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Basic guide - what to build and how much of it
By Michael
Basic build for every city to not have to worry about food - or anything else for that matter.
   
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Category: Gameplay Basics, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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8 Jul, 2018 @ 5:58am
14 Feb, 2021 @ 3:29am
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Guide Index
Overview
What to build 
Gods, priests and work 
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What to build
With this build I produce around 4800 food, workes eat less than 1800 of it, so 3000+ goes for trade and what ever you need it for.

1 Palace
11 Noblemen
98 Farms
3 Entertainers
5-6 Priests
4 Scribes (taxes)

10 Servants
12 Luxury shops
40 Common shops
6 Bakers

10 Brick works
4-6 Brick layers
8+ Papyrus makers
3 Weapon workshops (for trade)
6 Granaries

1 Shipyard
1 Stone carver

1 School
1-2 Apotecary
1-2 Hospitals
1-2 Cult temple (City patron + Osiris)
4-6 Temple (Osiris, Isis, Bast, M'at, Hapi, Amun)
4-5 Shrines

Layout, save game file.
I got a couple of request on the city layout. Since every map is different, i think its best that you take a look at a save game instead:
Download it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/153YzyzJH4xE67BzJbZ9DjqiEInbjk1nz/view?usp=sharing
Gods, priests and work
The first priest
At the start of the game, I start with 1 school, 1 mortary, 1 apotheracy and 1 hospital and let 1 priest take cary of it all.

When people start complaining about worship, I start to build these shrines:

  • Anubis
  • Hapi
  • Osiris
  • Hathor
  • Isis
  • Ra

When I get my second graduate, I aim for another priest.
Third graduate goes to become a Scribe and Assess taxes.

There are 14 gods in the game:
Osiris - All adults
Bast - Adults
Ma’at - Adults
Hapi – Adults

Amun - Patron of adult peasants
Ptah - Patron of adult shopkeepers and craftsmen

Isis - Patron of elite women and housewives
Horus - Patron of elite men and elite children
Anubis - Adults, especially elite

Hathor - Patron of entertainers
Ra - Patron of overseers and laborers

Thoth - Patron of scribes
Sobek -Patron of city guards and commanders
Set - Patron of soldiers and commanders
7 Comments
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Professor Winter 28 Apr, 2021 @ 3:14pm 
Isn't a guide like this counter-intuitive to the game itself?
YUUUP!!! 8 Mar, 2021 @ 6:58am 
Why would you want to simply copy someone elses layout? if your having to do that, you've missed the point in this game.
Michael  [author] 7 Feb, 2021 @ 5:27am 
Hello everybody. I added a link to a save game file where you can study the layout and mechanics of my strategy. Hope it helps!
Imhotep 4 May, 2020 @ 3:46pm 
I am afraid this is profoundly erroneous.
Meg RB 19 Nov, 2019 @ 5:39am 
Without seeing the layout, it's difficult to see how this works. But even on paper this just doesn't add up. I don't see how 5-6 priests could run a Cult temple, 4-6 temples, 4-5 shrines, 1-2 Hospitals, 1-2 Apothecaries, 1 school...and you didn't have a mortuary?

It took me 10 Priests to run 1 Cult temple, 3 Temples, 6 shrines, 2 hospitals, 2 apothecaries, 1 mortuary and 1 school. I dedicated 4 priests to the Gods, 3 to healthcare, 2 to all services, 1 to funerary service.

Also, there's a big gap at building. You had no overseers or laborers? How did you build any of those temples without them?

There's also no Court of Law listed.
Nathan 16 Nov, 2019 @ 7:02am 
I mean, this is essentially useless. It's fine telling us how many of things you have, but without an actual layout for the city it's impossible to make any use of it
mountain_girl_89 15 Jul, 2019 @ 3:46am 
can you show a layout? I would love to see where you put stuff!