Knowledge

Some complex buildings and resource production requires at least one of the lords to have the prerequisite knowledge. Lords gain knowledge by reading books, which are housed in the Library. In the Knowledge menu lords can be assigned to study and write books. After studying a book, the lord will be able to create a copy of it using 3 Paper. The knowledge menu will display which lords know which knowledge.

Books are mainly bought from the Holy Caravan. If a lord knows a book they can also write it.

If assigned to read, the lord will do that all day unless they are satisfying a need. If assigned to write, the lord will do it between 9 AM and 6 PM. Other assignments and actions will be completed first before resuming either of these.

The speed at which books are read or written depends on the assigned lord's Intellect skill. Both decrease Rest.

Every city will start with the following three books: Mine, Hop Field and Beer, and Rye Field and Mill.

Building knowledge

Knowledge about buildings comes in 3 levels:

• The first knowledge unlocks the building for construction and allows it to be upgraded up to level 3 has various unlock requirements.
• The second knowledge allows the building to be upgraded up to level 5 and requires the building to reach level 3.
• The third knowledge improves the building's efficiency and requires the building to reach level 5.

Knowledge	Unlocks	Requirements
Hop Field and Beer	Hop Field buildings and the production of Beer
Mine	Mine building
Rye Field and Mill	Rye field and mill buildings
Scaffold	Scaffold building
Paper Workshop
Alchemist Lab
Armor Forge
Weapon Forge
Chancellery
Pig Farm
Melting Furnace
Herbalist
Temple
Coal Furnace
Workshop
Heavy armor
Axes
Swords
Flavorful Ale
Nectar