Guide · Buildings
  1. Contents
  2. Getting started
  3. Races
  4. Units
  5. Buildings
  6. Economy and upkeep
  7. Combat and sieges
  8. Magic
  9. Map and movement
  10. Guilds
  11. The round and scoring
  12. Glossary

Buildings

A city has one of each of eight buildings, each from level 0 to 40. A city's Keep holds 4 levels of the other seven for each of its own levels, spent any way you like; the Keep itself rises freely. 3 upgrades may wait in a city's queue at once, and you pay for each when you order it. While you're protected, a city's first upgrades take 25 seconds. Where the resources go →

Every figure here is at a world's normal pace, speed 1. A faster world scales them: at speed 2 every time halves and every rate doubles.

Keep

The city itself: its size, its tax, and the room the other buildings rise in — four levels a Keep level, spent any way you like.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeTax / hHolds levelsDefence
1–60020040010 min404500
2–90306011 min468550
3–103346912 min5312605
4–119407914 min6116666
5–137469115 min7020732
6–1575210517 min8024805
7–1816012119 min9328886
8–2086913922 min10632974
9–2398016024 min122361,072
10–2759218427 min141401,179
11–31710621131 min162441,297
12–36412124334 min186481,427
13–41914027938 min214521,569
14–48216132143 min246561,726
15–55418536948 min283601,899
16–63721242554 min325642,089
17–7322444881 h 01 min374682,297
18–8422815611 h 08 min430722,527
19–9693236461 h 16 min495762,780
20–1,1143717431 h 26 min569803,058
21–1,2814278541 h 36 min655843,364
22–1,4734919821 h 48 min753883,700
23–1,6945651,1292 h 01 min866924,070
24–1,9486491,2992 h 15 min996964,477
25–2,2407471,4932 h 31 min1,1451004,925
26–2,5768591,7182 h 50 min1,3171045,417
27–2,9639881,9753 h 10 min1,5141085,959
28–3,4071,1362,2713 h 33 min1,7411126,555
29–3,9181,3062,6123 h 58 min2,0031167,210
30–4,5061,5023,0044 h 27 min2,3031207,932
31–5,1821,7273,4554 h 59 min2,6481248,725
32–5,9591,9863,9735 h 35 min3,0461289,597
33–6,8532,2844,5696 h 15 min3,50313210,557
34–7,8812,6275,2547 h 00 min4,02813611,613
35–9,0633,0216,0427 h 51 min4,63214012,774
36–10,4223,4746,9488 h 48 min5,32714414,051
37–11,9863,9957,9919 h 51 min6,12614815,456
38–13,7844,5959,18911 h 02 min7,04515217,002
39–15,8515,28410,56712 h 21 min8,10215618,702
40–18,2296,07612,15313 h 50 min9,31716020,572

Tax before the Undead's bonus; a capital's Keep defends ×2 in a siege.

Farm

Produces food, which the troops eat.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeFood / h
1–960240–10 min200
2–14436–11 min230
3–16641–12 min264
4–19048–14 min304
5–21955–15 min350
6–25263–17 min402
7–29072–19 min463
8–33383–22 min532
9–38396–24 min612
10–440110–27 min704
11–507127–31 min809
12–583146–34 min930
13–670167–38 min1,070
14–770193–43 min1,231
15–886222–48 min1,415
16–1,019255–54 min1,627
17–1,172293–1 h 01 min1,872
18–1,347337–1 h 08 min2,152
19–1,550387–1 h 16 min2,475
20–1,782446–1 h 26 min2,846
21–2,049512–1 h 36 min3,273
22–2,357589–1 h 48 min3,764
23–2,710678–2 h 01 min4,329
24–3,117779–2 h 15 min4,978
25–3,584896–2 h 31 min5,725
26–4,1221,031–2 h 50 min6,584
27–4,7401,185–3 h 10 min7,571
28–5,4511,363–3 h 33 min8,707
29–6,2691,567–3 h 58 min10,013
30–7,2091,802–4 h 27 min11,515
31–8,2912,073–4 h 59 min13,242
32–9,5342,384–5 h 35 min15,229
33–10,9652,741–6 h 15 min17,513
34–12,6093,152–7 h 00 min20,140
35–14,5013,625–7 h 51 min23,161
36–16,6764,169–8 h 48 min26,635
37–19,1774,794–9 h 51 min30,630
38–22,0545,513–11 h 02 min35,225
39–25,3626,340–12 h 21 min40,509
40–29,1667,292–13 h 50 min46,585

Before the race's bonus, Economy science and the city's terrain.

Lumbermill

Produces wood, used in construction and recruitment.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeWood / h
1480–720–10 min200
272–108–11 min230
383–124–12 min264
495–143–14 min304
5110–164–15 min350
6126–189–17 min402
7145–217–19 min463
8167–250–22 min532
9192–287–24 min612
10220–330–27 min704
11253–380–31 min809
12291–437–34 min930
13335–502–38 min1,070
14385–578–43 min1,231
15443–665–48 min1,415
16509–764–54 min1,627
17586–879–1 h 01 min1,872
18674–1,011–1 h 08 min2,152
19775–1,162–1 h 16 min2,475
20891–1,337–1 h 26 min2,846
211,025–1,537–1 h 36 min3,273
221,178–1,768–1 h 48 min3,764
231,355–2,033–2 h 01 min4,329
241,558–2,338–2 h 15 min4,978
251,792–2,688–2 h 31 min5,725
262,061–3,092–2 h 50 min6,584
272,370–3,555–3 h 10 min7,571
282,726–4,089–3 h 33 min8,707
293,135–4,702–3 h 58 min10,013
303,605–5,407–4 h 27 min11,515
314,145–6,218–4 h 59 min13,242
324,767–7,151–5 h 35 min15,229
335,482–8,224–6 h 15 min17,513
346,305–9,457–7 h 00 min20,140
357,250–10,876–7 h 51 min23,161
368,338–12,507–8 h 48 min26,635
379,589–14,383–9 h 51 min30,630
3811,027–16,540–11 h 02 min35,225
3912,681–19,021–12 h 21 min40,509
4014,583–21,875–13 h 50 min46,585

Before the race's bonus, Economy science and the city's terrain.

Mine

Produces iron, used in recruitment and construction.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeIron / h
1480720––10 min200
272108––11 min230
383124––12 min264
495143––14 min304
5110164––15 min350
6126189––17 min402
7145217––19 min463
8167250––22 min532
9192287––24 min612
10220330––27 min704
11253380––31 min809
12291437––34 min930
13335502––38 min1,070
14385578––43 min1,231
15443665––48 min1,415
16509764––54 min1,627
17586879––1 h 01 min1,872
186741,011––1 h 08 min2,152
197751,162––1 h 16 min2,475
208911,337––1 h 26 min2,846
211,0251,537––1 h 36 min3,273
221,1781,768––1 h 48 min3,764
231,3552,033––2 h 01 min4,329
241,5582,338––2 h 15 min4,978
251,7922,688––2 h 31 min5,725
262,0613,092––2 h 50 min6,584
272,3703,555––3 h 10 min7,571
282,7264,089––3 h 33 min8,707
293,1354,702––3 h 58 min10,013
303,6055,407––4 h 27 min11,515
314,1456,218––4 h 59 min13,242
324,7677,151––5 h 35 min15,229
335,4828,224––6 h 15 min17,513
346,3059,457––7 h 00 min20,140
357,25010,876––7 h 51 min23,161
368,33812,507––8 h 48 min26,635
379,58914,383––9 h 51 min30,630
3811,02716,540––11 h 02 min35,225
3912,68119,021––12 h 21 min40,509
4014,58321,875––13 h 50 min46,585

Before the race's bonus, Economy science and the city's terrain.

Warehouse

Holds food, wood and iron; what comes in past it is lost.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeHolds each
1–1,200––10 min16,560
2–180––11 min19,044
3–207––12 min21,901
4–238––14 min25,186
5–274––15 min28,964
6–315––17 min33,308
7–362––19 min38,304
8–416––22 min44,050
9–479––24 min50,657
10–551––27 min58,256
11–633––31 min66,994
12–728––34 min77,044
13–837––38 min88,600
14–963––43 min101,890
15–1,108––48 min117,174
16–1,274––54 min134,750
17–1,465––1 h 01 min154,962
18–1,684––1 h 08 min178,207
19–1,937––1 h 16 min204,938
20–2,228––1 h 26 min235,678
21–2,562––1 h 36 min271,030
22–2,946––1 h 48 min311,684
23–3,388––2 h 01 min358,437
24–3,896––2 h 15 min412,203
25–4,480––2 h 31 min474,033
26–5,153––2 h 50 min545,138
27–5,925––3 h 10 min626,909
28–6,814––3 h 33 min720,945
29–7,836––3 h 58 min829,087
30–9,012––4 h 27 min953,450
31–10,364––4 h 59 min1,096,467
32–11,918––5 h 35 min1,260,937
33–13,706––6 h 15 min1,450,078
34–15,762––7 h 00 min1,667,589
35–18,126––7 h 51 min1,917,728
36–20,845––8 h 48 min2,205,387
37–23,972––9 h 51 min2,536,195
38–27,567––11 h 02 min2,916,624
39–31,702––12 h 21 min3,354,117
40–36,458––13 h 50 min3,857,235

Barracks

Unlocks the higher unit tiers and speeds recruiting.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeUnit tiersTraining ×
1–480720–10 minup to 1×1.10
2–72108–11 minup to 1×1.21
3–83124–12 minup to 2×1.33
4–95143–14 minup to 2×1.46
5–110164–15 minup to 2×1.61
6–126189–17 minup to 2×1.77
7–145217–19 minup to 2×1.95
8–167250–22 minup to 3×2.14
9–192287–24 minup to 3×2.36
10–220330–27 minup to 3×2.59
11–253380–31 minup to 3×2.85
12–291437–34 minup to 3×3.14
13–335502–38 minup to 3×3.45
14–385578–43 minup to 3×3.80
15–443665–48 minup to 4×4.18
16–509764–54 minup to 4×4.59
17–586879–1 h 01 minup to 4×5.05
18–6741,011–1 h 08 minup to 4×5.56
19–7751,162–1 h 16 minup to 4×6.12
20–8911,337–1 h 26 minup to 4×6.73
21–1,0251,537–1 h 36 minup to 4×7.40
22–1,1781,768–1 h 48 minup to 4×8.14
23–1,3552,033–2 h 01 minup to 4×8.95
24–1,5582,338–2 h 15 minup to 4×9.85
25–1,7922,688–2 h 31 minup to 5×10.83
26–2,0613,092–2 h 50 minup to 5×11.92
27–2,3703,555–3 h 10 minup to 5×13.11
28–2,7264,089–3 h 33 minup to 5×14.42
29–3,1354,702–3 h 58 minup to 5×15.86
30–3,6055,407–4 h 27 minup to 5×17.45
31–4,1456,218–4 h 59 minup to 5×19.19
32–4,7677,151–5 h 35 minup to 5×21.11
33–5,4828,224–6 h 15 minup to 5×23.23
34–6,3059,457–7 h 00 minup to 5×25.55
35–7,25010,876–7 h 51 minup to 5×28.10
36–8,33812,507–8 h 48 minup to 5×30.91
37–9,58914,383–9 h 51 minup to 5×34.00
38–11,02716,540–11 h 02 minup to 5×37.40
39–12,68119,021–12 h 21 minup to 5×41.14
40–14,58321,875–13 h 50 minup to 5×45.26

Training × is how much faster than at Barracks 0.

Wall

Blocks passage when the gates are closed, lengthens a siege, stiffens the defence.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeDefenceGarrison ×Siege at even strength
1–60030030010 min5001.056 h
2–90454511 min5751.106 h
3–103525212 min6611.156 h
4–119606014 min7601.206 h
5–137686815 min8751.256 h
6–157797917 min1,0061.306 h
7–181919119 min1,1571.356 h
8–20810410422 min1,3301.406 h
9–23912012024 min1,5301.456.5 h
10–27513813827 min1,7591.507 h
11–31715815831 min2,0231.557.5 h
12–36418218234 min2,3261.608 h
13–41920920938 min2,6751.658.5 h
14–48224124143 min3,0761.709 h
15–55427727748 min3,5381.759.5 h
16–63731831854 min4,0691.8010 h
17–7323663661 h 01 min4,6791.8510.5 h
18–8424214211 h 08 min5,3811.9011 h
19–9694844841 h 16 min6,1881.9511.5 h
20–1,1145575571 h 26 min7,1162.0012 h
21–1,2816406401 h 36 min8,1832.0512.5 h
22–1,4737367361 h 48 min9,4112.1013 h
23–1,6948478472 h 01 min10,8222.1513.5 h
24–1,9489749742 h 15 min12,4462.2014 h
25–2,2401,1201,1202 h 31 min14,3132.2514.5 h
26–2,5761,2881,2882 h 50 min16,4592.3015 h
27–2,9631,4811,4813 h 10 min18,9282.3515.5 h
28–3,4071,7041,7043 h 33 min21,7682.4016 h
29–3,9181,9591,9593 h 58 min25,0332.4516.5 h
30–4,5062,2532,2534 h 27 min28,7882.5017 h
31–5,1822,5912,5914 h 59 min33,1062.5517.5 h
32–5,9592,9802,9805 h 35 min38,0722.6018 h
33–6,8533,4263,4266 h 15 min43,7832.6518.5 h
34–7,8813,9403,9407 h 00 min50,3502.7019 h
35–9,0634,5314,5317 h 51 min57,9022.7519.5 h
36–10,4225,2115,2118 h 48 min66,5882.8020 h
37–11,9865,9935,9939 h 51 min76,5762.8520.5 h
38–13,7846,8926,89211 h 02 min88,0622.9021 h
39–15,8517,9267,92612 h 21 min101,2722.9521.5 h
40–18,2299,1149,11413 h 50 min116,4623.0022 h

Siege at even strength: the hours a siege needs when attack and defence are equal. A capital's walls defend ×2 and its siege needs ×1.5 the hours.

Mage Tower

Makes mana, and casts further and resists magic better with each level.

Every level, 1 to 40
LevelfoodwoodirongoldTimeMana / hHoldsSpell range
1–40040040010 min125763 hexes
2–60606011 min146724 hexes
3–69696912 min178165 hexes
4–79797914 min209606 hexes
5–91919115 min241,1527 hexes
6–10510510517 min291,3928 hexes
7–12112112119 min341,6329 hexes
8–13913913922 min411,96810 hexes
9–16016016024 min482,30411 hexes
10–18418418427 min572,73612 hexes
11–21121121131 min683,26413 hexes
12–24324324334 min813,88814 hexes
13–27927927938 min974,65615 hexes
14–32132132143 min1155,52016 hexes
15–36936936948 min1376,57617 hexes
16–42542542554 min1637,82418 hexes
17–4884884881 h 01 min1949,31219 hexes
18–5615615611 h 08 min23111,08820 hexes
19–6466466461 h 16 min27513,20021 hexes
20–7437437431 h 26 min32715,69622 hexes
21–8548548541 h 36 min38918,67223 hexes
22–9829829821 h 48 min46322,22424 hexes
23–1,1291,1291,1292 h 01 min55126,44825 hexes
24–1,2991,2991,2992 h 15 min65631,48826 hexes
25–1,4931,4931,4932 h 31 min78037,44027 hexes
26–1,7181,7181,7182 h 50 min92944,59228 hexes
27–1,9751,9751,9753 h 10 min1,10553,04029 hexes
28–2,2712,2712,2713 h 33 min1,31563,12030 hexes
29–2,6122,6122,6123 h 58 min1,56575,12031 hexes
30–3,0043,0043,0044 h 27 min1,86289,37632 hexes
31–3,4553,4553,4554 h 59 min2,216106,36833 hexes
32–3,9733,9733,9735 h 35 min2,637126,57634 hexes
33–4,5694,5694,5696 h 15 min3,138150,62435 hexes
34–5,2545,2545,2547 h 00 min3,734179,23236 hexes
35–6,0426,0426,0427 h 51 min4,444213,31237 hexes
36–6,9486,9486,9488 h 48 min5,288253,82438 hexes
37–7,9917,9917,9919 h 51 min6,293302,06439 hexes
38–9,1899,1899,18911 h 02 min7,489359,47240 hexes
39–10,56710,56710,56712 h 21 min8,912427,77641 hexes
40–12,15312,15312,15313 h 50 min10,605509,04042 hexes

Mana and its store before Magic science.