Encomienda Manor
Encomienda Manor is a Portuguese Commerce Age Church technology that exchanges a 20% gathering bonus from Farms and Mills for a 5% gathering penalty on other resources. Treaty of Tordesillas must first be sent from the Home City.
Research profile
- Age
- Commerce Age
- Civilization
- Portuguese
- Research location
- Church
- Home City Card
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- Research time
- 15 seconds
Effect & research conditions
Research takes 15 seconds at the Church. Villagers gather 20% faster from Farms and Mills, while their gathering work rate for other resources falls by 5%. Fishing Boats are unaffected. The effect therefore changes the relative value of land-based Food and other resource assignments; it does not increase every worker or every source of Food.
Research condition
Portuguese; Commerce Age; Church; requires Treaty of Tordesillas Home City Card; 15 seconds.
When to research
The exchange favors an economy centered on Farms and Mills: workers there gain 20%, while workers collecting other resources work 5% more slowly. Research before shifting Villagers heavily to Coin, Wood or hunting, and compare the value of the boosted Food supply with the penalty across the rest of the economy. Portuguese access begins in the Commerce Age at a Church; the short 15-second research time does not remove the need to plan around the trade-off.
A focused Food bonus with an economy-wide drawback
Encomienda Manor raises Villager gathering from Farms and Mills by 20%. Gathering work rate for other resources is reduced by 5%. It therefore rewards concentrating workers on the named Food buildings and can slow a mixed economy that relies on several other resources.
Portuguese Church research
Portuguese can research the technology at a Church from the Commerce Age. Research takes 15 seconds. Its value is highest when Farms and Mills are already doing substantial work; changing to those sources just to activate the bonus can require additional investment and travel time.