Homesteading
Homesteading is the Industrial Age continuation of the building-based Coin upgrade line. It increases Villager gathering from Estates, Coin-producing Rice Paddies, Fields and Haciendas by 20%; Hacienda Coin auto-gather also rises by 20%.
Research profile
- Civilization
- Europeans; Federal Americans
- Prerequisite
- Bookkeeping
- Research time
- 30 seconds
- Food cost
- 400
- Wood cost
- 400
- Effect
- Villager gather work rate for Estate, Rice Paddy (coin), Field (coin), and Hacienda (coin) +20%; Hacienda auto gather work rate for coin +20%
- Next technology
- Refineries
Effect
It follows Bookkeeping and improves the same listed Coin sources. It affects gathering and the Hacienda’s Coin auto-gather rate, not Coin produced by mines or Banks.
Research condition
Available in the Industrial Age at Estate, Hacienda; requires Bookkeeping. Research time: 30 seconds. Cost: 400 food, 400 wood. Civilization-specific building access can vary.
Research decision
Complete it when those renewable Coin buildings support a large, continuing share of the economy. If workers are still mining or the game is likely to end before the increased rate matters, use the resources elsewhere.
Coin economy from Estates and Haciendas
Homesteading is an Industrial Age technology for Europeans and Federal Americans, researched at an Estate or Hacienda. It requires Bookkeeping, costs 400 Food and 400 Wood and takes 30 seconds. It increases Villager gathering from Estates, Coin Rice Paddies, Coin Fields and Coin Haciendas by 20%; Hacienda automatic Coin gathering also increases by 20%.
Complete the estate upgrade path
The benefit applies to the named Coin sources, so check that workers or Haciendas will use them long enough to repay the cost. Bookkeeping is required and Refineries follow Homesteading. Compare the chain with immediate unit production and the economy’s access to safe Coin sources.