Nomadic Pastoralism (husbandry)

Levels at a glance

	Level	Cost	Build time	Minimum settlement	Upgrades to		Level	Cost	Build time	Minimum settlement	Upgrades to
	Nomad Communal Herding (Husbandry)	750	2	town	Water Covenants (Husbandry)		Water Covenants (Husbandry)	1,500	3	large town	Breeding Stock Exchanges (Husbandry)
	Breeding Stock Exchanges (Husbandry)	2,500	4	city	—

Costs in denarii, build time in turns.

Nomad Communal Herding (Husbandry)

The basic nomadic existence, herding the flocks in close tribal cooperation

In nomadic society all business is the tribes business and the tribes business is herding, though waging war is a close second. Herding on the plains involves protecting the animals from predators and raiders and moving them with the seasons so they never lack for water and grazing. In turn the tribe gains a continual supply of meat, dairy and hides. For greater protection the tribe now herds their flocks communally even though many of the animals remain the property of individual members. The tribesmen also greatly enjoy the hunting season, sometimes even performing a 'circle hunt' where riders form a wide circle before tightening it and driving all the animals caught within the circle together in a narrow space to be hunted.

Nomadic pastoralism is available here because this is either a steppes or a desert region. For nomadic factions it is also available in grassland regions. In deserts without sources of irrigation it may be the only farming option.

Note on the effects

Some levels of this building chain might have both positive and negative growth modifiers on the same building, this is due to a modding limitation. In these cases, all effects apply. So if it says +3 growth and -0.5 growth, your total growth is +2.5.

Tip: put any building in the building queue (and only that one) and look at the 'Settlement income' and 'Settlement details' tabs to see its complete effects highlighted in green and red.

Requirements: all of these must hold before this level can be built.

• Government Building (Dependency, Indirect Rule, Direct Rule or Homeland)
• Only one farm building allowed
• The region's terrain is Steppe or Desert; or the region's terrain is Grassland, and you play an Arab (other than Himyar, Qataban and Saba) or Scythian (other than Chorasmia and Scythians) faction, or Kush, Timbuktu, Libyans, Musulamii, Garamantes, Nasamones, Tyragetae, Olbia or Parni

What it does

• -1 population growth

Water Covenants (Husbandry)

An agreement between tribes over water rights, ensuring access along migration routes

On both the steppes and in the deserts the scarity of water is a significant limiter on the size of herds and on human habitation. Though nomadic tribes are not tied to any one location they need the surety that whenever they migrate there will be adequate water along the route for both man and beast. This problem can be resolved by making treaties with other tribes and sometimes even lowly sedentary farmers to share water resources, or rotate control over them. In the driest areas these groups might cooperate in building and maintaining wells, cisterns and marker cairns. Strict customs and social norms around the usage of this infrastructure evolved, such as prohibitions against denying water to travellers and against the misuse of the wells.

Nomadic pastoralism is available here because this is either a steppes or a desert region. For nomadic factions it is also available in grassland regions. In deserts without sources of irrigation it may be the only farming option.

Note on the effects

Some levels of this building chain might have both positive and negative growth modifiers on the same building, this is due to a modding limitation. In these cases, all effects apply. So if it says +3 growth and -0.5 growth, your total growth is +2.5.

Tip: put any building in the building queue (and only that one) and look at the 'Settlement income' and 'Settlement details' tabs to see its complete effects highlighted in green and red.

Requirements: all of these must hold before this level can be built.

• Government Building (Dependency, Indirect Rule, Direct Rule or Homeland)
• Only one farm building allowed
• The region's terrain is Steppe or Desert; or the region's terrain is Grassland, and you play an Arab (other than Himyar, Qataban and Saba) or Scythian (other than Chorasmia and Scythians) faction, or Kush, Timbuktu, Libyans, Musulamii, Garamantes, Nasamones, Tyragetae, Olbia or Parni

What it does

• -2 population growth

Breeding Stock Exchanges (Husbandry)

Regular echanges of breeding stock with other tribes to improve our herds

One advantage of moving all over the place is the ability to take in the best from all over. This applies to the livestock of the tribe above all. As we move across the steppes and deserts we meet with other tribes who often have animals to trade, to loan out or to put to stud. As such the animals with the very best properties can quickly have descendents in every herd across the wide breath of the plains. Along well travelled routes of trade and migration like the northern silk road there may even by designated points where livestock markets would regularly spring up before disbanding again. Such exchanges with other tribes often form the basis for actual alliances and perhaps even the formation of a tribal confederation to make the world tremble.

Nomadic pastoralism is available here because this is either a steppes or a desert region. For nomadic factions it is also available in grassland regions. In deserts without sources of irrigation it may be the only farming option.

Note on the effects

Some levels of this building chain might have both positive and negative growth modifiers on the same building, this is due to a modding limitation. In these cases, all effects apply. So if it says +3 growth and -0.5 growth, your total growth is +2.5.

Tip: put any building in the building queue (and only that one) and look at the 'Settlement income' and 'Settlement details' tabs to see its complete effects highlighted in green and red.

Requirements: all of these must hold before this level can be built.

• Government Building (Dependency, Indirect Rule, Direct Rule or Homeland)
• Only one farm building allowed
• The region's terrain is Steppe or Desert; or the region's terrain is Grassland, and you play an Arab (other than Himyar, Qataban and Saba) or Scythian (other than Chorasmia and Scythians) faction, or Kush, Timbuktu, Libyans, Musulamii, Garamantes, Nasamones, Tyragetae, Olbia or Parni
• You play an Arab (other than Himyar, Qataban and Saba) or Scythian (other than Chorasmia and Scythians) faction, or Kush, Timbuktu, Libyans, Musulamii, Garamantes, Nasamones, Tyragetae, Olbia or Parni

What it does

• -3 population growth

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