Food

Food is a basic resource

Your available Food, storage capacity, production rate and any bonuses to production, displays after you get some.

Access

Food appears, after you build your first Pasture, on Buildings.

• You need 10 Wood to build your first Pasture.

Construction required:
Construct	Requirement	Resource cost
Pasture	build on Buildings	Wood	10

• You can:
  • get Food from Pastures, on Buildings;
  • get Food from Farmers, on Jobs;
  • buy Food at Market;
  • find Food on expeditions, with Military; and
  • import Food, on a Trade mission, from the Dock.

Storage

Your maximum available Food is limited by storage capacity.

• Storage for Food is provided, by:
  • some buildings, on Buildings; and
  • Chests.

Storage provided:
Item	Amount
Warehouse	100
Towncenter	500
Chest	10

• Other factors increment storage.

Production

• Pastures on Buildings and Farmers on Jobs produce Food.

Food produced:
Producer	Rate
Pasture	0.2 per second
Farmer	0.4 per second

• Other factors increment Food production:

Bonuses to production:
Item	Amount
Sucellus	20% per Title
Bronze tools	20%
Steel tools	30%
War economy	10%
Insecticides	40%
Food mastery	depends on level
Global production	varies
Boost	× 2
Rush economy	30 minutes of production

• Bonuses also affect the quantity of resources brought in by a Cargo train.

Uses

Food is used to:

• construct, on Buildings;
• recruit and maintain, on Jobs;
• research; on Technologies;
• craft Supplies, on Crafting;
• recruit and maintain units, on Military ; and
• trade, on Dock.

Use of food:
Use	Item	Amount
craft	Supplies	500
research	Exploration	100
research	Iron foundry	200
research	Metallurgy	200
research	Iron sword	500
research	Exchange	800
research	Husbandry	2 500
research	Trade	7 000
research	Domestication	10 000
research	Finding	20 000
hire	Woodcutter	50
consume	Woodcutter	0.1 per second
hire	Smelter	50
consume	Smelter	0.1 per second
hire	Miner	50
consume	Miner	0.1 per second
hire	Foundryman	200
consume	Foundryman	0.1 per second
hire	Sailor	500
consume	Sailor	*0.2 per second
consume	Scientist	0.2 per second
consume	Marketer	0.2 per second
recruit	Pikeman	50
consume	Pikeman	0.1 per second
recruit	Swordman	150
consume	Swordman	0.4 per second
consume	Knight	2 per second
recruit	Medic	1 000
consume	Medic	0.4 per second
consume	Bersek	0.8 per second
consume	War elephant	10 per second
consume	Musketeer	0.4 per second
explore	Expedition	depends on army
construct	House	15 × 1.8n
export	Trade mission	varies
where 'n' is the number of the item

(*inconsistant with tooltip for v0.9.3 beta)

Other

• You can buy, at Market:
  • 400 Food for 1 Coin, before any bonuses; or
  • the maximum amount, your available Coin and storage capacity permits.

Bonuses to market ratios, increment the amount of Food per Coin.

Food on Market

The amount you get, with bonuses, for 1 Coin is displayed.

• A Cargo train can haul 15 Food per second before any bonuses.

• There is 20% chance to find Food, on expeditions, if no enemies appear.

• You can import Food with a Trade mission, from the Dock.

Trades for food:
Send	ratio	Receive
Chemicals	1 : 1 200	Food
Coal	1 : 150	Food
Copper	1 : 50	Food
Iron	1 : 80	Food
Mineral	5 : 3	Food
Sand	2 : 13	Food
Steel	1 : 800	Food
Tin	1 : 100	Food
Wood	2 : 1	Food