Buildings

You can buy any building in any of your lands, if you have the required amount of gold and mana. Buildings bring different advantages and benefits. You can only have one of each building in a land, and some buildings (fortresses and magic towers that come in various sizes) allow you to build only one of their variants.
If you don't need the building anymore (or want to replace it with stronger variant), you can sell it - but you will receive only 25% of the resources you needed to build them.

Here is a complete list of buildings. Names of special buildings, unique to certain race, are shown in green letters.

What to build first?

Most important building is Granary, which costs 1000 gold and increases population growth. More people means more money and more soldiers, so don't hesitate to build it. You should have a Granary in all your lands as soon as possible (although sometimes it is better to invest your gold into recruiting and conquering and leave one or two lands without Granary until next day).

With other, more expensive buildings (like mines), you have to consider what is better - to buy houses and increase population (each inhabitant pays you 5 gold per turn), or to buy a mine? Generally said, if price of one house is below 200 gold, it is more effective to buy houses instead of mines.

Another thing to consider is, whether to buy defensive building (like Corral), or recruit soldiers. Soldiers can be used for attacking as well, but you pay upkeep for them.

Basic economy buildings

These buildings should be in all of your lands that are not immediately threatened by enemies (if you can allow to buy them, of course). They increase your income of gold and mana.
  • Granary - building No.1 to build, increases population growth
  • Sacred Well - building No.2 to build, your first source of mana
  • Iron Mine - generates 50 gold per turn
  • Gold Mine - generates 100 gold per turn
  • Workshop - helps a lot at higher populations, not really profitable by population under 100
  • Market - used to buy and sell mana

Basic military buildings

These buildings will help you when attacking or defending. There are many more of them, but those other are expensive and are used later in the game.
  • Corral - ideal defense, adds +100 to defense of the land and doesn't require soldiers to function
  • War Guild - allows you to recruit attack units (stronger than basic unit, but also more expensive)
  • Mage Guild - allows you to recruit magical units (very expensive, but produce mana and allow spellcasting)
  • Field Chapel - increases attack by +30, but only if attack already is at least 100
  • Catapult - increases attack by +60, but only if attack already is at least 200

Market

You can buy and sell mana on Market, for more info see Market.

Altar

Here you can bet on your luck and gain some gold or mana, or other advantage. For more info, see Altar.

Effects of Pillaging attack

If some of your opponents sends a successful pillaging attack at your land, this attack will destroy 30% of houses and all buildings in the land! For more info, see military attacks.