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. A town not only brings taxes, but allows nearby castles to recruit up to 15 % of the towns' population for the training of your armies. In difference to castles and harbours, the growth-bonus is limited to the population of just the town itself.
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 | 
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Defence bonus |
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| 33* | 17* | 
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10 |
| 26* | 13* | 
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11 |
| 27* | 14* | 
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12 |
| 27* | 14* | 
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13 |
| 28* | 14* | 
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14 |
| 29* | 15* | 
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15 |
| 29* | 15* | 
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16 |
| 30* | 15* | 
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18 |
| 31* | 16* | 
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18 |
| 32* | 16* | 
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19 |
| Constructing a town atop another kind of ruin: 47* | ||||
*The provided construction time does not take the research areas "Fatigue Duty" and "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.