Settlements

Settlements are the main Resource in the game, spawning Tribesmen, and generating Mana to power all of your abilities. Larger settlements will generate stronger Tribesmen, and more Mana, so getting large Settlements down early is important to Snowballing your way to victory on a map. Settlements size are only dependent on the amount of flat terrain surrounding them, meaning that as soon as there is enough room for a settlement to expand, it will.

Settlement Mana production can be increased by Forests, however Forests can be set ablaze, causing more damage to an area and Scorching the land.

They range in strength from one tile of land - a tent, up to 25 tiles which creates a fort.

The land surrounding the settlement changes to the colour of the tribe that owns it. Flags appear when the settlement has a populant present. By allowing the flag to reach the top of it’s flag pole a new populant is produced at their full and intended settlement strength.

Smaller settlements take longer to produce a populant and they will also be weaker. You can customize the speed at which flags raise in the ‘Island Overview’ options panel.

In certain game if you have Kindle on you will be able to select the kindle tool and pop the populant out earlier, however this will produce a weaker populant than if they were left to wait for their flag to reach the top of it’s pole.