| Units List |
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Carrack
light ship
A large capital ship armed with broadside firing cannons. Capable of travelling across the ocean.
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Gun Holk
light ship
An upgraded Holk, armed with cannons in the fore castle and extra marines armed with gunpowder weapons.
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Holk
light ship
An upgraded Cog equipped with small artillery pieces in the fore and aft castles and a durable oak hull.
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Lad'Ya
light ship
Early Russian ship created near Novgorod. Carries soldiers and catapults for raiding land and smashing sea targets.
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Druzhina
heavy cavalry
Fierce cavalry warriors wearing mail armour and armed with spear and a sword, acting as bodyguards for Chieftains.
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Tsars Guard
heavy cavalry
Household troops of the Tsar, these are formidable, well armoured elite Eastern European heavy cavalry.
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Cavalry Militia
heavy cavalry
Cavalry militia are poorly trained and equipped, but are still capable of charging down the right enemy
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General's Bodyguard
heavy cavalry
These warriors are the general's personal guard, fiercely loyal, there is little this unit cannot take on.
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General's Bodyguard
heavy cavalry
The combination of heavy armour, a fully armoured horse and a lance make these elite warriors mobile killing machines.
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Mercenary German Knights
heavy cavalry
Protected by plate armour and equipped with maces, these knights for hire excel at taking on heavily armoured units.
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Mercenary Knights
heavy cavalry
Capable of deadly charges and impressive melee combat, these mercenary knights are well worth the money.
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Condottieri
heavy cavalry
Armed with a lance and plate armour these trained and experienced mercenaries are well known for their capricious ways.
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Alan Light Cavalry
light cavalry
Hardy horsemen accustomed to the plains and steppes of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. Excellent light cavalry.
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Kazaks
missile cavalry
Kazaks are accustomed to being on horseback; they make good horse archers, but are vulnerable in melee.
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Boyar Sons
missile cavalry
These young adventurers wear light mail or light brigandine armour and carry a javelin and an axe .
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Dvor Cavalry
missile cavalry
In the service of the local Prince or high status Boyar, Dvors are amongst the best missile cavalry available.
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Cossack Cavalry
missile cavalry
Fierce and hardy, although lacking in armour, Cossacks are equipped with a sword and composite bow which they use from horseback.
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Cuman Horse Archers
missile cavalry
Asiatic Nomads, who fight as mercenary horse archers, wearing little armour and armed with a composite bow.
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Peasant Archers
missile infantry
A peasant archer is armed with a small bow and knife. Not to be relied upon.
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Cossack Musketeers
missile infantry
Cossack Musketeers are highly trained gunners in light armour.
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Archer Militia
missile infantry
Archer Militia are armed with a small bow, knife and if lucky enough, some armour.
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Crossbow Militia
missile infantry
Crossbow Militia are peasant crossbowmen called up to defend settlements. Very poorly armoured.
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Arquebusiers
missile infantry
Fired at close range, this noisy, smokey and lethal weapon causes morale damage as well as physical hurt.
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Peasants
light infantry
In times of war peasants are forced from their farms and drafted into levies. Good cannon fodder.
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Woodsmen
light infantry
Hardy folk from the forests of North Eastern Europe, armed with a large axe.
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Slav Mercenaries
light infantry
Poorly trained and equipped mercenaries from Eastern Europe, armed with spears.
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Spear Militia
light infantry
Spear Militia are commoners and peasants levied into local militias to defend settlements and bolster armies, armed with long spears.
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Spearmen
spearmen infantry
Regular troops comprised of freemen, equipped with some armour and a spear, able to form a defensive ring of spears.
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Landsknecht Pikemen
spearmen infantry
Originally from the Holy Roman Empire, these elite mercenaries are armed with pikes and their distinctive slash and puffy clothing
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Berdiche Axemen
heavy infantry
Two-handed axemen used as shock troops. Can be armoured from mail to brigandine.
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Norse Swordsmen
heavy infantry
Well armed and equipped Norse swordsmen. Able to wear chain and plate armour.
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Dismounted Druzhina
spearmen infantry
Fierce warriors wearing superior heavy mail armour and armed with a spear. Act as bodyguards for Chieftains.
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Dismounted Boyar Sons
heavy infantry
These young adventurers wear light mail or light brigandine armour and carry an axe.
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Dvor Archers
missile infantry
In the service of the local Prince or high status Boyar, Dvor make excellent archers when dismounted.
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Frankish Foot Knights
spearmen infantry
These Feudal mercenary knights are powerful troops and invaluable for whomever can afford them.
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Armenian Cavalry
heavy cavalry
Armenian mercenaries equipped in a western style, armed with lances and protected by mail.
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Armenian Archers
missile infantry
Armenian mercenaries from the mountains. Lightly armed, but still effective.
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Ghazis
light infantry
Reckless and fanatical religious warriors armed with an axe, capable of devastating attacks.
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Ballista
missile siege
Resembling a giant crossbow, this powerful weapon can fling a javelin to a great range, skewering men with ease.
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Catapult
missile siege
Older style rock-flinging wooden artillery piece. Can throw flaming and normal shots.
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Trebuchet
missile siege
Giant rock flinging artillery piece. Capable of flaming and normal shot. Also able to fling diseased cows!
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Bombard
missile siege
Primitive siege-gun forged of bronze or iron, can shoot solid stone or flaming shot. Inaccurate versus units.
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Grand Bombard
missile siege
The Grand Bombard has increased range, damage and accuracy compared to the bombard.
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Cannon
missile siege
The typical 'cannon' is powerful and good against both units and defences. Capable of firing solid and explosive shots.
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Basilisk
missile siege
Very powerful cannon with great range, damage and accuracy. Punishing against defences and units. Can fire solid or explosive shots.
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Welsh Longbowmen
missile infantry
The first wielders of the longbow. Totally unarmoured means they need to stay out of melee. Can lay stakes.
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Bulgarian Brigands
missile infantry
Brigands armed with a composite bow, sword, padded armour and shield.
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Swiss Pikemen
spearmen infantry
The most renowned mercenaries of their age. Lightly equipped, but exceptionally brave and fierce.
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Galloglaich
heavy infantry
Fierce Scottish warriors who have settled in Ireland. Formidable troops armed with large two-handed axes and wearing light armour.
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Turkomans
missile cavalry
Tribal Turkish nomads, accustomed to life in the saddle. These hardy bowmen have a fierce and unruly reputation.
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Axemen
heavy infantry
Drawn from the Wealthier elements of the lower class these men are equiped in mail armor and carry large axes.
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Mangonel
missile siege
Great siege engine capable of throwing exploding barrels of oil
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Gulay Gorod
missile infantry
Wagons that can be formed into a circular barricade, behind from which the troops armed with crossbows can fire.
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| City Buildings List |
Wooden Palisade (Upgrade)
A Wooden Palisade gives a sense of security but is unlikely to delay determined attackers for very long.
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Ballista Towers
Ballista Towers provide the defenders with enough firepower to keep attackers at bay.
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Town Watch
The Town Watch have the minimum equipment and resources needed to train infantry.
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Ballista Maker
A Ballista Maker allows the construction of ballista siege weaponry.
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Gunsmith
A Gunsmith allows the construction of a bombard cannon.
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Leather Tanner
A Leather Tanner offers the most basic armour improvements to new and retrained units.
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Port
A Port allows a settlement to trade with the far-distant corners of the world.
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Merchant's Wharf
A Merchant's Wharf allows an extra trade fleet, and increases trade to the settlement.
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Grain Exchange
A Grain Exchange is absolutely essential if townsfolk are to be fed and good profits made.
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Dirt Roads
Dirt Roads increase the movement speed of units that travel along them, as well as improve trade.
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Land Clearance
Land Clearance allows a region to begin producing enough food to encourage growth.
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Mines
Mines increase the trade income generated by metal deposits in the region.
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Amber Route
An Amber Route improves taxable trade income and increases the people's happiness
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Well
Wells are a healthy water source for the people.
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Alchemist's Lab
An Alchemist's Lab allows gunpowder infantry to upgrade their weapons, as well as improve the education of characters created here.
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Small Orthodox Church
A Small Church converts a very small percentage of the region to Orthodox Christianity, and improves happiness.
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Brothel
A Brothel increases happiness in the settlement slightly, and allows the recruitment of a spy.
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Town Hall
A Town Hall helps maintain law and order, as well as reduce squalor.
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Ikoner's Studio
An Ikoner's Studio reduces squalor, and amplifies the effects of Orthodox churches.
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Assassins' Guild
An Assassins' Guild house improves law and order in the region, and the quality of locally trained assassins.
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Masons' Guild
A Masons' Guild house reduces the cost of stone buildings, and improves happiness.
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Theologians' Guild
A Theologians' Guild house improves the quality of priests created in the region.
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Merchants' Guild
A Merchants' Guild house improves both the trade income, and the quality of merchants created in the region.
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Alchemists' Guild
An Alchemists' Guild house improves the experience level of gunpowder units trained in the same settlement.
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Thieves' Guild
A Thieves' Guild house improves the quality of spies hired in the same settlement.
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Explorers' Guild
An Explorers' Guild house slightly increases the movement speed of those trained in the same settlement.
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Swordsmiths' Guild
A Swordsmiths' Guild house allows trained melee units to upgrade their weaponry by retraining in the same settlement.
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Horse Breeders' Guild
A Horse Breeders' Guild improves the quality of cavalry units recruited in the region.
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Slave Market
Slave Market considerably improves the trade but also affects the happiness of the common folk decreasing it noteably. It requires slave resource in province to work.
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Forging Shop
Forging Shop provides the basic melee weapon upgrade and slightly increases the profit from the trade. Local resource of iron or tin provides the material to work.
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Mint Coin
Mint Coin requires gold or silver to function and brings a moderate bonus to the trade in all cities of your empire but also deacreases the law abidience due the corruption.
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Jeweller's Shop
Jeweller's Shop uses local resource of gold, silver, ivory, or amber to provide an extreme boost to the trade as some people not only travel hundreds of miles to bring jewellery from far away land, but also are obsessed by it.
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Joiner's Shop
Working with the local resource of timber Joiner's Shop reduces the costs of the wooden buildings and ships. Also it slightly improves the trade but only during the winter, the peak logging season.
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Vineyard
Vineyard gives a slight boost to the trade in region. Its value is greater in summer, the peak grape-harvesting season. If you have an inn in the town common folk also will be glad to take a cup of good wine, sometimes even loosing the measure and health.
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Textile Mill
Textile Mill provides above average impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer during the linnen harvesting season.
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Cotton Mill
Cotton Mill provides above average impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer during the cotton harvesting season.
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Silk Mill
Silk Mill provides high impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer when the silkworms are in active state.
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Fishers Quarter
Fishers Quarter gives a slight bonus to the trade in region as well as improves the health in the province. Due to the storms and bad weather in the winter season its trade bonus is somewhat decreased.
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Sugar Refinery
Sugar Refinery gives the moderate bonus to the trade, which is greater in the warmer summer season, but also are not very low in winter since the sugar plantation are mostly in the warm middle eastern regions. It also gives a slight health bonus to the province.
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Marble Workshop
Marble Workshop gives high bonus to the trade in region and also increase the happiness due the masterpieces made of it.
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Wool Farm
Wool Farm provides the basic cycle of cloth manufacturing without dyeing or finishing of the woven product. Its trade impact is beyound average but somewhat increases in the winter time, when the mass sheep shearing occurs.
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Trappers Hut
Trappers Hut provides the high bonus to the trade as well as a happiness increase if there are furs resources in region. The bonus is much higher in the winter fur hunting season.
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Glass Blower
Glass Blower adds big bonus to the trade of the region and also encorages the peolple happiness with a state of art masterpieces.
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Saltern
The saltern gives the city high trade bonus based on the level of market city has.
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Bakery
Bakery provides the settlement with a fresh bread slightly increasing the population growth, happiness and trade of the region.
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Brewery
Brewery provides the settlement with fresh beer slightly increasing the happiness and trade of the region.
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Small Jewish Synagogue
Small Jewish Synagogue
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Hesychast Hermitage
A Hesychast Hermitage converts a moderate percentage of the region to Orthodox and improves happiness.
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Cenobitic Hermitage
Cenobitic Monasticism converts a moderate percentage of the region to Orthodox and improves happiness.
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Dungeon
Dungeon improves law but decreases happiness.
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Scholarium
A scholarium is necessary for the civilian education and offers a happiness bonus.
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Hagia Sophia
A Hagia Sophia increases happiness and loyality.
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Bayt al Hikma
A Bayt al Hikma increases happiness and loyality.
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Moskovskiy Kreml
A Moskovskiy Kreml increases happiness and loyality.
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| Castle Buildings List |
Motte and Bailey (Upgrade)
A Motte and Bailey is a simple, defensible outpost, little more than a watchtower and protective fence.
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Ballista Towers
Ballista Towers provide the defenders with enough firepower to keep attackers at bay.
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Stables
A Stable allows for the recruitment of basic cavalry units.
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Mustering Hall
Men must be gathered, selected and trained if military strength is to be maintained.
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Bowyer
A Bowyer allows for the recruitment of basic missile units.
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Ballista Maker
A Ballista Maker allows the construction of ballista siege weaponry.
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Gunsmith
A Gunsmith allows the construction of a bombard cannon.
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Leather Tanner
A Leather Tanner offers the most basic armour improvements to new and retrained units.
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War Harbour
A War Harbor can build the warships needed for a strong fleet.
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Dirt Roads
Dirt Roads increase the movement speed of units that travel along them, as well as improve trade.
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Land Clearance
Land Clearance allows a region to begin producing enough food to encourage growth.
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Mines
Mines increase the trade income generated by metal deposits in the region.
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Amber Route
An Amber Route improves taxable trade income and increases the people's happiness
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Small Orthodox Chapel
A Small Chapel converts a very small percentage of the region to Orthodox Christianity, and improves happiness.
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Swordsmiths' Guild
A Swordsmiths' Guild house allows trained melee units to upgrade their weaponry by retraining in the same settlement.
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Horse Breeders' Guild
A Horse Breeders' Guild improves the quality of cavalry units recruited in the region.
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Forging Shop
Forging Shop provides the basic melee weapon upgrade. Local resource of iron or tin provides the material to work.
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Joiner's Shop
Working with the local resource of timber Joiner's Shop reduces the costs of the wooden buildings and ships. Also it provides better material for the bows and crossbows.
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Mercenary Camp
A Mercenary Camp decreases happiness and loyality. But if new mercenaries arrive from time to time in the camp, a trader will propose them to you.
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Kiev Rus, A.D. 1180 Summer
