Gear

Kingshot Charm Design

Charm Designs upgrade Governor Gear Charms, the socketed layer that sits on top of your Governor Gear.

Hoard it

Charms are the socketed layer on Governor Gear. Each Governor Gear piece can carry charms, the charms have their own upgrade track, and Charm Designs are the first of the two materials that track consumes. The bonuses stack on top of the piece they are socketed into.

Because charms come after gear, Charm Designs are a later-game item that arrives earlier than you can use it well. Upgrading a charm on a gear piece you have not finished is spending twice, once now and once when the finished piece would have carried the charm better.

Designs come from event shops, Hall of Governors rewards and charm packs, and they are spent alongside Charm Guides.

Save it or spend it?

Hoard it. Charms are a later-game layer, and spending early usually means spending twice.

Hold it for:

Hall of Governors charm phases

Charm Designs per charm level

A charm has 22 levels, and every level costs Charm Guides and Charm Designs together. These are the Charm Design amounts for one charm, 19,200 in all.

Charm level	Charm Designs	Running total	Charm bonus
1	5	5	9%
2	15	20	12%
3	40	60	16%
4	100	160	19%
5	200	360	25%
6	300	660	30%
7	400	1,060	35%
8	400	1,460	40%
9	400	1,860	45%
10	420	2,280	50%
11	420	2,700	55%
12	600	3,300	59%
13	780	4,080	63%
14	960	5,040	67%
15	1,140	6,180	71%
16	1,320	7,500	75%
17	1,500	9,000	79%
18	1,680	10,680	83%
19	1,860	12,540	87%
20	2,040	14,580	91%
21	2,220	16,800	95%
22	2,400	19,200	99%

Checked 20 September 2026 against kingshot.net, kingshot.wiki.

Where to get Charm Design and what to spend it on

Where to get it

Event shops
Hall of Governors rewards
Charm packs

What to spend it on

Governor Gear Charm upgrades

Charm Design in packs

At the standard rate, $4.99 buys 95 Charm Design. Two pack databases agree on that rate. 3 packs in the calculator's list hold it. The score is the whole pack against the standard rate, with filler ignored.

Pack	Price	Amount inside	Pack score
Governor Charm Benefits Card	$9.99	4	134%, Good
Charm Craftsman Pack	$4.99	6	25%, Poor
Charm Design Pack	$4.99	12	13%, Poor

Checked 17 September 2026 against kingshotpacks.com.

When to spend it, by server age

Early game

Ignore them. Charms are not on the table until Governor Gear is built, and the Designs from early events keep.

Mid game

Finish the Governor Gear piece first. Once it is done, Charm Designs go into that piece's charms during a Hall of Governors charm phase, together with the Charm Guides they need.

Late game

Charm phases become a regular part of Hall of Governors, and Designs are spent one piece at a time in each window. Keep the Designs and Guides piles roughly matched, because the upgrade needs both.