Emperor's Palace

The Palace, once ruled by the Emperor Tao-tsun, was revealed to be hidden behind the city's Temple. However, similar to many locations of Shadow City, the Palace is shown to be abandoned upon entry, presumably from sieges and warfare, leaving eons of artifacts in its wake.

The player's perspective is shown to be standing rather elevated to the floor of the throne room, looking upon the many treasures of the dynasty.

Ranks
This table shows the energy, experience, and coins for each rank of the Emperor's Palace. These may be different depending on a player’s rank and if they participated in the 2018 February event.

* Energy is different depending on what your personal level is in game. (Ex. Level 9 may have lower energy cost throughout the event, and level 50, may have a higher energy cost throughout the event)

Birdcage

 * On the drawer in the center
 * Hanging on tree, between middle and right red lanterns (Square)
 * Hanging between drapes above the throne
 * Right of screen, on frame painting
 * Left of screen, near cart

Chameleon

 * On the left on the right side of the drum
 * On the right side of screen on fruit and flowers (green)
 * In front of red curtain on Chinese cart (red)

Comb

 * In the treasure chest (golden)
 * In front of big lantern bellow the front glass (golden ornated with leaves)
 * On top of Emperor's throne
 * On roof of pagoda, just above picture frame
 * On window frame of wagon, far left
 * Left side of Chinese Cart just below roof

Dragonfly

 * On front glass pane of large lantern, top of screen
 * At top left of picture on right hand side
 * At left side of Chinese cart, on curved roof

Firecrackers

 * On red column to right of Emperor, at top
 * Hanging to the right side of large lantern at the top of the screen
 * Below middle red lantern, centre of screen, hanging from right side of door frame (gray)
 * On top of rear red column to the right of Emperor
 * Top right corner of picture frame

Frog

 * On the fruit Basket
 * On the treasure chest (golden)
 * On top of coin heap, bottom of screen (golden)
 * Under big hexagonal lantern, top of screen (metallic)
 * At base of front red column
 * Top of golden coins (golden frog)
 * Under top central lantern (green frog)
 * In front of red pillar

Girl

 * Mannequin sitting on the book in center of the floor
 * Doll sitting on treasure chest lid
 * Doll sitting on the cabinet in the center of screen
 * Right side of screen, in the painting
 * On the central furniture
 * In front of central furniture

Pomegranate (aka Grenada)
(fruit)
 * Under central top lamp
 * In hand of top right dragon
 * Half grenada on right furniture (near basket at right)
 * In the chest (the one in front of emperor)
 * In framed picture (front, right of screen) in trees

Gong

 * Center of screen, on pedestal of the stairway to throne
 * Bottom center of screen, in front of the gold pile

Hat

 * Under crowned head at top of screen
 * On top of large Lantern right centre, on middle ‘curl’
 * On lower left tree branch
 * Bottom right corner, on the floor under the picture frame
 * On top of chest to right of cart
 * Between branches of tree, at left

Heron
(Bird)
 * Hidden at foot of Lion Head on Right, tail overhangs picture


 * Left of head of Emperor, white wings
 * On top of the Chinese cart
 * Standing on book in lower middle screen
 * On left branch of tree just above 2 red paper lanterns
 * Bottom left, on the side of the chest
 * On frame of painting (left side for us)
 * Before the right side of central furniture
 * In a green long decoration near emperor
 * On the tree, left of trunk (between branches)

Hourglass

 * Middle of the floor, in front of the jewels
 * On top of chest lid, next to Chinese cart
 * Left of picture frame, above flower arrangement
 * Left of picture frame, on top of wooden barrel
 * Top right of front right red column
 * Sitting on top-right of picture frame
 * On right top of frame painting
 * Right top of red pillar
 * Foreground on ground, in front of golden coins
 * Near cart and golden coins

Inkwell

 * On front edge of cart between swords
 * On floor under coin pile, bottom center of screen
 * In top of the tree
 * Left of dragon statue that is on the right side
 * Top left of branches of tree
 * On front of cart
 * In front of opened book

Kaki
(fruit)
 * On central furniture
 * Left of screen, near left of cart
 * Between emperor's feet

Kettle

 * On curved portion of tree trunk
 * On Bureau between the phoenix and the birdcage
 * On lid of trunk at base of throne steps.
 * Bottom right, under the small table
 * On Emperor's right knee
 * On top of the Emperor's Throne
 * On chest before emperor
 * Under right foreground furniture
 * Right of trunk tree, in branches
 * In branches of tree

Knot of Happiness

 * Hanging above Emperor's Throne (red diamond shape)
 * Inside roof of Chinese cart
 * Top right of screen, on right side of dragon sculpture
 * Hanging from top left side of picture frame
 * Hanging off top left branch of tree, top centre screen
 * Hanging on right end of sword, centre screen
 * Hanging at the sword of foreground central
 * Side of right top dragon (red diamond shape)
 * In the cart

Letter

 * On right hand panel of lantern
 * On the wall under the gong
 * At front of cart under the sword rack
 * On top of right, red column at top of stairs
 * On lid of the chest with dragon eggs inside

Lotus

 * On front of chest bottom left
 * On left side of bowl of fruit
 * On Emperors head

Lute

 * Laying in-between the handles of the Chinese cart
 * Standing up in between the cart handles and gold
 * At base between the red columns (right of Emperor)
 * Blending in with the midpoint of the tree trunk right side where 2 branches shoot off from trunk
 * Under turquoise dragon banner
 * In middle of dragon sculpture
 * Behind red pillar, near emperor
 * Right front of painting
 * On the trunk tree

Pagoda
(Chinese Temple)
 * On desk to the lower right of screen
 * Left side of the cart handles, bottom of screen
 * On the book in the center of the floor
 * right side of seated Emperor, before his lower leg, same gold as robes

Panda

 * Sitting in the center of the room's floor
 * On highest tree branch
 * In the Chinese cart
 * Sitting on the desk in bottom right
 * Before the golden coins

Persimmon

 * In the fruit Basket


 * On cabinet, centre of scene
 * At the Emperor's feet.
 * In upper left branch of tree
 * On top of the drum to left

Phoenix

 * On Top of the cart
 * On the top of the center cabinet
 * In front of the statue
 * Bottom right of throne, at Emperor's feet
 * Before emperor

Plate

 * On left bottom, front of chest
 * On the wall to the left of the monkey statue's head
 * Just above picture frame, far right-hand side
 * Before the opened book
 * Background, near bottom of red pillar
 * Decoration on front of the chest before cart
 * On the right of the trunk tree (almost same color as trunk)
 * Decoration on the throne behind the seated king's head, left side

Pomegranate

 * Inside Chest, directly below Emperor
 * On left side of flower arrangement on table in front of picture frame
 * Directly below large lantern, part of hexagonal booth
 * Drawn in the painting on the right
 * Upper right corner, to the right of the dragons mouthPomegranate.jpg

Purse

 * Middle right of picture, on drawer of dresser
 * On right edge of awning/curtain of carriage
 * Hung just under top of small table, right of screen (red)
 * Hung on the right metal part of the big lantern (difficult to see)
 * Under foreground furniture (left)
 * Handle of central furniture

Shell

 * Front of large yellow lantern in centre


 * On lock of treasure chest
 * On top of emperor's head
 * In the flower and fruits arrangement on the desk to the right (difficult to see in pale pink)

Ship

 * On top of treasure chest (to the right of the cart)
 * On the cabinet in center screen
 * On one of left tree branches
 * Bottom left, before the cart

Turtle

 * Just below dragon's face
 * On pile of gold, centre screen
 * Above right hand column
 * In the tree
 * On the front of the right top sculpted dragon

Umbrella

 * Laid down to the side, in the left middle of floor (open)
 * Under the opening of the lantern on the ceiling (open)
 * Horizontally on top of right red column (closed)
 * In front of the Emperor next to his staff (closed)
 * On top pf picture frame, right side of screen (open)
 * Left to the emperor (closed)
 * Lying, top of red pillar
 * Parallel and touching left vertical side of the wagon. (closed and red)

Vase

 * Left side of cart handles
 * Under open mouth of crowned head, top of screen
 * Right of Emperor's leg (blends in with the red columns)
 * On the roof of the large pagoda(?) on the right
 * Inside cabinet mid screen, door half open
 * Under central top lantern
 * Left of screen, near cart
 * Inside central furniture
 * Right to the right furniture, under the painting
 * Near emperor (a bit hidden by him)

Ancient Keys
It should be noted that as before, keys are highly diverse in location, and do not need to be found to complete the location. The rank of the location determines the number of possible keys that can be found in one search. The number of keys to be found in the location is listed in the bar at the top that shows your rewards, in (Keys Found/All Keys) format. The game now displays a green check if you have found all of the keys.

These are confirmed locations of where Ancient keys can be found at the event location.


 * Above the statue's head
 * On the Emperor's chest
 * On the Emperor's scepter
 * In the emperor's orb
 * On the tapestry with the dragon symbol to right of throne
 * Above the throne in the top of the scene between the curtains
 * In the details of the square column at the bottom right of stairs
 * On the front right edge of the carpet
 * On the rightmost corner of the desk in the bottom right
 * In the bottom centre of the desk in the bottom right
 * On either corner of the carriage holding the gold
 * In tree, left side, blended in with the leaves, above middle red paper lantern
 * On handle of cabinet drawer
 * On top left corner of cabinet
 * Inside treasure chest
 * In the gold coins in front of the chest
 * Next to the reddish candle on stairs
 * On the red column to right of the dragon tapestry mixed into the letters mid column
 * On top (above) of red column to right to the dragon tapestry
 * On the red column to right of the dragon tapestry near top of column
 * Under statue of the throne
 * In-between the fallen gems on the left side of carpet
 * In curtain cord on Chinese cart
 * On inside roof of Chinese cart
 * Corner of the box under the left cart handle
 * On drum barrel, far left foreground
 * On top right corner of picture frame, far right of screen
 * On the inner upper left corner of picture frame, right of screen
 * On front glass panel of large lantern, top centre of screen
 * To the right of the large lantern at the top centre of screenCapture2.JPG
 * Hanging under left red lantern, centre of screen
 * On the body of the dragon column in the top right
 * On the lower fold of the dark red curtain very far left