Buildings

In Lord of Ultima, players must construct and upgrade several buildings in order to create new units, and to improve their standings among other potential Lords.

Buildings

Here are the various buildings that can be constructed:

File:Lou building townhall.png	Town Hall	Provides basic storage and wood production. Also determines the maximum number of buildings in a city. Only one can be built in each city. Cannot be totally demolished or destroyed.
File:Lou building hut.png	Woodcutter's Hut	Produces wood. Neighboring woods, cottages, or a sawmill will increase productivity.
File:Lou building cottage.png	Cottage	Increases the construction speed of all build orders in a city. Also increases productivity of bordering resource buildings.
File:Lou building storage.png	Warehouse	Increases the storage capacity for all resources. Neighboring sawmill, stonemason, mill or foundry will increase storage capacity.
File:Lou building stone quarry.png	Quarry	Produces stone. Neighboring rocks, cottages, or a stonemason will increase productivity.
File:Lou building hideout.png	Hideout	Allows safe storage of resources, preventing them from being plundered. Neighboring woods increases storage capacity.
File:Lou building farm.pngFile:Lou building resource corn.png	Farm	Produces food by placing crops in any neighboring field. Neighboring lakes, cottages and mills will increase productivity.
File:Lou building mine.png	Iron Mine	Produces iron. Neighboring ore, cottages, or a foundry will increase productivity.
File:Lou building townhouse.png	Townhouse	Enables taxation of gold. Neighboring marketplaces or harbors will increase revenue.
File:Lou building market place.png	Marketplace	Allows transport of resources between cities and enables trade with other players by land.
File:Lou building harbour.png	Harbor	Allows for the transport of resources between cities and enables you to trade with other players by sea.
File:Lou building lumber mill.png	Sawmill	Increases the efficiency of neighboring wood production.
File:Lou building stonecutter.png	Stonemason	Increases the efficiency of neighboring stone production.
File:Lou building mill.png	Mill	Increases the efficiency of neighboring food production.
File:Lou building iron furnace.png	Foundry	Increases the efficiency of neighboring iron production.
File:Lou building cityguard house.png	City Guard House	Allows recruitment of City Guards.
File:Lou building barracks.png	Barracks	Increases the maximum army size of a city. Increases the recruitment speed of neighboring unit buildings.
File:Lou building casern.png	Training Ground	Allows recruitment of infantry units.
File:Lou building stables.png	Stable	Allows recruitment of cavalry units.
File:Lou building mage tower large.png	Moonglow Tower	Allows recruitment of caster units. Also enables purification of resources for research.
File:Lou building temple.png	Trinsic Temple	Allows recruitment of blessed units and Barons.
File:Lou building weapon factory.png	Workshop	Allows recruitment of siege units.
File:Lou building shipyard.png	Shipyard	Allows recruitment of naval units.
File:Lou units wall.png	City Wall	Increases the defense of units against attacks. Cannot be totally demolished or destroyed.
File:Lou units wall tower lookout.png	Lookout Tower	Enables incoming attacks to be seen sooner.
File:Lou units wall tower ranger.png	Ranger Tower	Increases the defense of rangers or city guard units against attacks.
File:Lou units wall tower ranger.png	Ranger Tower	Increases the defense of rangers or city guard units against attacks.
File:Lou units wall tower guardians.png	Guardian Tower	Increases the defense of guardians or city guard units against attacks.
File:Lou units wall tower templar.png	Templar Tower	Increases the defense of templars or city guard units against attacks.
File:Lou units wall tower cannon.png	Ballista Tower	Increases the defense of ballista or city guard units against attacks.
File:Lou units wall tower fallgrube.png	Pitfall Trap	Decreases the effectiveness of a limited number of enemy infantry units.
File:Lou units wall tower barricade.png	Barricade	Decreases the effectiveness of a limited number of enemy cavalry units.
File:Lou units wall tower antimagie.png	Arcane Trap	Decreases the effectiveness of a limited number of enemy mage units.
File:Lou units wall tower nebel.png	Camouflage Trap	Decreases the effectiveness of a limited number of enemy artillery units.
File:Lou building stronghold.png	Castle	Construction of the Castle allows a lord to plunder, assault, or siege other cities. Only one Castle can be built in each city. Cannot be totally demolished or destroyed.
File:Lou building palace.png	Palace	Once a city has been enlightened it can begin dedicating resources towards the construction of a palace. Palaces increase the alliance's faith in the Virtues.

Special Buildings

These buildings are obtained in special ways, and may have special requirements.

	Tax Collector	Increases the total gold production of a city.
	Toolmaker’s Hut	Increases the wood, stone, iron and food production of a city.
	Large Warehouse	Increases the wood, stone, iron and food storage capacity of a city.
	Large City Fountain	Increases the building limit of a city.
	Wheelwright	Increases the amount of trading carts of a city.
	Harbor Master	Increases the amount of merchant ships of a city.
	Dragon's Lair	Allows Dragon Eggs to be converted into Dragon units. (Introduced for Spring 2013 event)

Natural Resources

Natural resources will be randomly distributed throughout the city. These nodes can be destroyed, if desired.

File:Lou building resource stone.png	Stone
File:Lou building resource forest.png	Forest
File:Lou building resource iron.png	Iron
File:Lou building resource lake.png	Water

Trivia

• At release, the buildings did not originally use the Ultima names. The Mage's Tower was renamed to Moonglow Tower and the Temple was renamed to Trinsic Temple to better link the game to the rest of the series.

See Also

• Building Construction Information