Cities

A lightly developed city

Cities are the centers of population, production and power. When founded or captured, a city is assigned to a Family. The first city founded by a Nation is its Capital and gains a yearly bonus of +2 Culture and +2 Money.

Cities can only be founded on certain locations called City Sites. Originally those are controlled by either Tribes or Barbarians.

Culture level

Each city has a culture level, which is increased each time the Culture bar fills. Culture level provides increasing bonuses to the city but also increasing costs per population.

Once a City reaches Developing Culture Level it will gain the ability to Hurry Production using a chosen resource, causing the item at the top of the production queue to be finished next turn. Each turn that an item is produced normally decreases the resources needed to rush it. However Hurry Production always produces 25 Discontent unless the Monetary Reform law has been passed.

Culture Level	Projects Tier	Victory Points	Governor XP/Year	Hamlet Limit	Can Hurry Production	Population Upkeep	Enabled Wonders of the World
Weak	I	+1	+4	0	No	1 Food	The Hanging Gardens The Oracle The Ziggurat
Developing	II	+2	+6	1	Yes	2 Food 1 Iron	The Apadana The Ishtar Gate The Lighthouse
Strong	III	+3	+8	2	Yes	3 Food 1 Iron 1 Stone	The Acropolis The Colossus The Mausoleum The Musaeum
Legendary	IV	+4	+10	3	Yes	4 Food 1 Iron 1 Stone 1 Wood	The Circus Maximus The Pantheon The Via Recta Souk

Improvements

Improvements can be used to grand various bonuses to a City. There are two types of improvements: rural and urban. If a Worker is selected the game will suggest the tile where each improvement is most effective.

Improvements without a Specialist will increase the City's Maintenance.

Rural improvements

Rural improvements can only be constructed on non-urban tiles. They require either certain terrain or a certain natural resource present on the tile.

Improvement	Yearly output	Specialist	Cost	Required terrain or natural resource	Required technology
Farm	+5 Food	Farmer	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate, Marsh (requires Centralization law) Barley, Sorghum, Wheat	None
Mine	+5 Iron	Miner	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate, Hill Gems, Gold, Ore, Salt, Silver	None
Nets	Various	Fisher	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Crabs, Dyes, Fish, Pearls	None
Fort	+50% Defense if Friendly/Neutral Territory +2 Unit Vision Can Heal in Neutral Territory Destroyed when Pillaged		40 Stone 1 Orders	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Stonecutting
Quarry	+5 Stone	Stonecutter	20 Iron 1 Orders for 3 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate, Adjacent Mountain, Adjacent Volcano Marble	Stonecutting
Granary	+2 Growth -1 Wood +60% Adjacent Farm Yield		40 Wood 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Administration
Camp	+20% Adjacent Lumbermill Yield	Trapper	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Camels, Elephants, Fur, Game	Trapping
Pasture	+40% Adjacent Farms Yield	Rancher	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Cattle, Goats, Horses, Pigs, Sheep	Husbandry
Lumbermill	+5 Wood	Woodcutter	20 Iron 1 Orders for 3 years	Trees	Forestry
Grove	Various	Gardener	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Citrus, Honey, Incense, Lavender, Olives, Wine	Land Consolidation

Urban improvements

Urban improvements can be constructed only in the following:

• An urban tile.
• A tile adjacent to two urban tiles. The tile will become urban once the improvement is completed.
• A tile adjacent to one urban tile and one water tile. The tile will become urban once the improvement is completed.

Improvement	Yearly output	Cost	Terrain if not urban	Required technology	Min culture level
Odeon	+3 Culture -2 Stone Enables Poets	40 Stone 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Drama	Weak
Barracks	+10 XP per year for Idle Melee Units +20% Adjacent Garrison Effects +20% Training -2 Iron Enables Officers	40 Stone 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Military Drill	Weak
Range	+10 XP per year for Idle Ranged Units +20% Adjacent Garrison Effects +20% Training -2 Wood Enables Officers	40 Wood 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Composite Bow	Weak
Cold Baths	+1 Happiness -2 Stone Enables Doctors	40 Stone 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Coinage	Developing
Courthouse	+20% Civics -2 Stone Enables Scribes	80 Stone 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Citizenship	Developing
Library	+20% Science +1 Science per adjacent resource Enables Philosophers	80 Stone 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Scholarship	Developing
Market	+20% Adjacent Harbor Effects +20% Money Enables Shopkeepers	80 Wood 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Coinage	Developing

Barracks and Ranges are limited to 2 per City.

Hamlets

Hamlets may be built anywhere. In 20 turns it will grow into a Village, and in another 20 turns it will grow into a Town. Only one Hamlet may be built for each Culture Level of a City.

Shrines

Shrines may be built anywhere and gain various bonuses depending on their location and the Nation's Religion. Each Shrine can only be built once unless the Polytheism law is passed. They may not be built next to each other.

Specialists

Specialists are unlocked by certain Improvements that can be trained to boost the yield of the Improvement. All Specialists also produce a small amount of Science. A Specialist's production cost increases with each one built in a city.

Rural specialists

Rural specialists produce 1 Science. They can also provide Luxuries if the Improvement is built on a natural resource that can produce it.

Specialist	Improvement	Yearly effect	Cost
Farmer	Farm	150% Improvement Yield 1 Growth	40 Civics
Miner	Mine	150% Improvement Yield 1 Training	40 Civics
Stonecutter	Quarry	150% Improvement Yield 1 Civics	40 Civics
Woodcutter	Lumbermill	150% Improvement Yield 1 Science	40 Civics
Fisher	Nets	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 20 Food
Gardener	Grove	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 20 Food
Rancher	Pasture	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 20 Food
Trapper	Camp	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 20 Food

Urban specialists

Urban specialists can be upgraded, improving their bonuses. Upgrading a specialist does not require Citizens.

• Training an Apprentice specialist costs 40 Food and 40 Civics and produces a bonus of 2 Science each year.
• Upgrading to Master specialist costs 60 Food and 60 Civics and produces a bonus of 3 Science each year.
• Upgrading to Elder specialist costs 80 Food and 80 Civics and produces a bonus of 4 Science each year.

Specialist	Improvement	Apprentice yearly effect	Master yearly effect	Elder yearly effect
Acolyte	Shrine	1 Religion Opinion 2 Culture	2 Religion Opinion 3 Culture 0.5 Orders	3 Religion Opinion 4 Culture 1 Orders
Monk	Monastery	1 Religion Opinion 4 Culture	2 Religion Opinion 6 Culture 1 Civics per Culture Level	3 Religion Opinion 8 Culture 2 Civics per Culture Level
Priest	Temple	1 Religion Opinion 1 Happiness	2 Religion Opinion 1.5 Happiness 0.5 Training per Citizen	3 Religion Opinion 2 Happiness 1 Training per Citizen
Bishop	Cathedral	1 Religion Opinion 10 Money per Culture Level	2 Religion Opinion 15 Money per Culture Level 0.5 Orders	3 Religion Opinion 20 Money per Culture Level 1 Orders
Officer	Barracks Range	2 Training	3 Training 20 XP for New Units	4 Training 50 XP for New Units
Poet	Odeon	3 Culture	4 Culture 0.5 Civics per Citizen	5 Culture 1 Civics per Citizen
Doctor	Cold Baths	2 Growth	3 Growth 1 Science per Culture Level	4 Growth 2 Science per Culture Level
Philosopher	Library	2 Science	3 Science 1 Culture per Citizen	4 Science 2 Culture per Citizen
Scribe	Courthouse	2 Civics	3 Civics 1 Money per Citizen	4 Civics 2 Money per Citizen
Shopkeeper	Market	20 Money	30 Money 1 Growth per Culture Level	40 Money 2 Growth per Culture Level

Wonders of the World

Wonders of the World are powerful Improvements that can only be constructed once. As soon as a Nation begins constructing a Wonder of the World other Nations cannot start it unless a hostile unit enters the tile of an unfinished Wonder of the World and destroys it. Not all Wonders of the World are available each game. They are chosen randomly at the start of each game. Most Wonders of the World require the City to reach a certain Culture Level before they can be constructed. Each Wonder of the World provides 2 Victory Points.

Wonder of the World	Effects	Cost	Min. Culture Level	Requirements
The Hanging Gardens	+4 Culture per year +20% Growth [All Cities]	100 Civics 400 Stone 200 Wood 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	River
The Oracle	+4 Culture per year +10 Money per year per Religion +1 Tech Hand Card Size Free Agent Network in all Holy Cities on completion	100 Civics 400 Stone 200 Food 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	Hill
The Ziggurat	+4 Culture per year +20 Civics per year -20% Improvement Costs [All Cities]	100 Civics 600 Stone 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	Holy City (Any Religion)
The Apadana	+6 Culture per year +20 Civics per year -50% Maintenance [All Cities]	200 Civics 900 Stone 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent City Center
The Ishtar Gate	+6 Culture per year +1 Growth per year per Culture Level 100 Culture in all Cities on completion	200 Civics 600 Stone 300 Iron 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent City Center
The Lighthouse	+6 Culture per year +100% Nets Yield [All Cities] -10 Upgrade Years for Hamlet Improvements	200 Civics 600 Stone 300 Iron 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent City Center
The Acropolis	+8 Culture per year +2 Civics per year per Religion +0.5 Orders per year with Forum	300 Civics 1200 Stone 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Hill
The Colossus	+8 Culture per year +2 Civics per year with Road Connection +1 Level for New Units	300 Civics 400 Stone 800 Iron 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Coastal Water
The Mausoleum	+8 Culture per year +40% Culture [All Cities] New Units start with Guard I promotion	300 Civics 1200 Stone 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Hill
The Musaeum	+8 Culture per year +50% Science New Units start with Guard I promotion +1 Civics per year per Elder Specialist	300 Civics 800 Stone 400 Wood 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Adjacent City Center
The Circus Maximus	+10 Culture per year +40 Training per year +10 XP per year for Idle Mounted Units New Mounted Units start with Swift promotion [All Cities]	400 Civics 1200 Stone 600 Food 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Adjacent City Center
The Pantheon	+10 Culture per year +40 Training per year +2 Civics per Culture Level [State Religion Cities]	400 Civics 1800 Stone 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Holy City (Any Religion)
The Via Recta Souk	+10 Culture per year +2 Growth per year +1 Happiness per City Luxury [All Cities]	400 Civics 1200 Stone 600 Food 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Adjacent City Center

Projects

Projects are internal City enhancements that on completion grant an instant bonus and a permanent bonus. Each Project can only be constructed in Cities with the same tier of Culture Level.

Project	Tier I			Tier II			Tier III			Tier IV			Requirements
	Production	On Completion	Cost	Production	On Completion	Cost	Production	On Completion	Cost	Production	On Completion	Cost
Council		+40% (1 turn) +40% (1 turn) +40% (1 turn)	1 Turn		+60% (1 turn) +60% (1 turn) +60% (1 turn)	1 Turn		+80% (1 turn) +80% (1 turn) +80% (1 turn)	1 Turn		+100% (1 turn) +100% (1 turn) +100% (1 turn)	1 Turn
Festival	1 per year	20 20	40	1 per year	40 40	60	1 per year	60 60	80	1 per year	80 80	100
Treasury	10 per year	100	40 20	20 per year	200	60 40	30 per year	300	80 60	40 per year 1 per year	400	100 80	Administration technology
Forum	1 per year	20	40 20	2 per year	40	60 40	3 per year	60	80 60	4 per year 1 per year	80	100 80	Rhetoric technology
Archive	1 per year	10	40 20	2 per year	20	60 40	3 per year	30	80 60	4 per year 1 per year	40	100 80	Metaphysics technology
Inquiry	1 per year	40	80	1 per year	80	120	1 per year	120	160	1 per year	160	200	Scholar governor
Convoy	1 per year	100 40	40	1 per year	200 60	60	1 per year	300 80	80	1 per year	400 100	100	Trade League law
Decree		3	40		6	60		9	80		10	100	Constitution law or Statesman
Olympiad	1 per year	50	40	1 per year	100	60	1 per year	150	80	1 per year	200	100	Greece nation