

Trees and shrubs also count and are faster to move than structures. These awards will provide a newly starting Island with some valuable money, experience points and even piastres, and will only cost you some time in return. Some awards can be very easily achieved in the beginning of the game.

Note: The Palace buildings bonuses in the below tables stack (So a Grand Palace provides a total of 26g in taxes and 9 trade posts, for instance)Īll building lines share the same basic requirements as described below.

However, the long construction times of the buildings mean that building a complete Family Palace will be a multi-generational process.Ī Family Palace is only destroyed if the Patrician family has no male family members left. A Family Palace can't be conquered, revoked or given away, nor can it be besieged.īecause a Family Palace can't be lost, provides unique bonuses, and its buildings do not have technology requirements, it should be a high priority for upgrades. When raised, its levies will appear in the patrician's regular capital if the patrician holds no other territory, the levies appear in the capital of the republic. Since it does not represent a single physical structure, it is not located in any particular province. The Family Palace is always passed to the heir of the dynasty - either the eldest member or the Designated Heir. Representing a collection of owned businesses and properties rather than feudal owned land, the Family Palace provides a unique construction tree of buildings that provide bonuses to the Patrician's stats and army. A Family Palace is a special type of holding unique to patricians of a merchant republic.
