Town

Version 4.2

Town

Towns may be founded on plains. A town attracts more population than other fields and promises a higher gold income due to higher tax rates. For each level of a town, population growth is increased by 0.5% in the town itself but also on the 6 adjacent fields.

A town not only brings taxes, but allows nearby castles within a distance of 2 fields to recruit up to 15 % of the town's population for the training of your armies.

Towns have an increased defense against attackers; furthermore, horsemen are hindered in towns similar to mountains and castles. Towns also allow the splitting of armies.

The construction of towns requires a minimum distance to castles, harbours and other towns!

Construction time on an empty field*	Rebuilding a ruin*		Defense bonus	slots
12	6		0.10	0#
9	5		0.11	0#
9	5		0.12	1#
9	5		0.13	1#
10	5		0.14	1#
10	5		0.15	2#
10	5		0.16	2#
11			0.17	2#
11			0.18	3#
11			0.19	3#
Constructing a town atop another kind of ruin: 16*

^*The provided construction times do not take the research areas "Fatigue Duty" and "Industrial Cooperative" into account!
^#Slotnumber does not take the research area "Municipal Office" into account!
The cancellation of construction orders is possible at any time. 90 % of the paid ressources are returned.

Expansion of a Town by Slots

To better defend a town against sieges and to increase the output of your fields, towns can be expanded using slots. In the building menue, when a town is selected, slots can be filled with extensions when the respective research has been finished. Depending on the level of a town, more or less slots can be filled. Each expansion can only be built once with the exception of ballistas and mangonels.

Effects of different Slots

Warrior	Settler	Slot	Building Time	Effect
		Towncharter	1*	Increases population growth in the city (but not on adjacent fields) by 9%.
		Commerce Office	2*	Increases tax income in the city by 100%.
		Fortification	2*	Increases the defense bonus by 0.3 (Warrior) or. 0.5 (Settler).
		Lighthouse	2*	Increases the range of vision by 5 fields.
		Guest House	2*	Increases the fatigue reduction by +1 for armies in the city.
		Ballista Emplacement	1*	A slot with ballistas carries 4 ballistas, which are added toward the castle's militia.
		Mangonel	2*	Every mangonel increases the terrain factor during the defense of a castle by 0.03-0.05 points.
		Miners Guild	2*	Increases the output of all mines by 10% in a range of 1 (until town level 5) or 2 (town level 6 or higher) 2 fields.
		Craftsmans Guild	2*	Increases the output of sawmills, stone masons, and iron smelter by 10% in a range of 1 (until town level 5) or 2 (town level 6 or higher) 2 fields.
		Farmers Guild	2*	Increases the output of grainfields, paddocks, mills, and bakeries by 10% in a range of 1 (until town level 5) or 2 (town level 6 or higher) 2 fields.

^*The provided construction time does not take the research area "Industrial Cooperative" into account!
The cancellation of construction orders is possible at any time. 90 % of the paid ressources are returned.

Minimum distance requirements

• Castle-Castle: 3 fields between building and construction site
• Town-Town: 2 fields between building and construction site
• Hafen-Harbour: 2 fields between building and construction site
• Castle-Town: 1 field between building and construction site
• Castle-Harbour: 1 field between building and construction site
• Town-Harbour: 1 field between building and construction site

Hints by experienced players

Towns should be build within 2 fields distance to a castle; only this allows for the recruitement of the town-population for armies. At the beginning of the Age, however, the building of a city is not advisable because of high material consumption.