Part of the Events Series:

Event Calendar: Every event cycle (Start Here).

How to Get Gems: Building the reserve this event needs.

Best Events to Spend On: How it compares.

Quick Answer

More Than Gems is a spend-threshold event: spend gems on anything, and bonus chests unlock as your daily total crosses milestones. It runs two days, resets daily (so two separate 24-hour windows), and appears roughly every 4–6 weeks. Milestones sit around 300, 1,000, 3,000, 7,000 and 25,000 gems. The 7,000 tier delivers 5 Universal Legendary Sculptures and is the meaningful floor; hitting 25,000 on both days — 50,000 total — pays roughly 26 Universal Legendary Sculptures plus speedups and resources.

Why This Is the Event to Save For

Universal Legendary Sculptures are close to the scarcest thing in the game — they can be pointed at whichever legendary you are actually building, rather than whoever a chest felt like giving you. See the commanders hub.

More Than Gems converts gems into those sculptures at a rate available nowhere else. Alongside spin events it is one of the two highest-value gem sinks in the game — which is precisely why spending gems outside it is usually a mistake.

The Milestones

Daily spend	Rough value
300	Entry tier
1,000	Small
3,000	Moderate
7,000	5 Universal Legendary Sculptures — the meaningful floor
25,000	Maximum tier, best chest

The milestones reset each day. That is the mechanic people misplay: 25,000 spread across two days does not reach the top tier. You need 25,000 on a single day, twice, to collect the maximum both times.

How to Plan It

Hoard gems between events. Every gem you spend in the weeks before is a gem not converting into sculptures here. See how to get gems for the free sources — daily objectives, expedition, tavern chests and the Lyceum of Wisdom all feed the reserve.

Work out your realistic tier before the event opens. If you can reach 7,000 twice, plan for that. If you can only manage 7,000 once, spend it all on one day rather than falling short on both.

Any gem spend counts. VIP points, VIP shop purchases, speedups, whatever — it all contributes to the threshold. So spend on things you actually wanted:

Sculptures in the VIP shop for the commander you are building.
VIP points, if you are short of the VIP 6 second builder.
Speedups, if a scoring event is running alongside.

That is the trick: you are not burning gems to trigger the event, you are making purchases you wanted and collecting the chests.

Is It Worth It for F2P?

Yes, at the lower tiers. A patient free player who banks gems for six weeks can realistically reach the 7,000 milestone and collect 5 Universal Legendary Sculptures for gems they earned by logging in. That is a genuinely large return.

The 25,000 tier is spender territory. Do not chase it by buying gems unless you were spending anyway — see best events to spend on.

FAQ

How does More Than Gems work?

Spend gems on anything during the event; bonus chests unlock as your daily total crosses milestones. It runs two days and the milestones reset each day.

How often does More Than Gems run?

Roughly every four to six weeks.

What is the best More Than Gems milestone?

7,000 gems is the meaningful floor at 5 Universal Legendary Sculptures. 25,000 per day is the maximum tier.

Do the milestones carry over between the two days?

No. They reset, so you need 25,000 in a single day to hit the top tier — twice, for the full haul.

What should I spend gems on during the event?

Anything you wanted anyway — sculptures, VIP points, speedups. All gem spending counts toward the threshold.

Key Takeaways

Spend-threshold event, two days, milestones reset daily.
7,000 gems is the meaningful floor: 5 Universal Legendary Sculptures.
50,000 across both days pays roughly 26 Universal Legendary Sculptures.
Any gem spend counts — buy what you wanted and collect the chests.
Hoard gems between runs. This is where they should be spent.

Rise of Kingdoms More Than Gems Guide: Milestones and Best Spend