The Defense view lists every threat across your account in one place.

Each village has its own defense rules.

Enable defense automation toggles automation for the village.Minimum resources to protect skips nearly empty villages.Minimum troops to dodge ignores stacks too small to bother moving.Threat Responses splits behavior by attack type.Notifications controls when alerts fire outside the app.The response model is per threat level, not one-size-fits-all.
Raid rules light when the village is expendable.Clearing, Siege, and Chiefing responses for villages that matter.Tip: Protect capitals and hammers aggressively. Feeders rarely need more than basic raid rules.
The dashboard shows incoming attack counts before you open Defense.

Minimum threat level on low-value villages to cut noise.Notify on actions when you need confirmation that dodges or spend-down rules fired.For schedule tuning around ownership and activity windows, pair this with the Schedules and Safety guide. For first-time account setup, start with Getting Started.
Pick a source village, set Send At or Lands At timing, queue waves, and manage pending attack plans in Vangrd.
Configure settler training, Residence support, and settlement coordinates in Vangrd's village automation.
Set village build plans, account defaults, reusable templates, and template application in Vangrd's building automation.