Human Female

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The information found here has been gleaned from multiple sources.  Thanks to all who help us understand how the game is played.

 

https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/sovereignty-made-simple_topic2262.html

https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/so-you-want-to-learn-to-craft_topic4848.html

https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/quick-guide-to-sieges_topic6413.html

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AumwLJzwY-1pdDRZZUx3Z2pEeHlzTENZb1pTbWVjcGc&pli=1#gid=8

 

Hunting

 

(NPC) Sizes & Modifers  Size Min Max A Few 1 3 A Handful 4 8 Several 9 21 A Pack 22 81 Many 82 128 A Gathering 129 227 A Horde 228 462 A Throng 463 815 A Host 816 2,500 A Legion 2,501 9,999 A Myriad 10,000 24,999 A Sea 25,000 49,999 A Cornucopia 50,000+   ATTACKING % MODIFIER Terrain Type Cavalry Spears Infantry Ranged Buildings -50 20 40 5 Large Forest -15 5 30 -20 Large Hill -15 0 10 10 Large Mountain -30 0 15 15 Plains 30 -15 0 0 Small Forest -10 10 30 -10 Small Hill 0 0 0 0 Small Mountain -20 0 5 10 DEFENDING % MODIFIER Terrain Type Cavalry Spears Infantry Ranged Buildings -45 25 30 15 Large Forest -15 5 25 -20 Large Hill -10 10 5 15 Large Mountain -30 20 5 30 Plains 25 -15 0 0 Small Forest -10 10 30 -10 Small Hill 0 5 5 5 Small Mountain -15 15 5 15

 

 

Harvesting Resources

 

	Caravans
	Cotter
	Cotter Research Grape Picking and/or Scavenging first
	Skinner 1 item per skinner
	Miner 1 item per Miner
	Herbalist 1 item per Herbalist

 

Specialist Harvesting (aka skinning, herbalism, mining)

Specialist gatherers collect rare resources from throughout the world.  Rare Herbs (Herbalists)  Animal Parts (Skinners)  Rare Minerals (Miners)  They can carry 1 rare item each  The gathering speed will vary dependent on the rarity of the item.  You can build multiples of each specialist in your town, if desired.

 

Sieging a City

Newbie’s Guide to Your First (Assisted) Siege

This guide is useful only for the newbie who would like to besiege an inactive/abandoned town.  It assumes that your kindly alliance will be doing the heavy lifting of siege work

Preparation: Please make sure you have reviewed Rill's Quick Guide to Sieges https://forum.illyriad.co.uk/quick-guide-to-sieges_topic6413.html

Research: You need Siege Encampment technology, raise your Barracks to L20 and create about 200 T1 (basic) Calvary.  You DO NOT need to build a siege engine in order to take the town because you are being assisted.

• Send spies, theives and scouts to determine what the city holds and to steal its stuff.
• It is best to clear the city of troops before you siege it. 
• Your siege army must arrive at the location before the catapults (Cats) of the player assisting you.
• Set a time limit for the siege to the maximum. (14 days 23 hours 59 minutes) 
• Ensure that your army and the assisting army land on different spots. You will bump each other if you land on the same spot.

Once the siege engines arrive, it will take 12 hours to set up.  Then they will begin bombing the target city once per hour. Some engines will hit, some will miss; later in the siege more will hit. Each hit reduces a level of a building, and the city loses that amount of population. Beg your heavy lifter for siege reports, which s/he will get every hour.

When the city’s population is 25% of what it was when the siege began, either the heavy lifter will need to recall his/her catapults or you will need to storm the city. If one of those doesn’t happen, the cats will continue to bomb the city.  Remember to recall your troops after the siege by sending a messenger to your new city.

Note: you can continue to thieve the city as it is being bombed.  Also, rumors exist that if a player has troops in production when s/he abandons, those ‘ghost’ troops appear suddenly during a storm of the city. Have extra troops on hand to avoid problems should this occur.

When it is all over, bask in the glow of your (assisted) victory.  Be sure to thank your heavy lifter profusely (prestige works, and cows work too. Rill assures me that everyone likes cows).  

Many thanks to Thor, Rill, Thunderbum and others for their input and advice on this

 

Other Things Affecting Life in Illy

 

SEASONS - There are 4 Seasons in Illyriad:

SPRING (Mar, Apr, May)  The time of renewal, growth.                

+1%    +5%    +1%    +3%      +1%

SUMMER (Jun, Jul, Aug) Early crops ripen, and workers prefer escaping the heat, underground.

none     +1%    +5%    +1%      +3%

AUTUMN (Sep, Oct, Nov)  The crops are harvested.

+3%     +3%    none    +5%      +5%

WINTER (Dec, Jan, Feb)  Workers collect firewood and iron - the ground is frozen.

+5%     none    +3%    none      none

 

LUNAR PHASES - There are 8 Lunar Phases thoughout the 28-day Lunar month

NEW MOON
The supernatural is at lowest ebb, and the rational is triumphant.
+7%    none

WAXING CRESCENT
The first stirrings of chaos begin anew.
+4%    +1%

FIRST QUARTER
Empiricism and the unnatural are balanced evenly.
+2%    +2%

WAXING GIBBOUS
The supernatural spools up to unleash its full potential.
none    +4%

FULL MOON
Unutterable chaos takes full hold over the land.
none    +7%

WANING GIBBOUS
Its force exhausted, the supernatural begins to recede as rationality fights back.
+1%    +4%

LAST QUARTER
Evenly balanced but in swift retreat, the supernatural knows its time will come again.
+2%    +2%

WANING CRESCENT
Order is largely restored and the cycle begins afresh.
+4%    none