Upgrading Your Settlement If you expand your collective land up to a minimum of nine (9) parcels in more or less a square, build a Tavern, and grow the number of community members from 10 to 25, your Hamlet becomes a village.
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Historically, Norse colonization of the New World was totally brief and unfruitful. But what if they had some more luck?
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Who is the leader of settlements?
Settlements are established and led by the Aristocracy, the Mayors, Magistrates, and Barons. It is possible to transition from landed Gentry to Aristocracy by following a path of development for your land, growing it from one kind of settlement or another.
What happens if a villager owns 20% of a village?
If a villager was to own 20% of a village's land, they could sell that land to another character without land, thu s making someone else an Elder. If that land was sold to an existing Elder, they may become a majority shareholder, and would gain more control.
What does it mean to incorporate a settlement?
Incorporating a settlement means that land is transferred from the owner of the land to being owned by the settlement, becoming the property of the settlement. The town council generally votes on town-wide matters, with votes weighted by how much land was contributed to the settlement. The more land that is donated to the settlement by you, the more your vote counts.
Is there special UI in a village?
As a hamlet/village, there's no special UI and they basically just work with their fellow hamlet or village elders to decide where to put plots of food, wells, and other small buildings. That’s it. Beyond that they can play however they want.
Do villages have a military counterpart?
Hamlets, Villages, Towns, etc. each have a military counterpart. These military counterparts work much the same, except they are defensive structures, typically smaller, and are funded at least in part via contracts with Dukes. These are currently referred to as Outposts, Garrisons, Forts, Keeps, and Strongholds.
Establishing Settlements
Settlement Ownership
- Ref.: Mayors of settlements (towns+) are effectively a "guild leader" with a town/city council (aka officers) who have the potential to collectively own more than the mayor's settlement ownership rights. A baron on the other hand has less potential to be overthrown compared to a mayor because they theoretically have more resources as a baron due to their increased responsibility …
Selling Land
- If a villager was to own 20% of a village's land, they could sell that land to another character without land, thus making someone else an Elder. If that land was sold to an existing Elder, they may become a majority shareholder, and would gain more control. Similar politics apply at the town and city levels. If you own multiple parcels, you could sell some of them. But you can't sell …
The Settlement Owning Land
- Ref.: Incorporating a settlement means that land is transferred from the owner of the land to being owned by the settlement, becoming the property of the settlement. The town council generally votes on town-wide matters, with votes weighted by how much land was contributed to the settlement. The more land that is donated to the settlement by you, t...
Roaming Settlements
- It will be possible, when ocean travel is possible, to have ships that can act like settlements in the same way that wagons can. This is important because it allows players to make longer voyages while not having to manually maintain thirst and hunger. Just like wagons, not all ships are roaming settlements and they aren't specific to one particular tribe.