Open Field Pasturing (husbandry)

Levels at a glance

	Level	Cost	Build time	Minimum settlement	Upgrades to		Level	Cost	Build time	Minimum settlement	Upgrades to
	Open Field Pasturing (Husbandry)	700	2	town	Enclosures (Husbandry)		Enclosures (Husbandry)	2,100	4	large town	Breeding Farms (Husbandry)
	Breeding Farms (Husbandry)	4,200	6	city	Great Droveways (Husbandry)		Great Droveways (Husbandry)	6,400	8	large city	Livestock Estates (Husbandry)
	Livestock Estates (Husbandry)	8,500	10	huge city	—

Costs in denarii, build time in turns.

Open Field Pasturing (Husbandry)

Unenclosed fields for grazing livestock

This region boasts many open grasslands that might have been used for growing grain but instead animal grazing has become the dominant land use. While animal husbandry is not as efficient at feeding large numbers of people, it can be very profitable. Simply letting our herds graze freely is also a very easy way of utilizing these lands.

Livestock farms are available here because it is a grassland, small island/rocky coast, river valley or floodplain region. Note that nomadic factions prefer nomadic pastoralism in grassland region instead.

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
• Depends on the region's terrain and your faction (see the full conditions below)

What it does

• -1 population growth

Enclosures (Husbandry)

Enclosures for managing bigger herds and supporting a meat and dairy industry

Though open field grazing is an easy way to raise livestock putting up enclosures makes it a lot more clear what belongs to whom and it helps shelter the precious animals from predators and thieves alike. Keeping our herds penned also ensures a reliable source of meat for the town, part of which is salted and cured so that it can keep for winter or be traded to further destinations. While similarly the milk of sheep, cattle and goats is made into prized cheeses.

Livestock farms are available here because it is a grassland, small island/rocky coast, river valley or floodplain region. Note that nomadic factions prefer nomadic pastoralism in grassland region instead.

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
• Depends on the region's terrain and your faction (see the full conditions below)

What it does

• -2 population growth

Breeding Farms (Husbandry)

Decicated breeding farms for producing high-quality livestock

As most animal products are luxuries the best way for this region to increase its exports is to gain a reputation for the highest quality meats, cheeses, wool and riding horses. This requires dedicated breeding farms where the breeding stock with the most desirable traits is preserved from the annual slaughter and where new, ever better, generations of animals are sired.

Livestock farms are available here because it is a grassland, small island/rocky coast, river valley or floodplain region. Note that nomadic factions prefer nomadic pastoralism in grassland region instead.

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
• Depends on the region's terrain and your faction (see the full conditions below)

What it does

• -3 population growth

Great Droveways (Husbandry)

Annual drive of cattle and other livestock to the cities for consumption

As this region has come to produce great quantities of meat, an offical route has developed to bring the livestock to the slaughterhouses near the great cities so that the rich can have their meat fresh. Anually great herds of cattle, pigs and even poultry such as geese, are marched down this road like a great hooved and feathered army. An army sent not to conquer but to grace the tables of our urban elites.

Livestock farms are available here because it is a grassland, small island/rocky coast, river valley or floodplain region. Note that nomadic factions prefer nomadic pastoralism in grassland region instead.

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
• Depends on the region's terrain and your faction (see the full conditions below)
• The region's terrain is not Small islands and rocky coast
• You play a Roman, Iranian, Egyptian, Western Hellenistic, Eastern Hellenistic, Indian, Phoenician, Anatolian (other than Paphlagonia) or Greek (other than Greek City States) faction, or Paeonia, Bithynia, Cabyle, Odrysian Kingdom, Kush, Nigirians, Armenia, Armenia Minor, Colchians, Iberians, Sophene, Commagene, Carmo, Asta, Arse or Chorasmia

What it does

• -5 population growth

Livestock Estates (Husbandry)

Elite ranches that produce luxury animal goods for significant profit.

Where once the Saltus was a word to describe the rough land of herdsmen it has now come to mean the greatest ranches of our most refined nobles. Our noblity no longer just feed from the trough, they have monopolized it as their great livestock estates now dot the once wild countryside. Pigs are raised in great numbers and are brought either live or cured into the cities. Cattle are in ever greater demand as well and this region has risen to meet it. Other estates breed cavalry horses for our armies and some estates even specialize in farming wild game such as boar, deer, rabbits and fowl for the most gourmet banquets.

Livestock farms are available here because it is a grassland, small island/rocky coast, river valley or floodplain region. Note that nomadic factions prefer nomadic pastoralism in grassland region instead.

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
• Depends on the region's terrain and your faction (see the full conditions below)
• The region's terrain is not Small islands and rocky coast or Floodplains delta
• You play a Roman, Iranian, Egyptian, Western Hellenistic, Eastern Hellenistic, Indian, Phoenician, Anatolian (other than Paphlagonia) or Greek (other than Greek City States) faction, or Paeonia, Bithynia, Cabyle, Odrysian Kingdom, Kush, Nigirians, Armenia, Armenia Minor, Colchians, Iberians, Sophene, Commagene, Carmo, Asta, Arse or Chorasmia

What it does

• -7 population growth
• -1 public order (happiness)

Traits and retinue

Traits