Why can't I become GeneraL?

So I won in a battle against somebody higher level and I was happy because I got a ton of prestiege, I come to learn that I can't upgrade to the 3rd general (I stopped after my first day in June) and it's weird, I have 1200 prestiege while the requirement is 1150.

Help?

Complete the task.
You need a nugget

I thought that was a reward...

Well, how am I possibly going to get 48,000 gold without coins D:

Is there a blatantly easy way to do that I'm not seeing?

[redgun]

Build troops and send them hunting. Sell resources.

To get money you should: Take over Fortified points, selling resources, Daily gifts, or hunts.

Fort's are 20 money * level of fort

Resources only sell 2 highest priced items *on s1 it's wood and iron*

Daily gifts - As soon as you can, use it. Saving daily gifts won't give you extra stuff *hence "Daily"*

Hunts - it doesn't matter what level oasis you hunt on, Fortune and number of troops effects what you get. If someone has already hunted on that spot recently you most likely won't get anything.

Fruitcakes,

You can often play the markets for significant gains. On Server 8 the price of Wood will leap between 0.16 per unit and 0.45 ... if you buy and trade you can more than double your money.

Just remember there is a 10% market tax, so only trade when you stand to gain at least 10% on the sale of bought resource.

You can also try buying in bulk at a lower price, and selling it in smaller chunks at a higher price. Often people just wanting 1-2k of a resource will need to scroll to the second page to get at it

I raised the missing 25k to get to my nugget in 12 hours by doing just this.