Alarms

The alarms of oBot for Ikariam: incoming attacks, economy warnings every 30 minutes and a Telegram alert when the bot stops. Free.

Last update: November 2, 2026

What it does

It warns you when an enemy fleet or army is incoming, when the economy of a town has a problem and, if you like, when the bot has stopped. All alarms are free; attack alarm and economy warnings start switched on.

Attack alarm

Attack alarm

Checks the military advisor even with the tab in the background and alerts you when an attack is incoming.

Alert on Telegram too

Sends the alarm to the linked Telegram chat (see the Telegram section).

Check every

How often the bot asks the game for the military advisor state: 1, 2 (default), 5 or 10 minutes.

Test the alarm

Fires a test alarm (alert in the page, a line in the log and, if switched on, a Telegram message), to see what it looks like and check that it arrives.

Spend the exposed resources when an attack arrives

When an attack is incoming the bot reads from the warehouse what the enemy could carry away (above the protected amount) and spends it first: the build queue starts again at once and the exposed wood becomes spearmen (at most 30 beyond the number you chose; Automatic army must be on). A minute and a half later, whatever is still exposed in the attacked town leaves with the free ships for one of your towns that is not under attack (luxury goods first), and the wood left is donated to the island saw mill, which cannot be pillaged. Once per alarm, every 30 minutes while it lasts, and it writes it in the log. Spends resources: off by default. Premium.

The bot watches the same signal as the game military advisor: the icon that turns red when an attack is incoming.
Ikariam refreshes that icon by itself only with the tab in the foreground; the bot checks it with the tab hidden too, at the pace you chose.
The Telegram message also lists the incoming hostile movements read from the game.
While the attack lasts the alert repeats every 30 minutes; when it ends the log says «Alarm over».
If one of your towns was attacked while the bot was off or the tab was closed, the bot reads the battle reports when it comes back and tells you in the log, on the page and (with the Telegram alert on) on Telegram: attacker, result and units lost.

Economy warnings

Every 30 minutes the bot checks all towns and warns you (in the page, in the log and, if switched on, on Telegram) when:

the wood warehouse fills up within 3 hours;
wine runs out within 12 hours;
gold runs out within 72 hours (with Automatic citizens on, not above 1,500 gold).

The same warning for the same town arrives at most every 6 hours. They are the same warnings as the Empire overview. The options are Economy warnings and Economy warnings on Telegram too, both on at the start.

When the bot stops

The bot works only with the game tab open. If you close the tab, the PC goes to sleep or Chrome freezes the background tab, the bot stops without you knowing.

Tell me on Telegram if the bot stops

If the bot shows no sign of life for more than an hour, the oBot server writes to you on Telegram, once per stop. After 6 hours of silence it no longer writes (it means you stopped playing). It is off at the start and needs Telegram linked.

When the tab comes back after more than 10 minutes of stop, the bot also writes it in the log and in the page («The bot was stopped for … minutes»), with the advice to avoid it: see the FAQ The bot stopped for hours.

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