Starting today, new Clan War rules will come into effect. But there is no reason to be concerned, they have been introduced to make the process more intelligible and the confrontation more entertaining.

The main new feature is that from now on Clan Wars will be fought for special resources, Aspect Crystals, that are gathered by Crystalier workers. Only members of the opposing Clans are allowed to transport these Crystals by using Arks of Coercion. But first things first. 

After the declaration of the War, members of the opposing Clans will have time to prepare themselves, since now the War starts at 20:00 server time on the day following the declaration. A Clan War can last no longer than 4 hours. Upon beginning of the War, the following places will become visible to the members of the opposing Clans:
• 15 Aspect Crystal extraction sites;
• Aspect Altars, installed on the Square of Storms and the Scarlet Square for citizens of Vaalor and Sadar respectively.

Crystal extraction sites are marked on the world map. Additionally, the map indicates which Clan's Crystalier, yours or the enemy's, is gathering Crystals on a location. One Clan can have no more than 10 Crystaliers simultaneously gathering the Aspect Crystals. To start gathering Aspect Crystals at an unnocupied site, the player need to go to the respective location, click on the Crystal and choose a Crystalier in the pop-up window. 

When a Crystalier finishes working, all of his Clan members receive a message stating how many Aspect Crystals have been gathered in the respective location. Thereafter the Crystals should be picked up. To do so, members of the warring Clan must take an Ark of Coercion from the Aspect Altar on their Empire's main square, head for the locaton where Aspect Crystals have been gathered, pick them up and sacrifice them on the Altar, earning Clan War score and 5 Heroism points for each Crystal. 

New rules provide a variety of strategies to the warring Clans. They can hunker down, protecting their workers, or attack the enemy Crystaliers themselves, intercept enemy characters who carry Crystals or deceive the enemy by passing Arks of Coercion from one player to another, in order to get the Crystals safely to the Aspect Altar.

You can find out more about the new Clan War rules here.

P.S. The Duel Codex and Ciklotor have been rendered unnecessary by the new rules and thus removed from the Clan Halls, their full cost reimbursed to the Clan Treasury.