Pastures
Building Chain
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Building Levels
Level 1 -
Grazing Pastures
There are farms that are little more than tiny, muddy fields, on which graze scrawny goats or cattle with shrivelled udders.
While the word "pasture" may conjure up some sun-drenched meadow, this is usually far from the truth. Squalid fields with little grass are all a smallholder can hope for. Even they must be defended against the ever-encroaching forest, for the Empire is primarily woodland and the trees do not give ground easily!
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Casualty replenishment rate: +4% |
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Growth: +30 |
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Recruitment cost: -20% for Pistoliers and Outriders units |
Level 2 -
Livestock Pens
Larger cattle farms have more land and better, more permanent, housing for the animals they keep.
While smallholders farming a tiny tract of land with a miserable little herd will be lucky to have a shelter at all, larger farms may even manage a barn or two. Better kept animals will produce more milk and higher quality meat, unless of course the farm is raided, destroyed by invading armies or taxed out of existence – all of which are common occurrences!
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Casualty replenishment rate: +6% |
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Growth: +40 |
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Recruitment cost: -25% for Pistoliers and Outriders units |
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Recruit rank: +1 for Pistolier and Outrider units |
Level 3 -
Cattle Ranch
Milk and beef from cows, mutton, pork, and goat are all valuable commodities in a hungry nation.
Soldiers cannot march on empty stomachs, and so large cattle farming operations are needed to prevent famine and make a hefty profit for their owners too. The more industrial-scale farms are almost always owned by the nobility, but an increasing few have come under the sway of Burgomeisters as well.
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Casualty replenishment rate: +8% |
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Growth: +50 |
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Recruitment cost: -30% for Pistoliers and Outriders units |
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Recruit rank: +2 for Pistolier and Outrider units |
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Upkeep: -3% for Pistoliers and Outriders units |
Faction Availability
Empire
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New World Colonies |
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Pirates of Sartosa |
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Sudenburg |
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Border Princes |
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Border Princes Rebels |
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Estalia |
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Estalia Rebels |
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Tilea |
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Tilea Rebels |
