Tribal Wars Noblemen question?

Question

Do I have to mint the gold coin and pay the supplies for a noblemen in order to take over a village?

Answer 1

Yes

To make a nobleman, you need to mint a coin.

After you mint a coin, you have to pay for the nobleman itself. For each nobleman you have, you have to mint more coins. For example, if i have 3 nobles, then to get my fourth one, i will have to mint 4 coins, then build the nobleman.

Answer 2

You need a nobleman to take over another village.  Unless your recources are all at level 30 then it can take a while to build the noble. You must attack the village 3-5 times with the noble in order to get the loyalty below 0.