A village has 14 building plots and a separate plot for the wall. A new village starts with empty plots, and each building can stand in it only once. Production buildings do not stand on plots but on the production spots of an economic village — see Production and economy.
Building and the queue
At most 2 buildings are built at the same time, and the village queue holds 3 orders including the ones already under way.
You can add an order even when you lack resources. The cost is taken only when the construction starts, and until then the order waits in the queue.
A cancelled construction returns 75% of its cost. An order that has not taken any resources yet costs nothing.
Demolishing returns 30% of the cost of all the building's levels. The wall cannot be demolished.
An economic village and a trading post do not train troops, so you cannot build barracks, a stable or a castle there.
Buildings and what they do
Town Hall — each level shortens the construction of every building in the village by 2.5% and lowers its cost by 1.5% (at level 20: half the construction time, 30% lower cost). In an economic village the production split is set in the Town Hall.
Warehouse and Granary — the warehouse stores wood, stone and iron, the granary stores food. Without them a village holds 1,000 of each resource, and every level adds capacity. After level 20 you can keep building: further levels cost as from the start and the capacity keeps growing.
Barracks — trains infantry and settlers, Stable — cavalry. Levels 1–10 speed up training by 5% each, levels 11–20 by 10% each (at level 20 training is two and a half times as fast). Higher levels unlock further units — see Army and combat.
Smithy — each level gives +3% attack and defence to the army that sets out from this village and to everyone defending it, support included. Higher levels unlock stronger units. It cannot be upgraded above the Barracks level.
Wall — each level gives the village's defenders +2.5% defence (up to +50% at level 20). A village by a river gets another +25% defence on top.
Castle — trains settlers who found new villages. Each level allows one more settler and shortens their training by 3%.
Palace — one per account, upgraded in the capital. Built in another village, it moves the capital there. You can have 2 villages plus one more per Palace level. The Palace is where you do research.
Market — each level is one merchant who carries up to 10,000 resources. A Market at its highest level (10) adds 10% to the village's food production.
Treasury — one artifact per level (up to 5). You find artifacts on expeditions — see Artifacts.
Tavern — mercenaries for gold and important characters. See Tavern.
Siege Workshop — builds equipment for storming fortresses on expeditions.
Hunting lodge — trains hunters and sends them hunting.
Sawmill, Stonemason, Foundry, Bakery — add 5% to the production of wood, stone, iron and food per level (up to +50%). You unlock them with research in the Palace.
Overview
Building
Highest level
Level 1 cost
Level 1 time
Town Hall
20
wood 50, stone 75
30 s
Warehouse
20+
wood 200, stone 130
1 min 40 s
Granary
20+
wood 130, stone 200
1 min 40 s
Barracks
20
wood 80, stone 100
1 min 40 s
Stable
20
wood 80, stone 100
1 min 40 s
Smithy
10
wood 300, stone 300
2 min
Castle
5
wood 500, stone 500
6 min
Palace
100
wood 3,730, stone 3,730
43 min 59 s
Market
10
wood 410, stone 380
2 min
Treasury
5
wood 150, stone 150
6 min
Tavern
1
wood 1,000, stone 1,000
10 min
Siege Workshop
1
wood 1,600, stone 1,200
15 min
Hunting lodge
5
wood 3,000, stone 2,000, iron 1,000
2 h
Wall
20
wood 100, stone 300
1 min
Sawmill
10
wood 90, stone 30
1 min 15 s
Stonemason
10
wood 30, stone 90
1 min 15 s
Foundry
10
wood 120, stone 100
1 min 15 s
Bakery
10
wood 80, stone 80
1 min 15 s
Base values for a normal-speed world (x1), without the town hall, artifact and research discounts. If anything differs, the game is right.
Cost and time of every level
Town Hall
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
50
75
30 s
2
70
100
40 s
3
90
140
50 s
4
120
190
1 min 10 s
5
160
260
1 min 30 s
6
220
350
2 min
7
300
470
2 min 40 s
8
410
630
3 min 40 s
9
550
850
5 min
10
740
1,150
6 min 50 s
11
1,000
1,550
9 min 10 s
12
1,350
2,090
12 min 20 s
13
1,820
2,820
16 min 40 s
14
2,460
3,810
22 min 30 s
15
3,320
5,140
30 min 20 s
16
4,480
6,940
41 min
17
6,050
9,370
55 min 20 s
18
8,170
12,650
1 h 14 min
19
11,030
17,080
1 h 40 min
20
14,890
23,060
2 h 16 min
Warehouse (after level 20 further levels cost as from the start and the capacity keeps growing)
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
Capacity
1
200
130
1 min 40 s
500
2
300
200
2 min 20 s
660
3
430
290
2 min 50 s
873
4
590
390
3 min 30 s
1,154
5
800
530
4 min 20 s
1,525
6
1,100
730
5 min 20 s
2,016
7
1,550
1,030
6 min 40 s
2,664
8
2,100
1,400
8 min 20 s
3,521
9
2,700
1,800
10 min 20 s
4,653
10
3,500
2,330
13 min
6,150
11
4,400
2,930
16 min 10 s
8,129
12
5,600
3,730
20 min 10 s
10,743
13
7,000
4,670
25 min 10 s
14,198
14
8,800
5,870
31 min 30 s
18,765
15
11,000
7,330
39 min 20 s
24,800
16
13,000
8,670
49 min 10 s
32,777
17
15,000
10,000
1 h 1 min
43,319
18
18,000
12,000
1 h 16 min
57,251
19
21,000
14,000
1 h 36 min
75,664
20
25,000
16,670
2 h
100,000
Granary (after level 20 further levels cost as from the start and the capacity keeps growing)
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
Capacity
1
130
200
1 min 40 s
500
2
200
300
2 min 20 s
660
3
290
430
2 min 50 s
873
4
390
590
3 min 30 s
1,154
5
530
800
4 min 20 s
1,525
6
730
1,100
5 min 20 s
2,016
7
1,030
1,550
6 min 40 s
2,664
8
1,400
2,100
8 min 20 s
3,521
9
1,800
2,700
10 min 20 s
4,653
10
2,330
3,500
13 min
6,150
11
2,930
4,400
16 min 10 s
8,129
12
3,730
5,600
20 min 10 s
10,743
13
4,670
7,000
25 min 10 s
14,198
14
5,870
8,800
31 min 30 s
18,765
15
7,330
11,000
39 min 20 s
24,800
16
8,670
13,000
49 min 10 s
32,777
17
10,000
15,000
1 h 1 min
43,319
18
12,000
18,000
1 h 16 min
57,251
19
14,000
21,000
1 h 36 min
75,664
20
16,670
25,000
2 h
100,000
Barracks
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
80
100
1 min 40 s
2
130
160
3 min
3
200
250
3 min 50 s
4
310
390
5 min 45 s
5
490
600
8 min 20 s
6
700
900
12 min 30 s
7
900
1,100
18 min 20 s
8
1,350
1,750
27 min 30 s
9
1,800
2,400
40 min
10
2,300
2,800
1 h
11
3,000
3,500
1 h 23 min
12
3,800
4,100
1 h 56 min
13
5,000
5,900
2 h 40 min
14
8,000
9,400
3 h 36 min
15
11,000
15,000
5 h
16
16,000
22,000
6 h 6 min
17
23,000
31,000
7 h 13 min
18
30,000
35,000
8 h 20 min
19
34,000
39,000
11 h 6 min
20
43,000
50,000
13 h 53 min
Stable
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
80
100
1 min 40 s
2
130
160
3 min
3
200
250
3 min 50 s
4
310
390
5 min 45 s
5
490
600
8 min 20 s
6
700
900
12 min 30 s
7
900
1,100
18 min 20 s
8
1,350
1,750
27 min 30 s
9
1,800
2,400
40 min
10
2,300
2,800
1 h
11
3,000
3,500
1 h 23 min
12
3,800
4,100
1 h 56 min
13
5,000
5,900
2 h 40 min
14
8,000
9,400
3 h 36 min
15
11,000
15,000
5 h
16
16,000
22,000
6 h 6 min
17
23,000
31,000
7 h 13 min
18
30,000
35,000
8 h 20 min
19
34,000
39,000
11 h 6 min
20
43,000
50,000
13 h 53 min
Smithy
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
300
300
2 min
2
600
600
2 min 50 s
3
900
900
4 min 30 s
4
1,200
1,200
7 min 10 s
5
1,800
1,800
11 min 30 s
6
3,000
3,000
18 min 20 s
7
4,500
4,500
29 min 20 s
8
10,000
10,000
46 min 50 s
9
21,000
21,000
1 h 15 min
10
35,000
35,000
2 h
Castle
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
500
500
6 min
2
2,500
2,500
28 min 40 s
3
4,500
4,500
57 min 20 s
4
10,000
10,000
2 h 6 min
5
45,000
45,000
10 h
Palace (levels 1-10 and every tenth)
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
3,730
3,730
43 min 59 s
2
4,660
4,660
46 min 11 s
3
5,820
5,820
48 min 29 s
4
7,280
7,280
50 min 55 s
5
9,100
9,100
53 min 28 s
6
11,380
11,380
56 min 8 s
7
14,220
14,220
58 min 56 s
8
17,780
17,780
1 h 1 min
9
22,220
22,220
1 h 4 min
10
27,780
27,780
1 h 8 min
20
383,050
383,050
1 h 51 min
30
1,689,770
1,689,770
3 h 1 min
40
3,324,020
3,324,020
8 h 29 min
50
6,538,870
6,538,870
34 h 19 min
60
7,970,850
7,970,850
51 h 30 min
70
9,716,430
9,716,430
69 h 12 min
80
11,844,280
11,844,280
93 h 1 min
90
14,438,120
14,438,120
125 h
100
17,600,000
17,600,000
168 h
Market
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
410
380
2 min
2
810
750
2 min 50 s
3
1,610
1,490
4 min 30 s
4
3,210
2,970
7 min 10 s
5
6,420
5,930
11 min 30 s
6
12,840
11,850
18 min 20 s
7
19,260
17,780
29 min 20 s
8
28,890
26,670
46 min 50 s
9
43,330
40,000
1 h 15 min
10
65,000
60,000
2 h
Treasury
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
150
150
6 min
2
1,000
1,000
25 min
3
2,500
2,500
1 h
4
15,000
15,000
1 h 33 min
5
45,000
45,000
3 h 20 min
Tavern
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
1,000
1,000
10 min
Siege Workshop
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
1,600
1,200
15 min
Hunting lodge
Level
Wood
Stone
Iron
Time
1
3,000
2,000
1,000
2 h
2
9,000
6,000
3,000
4 h
3
27,000
18,000
9,000
8 h
4
81,000
54,000
27,000
16 h
5
243,000
162,000
81,000
32 h
Wall
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
100
300
1 min
2
120
400
1 min 40 s
3
150
500
2 min 40 s
4
190
630
4 min 10 s
5
240
790
6 min 30 s
6
300
990
10 min 10 s
7
370
1,240
15 min 50 s
8
460
1,550
24 min 40 s
9
580
1,940
38 min 20 s
10
730
2,430
59 min 30 s
11
1,060
3,530
1 h 8 min
12
1,540
5,120
1 h 18 min
13
2,230
7,430
1 h 30 min
14
3,230
10,770
1 h 43 min
15
4,680
15,610
1 h 59 min
16
6,790
22,630
2 h 17 min
17
9,840
32,810
2 h 37 min
18
14,270
47,570
3 h 1 min
19
20,690
68,970
3 h 28 min
20
30,000
100,000
4 h
Sawmill
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
90
30
1 min 15 s
2
150
50
2 min 30 s
3
200
80
4 min 10 s
4
300
100
6 min
5
500
180
9 min
6
750
280
16 min 40 s
7
1,000
420
33 min 20 s
8
1,500
650
1 h
9
2,000
1,300
2 h
10
2,900
1,950
2 h 30 min
Stonemason
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
30
90
1 min 15 s
2
50
150
2 min 30 s
3
80
200
4 min 10 s
4
100
300
6 min
5
180
500
9 min
6
280
750
16 min 40 s
7
420
1,000
33 min 20 s
8
650
1,500
1 h
9
1,300
2,000
2 h
10
1,950
2,900
2 h 30 min
Foundry
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
120
100
1 min 15 s
2
180
160
2 min 30 s
3
270
220
4 min 10 s
4
400
340
6 min
5
620
510
9 min
6
940
940
16 min 40 s
7
1,400
1,400
33 min 20 s
8
2,200
2,200
1 h
9
3,000
3,000
2 h
10
4,000
4,000
2 h 30 min
Bakery
Level
Wood
Stone
Time
1
80
80
1 min 15 s
2
160
160
2 min 30 s
3
240
240
4 min 10 s
4
350
350
6 min
5
680
700
9 min
6
900
860
16 min 40 s
7
1,500
1,440
33 min 20 s
8
2,200
2,100
1 h
9
2,900
2,670
2 h
10
3,500
3,200
2 h 30 min
Base values for a normal-speed world (x1), without the town hall, artifact and research discounts. If anything differs, the game is right.