House

Housing forms the heart of any settlement, providing the porcos who live and work there a place to rest comfortably and avoid illnesses as they go about their lives. Although the number of options can be daunting at first, all Houses function in roughly the same way by providing better (or worse) living conditions for a single resident family.

Each Building Level offers up to four House types:

Slum

Rustic House

Comfortable (Large) House

Apartment

Population Effects[]

When players invest in better Housing for their porcos, it has three primary effects on the population:

Maximum Population Boost: More porcos will be available to work in the city, and their increased population needs provide opportunities for more State income through Privileges, Taxation, or Trade Routes (with Barter).

Faster Population Growth: Growth at each population level will be higher, allowing you to recruit Units more quickly and support more of them at once. The softcap for "maximum population" is reached whenever growth drops to +/- 0 Actives per generation.

Extra Intelligence: Your porcos will become smarter, encouraging the discovery of new Ideas and improving their success rate at researching new Knowledges. However, each increase in Intelligence lowers your maximum population slightly.

These effects make House construction one of the most important aspects of advancing your civilization. However, it will often be a slow, expensive process due to the large amount of resources you need to collect for it and the absence of any rent mechanics to directly recoup your costs.

Buildings[]

Building Level	Unlocked By	Build Cost	Life Quality	Health Bonus
1	Free	Self-Builds	1	-5
1	Sedentism	1 Hammers 1 Leather	5	6
1	Stone Building Mud Building Property	2 Hammers 2 Wood 2 Leather 2 Mud	8	8
2	50% of Houses: Level 2+	Self-Builds	2	-5
2	Metallurgy Stone Building Mud Building	1 Axes 1 Mudbricks 1 Wood 1 Stone	12	10
2	Bronze Working Builders Mud Bricks Property	1 Shovels 2 Mud Bricks 2 Stone 1 Planks	17	12
3	50% of Houses: Level 3+	Self-Builds	3	-5
3	Bronze Working Masonry	1 Shovels 2 Bricks 2 Planks	20	15
3	Iron Working Stonecutting Plaster	1 Saws 1 Plaster 1 Stoneblocks 3 Planks	26	17
4	50% of Houses: Level 4+	Self-Builds	4	-5
4	Iron Working Construction Foremanship Masonry Plaster Architects	2 Saws 2 Plaster 2 Bricks 2 Planks	28	20
4	Arch Building Iron Working Architects Masonry Plaster	1 Pickaxes 4 Plaster 4 Stoneblocks 4 Planks	34	22
4	Multistorey building Iron Working Quarrying	10 Saws 3 Plaster 5 Stoneblocks 5 Planks	28	18

Capacity[]

To determine how many Houses you need for a city, divide each population by the capacity for that type. Use the highest resulting number from that. Alternatively, you can count the number of Slums () that self-build to reach the same amount.

House Type	Living Space per Building
House Type	Porcos	Piglets	Sows	Oldpigs
	1	6	1	1
	1	6	1	1
	1	6	1	1
	2	12	2	2