Turn Order Sequence

When a turn is hosted, all players’ turn orders are resolved simultaneously. The game resolves orders according to the turn order sequence.

• 0) Unstealthed units switching to stealth for their upcoming sneaks
• 1) Messages + attachments sent
• 2) Research
• 3) Recruitment of new commanders/units
• 4) Empowerment
• 5) Items forged
• 6) Non-heretical preaching (also blood sacrifice?)
• 7) Heretic preaching
• 8) Thrones are claimed
• 9) "Quick" special orders: site entering, pearl cultivation, etc
• 10) Rituals are cast in random order

• 11) Battles caused by rituals, including spells like Teleport and Wind Ride.
  • If a battle ensues in this phase, stealthy units set to attack the province will join. If not, battles involving those units are resolved in the 'main' battle phase. ¹⁾
• 12) Damage suffered due to being in Inferno or Kokytos ²⁾
• 13) Battles caused by being on another plane or moving out of one
• 14) Retreating caused by battles in this phase

• 15) Site search (not from spells).
• 16) Declare Prophets
• 17) Call God
• 18) Gods (re-)awaken
• 19) Blood hunting

• 20) Horror Marked commanders can get attacked by Horrors. ( does this include Horror Seed?)
• 21) Assassination and Seduction attempts
• 22) The Raid order

• 23) Relinquishing (Disciples-games only)

• 24) Commanders without mounts can claim new ones if available
• 25) Any riders without mounts or smart mounts without riders will check to return home or disperse.

• 26) Movement between friendly provinces.
  • Friendly movement occurs, before movement to enemy provinces, thus allowing defenders to group up.
  • If an intended middle province was taken during the Magic Phase, the armies will not move.
• 27) Movement to unfriendly provinces occurs, including breaking sieges

• 28) Main battle phase.
  • Where movement has lead to opposing armies in the same province, neither hiding, battles occur.
  • Battles are resolved in random order.
  • Provinces may change hands as a result.
• 29) Fort-storming battles. Some retreating enemies from the main battle phase may be inside the fort.
• 30) Retreating caused by battles in this phase

• 31) Global enchantment effects.
• 32) Events occur. These can be random events from luck or misfortune, or caused by players.
  • The spells Wolven Winter and Breath of the Desert cause temperature-changing events which take effect here, not in the ritual phase.
• 33) Event battles, e.g. barbarian attacks, dark vines, Call of the Drugvant, Dark Slumber.
• 34) Retreating caused by battles in this phase

• 35) Reaper, automatic summoning, item/monster enforced scales changes and so on happen here: after events but before income.
• 36) Patrollers units find hiding units.
  • Happens after a Bane Venom Charm has already affected a province.

• 37) Sieging armies damage the wall of the fortress they are trying to take down. In Disciples games, the larger (siegier?) army gets to siege now.
• 38) Building construction and destruction
• 39) Reanimation and Summon Allies
• 40) Pillaging, which comes after unrest reduction from monsters' inherent properties but before income
• 41) Income, which is before patrolling's unrest reduction, and also before upkeep
• 42) Unrest modification from Dominion, dominion level, scales, and reduction by patrolling
• 43) Starvation
  • calculated after battles etc, so you can walk into a wasteland if your belly's full, once, and not want to run away or get diseased
• 44) Upkeep is paid for. Units may desert if insufficient gold in treasury.
• 45) Dominion spreads
• 46) Dominion effects like innate popkill, insanity, spreading temp or turmoil happen here
• 47) Magic site effects like disease occur now
• 48) If your game features 600,000 units, some of the most numerous ones get deleted
• 49) Units grow older

• 50) Leftover battles occur now
  • what kind of battles can happen here?

• 51) Units heal if able to and are affected by disease here
• 52) If a unit goes insane, this is where it does that
• 53) Mercenary bids are resolved and the troops appear where they have been recruited
• 54) Heroes appear
• 55) Units who have lost their commander are deleted if in enemy territory
• 56) If nothing is sieging a fort, it will take the province back
• 57) Conscription: Province Defence is raised to a minimum of 1. Dominion and Commander effects to raise PD take effect.
• 58) Scouting reports are produced
• 59) Players without any provinces or dominion are eliminated
• 60) Victory conditions are checked, and a winner declared if a victory condition is fulfilled.
• 61) Hall of Fame and scoregraphs are updated.
• 62) Heroic Abilities are gained and updated
• 63) Immortals reform
• 64) Province defense levels are reduced if the population can't support it (10 people/PD point)
• 65) If any new artifacts become yearning, it happens here.
• 66) Aftermath (order validation, involuntary shape changing, etc.)

• Change in temperature resulting from season changes happens after the battles. As a result from this and above mentioned event based temperature rituals, a good rule is "What you see is what you will fight in on the next turn."

Dominions 6 Manual, 55-57