Houses and land income![]() If you can, buy houses! Every inhabitant pays you 5 ![]() Overview of income of all your lands is displayed in Headquarters. The higher population you have in a land, the more gold you will get - and you also need the population to recruit army. Try to keep the balance in positive numbers, otherwise you risk that your soldiers will desert your army. What affects income of a land?
When to buy houses?If you have no empty houses in your land, and have some money, it is good to buy more houses to allow for population growth. Population will not grow without houses; on the other hand, number of empty houses does not increase population growth, so it makes little sense to buy houses in a land with lots of houses still free. In such lands, build a Granary or cast beneficial spells (Content or Blessing) to increase population growth.Price of housesPrice of a new house is exponentially growing with each house that already is in the land. In the beginning, houses are the quickest way to increase income; later, when houses become more expensive, it is better to build mines and workshops, or invest your money into expansion (recruit army and conquer new lands).Price of houses is also influenced by weather, so that sometimes houses can be expensive from the very beginning and you have to concentrate on expansion outright. House icons on the mapHouse icons in each land on the map can help you estimate the number of houses and so the possible strength of a land. However, keep in mind that these icons (except in your lands and lands of your alliance colleagues) depict the situation after last recalculation - in standard leagues at midnight. If you suspect the player may have cast Content on the land, the real strength could be a lot greater!For the various house icons, see houses on map. If there is a fortress built in the land, it replaces the house icon! |