Housing
House
Homes for your people. Houses grow taller and hold more residents as nearby services meet their needs, and they take on the look of each new age.
Cost 8 wood
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Ages & Buildings
From campfire to the stars
8 ages, 51 buildings and 8 wonders. Each age unlocks new buildings and new needs, lets your homes grow taller, and ends when you raise its wonder. Numbers are per minute of game time.
Age 1 of 8
Stone Age
A fire, a few huts, and the whole world ahead.
Homes grow up to level 3. New needs: water and faith.
Goals
- Build 4 houses
- Gather food
- Fell some timber
- Dig a well
- Quarry stone
- Honour the spirits
- Grow to 45 people
- Raise the Stone Circle
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
Buildings of the Stone Age
Food
Fishing Hut
Nets and canoes bring in the day's catch. Must sit at the water's edge.
Cost 18 wood
- Output: Makes 39 food per minute /min
- Placement: Near water
- Jobs: 2 workers
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Food
Forager's Camp
Gatherers comb the meadows for roots and berries. Place it beside fertile meadow.
Cost 12 wood
- Output: Makes 30 food per minute /min
- Placement: Near fertile meadow
- Jobs: 2 workers
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Industry
Stone Pit
Breaks stone from a rocky outcrop. Place it next to rock.
Cost 22 wood5 gold
- Output: Makes 24 stone per minute /min
- Placement: Near rock
- Jobs: 3 workers
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Industry
Woodcutter's Lodge
Fells timber from the surrounding forest. The more trees nearby, the faster it works.
Cost 10 wood5 gold
- Output: Makes 33 wood per minute /min
- Placement: Near forest
- Jobs: 2 workers
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Services
Shrine
A place of offerings and stories. Houses near a shrine feel the world is in order.
Cost 18 wood12 stone
- Service: Brings faith to homes within 4 tiles (house level 3)
- Jobs: 1 worker
- Upkeep: 0.9 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Services
Town Center
The heart of your settlement. Every road begins here, and every building must be connected to it.
Cost Every city starts with one
- Output: Makes 15 food per minute9 wood per minute /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Well
Clean water for the houses around it — the first need every home has.
Cost 10 wood8 stone
- Service: Brings water to homes within 3 tiles (house level 2)
- Jobs: 1 worker
- Upkeep: 0.6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Decor
Carved Totem
A painted totem that makes the neighbourhood proud.
Cost 15 wood
- Appeal: Raises happiness of homes within 2 tiles
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Wonders
Stone Circle
Great standing stones aligned with the solstice sun. Raising them carries your people into the Bronze Age.
Cost 100 food150 wood130 stone
- Requires: Needs 45 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Age 2 of 8
Bronze Age
Metal, markets, and the first fields of grain.
Homes grow up to level 4. New need: market.
Goals
- Plant a wheat farm
- Open a market
- Forge bronze
- Grow to 120 people
- Build the Great Ziggurat
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
- Market → level 4
Buildings of the Bronze Age
Food
Wheat Farm
Golden fields of grain. Far more productive than foraging, best on fertile meadow.
Cost 40 wood10 stone
- Output: Makes 102 food per minute /min
- Placement: Near fertile meadow
- Jobs: 4 workers
- Upkeep: 0.6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Industry
Bronze Smithy
Turns wood and stone into tools and trinkets that sell for gold.
Cost 45 wood40 stone
- Output: Makes 33 gold per minute /min
- Input: Uses 9 wood per minute9 stone per minute /min
- Jobs: 3 workers
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Services
Market
Stalls, haggling, and trade goods. Houses need a market to grow beyond simple dwellings.
Cost 40 wood25 stone
- Output: Makes 7.2 gold per minute /min
- Service: Brings market to homes within 4 tiles (house level 4)
- Jobs: 2 workers
- Upkeep: 1.2 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Services
Temple
A stepped temple whose priests serve a wide district.
Cost 40 wood70 stone40 gold
- Service: Brings faith to homes within 6 tiles (house level 3)
- Jobs: 2 workers
- Upkeep: 2.4 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Decor
Garden
Flowering shrubs and a shady path.
Cost 10 wood15 stone10 gold
- Appeal: Raises happiness of homes within 2 tiles
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Wonders
Great Ziggurat
A mountain of mud brick reaching for the gods. Completing it opens the Classical Age.
Cost 400 food500 wood800 stone500 gold
- Requires: Needs 120 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Age 3 of 8
Classical Age
Columns, philosophers, and running water.
Homes grow up to level 6. New needs: health and culture.
Goals
- Found a library
- Bathe and be merry
- A happy people
- Grow to 260 people
- Raise the Colossus
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
- Market → level 4
- Health → level 5
- Culture → level 6
Buildings of the Classical Age
Services
Amphitheater
Tiered seats for plays, poetry and music under the open sky.
Cost 110 stone70 gold
- Service: Brings culture to homes within 6 tiles (house level 6)
- Jobs: 4 workers
- Upkeep: 3.6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Aqueduct Fountain
Running water carried from the hills to a public fountain.
Cost 60 stone30 gold
- Service: Brings water to homes within 5 tiles (house level 2)
- Jobs: 1 worker
- Upkeep: 1.8 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Services
Bathhouse
Hot and cold baths keep the citizens healthy and gossiping.
Cost 20 wood70 stone50 gold
- Service: Brings health to homes within 4 tiles (house level 5)
- Jobs: 3 workers
- Upkeep: 3 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Knowledge
Library
Scrolls and scholars. Knowledge is needed to raise the wonders of later ages.
Cost 30 wood60 stone60 gold
- Output: Makes 18 knowledge per minute /min
- Jobs: 3 workers
- Upkeep: 2.4 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Decor
Marble Statue
A hero in marble on a tall plinth.
Cost 40 stone25 gold
- Appeal: Raises happiness of homes within 3 tiles
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Wonders
Colossus
A bronze giant raised over the harbour. Its completion brings the Medieval Age.
Cost 900 food1,800 stone1,500 gold400 knowledge
- Requires: Needs 260 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Age 4 of 8
Medieval Age
Timber towns gathered around stone towers.
Homes grow up to level 7. New need: safety.
Goals
- Set the night watch
- Charter a guild
- Grow to 450 people
- Consecrate the Cathedral
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
- Market → level 4
- Health → level 5
- Culture → level 6
- Safety → level 7
Buildings of the Medieval Age
Food
Windmill
Grinds the harvest of the meadows around it into flour.
Cost 60 wood40 stone
- Output: Makes 96 food per minute /min
- Placement: Near fertile meadow
- Jobs: 3 workers
- Upkeep: 1.2 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Industry
Forester's Lodge
Foresters plant and tend their own groves, so timber never runs out — even where the old forests are gone.
Cost 50 stone40 gold
- Output: Makes 54 wood per minute /min
- Jobs: 3 workers
- Upkeep: 1.2 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Industry
Guild Hall
Masters and apprentices craft goods for distant fairs.
Cost 90 wood90 stone60 gold
- Output: Makes 84 gold per minute /min
- Input: Uses 18 wood per minute12 stone per minute /min
- Jobs: 6 workers
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Watch House
The night watch keeps order and puts out fires before they spread.
Cost 40 wood50 stone40 gold
- Service: Brings safety to homes within 5 tiles (house level 7)
- Jobs: 2 workers
- Upkeep: 2.4 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Knowledge
Scriptorium
Monks copy and illuminate the books of the ancients.
Cost 40 wood80 stone70 gold
- Output: Makes 30 knowledge per minute /min
- Jobs: 4 workers
- Upkeep: 3 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Wonders
Cathedral
Generations of masons raise a spire of stone and glass. It heralds the Renaissance.
Cost 1,800 food1,500 wood4,000 stone3,500 gold1,200 knowledge
- Requires: Needs 450 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Age 5 of 8
Renaissance
Domes, banks, and the printed page.
Homes grow up to level 8. New need: education.
Goals
- Teach the children
- Found a university
- Grow to 700 people
- Complete the Grand Dome
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
- Market → level 4
- Health → level 5
- Culture → level 6
- Safety → level 7
- Education → level 8
Buildings of the Renaissance
Industry
Bank
Letters of credit and counting houses. Gold makes gold.
Cost 120 stone150 gold
- Output: Makes 120 gold per minute /min
- Jobs: 5 workers
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Services
School
Reading, arithmetic and a little Latin for every child nearby.
Cost 60 wood80 stone80 gold
- Service: Brings education to homes within 5 tiles (house level 8)
- Jobs: 3 workers
- Upkeep: 3.6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Knowledge
University
Lecture halls and laboratories where the modern world begins.
Cost 100 wood200 stone200 gold
- Output: Makes 78 knowledge per minute /min
- Jobs: 8 workers
- Upkeep: 6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Decor
Plaza Fountain
A sculpted fountain at the heart of a cobbled plaza.
Cost 70 stone50 gold
- Appeal: Raises happiness of homes within 3 tiles
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Wonders
Grand Dome
An engineering marvel no one thought possible. Under it, the Industrial Age is born.
Cost 3,000 food2,500 wood7,000 stone8,000 gold3,000 knowledge
- Requires: Needs 700 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Age 6 of 8
Industrial Age
Steam, brick, and the roar of the machine.
Homes grow up to level 9. New need: power.
Goals
- Light the city
- Build a factory
- Grow to 900 people
- Erect the Iron Tower
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
- Market → level 4
- Health → level 5
- Culture → level 6
- Safety → level 7
- Education → level 8
- Power → level 9
Buildings of the Industrial Age
Food
Glasshouse Farm
Iron and glass shelter crops all year round. Needs no fertile land.
Cost 80 wood120 stone120 gold
- Output: Makes 216 food per minute /min
- Jobs: 5 workers
- Upkeep: 2.4 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Industry
Factory
Rows of looms and lathes. Enormously profitable, and a little grim.
Cost 120 wood180 stone150 gold
- Output: Makes 168 gold per minute /min
- Input: Uses 30 wood per minute24 stone per minute /min
- Appeal: Lowers happiness of homes within 2 tiles
- Jobs: 10 workers
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Hospital
Modern medicine for a whole district.
Cost 200 stone220 gold
- Service: Brings health to homes within 7 tiles (house level 5)
- Jobs: 6 workers
- Upkeep: 7.2 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Power Station
Burns coal to light the city. Noisy and smoky — keep it away from homes.
Cost 200 stone200 gold
- Input: Uses 18 stone per minute /min
- Service: Brings power to homes within 7 tiles (house level 9)
- Jobs: 6 workers
- Upkeep: 6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Water Tower
Pumped, pressurised water for a crowded city.
Cost 90 stone80 gold
- Service: Brings water to homes within 7 tiles (house level 2)
- Jobs: 1 worker
- Upkeep: 2.4 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Wonders
Iron Tower
A lattice of riveted iron for the world's fair. It ushers in the Modern Age.
Cost 4,000 food10,000 wood30,000 stone40,000 gold15,000 knowledge
- Requires: Needs 900 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Age 7 of 8
Modern Age
Glass towers and lights that never sleep.
Homes grow up to level 10. New need: transit.
Goals
- Dig the metro
- Go green
- Grow to 1,000 people
- Top out the Sky Spire
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
- Market → level 4
- Health → level 5
- Culture → level 6
- Safety → level 7
- Education → level 8
- Power → level 9
- Transit → level 10
Buildings of the Modern Age
Industry
Office Tower
Glass, steel, and a lot of meetings.
Cost 300 stone300 gold
- Output: Makes 270 gold per minute /min
- Jobs: 14 workers
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Metro Station
Trains under the streets link every neighbourhood.
Cost 150 stone200 gold
- Service: Brings transit to homes within 6 tiles (house level 10)
- Jobs: 4 workers
- Upkeep: 6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 1×1 tiles
Services
Solar Farm
Clean power from the sun. No smoke at all.
Cost 150 stone350 gold
- Service: Brings power to homes within 7 tiles (house level 9)
- Jobs: 2 workers
- Upkeep: 3 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Stadium
Floodlights, roaring crowds, and the big match on Saturday.
Cost 350 stone300 gold
- Service: Brings culture to homes within 9 tiles (house level 6)
- Jobs: 8 workers
- Upkeep: 9 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Knowledge
Research Lab
Scientists push the boundaries of what is possible.
Cost 250 stone350 gold
- Output: Makes 192 knowledge per minute /min
- Jobs: 10 workers
- Upkeep: 9 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Decor
City Park
Lawns, trees and a pond in the middle of the city.
Cost 60 wood80 gold
- Appeal: Raises happiness of homes within 3 tiles
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Wonders
Sky Spire
The tallest tower ever built. From its top, the sky no longer looks so far away.
Cost 5,000 food32,000 stone42,000 gold18,000 knowledge
- Requires: Needs 1,000 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Age 8 of 8
The Beyond
A city that reaches for the stars.
Homes grow up to level 11. New need: wellbeing.
Goals
- Breathe easy
- Grow to 1,100 people
- Build the Space Elevator
Needs your homes can have
- Water → level 2
- Faith → level 3
- Market → level 4
- Health → level 5
- Culture → level 6
- Safety → level 7
- Education → level 8
- Power → level 9
- Transit → level 10
- Wellbeing → level 11
Buildings of the The Beyond
Food
Vertical Farm
Forty floors of crops under violet light.
Cost 300 stone450 gold
- Output: Makes 480 food per minute /min
- Jobs: 6 workers
- Upkeep: 6 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Biodome
A living garden under glass where residents come to breathe.
Cost 300 stone500 gold100 knowledge
- Service: Brings wellbeing to homes within 8 tiles (house level 11)
- Jobs: 6 workers
- Upkeep: 12 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Services
Fusion Reactor
A small star in a magnetic bottle powers the whole island.
Cost 400 stone700 gold300 knowledge
- Service: Brings power to homes within 11 tiles (house level 9)
- Jobs: 8 workers
- Upkeep: 12 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Knowledge
Quantum Institute
Where the last questions are asked.
Cost 300 stone600 gold
- Output: Makes 360 knowledge per minute /min
- Jobs: 10 workers
- Upkeep: 12 gold upkeep /min
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles
Wonders
Space Elevator
A ribbon to orbit. Your city's story, from campfire to the stars, is complete.
Cost 6,000 food45,000 stone70,000 gold35,000 knowledge
- Requires: Needs 1,100 people
- Footprint: 2×2 tiles