Hi Everyone! In this article I try to help players analyze the possibilities on how to earn gold in Total War Battles: Kingdom and give advice on what buildings to focus on and what not to build.
I give an explanation / summary for each building / “business” type and a judgement score from zero to 10 points regarding its ability to generate gold (or at least crafting materials), followed by an overall conclusion at the end. Note: the judgement score is relative among the different possibilities.
Quarry
Quarry: good “normal” resource income (mainly stone, sometimes silver or crafting materials), but little or no gold.
You basically have a very low chance of finding a Gold Deposit which will have 1, 2 or 3 gold. After playing 200+ hours I cannot say that I got even 1 piece of gold per day from Quarries and I have a lot of them.
Judgement: Score 6/10
(estimated avg. 0-1 gold per day)
Pictures: leader Matthew for +50% prospecting chance:
Woodcutters
Woodcutters: very slow “normal” resource income (felling trees for wood), but they have a decent chance of a random event giving more income:
- Finding deer: a large amount of food (double if you have assigned the leader Alberto to one of your Castles)
- Finding dead wood: fast gathering of a good amount of wood.
- Finding Boulders: fast gathering of a good amount of stone.
- Finding a Tomb: exploring it either gives you 1 or 2 gold or kills some of your workers.
And you can also Track Beasts which has a chance to give you 30 honor (boars), 3 crafting materials (bears).
The problem with woodcutters is that in the winter season trees don’t grow. In other seasons trees can grow fast or slow.
Judgement: Score 10/10
(estimated avg. 0-5 gold per day)
Pictures: earning gold via Tomb
Image: Woodcutter and Tomb:
Pictures: Boulders
Pictures: leader Alberto for +100% deer hunting income:
Hunting Boars
Just an example picture from “Track Beasts”:
Farm
Farm: only grows wheat. A good source of “normal” resource income (food). There are no random events related to the farm and there is no way to earn gold or crafting materials from it.
The problem with farms is that in the winter season wheat does not grow. In other seasons it can grow fast or slow.
Judgement: Score 0/10
(avg. 0 gold per day)
Road
Road: although not technically a building or an income generating “business”, the road creates a chance for merchants to appear by its side. Once the merchants appear you can collect them rather quickly and gain a good amount of silver.
However, based on my experience they don’t appear frequently enough to worry about this.
Judgement: Score 0/10
(0 gold per day)
Sheep Farm
Sheep Farm: easily placed anywhere on the map, it allows shearing sheep for crafting materials. However, there is no way to earn gold from it.
Judgement: Score 3/10
(0 gold per day)
Cattle Farm
Cattle Farm: similar to the sheep farm but with cows and a requirement to be connected by a road. Furthermore, it allows you to only purchase as many cows as you have markets (maximum 10), which is limited.
For all these limitations it does give double the amount of crafting materials compared to sheep or a 15% chance to get 3 pieces of gold.
Mostly it is recommended to take the crafting materials because they are 100% guaranteed while trying to get gold might result in you gaining only some honor.
However, for the purpose of this article, if you manage your cattle/grass well and sell 10 cows per day then you can expect at least 1 of those sales to result in the 3 gold, which we can consider an average daily income of 3 gold (or 60 crafting materials).
Judgement: Score 10/10
(estimated avg. 3 gold per day)
Harbor
Harbor: it has the ability to be a good source of “normal” resources, but unfortunately too few fish show up making Harbors not efficient. They normally produce food but can also produce silver if Captain Jack is assigned. And, like Farms and Woodcutters, the Harbor does not work in the winter season.
However, there is no way to get gold from them.
Judgement: Score 0/10
(0 gold per day)
Tavern
Finally I won’t bring up town buildings here since we build them in any case and there is no “choice” as with the income generating structures above. But the Tavern in the town can have up to a 10% chance to giving 1 piece of gold, but this is both too rare an occurrence and too little gold to pay attention to (not even 1 gold per day in average).
(estimated avg. 0-1 gold per day)
Conclusion: How to earn gold in Total War Battles: Kingdom
Summary of scores:
- Quarry: 6/10
- Woodcutters 10/10
- Farm: 0/10
- Road: 0/10
- Sheep Farm: 3/10
- Cattle Farm: 10/10
- Harbor: 0/10
So to conclude, if a player is thinking about gold income / earning gold, then:
- Do not build any Farms (use Market to exchange for food.)
- Do not build any extra Roads – only what you need to connect.
- Do not build any Harbors (which also means there is no need to create large lakes with deep water)
- And even consider not building any Sheep Farms.
Instead, use the land to maximize:
- #1 One big or 2 Cattle Farms
- #2 Woodcutters
- #3 Quarries
If you have time keep on re-prospecting (even clearing a found resource) to try to find Gold or Coal. Use the leader Matthew (Surveyor) to increase your chances by 50%.
This should result in an estimated 3-10 gold earned per day.
