Buildings Ratio

Since the number of building licenses we can have is limited, it is good if we can make the best of whatever buildings we have.

In order to do this we need to consider several things:

1 - What type of buildings we need the most
2 - How many buildings within a production line we need to have (ie, building ratios)
3 - What resources do we need to build them
4 - Where should they be placed - and at what distance from storehouses and mining resources

I cannot answer the first question because that depends on what you want to do with the game! But, if you go adventuring a lot, you will need weaponsmiths and smelters and all the bread related buildings and brew!
(and perhaps a few horses and bows on the side...)

The second point is the one that I want to answer here.

For that click on the link below:
http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/18372-Guide-The-ratio-for-building-placement

This link takes you to a page which tells you that, for instance to have a successful brewery (without ever running out of wheat and water...) you need:

2 farms
1 water well
1 brewery

This is the ratio that you need. And if you level everything at the same time you will never incur in the risk of running out of wheat or water.

But, if your brewery is levelled three, should the well be level three as well? Seems like a waste of resources since wells, unlike farms, will collapse after they run out of resources and will have to be built again (and you've lost all those tools that you used for the upgrades...)

Well, wells are cheap, so you can probably put 3 level one wells, instead of 1 level three well... it's as simple as that. Level up your farms and place more wells (or get a watermill... which will be worth levelling up also).

The next thing you will have to consider is the placement of the farms and brewery in relation to the storehouse. Because, if your farms are too far away and the brewery is too close, it might still run out of wheat.

So you need to look at the placement and the production times.

But that's for the next post - which will have some links to some youtube videos that can help you with this!

Hope you are all well!
nim.