Rulesets

Overview

During game set-up, players can choose from 4 pre-made rulesets for the game. Alternatively, players can choose Custom, and customise their ruleset by toggling individual rules.

Rulesets

Rulesets	Description
Casual	Enjoy a relaxed and easy-going game with minimal challenges.
Classic	Play the game as intended. Perfect for your first playthrough.
Challenge	A difficult mode suited for meticulous strategists.
Creative	Build freely and focus on creation without economic constraints.
Custom	Players choose their rules from the list below.

Rules

Rules	Description
Tutorial	Turns on onboarding quests and locks certain development steps so as to walk the player through the first steps of their village. Also prevents starting zones from appearing on islands.
Ever Happy Population	Prevents villager Happiness from dropping below 100%.
Invulnerable Army	Makes the player's Combatants invulnerable.
Unlimited Coins	Gives the player unlimited Gold Coins.
Cosmetic Construction	Allows instant completion of some or all stages in building construction with no resource costs.
Optional Events	Toggles optional Events such as fairs.
Nondepletable Small Mineral Deposits	Causes small Stone and Iron Ore deposits to never run out.
Prospect All Minerals	Causes all mountain mines to be already prospected and identifiable at the start of the game.
Upgrade Trade Routes	Upgrades all trade routes to level 4.
Unlock all Unlockables	Causes the Progression Tree to be fully unlocked at the start of the game.
Own All Territories	Unlocks all territories for use and removes territory upkeep costs.
Environmental Resource Regrowth	Controls the rate at which Berries, Boar and Fish regrow.
Territory Upkeep Cost	Controls the rate of territory upkeep costs.
Villager Happiness to Leave	Controls the happiness level at which villagers will leave the settlement.
Resource Reward Quantity	Controls the rate of resource rewards from Quests.
Influence Reward Quantity	Controls the rate of Influence rewards from Quests.
Military Mission Hazard	Controls the danger levels of military missions.
Trade Routes Resource Volume	Controls the maximum tradeable volume of trade routes.
Residential Taxation Revenue	Controls the rate of income from residential taxation.
Workplace Production Time	Controls the speed at which buildings produce resources.