changed since.

---
language: de
translationOf: Archer
---

Der Text der Seite.

Saying a page is up to date

After a game patch or other update, say that you've checked a page against it. Use the update's name exactly as it's listed on the Updates page. Pages that haven't been checked since the latest update appear on a list for editors to re-check.

---
verifiedFor: Patch 1.6
---

The rest of the page.

Did you know

Add a surprising fact to a page, and the wiki's home page may show it. Each one should finish the sentence "Did you know that…", and can link to pages with double brackets. It won't show on the page itself.

---
didYouKnow:
  - the [[Archer]] is the first ranged troop you unlock
---

The rest of the page.

Spoilers

Hide something until the reader chooses to open it. Start with three colons and a title, and end with three colons on a line by themselves.

:::spoiler What happens at the end
This text stays hidden until it's opened.
:::

Tabs

Show different versions of the same section, one at a time. Each tab starts with @tab and its name, on a line by itself.

:::tabs
@tab Early game
Do this first.

@tab Late game
Do this later.
:::

References

Say where something came from. Put a marker after the sentence, and the source anywhere on the page, usually the end. They're numbered for you, and listed in a References section at the bottom of the page.

Archers need Barracks level 4.[^barracks]

[^barracks]: Seen on the Barracks training screen.

What won't work

• HTML tags and scripts show up as plain text, to keep everyone safe.
• Links can't run code, so anything like javascript: is removed.
• A live table inside a spoiler or tab won't appear. Put it on its own line in the main page.
• Tabs inside a spoiler become a plain list of sections instead of clickable tabs.