Other services must be provided to members of the city, such as culture, health care, and maintenance. After the stand owner collects goods from a nearby granary or storehouse, a peddler will start roaming around roads distributing available goods.

An agora is built on a road, and goods stands are placed on top of it. Food distribution works a bit differently from the previous games. It is even possible to coin currency - if a silver mine is available, the player can construct a mint which will produce a limited amount of drachmas yearly. Raw materials include wood (for triremes and monument building), bronze (armor and sculptures), marble (monument building), grapes ( wine), olives ( olive oil) and fleece (which can be directly sold to citizens). The percentage objectives were replaced by direct goals, such as treasury size, production rate, a monster slaying or conquering other cities.įood resources in this game are urchins, fish, pork, cheese, carrots, onions and wheat.

For a detailed overview of city building mechanics, see Series concepts and mechanicsĪs with other games in the series, the player must build a city on an empty plot of land of variable size and resources.