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Beginners' Guides

Newbie Guide Part 1 & Newbie Guide Part 2

An Alternative Newbie Guide

Basic Self Defense for New Players

Basic Paths in Illyriad

Discoveries, Quests, and Mysteries 

Fortune Teller Locations

Heart of Corruption Guide Audrey 101 & HOC Quest Thread

Hearts of Darkness Locations (Faction Action) & related forum thread

Discoveries & Mysteries and Quests & Illyriad Wiki

Racial Crafting Discoveries

At 30 cities, players can get Soil Management with gives +15% food to the player's capital city

City and Sovereignty 

Where Do I Put My City? A Guide to Real Estate

Guide to Claiming Sovereignty

Kingdom Planner Tool

The Magical 7 Food Mountain

Military

Illyriad Statistics including units

Harvesting & Crafting

Crafting & Resources wiki

So You Want to Hunt Alliance Profile

Emoticon			NPC Amounts				Population Requirements for Cities
Symbol	Key Code		Label	Min	Max		# of Cities	Population
Flag	F==		Few	1	3		2	450
Wink	;)		Handful	4	8		3	2,000
Grin	:D		Several	9	21		4	5,000
Smile	:)		Pack	22	81		5	10,000
Straight	:|		Many	82	128		6	20,000
Frown	:(		Gathering	129	227		7	40,000
Tounge	:P		Horde	228	462		8	75,000
Pirate	:ar!		Throng	463	815		9	130,000
Thumbs Down	:-q		Host	816	2.5k		10	233,550
Thumbs Up	:-b		Legion	2501	9.9k		11	263,550
			Myriad	10k	24.9k		12	294,550
			Sea	25k	49.9k		13	326,550
			Cornucopia	50k+			14	359,550

 

Terrain Modifiers

Spear	Bow	Infantry	Cavalry	<< Atk || Def >>	Spear	Bow	Infantry	Cavalry
-15	0	0	30	Plains	-15	0	0	25
10	-10	30	-10	Sm Forest	10	-10	30	-10
5	-20	30	-15	Lrg Forest	5	-20	25	-15
20	5	40	-50	Buildings	25	15	30	-45
0	0	0	0	Sm Hill	5	5	5	0
0	10	10	-15	Lrg Hill	10	15	5	-10
0	10	5	-20	Sm Mountain	15	15	5	-15
0	15	15	-30	Lrg Mountain	20	30	5	-30

 

High Population Buildings	Population at level 20
Archers Field	1796
Blacksmith	1497
Book Binder	1497
Cav Parade Ground	1796
Carpentry	1497
Common Ground	1497
Consulate	1497
Fletcher	1497
Forge	1497
Foundry	1497
Kiln	1497
Mage Tower	1497
Paddock	1497
Saddle Maker	1497
Siege Workshop	1497
Skinners Guild	1497
Spear Maker	1497
Stonemason	1497
Tannery	1497
Tavern	1497
Merchants Guild	1510
Trade Office	2000

 

Buildings By Population:

Tier 2 Building	Population
Trade Office	2000
Archers' Field	1796
Cavalry Parade Ground	1796
Infantry Quarters	1796
Spearmen's Billets	1796
Foreign Office	898
Assassins' Abode	898
Saboteurs' Sanctuary	898
Scouts' Lookout	898
Spies' Hideout	898
Thieves' Den	898
Geomancers' Retreat	898
Runemasters' Grounding	898
Chancery of Estates	449
Arctic Warfare College	40
Desert Warfare College	40
Jungle Warfare College	40

 

Rare Herb Tile Locations
Ancient Forest:	Ironstem Root, Brascan Seeds
Wooded Glade:	Larken Wood, Brascan Seeds, Queen's Hair, Furizion Seedpods, Sharproot
Blessed Oak:	Ancient Oak
Thick Forest:	Larken Wood, Vistrok Flowers
Dense Forest:	Larken Wood, Brascan Seeds, Suntree Haft, Vistrok Flowers, Furizion Seedpods, Sharproot, Brownback Moss, Baleberries
Light Woods:	Larken Wood, Brascan Seeds, Brownback Moss, Vistrok Flowers, Sharproot, Queen's Hair
Wooded Land:	Larken Wood, Brascan Seeds, Brownback Moss, Vistrok Flowers, Sharproot
Forested Hilltop:	Larken Wood, Brascan Seeds, Suntree Haft, Furizion Seedpods, Silverthorn, Rockweed Root, Baleberries
Swamp, Mire, March, Bog:	Toadcap Fungus
Abandoned Mineshaft:	Miner's Bane
Light Tropical Cover:	Queen's Hair,  |Jungle| Giant Palm Leaves
Tropical Foliage:	Giant Palm Leaves
Tropical Hilltop:	Queen's Hair
Dense Foliage:	Giant Palm Leaves,*
Rainforest:	Giant Palm Leaves, Queen's Hair, Furizion Seedpods, *
Fisherman's Hut:	Ancient Oak
Abundant Clay, Exposed Clay, Turned Clay, Plains (not desert/arctic):	Warpwood Shoot
Oasis:	Rahan Palm Wood, Spidertree Leaves
Weeping Willow:	Queen's Hair
Palm Trees:	Rahan Palm Wood, Giant Palm Leaves, Ebony Wood, Punfruit
Dark Forest:	Brascan Seeds
Forbidden:	Ancient Oak
Think Rainforest:	Dyallom Gall, Mabri Fruit
Dense Rainforest:	Mabri Fruit
Rainforest Hilltop:	Punfruit
Petrified Forest, Scorched Forest:	Ysanberries
Parched Bones, Hamada, Mesa in summer time 18-6 nightly (desert):	Desert Flame
Petrified Forest in winter time 18-6 nightly (arctic):	Snowbell

Buildings for Tech Trees

Barracks 20

Market 20

Mage Tower 20

Merchants' Guild 20

Military City Setup

10+ city layout

Type Production Bonus Food

Seven food field layout = 14098 base food p/h

Consumed
Farmyard (Level 20) 2014
Farmyard (Level 20) 2014
Farmyard (Level 20) 2014
Farmyard (Level 20) 2014
Farmyard (Level 20) 2014
Farmyard (Level 20) 2014
Farmyard (Level 20) 2014
Flourmill (Level 20) 40.00%
Environment- New Moon 7.00%
Spell 8.00%
Taxation -10.00%
Sovereignty - Farmsteads 76.00%
Sovereignty - Fisheries 0.00%
Total Food Production 31,157
Total Food Consumed 30,540
Total Food Balance +617

Library (Level 20) 1013
Discovery: Allembine Research Techniques 100
Environment - New Moon 7.00%
Regional Totem 50.00%
Taxation -10.00%
Total Research Production 1636
Sovereignty Upkeep - 1163
Total Research Balance 473

1. Common Ground- 1497
2. Paddock- 1497
3. Library- 37
4. Marketplace- 37
5. Barracks- 37
6. Kiln- 1497
7. Foundry- 1497
8. Carpenter- 1497
9. Stonemason- 1497
10. Flourmill- 16
11. Consulate- 1497
12. Mage Tower- 1497
13. Blacksmith- 1497
14. Spearmaker OR Fletcher- 1497
15. Tannery OR Forge- 1497
16. Saddlemaker OR Skinner- 1497
17. Warehouse- 370
18. Storehourse- 37
19. Horse Trainer OR Skinner- 1497
20. Bookbinder- 1497
21. Inf/Spear/Archer/Cav Building- 1796
22. Inf/Spear/Archer/Cav Building- 1796
23. Inf/Spear/Archer/Cav Building- 1796
24. Skinner OR Horse Trainer- 1497
25. Tavern OR Skinner- 1497 (if you want to quest)

Tear down storehouse after Wall Level 20

Useful Player Profiles for Guides & Advice

#/Player/Profile/380410

#/Player/Profile/354985

#/Alliance/Alliance/2475

#/Player/Profile/420967