Buildings

Every settlement rises from bare ground and ambition. The structures a Governor raises determine what the island can produce, who it can shelter, and how fiercely it can defend itself. This chapter catalogues every structure known to the archipelago, from the humblest mine to the tallest watch-tower.

Resources & Economy

Production rates and storage limits that govern what can be built.

Units

Military forces trained in Barracks and Harbour structures.

Research

Advancements conducted in the Laboratory.

The Workyard

Only one structure may be raised or improved at a time — the workyard handles a single project. Governors who plan their build order carefully will outpace those who do not. The Main House is the great accelerator: each level reduces the duration of every project by 5%. Use the level selector on each building below to see the difference a well-developed Main House makes.

Master Quill notes

The Main House governs the pace of all works. A Governor who upgrades it early will see every subsequent project completed in shorter order.

The Settlement

The backbone of any domain. The Main House stands at the centre of every settlement — it unlocks new structures and speeds construction across the board. Around it rise the civic works that keep a population housed, fed, and productive: Housing provides roofs for workers and soldiers, the Farm sustains food supply, the School keeps pace with a growing population and steadies morale, the Storehouse guards the treasury from raiders, and the Marketplace opens the door to trade with neighbouring Governors.

Main House

infrastructure

Central coordination hub. Reduces build times by 5% per level. Higher levels unlock more buildings.

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	100	80	40	1m 54s
2	150	120	60	2m 51s
3	225	180	90	4m 17s
4	337	270	135	6m 25s
5	506	405	202	9m 38s
6	759	607	303	14m 27s
7	1,139	911	455	21m 41s
8	1,708	1,366	683	32m 32s
9	2,562	2,050	1,025	48m 49s
10	3,844	3,075	1,537	1h 13m
11	5,766	4,613	2,306	1h 49m
12	8,649	6,919	3,459	2h 44m
13	12,974	10,379	5,189	4h 7m
14	19,461	15,569	7,784	6h 10m
15	29,192	23,354	11,677	9h 16m
16	43,789	35,031	17,515	13h 54m
17	65,684	52,547	26,273	20h 51m
18	98,526	78,820	39,410	31h 16m
19	147,789	118,231	59,115	46h 55m
20	221,683	177,347	88,673	70h 22m

Storehouse

infrastructure

Increases resource storage capacity and protects a portion of your resources from plunder. Higher levels shield more from enemy raids.

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time	Capacity
1	80	120	60	1m 25s	1,500
2	120	180	90	2m 8s	2,250
3	180	270	135	3m 12s	3,375
4	270	405	202	4m 49s	5,062
5	405	607	303	7m 13s	7,593
6	607	911	455	10m 50s	11,390
7	911	1,366	683	16m 16s	17,085
8	1,366	2,050	1,025	24m 24s	25,628
9	2,050	3,075	1,537	36m 36s	38,443
10	3,075	4,613	2,306	54m 55s	57,665
11	4,613	6,919	3,459	1h 22m	86,497
12	6,919	10,379	5,189	2h 3m	129,746
13	10,379	15,569	7,784	3h 5m	194,619
14	15,569	23,354	11,677	4h 38m	291,929
15	23,354	35,031	17,515	6h 57m	437,893
16	35,031	52,547	26,273	10h 25m	656,840
17	52,547	78,820	39,410	15h 38m	985,261
18	78,820	118,231	59,115	23h 27m	1,477,891
19	118,231	177,347	88,673	35h 11m	2,216,837
20	177,347	266,020	133,010	52h 46m	3,325,256

Housing

infrastructure

Provides population capacity for your place. Each level supports more workers and soldiers. Without housing, only a small base population can be maintained.

Requires: main house Level 2

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time	Population
1	60	80	100	1m 25s	80
2	90	120	150	2m 8s	110
3	135	180	225	3m 12s	140
4	202	270	337	4m 49s	170
5	303	405	506	7m 13s	200
6	455	607	759	10m 50s	230
7	683	911	1,139	16m 16s	260
8	1,025	1,366	1,708	24m 24s	290
9	1,537	2,050	2,562	36m 36s	320
10	2,306	3,075	3,844	54m 55s	350
11	3,459	4,613	5,766	1h 22m	380
12	5,189	6,919	8,649	2h 3m	410
13	7,784	10,379	12,974	3h 5m	440
14	11,677	15,569	19,461	4h 38m	470
15	17,515	23,354	29,192	6h 57m	500
16	26,273	35,031	43,789	10h 25m	530
17	39,410	52,547	65,684	15h 38m	560
18	59,115	78,820	98,526	23h 27m	590
19	88,673	118,231	147,789	35h 11m	620
20	133,010	177,347	221,683	52h 46m	650

Farm

infrastructure

Provides stable food supply for your population. Higher levels improve settlement food security and support happiness during life events.

Requires: main house Level 2

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	70	60	110	1m 35s
2	105	90	165	2m 22s
3	157	135	247	3m 34s
4	236	202	371	5m 21s
5	354	303	556	8m 2s
6	531	455	835	12m 3s
7	797	683	1,252	18m 4s
8	1,196	1,025	1,879	27m 7s
9	1,794	1,537	2,819	40m 40s
10	2,691	2,306	4,228	1h 1m
11	4,036	3,459	6,343	1h 31m
12	6,054	5,189	9,514	2h 17m
13	9,082	7,784	14,272	3h 25m
14	13,623	11,677	21,408	5h 8m
15	20,435	17,515	32,112	7h 43m
16	30,652	26,273	48,168	11h 35m
17	45,978	39,410	72,252	17h 22m
18	68,968	59,115	108,378	26h 3m
19	103,452	88,673	162,568	39h 5m
20	155,178	133,010	243,852	58h 38m

School

infrastructure

Educates settlers and improves civic stability. Higher levels reduce the severity of unrest-style life events and improve happiness resilience.

Requires: main house Level 4

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	180	130	140	2m 41s
2	270	195	210	4m 2s
3	405	292	315	6m 4s
4	607	438	472	9m 6s
5	911	658	708	13m 39s
6	1,366	987	1,063	20m 29s
7	2,050	1,480	1,594	30m 44s
8	3,075	2,221	2,392	46m 6s
9	4,613	3,331	3,588	1h 9m
10	6,919	4,997	5,382	1h 43m
11	10,379	7,496	8,073	2h 35m
12	15,569	11,244	12,109	3h 53m
13	23,354	16,867	18,164	5h 50m
14	35,031	25,300	27,246	8h 45m
15	52,547	37,950	40,870	13h 7m
16	78,820	56,926	61,305	19h 41m
17	118,231	85,389	91,957	29h 32m
18	177,347	128,083	137,936	44h 18m
19	266,020	192,125	206,904	66h 27m
20	399,030	288,188	310,357	99h 41m

Marketplace

infrastructure

Enables trading resources with other players. Higher levels reduce trade fees and allow larger transactions.

Requires: main house Level 2

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	150	120	100	2m 22s
2	225	180	150	3m 34s
3	337	270	225	5m 21s
4	506	405	337	8m 2s
5	759	607	506	12m 3s
6	1,139	911	759	18m 4s
7	1,708	1,366	1,139	27m 7s
8	2,562	2,050	1,708	40m 40s
9	3,844	3,075	2,562	1h 1m
10	5,766	4,613	3,844	1h 31m
11	8,649	6,919	5,766	2h 17m
12	12,974	10,379	8,649	3h 25m
13	19,461	15,569	12,974	5h 8m
14	29,192	23,354	19,461	7h 43m
15	43,789	35,031	29,192	11h 35m
16	65,684	52,547	43,789	17h 22m
17	98,526	78,820	65,684	26h 3m
18	147,789	118,231	98,526	39h 5m
19	221,683	177,347	147,789	58h 38m
20	332,525	266,020	221,683	87h 58m

Treasurer Mora notes

The Storehouse is the silent partner of every mine. Without adequate storage, surplus production spills into the dirt — and without protection, raiders will strip the rest. Build it early, build it tall.

The Mines

Gold, stone, and lumber — the three pillars of the economy. Each has its own extraction site: the Gold Mine, the Stone Quarry, and the Lumber Mill. The land provides a modest trickle even without a mine, but a well-developed extraction operation dwarfs the passive yield many times over. Most experienced Governors raise all three early and keep them climbing — a high-level mine is the foundation of everything that follows.

Gold Mine

resource

Produces gold over time. Without a gold mine, a trickle of gold is still collected each hour.

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time	Per Hour
1	50	40	30	57s	8
2	75	60	45	1m 25s	16
3	112	90	67	2m 8s	24
4	168	135	101	3m 12s	32
5	253	202	151	4m 49s	40
6	379	303	227	7m 13s	48
7	569	455	341	10m 50s	56
8	854	683	512	16m 16s	64
9	1,281	1,025	768	24m 24s	72
10	1,922	1,537	1,153	36m 36s	80
11	2,883	2,306	1,729	54m 55s	88
12	4,324	3,459	2,594	1h 22m	96
13	6,487	5,189	3,892	2h 3m	104
14	9,730	7,784	5,838	3h 5m	112
15	14,596	11,677	8,757	4h 38m	120
16	21,894	17,515	13,136	6h 57m	128
17	32,842	26,273	19,705	10h 25m	136
18	49,263	39,410	29,557	15h 38m	144
19	73,894	59,115	44,336	23h 27m	152
20	110,841	88,673	66,505	35h 11m	160

Stone Quarry

resource

Produces stone over time. Without a stone quarry, a small amount of stone is still gathered each hour.

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time	Per Hour
1	40	30	40	57s	7
2	60	45	60	1m 25s	14
3	90	67	90	2m 8s	21
4	135	101	135	3m 12s	28
5	202	151	202	4m 49s	35
6	303	227	303	7m 13s	42
7	455	341	455	10m 50s	49
8	683	512	683	16m 16s	56
9	1,025	768	1,025	24m 24s	63
10	1,537	1,153	1,537	36m 36s	70
11	2,306	1,729	2,306	54m 55s	77
12	3,459	2,594	3,459	1h 22m	84
13	5,189	3,892	5,189	2h 3m	91
14	7,784	5,838	7,784	3h 5m	98
15	11,677	8,757	11,677	4h 38m	105
16	17,515	13,136	17,515	6h 57m	112
17	26,273	19,705	26,273	10h 25m	119
18	39,410	29,557	39,410	15h 38m	126
19	59,115	44,336	59,115	23h 27m	133
20	88,673	66,505	88,673	35h 11m	140

Lumber Mill

resource

Produces lumber over time. Without a lumber mill, a small amount of lumber is still cut each hour.

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time	Per Hour
1	40	40	30	57s	6
2	60	60	45	1m 25s	12
3	90	90	67	2m 8s	18
4	135	135	101	3m 12s	24
5	202	202	151	4m 49s	30
6	303	303	227	7m 13s	36
7	455	455	341	10m 50s	42
8	683	683	512	16m 16s	48
9	1,025	1,025	768	24m 24s	54
10	1,537	1,537	1,153	36m 36s	60
11	2,306	2,306	1,729	54m 55s	66
12	3,459	3,459	2,594	1h 22m	72
13	5,189	5,189	3,892	2h 3m	78
14	7,784	7,784	5,838	3h 5m	84
15	11,677	11,677	8,757	4h 38m	90
16	17,515	17,515	13,136	6h 57m	96
17	26,273	26,273	19,705	10h 25m	102
18	39,410	39,410	29,557	15h 38m	108
19	59,115	59,115	44,336	23h 27m	114
20	88,673	88,673	66,505	35h 11m	120

Treasurer Mora notes

Gold is always the first shortage. Every wall, every ship, every research project demands it. Raise the Gold Mine first and keep it a level ahead of the others — the rest follows from there.

Arms & Fleet

When diplomacy fails and walls are not enough, a Governor must muster forces. The Barracks trains land units — stone throwers, spearfighters, archers, and siege catapults — while the Harbour launches warships, merchant vessels, and colonisation fleets. Both require a developed Main House before they can be established: the Barracks opens at Level 2, the Harbour at Level 5. Higher levels of each reduce training times and unlock access to stronger forces.

Barracks

military

Train land military units: stone throwers, spearfighters, archers, and catapults.

Requires: main house Level 2

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	150	100	80	2m 22s
2	225	150	120	3m 34s
3	337	225	180	5m 21s
4	506	337	270	8m 2s
5	759	506	405	12m 3s
6	1,139	759	607	18m 4s
7	1,708	1,139	911	27m 7s
8	2,562	1,708	1,366	40m 40s
9	3,844	2,562	2,050	1h 1m
10	5,766	3,844	3,075	1h 31m
11	8,649	5,766	4,613	2h 17m
12	12,974	8,649	6,919	3h 25m
13	19,461	12,974	10,379	5h 8m
14	29,192	19,461	15,569	7h 43m
15	43,789	29,192	23,354	11h 35m
16	65,684	43,789	35,031	17h 22m
17	98,526	65,684	52,547	26h 3m
18	147,789	98,526	78,820	39h 5m
19	221,683	147,789	118,231	58h 38m
20	332,525	221,683	177,347	87h 58m

Harbour

military

Build warships, merchant ships, and colonisation ships. Required for naval operations.

Requires: main house Level 5

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	250	200	200	3m 48s
2	375	300	300	5m 42s
3	562	450	450	8m 34s
4	843	675	675	12m 51s
5	1,265	1,012	1,012	19m 17s
6	1,898	1,518	1,518	28m 55s
7	2,847	2,278	2,278	43m 23s
8	4,271	3,417	3,417	1h 5m
9	6,407	5,125	5,125	1h 37m
10	9,610	7,688	7,688	2h 26m
11	14,416	11,533	11,533	3h 39m
12	21,624	17,299	17,299	5h 29m
13	32,436	25,949	25,949	8h 14m
14	48,654	38,923	38,923	12h 21m
15	72,982	58,385	58,385	18h 32m
16	109,473	87,578	87,578	27h 48m
17	164,210	131,368	131,368	41h 42m
18	246,315	197,052	197,052	62h 33m
19	369,472	295,578	295,578	93h 50m
20	554,209	443,367	443,367	140h 45m

Marshal Voss notes

The Barracks come first. Land forces defend the island before any fleet is built. Once the Harbour opens, a Governor gains reach — but reach without a garrison at home is an invitation.

Fortifications

Walls, watchers, and war hounds — the three layers of island defence. The Stone Wall multiplies the defensive strength of every unit garrisoned on the island. The Watch-Tower spots approaching fleets at a distance, giving the Governor precious time to prepare — or call for aid. And the Kennels house scent-ward patrols that make the island harder to spy upon. Together, they turn a settlement from an easy target into a fortress worth avoiding.

Kennels

defense

Raised pens and handlers for war hounds. Each level improves scent-ward patrols and expands hound capacity.

Requires: main house Level 2

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	90	70	80	1m 44s
2	135	105	120	2m 37s
3	202	157	180	3m 55s
4	303	236	270	5m 53s
5	455	354	405	8m 50s
6	683	531	607	13m 15s
7	1,025	797	911	19m 53s
8	1,537	1,196	1,366	29m 49s
9	2,306	1,794	2,050	44m 44s
10	3,459	2,691	3,075	1h 7m

Stone Wall

defense

Increases the defensive strength of all units on the place. Higher levels provide a greater bonus.

Requires: main house Level 2

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	100	200	60	1m 54s
2	150	300	90	2m 51s
3	225	450	135	4m 17s
4	337	675	202	6m 25s
5	506	1,012	303	9m 38s
6	759	1,518	455	14m 27s
7	1,139	2,278	683	21m 41s
8	1,708	3,417	1,025	32m 32s
9	2,562	5,125	1,537	48m 49s
10	3,844	7,688	2,306	1h 13m
11	5,766	11,533	3,459	1h 49m
12	8,649	17,299	5,189	2h 44m
13	12,974	25,949	7,784	4h 7m
14	19,461	38,923	11,677	6h 10m
15	29,192	58,385	17,515	9h 16m
16	43,789	87,578	26,273	13h 54m
17	65,684	131,368	39,410	20h 51m
18	98,526	197,052	59,115	31h 16m
19	147,789	295,578	88,673	46h 55m
20	221,683	443,367	133,010	70h 22m

Watch-Tower

defense

Warns of approaching enemy fleets. Higher levels provide earlier detection and more information about incoming attacks.

Requires: main house Level 3

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	120	150	100	2m 22s
2	180	225	150	3m 34s
3	270	337	225	5m 21s
4	405	506	337	8m 2s
5	607	759	506	12m 3s
6	911	1,139	759	18m 4s
7	1,366	1,708	1,139	27m 7s
8	2,050	2,562	1,708	40m 40s
9	3,075	3,844	2,562	1h 1m
10	4,613	5,766	3,844	1h 31m
11	6,919	8,649	5,766	2h 17m
12	10,379	12,974	8,649	3h 25m
13	15,569	19,461	12,974	5h 8m
14	23,354	29,192	19,461	7h 43m
15	35,031	43,789	29,192	11h 35m
16	52,547	65,684	43,789	17h 22m
17	78,820	98,526	65,684	26h 3m
18	118,231	147,789	98,526	39h 5m
19	177,347	221,683	147,789	58h 38m
20	266,020	332,525	221,683	87h 58m

Marshal Voss notes

A wall without a garrison is decoration. A garrison without a wall is a sacrifice. Build both, and your enemies will look elsewhere.

The Laboratory

Knowledge compounds. The Laboratory is where scholars study weapons technology — improvements to spear, shield, bow, catapult, and sail that permanently strengthen every unit trained afterward. Research is slow and costly, but its effects are lasting. A Governor who invests early in the Laboratory will field forces that punch well above their numbers. Consult the Research chapter for the full catalogue of advancements.

Laboratory

research

Research new weapons technology. Enables research of spear, shield, bow, catapult and sail technologies.

Requires: main house Level 3

Main House Level:(affects build time)

Lv	Gold	Stone	Lumber	Build Time
1	200	150	100	2m 51s
2	300	225	150	4m 17s
3	450	337	225	6m 25s
4	675	506	337	9m 38s
5	1,012	759	506	14m 27s
6	1,518	1,139	759	21m 41s
7	2,278	1,708	1,139	32m 32s
8	3,417	2,562	1,708	48m 49s
9	5,125	3,844	2,562	1h 13m
10	7,688	5,766	3,844	1h 49m
11	11,533	8,649	5,766	2h 44m
12	17,299	12,974	8,649	4h 7m
13	25,949	19,461	12,974	6h 10m
14	38,923	29,192	19,461	9h 16m
15	58,385	43,789	29,192	13h 54m
16	87,578	65,684	43,789	20h 51m
17	131,368	98,526	65,684	31h 16m
18	197,052	147,789	98,526	46h 55m
19	295,578	221,683	147,789	70h 22m
20	443,367	332,525	221,683	105h 33m

Master Quill notes

Research cannot be rushed, but neither should it be delayed. Every day without a Laboratory is a day your rivals grow sharper while your forces remain unchanged.