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Buildings
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThis is a summary table of all buildings in the game. A building is something that is visible on the ground, and you can do something with it besides pick it up, and can be built by players.
Before updating this list, please read the Guidelines at the bottom of this page.
Name | Cost | Size | Where | Brief Description | Prerequisite |
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Apiary | 8 Boards, 1 Linen | N/A | Out | Used to make Honey and Beeswax | Tc: Beekeeping |
Basic Tub | 240 Bricks, 2 Canvas | 7x13 | CP | Used to rot Dung into Saltpeter, Flax into Rotten Flax or produce Sulfur from Sulphurous Water. | Sk: Flax Processing? |
Beetle Terrarium | 100 Dirt, 3 Linen, 12 Sheet Glass | 9x9 | CP | For breeding Beetles. | Ts: Test of Khefre's Children |
Box Kiln | 32 Bricks | 5x7 | CP | Used for firing Wet Firebricks (capacity 6). | Sk: Kiln Construction |
Box | 24 Boards | 3x5 | CP | Storage (capacity 1000). | |
Carpentry Shop | 36 Bricks, 60 Boards, 2 Rope, 8 Slate | 14x14 | CP | For making Boards and basic Tools. | Sk: Carpentry |
Chest | 48 Boards, 400 Bricks | 3x7 | CP | Storage (capacity 5000). | |
Charcoal Hearth | 360 Bricks, 240 Firebricks | 19x12 | CP | Charcoal production with a regulator (batch size 100. | Tc: Basic Charcoal Production |
Charcoal Oven | 800 Bricks, 8 Copper Sheeting, 8 Copper Wire, 400 Firebricks, 60 Leather | 17x11 | CP | Charcoal production (batch size 200)). | Tc: Advanced Charcoal Production |
Chicken Coop | 50 Boards, 600 Bricks, 15 Cut Stone, 60 Dried Flax | 15x17 | CP | chicken and egg production | Tc: Avian Selection |
Compound - Townhome | 100 Boards, 200 Bricks | 6 sectors | Out | Main building. | Sk: Compound Construction |
Dromedary Pen | 200 Boards, 400 Bricks | n/a | SCS, on sand | Housing for Camels. | Tc: Animal Husbandry |
Drying Rack | 18 Boards | n/a | Out | Allows drying of Grass, Rotten Flax, Papyrus, Wet Linen and Wheat. | Sk: Flax Processing |
Empty Hand Puzzle (base) | 50 Boards, 80 Clay, 20 Dried Flax, 60 Limestone, 30 Rope, 25 Thorns | n/a | SCS | Ts: Principles of Thought | |
Ferry Boat | 20 Boards, 4 Rope, 1 Sail, 4 Tar, 20 Wood | n/a | n/a | A small boat for crossing short stretches of shallow water. | Sk: Ferry Construction |
Firepit | 40 Firebricks, 80 Slate | n/a | Out | Grills veggies and fish, produces Charcoal, turns Limestone into Lime and several resources into Ash. | Tc: Controlled Burn Sk: Firebuilding |
Flax Comb | 18 Boards, 36 Bricks, 60 Thorns | 5x6 | CP | Low-tech Flax processing. | Sk: Flax Processing |
Flax Hammock | 8 Boards, 4 Rope, 2 Canvas | 9x17 | Out | Advanced building for drying Grass, Rotten Flax, Papyrus, Wet Linen and Wheat. | Sk: Flax Processing |
Flimsy Brick Rack | 4 Boards | n/a | Out | Early building for making Bricks. | Sk: Brick Rack Construction |
Glazier's Bench | 400 Bricks, 200 Firebricks, 1200 Sand | In | For making glass products. | Sk: Glassblowing | |
Guild Hall | (100+2*(n^2)) Boards, (100+4*(n^2)) Bricks | n/a | SCS | Guilds! For fun and profit! Woo! (n=member limit) | Tc: Guild Construction |
Hackling Rake | 18 Boards, 36 Bricks, 60 Nails | 6x5 | CP | Better Flax processing. | Sk: Flax Processing |
Hand Loom | 4 Boards, 2 Loom Frame | 7x4 | CP | Better weaving building. | Sk: Clothwork |
Improved Brick Rack | 18 Boards, 36 Nails | 5x5 | CP | Better brick making. | Sk: Improved Brick Rack Construction |
Khefre's Locker | 50 Boards, 100 Bricks, 20 Slate | 5x5 | CP | For storing Beetles. | Ts: Test of Khefre's Children |
Kitchen | 20 Boards, 32 Bricks, 1 Clay Mortars, 20 Firebricks | 15x15 | CP | For cooking and other activities. | Sk: Cooking |
Mason's Bench | 30 Boards, 48 Bricks, 6 Flint, 20 Leather, 4 Oil, 4 Rope | 8x9 | CP | For stonemasonry. | Tc: Stonemasonry |
Mine | 50 Boards, 75 Bricks, 20 Leather, 4 Pulley, 10 Rope | n/a | Out | For mining ore. | Tc: Mining Sk: Ore Extraction |
Pottery Wheel | 12 Boards, 48 Bricks, 1 Flystone, 1 Leather, 4 Oil, 4 Rope | 5x5 | CP | For turning Clay into Wet Jugs. | Sk: Pottery |
Rabbit Hutch | 200 Boards, 1 Clay Dome, 200 Straw | 18x19 | CP | For raising Rabbits. | Tc: Animal Husbandry |
Ritual Torch | 1 Boards, 1 Canvas (plus 1 Oil to light) | n/a | Out | Decorative torch used for Worship rituals. | Sk: Ritual Item Construction (1) |
Rock Saw | 100 Boards, 500 Bricks, 12 Flint, 15 Leather, 100 Oil, 9 Rope | 9x14 | CP | For stonecutting. | Sk: Rock Saw Construction |
Sculpture | 100 Boards, 10 Rope, 4 Linen | 17x21 | Out, CP | For art pieces. | Ts: Principles of Art and Music |
Sheep Pen | 100 Boards, 1200 Bricks, 60 Dried Flax | 29x48 | SCS, on grass | Basic building for the storage and breeding of Sheep. | Tc: Animal Husbandry |
Small Construction Site | 1 Canvas, 4 Rope | n/a | Out | Basis for other buildings. | Sk: Project Management (1) |
Small Distaff | 12 Boards, 100 Bricks, 10 Wood | 10x15 | Out*, CP | For secondary processing of Flax products (Tow, Lint, Twine). | Sk: Flax Processing |
Small Warehouse | 100 Boards, 1000 Bricks, 10 Cut Stone | Storage (capacity 25,000) | |||
Storage Basket | 8 Boards, 28 Dried Flax | n/a | Out | Storage (capacity 1000) | |
Student's Loom | 8 Boards, 120 Twine | 4x7 | CP | For weaving Linen, Canvas, Sail, Baskets and Silk Cloth. | Sk: Clothwork |
Sturdy Tub | 6 Beeswax, 240 Bricks, 6 Canvas | 7x13 | CP | Better quality tub. | |
True Kiln | 48 Firebricks | 7x9 | CP | For firing Firebricks, Wet Jugs and Clay Mortars (capacity 12). | Sk: Kiln Construction |
Wood Plane | 4 Slate, 1 Stone Blades | Out, CP | Early building for making Boards. | Sk: Carpentry |
List Guidelines
Legend
- Name: The name of the building when you try to build it or click on it in the game.
- Cost: The cost of the building, briefly, for quick reference.
- Size: The size of the building when built inside a compound.
- Where: How the building is built:
- CP = inside a Compound
- Out = Self > Projects menu
- Out* = Self > Projects menu, but only by a Peasant
- SCS = Small Construction Site
- MCS = Medium Construction Site
- Brief Description: Just some comment about it, in case people don't want to load the individual pages.
- Prerequisite: What you need to have to build
- Sk = Skill
- Tc = Tech
- Ts = Test (started, not passed)
Building Names
- All buildings (as defined above) should be in the list. If you know of a building that is not in the list, please add it.
- All buildings should appear in the list AS NAMED IN GAME. So if it's "oreinferno" in game, it should be "oreinferno" here. Including capitalization, please.
- The authoritative form is the name you get when you click on the completed building "This is a Foo."
- If you think "Ore Inferno" should link to "oreinferno," others probably agree. Add a page that REDIRECTS Ore Inferno to oreinferno using the Formatting rules.
- If you think "Ore Infernos" and "oreinfernos" and "inferno" and "infernos" should all link there too, since people will want to link with singular and plurals, or any other kinds of things similar to this, others probably agree. Add a page that REDIRECTS those pages to oreinferno, using the Formatting rules.
- Groupings are allowed and encouraged. "Furnaces" should exist, and should describe furnaces in general, then link to each individual furnace. Same with any other groups people feel are appropriate.
Requests
- Please add any buildings to the list if they exist and are not in the list.
- Please fill in the building detail page, including information such as:
- Cost to build (including links to each resource).
- Things the building can produce, costs involved, etc, including links to resources/buildings where appropriate.
- Links to closely related topics. For instance, the "Anvil" page will link to "Blacksmithing" because they are related.
- If you want to develop extensive pages, such as how-to, theory pages, FAQs, etc, please make subpages or use another area for that, as this is intended to be a list of fact, not speculation or theory.