Choose the next constraint.
More production, more housing, military capacity, civic authority, trade, research, or defense—every branch solves a different problem.
Architecture of a dynasty
Twelve structures.
One village plan.
Every wall competes for stone, every worksite needs citizens, and every hour spent on infrastructure is an hour your rivals may be feeding their pyramids. Build the village your strategy actually needs.
The construction queue
Expansion is a question of timing.
Your village runs one construction project at a time. Choose a valid crew from your available working-age population, pay the resources up front, and decide which bottleneck matters most.
- 12
- building types
- 1
- active build queue
- 3
- construction resources
- 3–10
- maximum levels
Commit a crew.
Each structure accepts a different crew range. Larger crews shorten the build, with diminishing returns, while those citizens remain unavailable elsewhere.
Upgrade or multiply.
Some buildings allow several sites, while civic landmarks remain unique. Higher levels cost more, but deepen the purpose of the structure.
I / Production
Feed the people. Supply the monument.
Production buildings turn working-age citizens into the three resources that hold a dynasty together. Upgrades increase both worker room and the output of the citizens assigned there.
Limestone production
Limestone Quarry
The workhorse of expansion and ascension. Quarry crews cut the stone consumed by buildings and the five stages of the pyramid.
Level I supports 500 limestone workers; capacity and worker efficiency expand with upgrades.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 50
- Grain 30
- Obsidian 10
Grain production
Granary
The foundation of daily survival. Grain sustains citizens, builders, and troops, so a neglected harvest can undo the grandest plan.
Level I supports 300 grain workers; additional sites make it the broadest production network.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 40
- Grain 20
- Obsidian 5
Obsidian production
Obsidian Mine
Rare black glass drives advanced construction, troops, covenants, and the most efficient pyramid reserves.
Level I supports 400 obsidian workers and has the strongest per-level production growth of the three worksites.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 60
- Grain 35
- Obsidian 15
II / People & army
Give every generation a purpose.
Population is both your strength and your pressure. House it, decide how much of it can leave civilian work, and prepare for rivals who see an undefended storehouse.
Housing
Residences
A growing dynasty needs room for children, workers, and elders. Housing pressure reaches beyond comfort and into long-term population health.
Every completed residence level adds housing for 250 citizens to the village’s base capacity.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 30
- Grain 50
- Obsidian 5
Troop training
Training Grounds
Turn available recruits into spearmen, archers, and chariots without stopping the rest of your village.
Each completed site runs five training slots in parallel; higher levels reduce the time each unit needs.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 70
- Grain 60
- Obsidian 20
Civic landmark
Cloning Shrine
An ambitious specialist project for rulers planning beyond the immediate construction cycle. Its heavy mixed cost makes it a deliberate commitment.
The shrine reaches Level V and demands the largest starting grain investment in the building catalogue.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 100
- Grain 120
- Obsidian 40
III / Civic & knowledge
Open the systems that define a reign.
These landmarks unlock decisions beyond raw production: divine covenants, policies, personal prophecy, trade voyages, and recoverable knowledge.
Divine covenant
Temple of the God-King
The point where village signal meets ancient intelligence. Raise the first level to enter the Divine Council.
Level I unlocks one active machine-god covenant; this unique landmark can rise to Level V.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 150
- Grain 100
- Obsidian 60
Personal prophecy
Oracle Chamber
A chamber tuned to momentary possibilities. Its signal lets a ruler choose a temporary blessing for the current game year.
Level I unlocks one personal prophecy invocation per game year.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 120
- Grain 80
- Obsidian 70
Village policy
Council Hall
Where prosperity, pressure, labor, and defense become law. Policies shift one part of village life by accepting a cost elsewhere.
Level I opens the council: up to two policies may be active, with 24 hours between changes.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 100
- Grain 90
- Obsidian 40
Resource exchange
Trade Port
Send surplus downriver and receive the resource your current plan lacks. Cargo still needs space when it returns.
Ports open exchange voyages; more sites and levels add voyage capacity and shorten travel time.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 80
- Grain 50
- Obsidian 20
Research
Library of Knowledge
Recover techniques in accounting, geometry, navigation, preservation, and solar logistics through a branching research path.
Level I opens research; every further library level speeds projects by another 15%.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 90
- Grain 70
- Obsidian 30
IV / Defense
Make the easy raid someone else’s village.
A strong economy attracts attention. Fortification does not win the ascension race alone, but it changes what rivals must risk to interrupt you.
Village defense
Obsidian Guard Tower
A black-glass warning above the settlement. The tower’s completed level reinforces your defensive strength when a raid is resolved.
A dynasty may raise up to three tower sites, each with a maximum of eight levels.
Base Level I cost
- Limestone 120
- Grain 50
- Obsidian 80
The Temple changes the plan
Architecture opens the divine council.
Once the Temple of the God-King is standing, one of six machine-gods can shape your economy, defense, population, raids, or monument.
Plan the first stone
What will your village build first?
Found a dynasty, balance the construction queue, and turn twelve structures into one coherent path to ascension.