Lumber Mill

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Cities cannot be sustained by mere burning and binding of faggots and twigs any more than men may live by eating raw grain or fish-scales. Hence, a dedicated facility to convert raw harvested Timber into components for the use of mankind is required: the Lumber Mill.

The Lumber Mill's main job is increasing the output of Timber produced by Logging Camps located within the radius of your Settlements. While it can do so from the beginning it is erected, the magnitude of Timber output can be increased by researching Woodworking upgrades - with a total of 3 levels. Additionally, the Lumber Mill also hosts Construction upgrades, which increase buildings' construction speed and durability. These upgrades are also vital as they help unlock a plethora of new units, particularly ships and siege weaponry.

A Lumber Mill will always require Level 1 Commerce Commerce except for the the Phrygians who begin with on in their starting city in normal scenarios, and the Mitanni who have no restrictions whatsoever.

Upgrades[edit | edit source]

Woodworking Woodworking[edit | edit source]

In Rise of the Ancients,

  • Level 1 (Carpentry) is blocked for Roundel Haudenosaunee.png Roundel chavin.png Xianyu.png Roundel nahua.png Roundel olmec.png Roundel sibir.png Roundel afrika.png.
  • Level 2 (Artisanship) is blocked for Roundel scythoi.png Indians Roundel media.png Rasenna Germans Roundle belgae.png Roundle nub.png.
  • Level 3 is restricted to Phoenicians
NAME GRANTS ACCESS TO COST
and
REQUIREMENTS
LEADS TO
Carpentry
Carpentry

Cities cannot be sustained by mere burning and binding of faggots and twigs any more than men may live by eating raw grain or fish-scales.

  • Prereqs:
    • Level 2: Loremastery Science
    • Level 2: Commodity Money Commerce
  • Increases output of timber from Logging Camps in a settlement with a Lumber Mill by Level 1.
  • 150Metal; 150Food
  • Time to complete: Medium
Artisanship Woodworking
Artisanship
Artisanship

A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that. —Ambrose Bierce

  • Prereqs:
    • Carpentry Woodworking
    • Forage Logistics
  • Increases output of timber from Logging Camps in a settlement with a Lumber Mill by Level 2

Resource cost:

  • 250Metal; 250Food
  • Time to complete: Long
  • Timber Trade Woodworking
Timber Trade
Timber Trade

"I searched for you over twenty leagues until I saw the towering cedar. There is no wood like you in our land!"

Epic of Gilgamesh
  • Prereqs:
    • Artisanship Woodworking
    • Level 5: Land Development Commerce
    • Agricultural Diversification Agronomics
  • Increases output of timber from Logging Camps in a settlement with a Lumber Mill by Level 3.

Resource cost:

  • 450Metal; 450Food
  • Time to complete: Very long


Construction Construction[edit | edit source]

In Rise of the Ancients,

  • Tier 2 (Crafts Specialisation) is restricted to Roundel yin.png Babylon Indians Roundel media.png Roundel hatti.png Phoenicians Roundel greek.png Roundle qmt.png Roundle nub.png Roundel olmec.png.
  • Tier 3 (Geometry) is restricted to Roundel yin.png Babylon Indians Roundle qmt.png Roundle nub.png Roundel olmec.png.
NAME GRANTS ACCESS TO COST
and
REQUIREMENTS
LEADS TO
Construction
Construction

"I’ll pile a huge mountain round about their port!" —The Odyssey

  • Prereqs: Level 2: Loremastery Science
  • Increases construction speed and building hitpoints

Resource cost:

  • 80Wealth.jpg, 80Timber.jpg
  • Crafts Specialisation Construction
  • Earthworks Fortification
  • Assédio.jpg
  • Tower.png
  • Keep
Crafts
Specialisation

Crafts Specialisation

"Intelligence, considered in what seems to be its original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial objects."

—Henri Bergson
  • Prereqs:
    • Construction
    • Literacy Pedagogics
  • Increases construction speed and building hitpoints

Resource cost:

  • 150Wealth.jpg, 150Timber.jpg

Prereqs:

  • Crafts Specialisation
  • Literacy
  • Geometry
  • Advanced Metalsmithing Metallurgy
  • Crennelation Fortification
  • Battram ico.png
Geometry
Geometry

"Geometry is almost the only subject as to which we find truths wherein all men agree."

—Blaise Pascal
  • Prereqs:
    • Crafts Specialisation;
    • Axial Age [3]
    • Level 6: Deductive Reasoning Science
  • Increases construction speed and building hitpoints

Resource cost:

  • 350Wealth; 350Timber.jpg
  • Time to complete: Medium
  • Defensive Architecture Fortification
  • Siege Tower
  • Bireme