Township

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This article is about the Township skill. For training the skill, see Township/Training.

Township

Township is a skill which tasks the player with running a town inside the land of Melvor. Similar to Farming, it can be trained relatively passively. However, unlike Farming, Township has no Mastery levels, and uses a unique tick system instead of constantly running. Ticks are a passively generated resource at a rate of 1 Tick per 5 minutes. Ticks can be spent at any time to progress your town, affecting all aspects of your town from population to resources, and with no limit on the amount of Ticks you can store, the town does not need constant attention to run.

It is important to note that you receive unspent ticks with a minimum of 144 ticks back when you reset your town. Starting over can be useful and should not be cause for alarm.

Town

Maps

The following maps are available to start a Town. A Town must be completely reset to change maps.

	Grasslands				Forest				Desert				Water				Swamp				Arid Plains				Mountains				Valley				Jungle				Snowlands
Map 1	231				296				256				280				174				88				129				149				204				241
Map 2	151				333				55				251				161				157				277				63				301				339
Map 3	212				161				112				260				237				172				206				190				249				249
Map 4	502				167				279				276				235				133				106				114				90				146
Map 5	258				47				305				296				77				245				126				219				217				258
Map 6	333				184				331				6				153				288				223				305				73				152
Map 7	346				153				317				204				51				243				51				391				102				190
Map 8	71				324				24				337				321				372				131				423				45				0
Map 9	98				47				30				73				73				157				335				366				387				482
Map 10	124				180				460				45				376				110				135				104				40				474
Map 11	221				534				124				0				0				108				227				479				315				40
Map 12	163				462				174				100				124				69				194				378				274				110

Land

Each building requires a piece of land to be built. A map starts with 32 free pieces of land which are randomly assigned to the various biomes. Each subsequent piece of land becomes progressively more expensive. When a Town is reset, land that has already been purchased may be reassigned to different biomes for free.

A total of <span style="display:inline-block" data-sort-value=""> <span > is required to purchase all 2,048 tiles of land. For more details, see Land.

Biomes

Each biome can build a restricted number of buildings. In addition, some buildings have production bonuses in certain biomes. Lastly, the Desert biome consumes 60 Clothing per building per tick, and the Snowlands biome consumes 30 Coal per building per tick. Biomes are covered in more detail in the buildings section.

Stats

Population

Population is the most important resource in Township - without it, the skill produces nothing and earns no experience. The population cap is gained by building Basic Shelter, and spending ticks will cause population to increase until it reaches the cap.

For every citizen in the Town, the player gains 0.3 experience per tick. This amount is further increased by Happiness, up to an additional 100% bonus, which is additively added to normal skill boosts.

To maximize experience, once a basic Town setup is completed, Happiness should always be at 100% to provide at least 0.6 experience per citizen per tick.

If less than 40% of the total population is living in the Town, then the population has a 100% chance to grow each tick. At 70% of total population, the growth chance is 70%, and at 100% total population, the growth chance is 40%. The number of citizens will increase by 1.5% every growth phase.

A citizen ages by 1 year every 8.7 ticks, meaning that it takes approximately 3.02 real-life days to age from 0 to 100 years old.

Workers

Available Workers indicates the number of citizens that are available to perform jobs in the Town. All citizens with an age between 8 and 70 are considered Workers. The left number indicates the number of jobless Workers, out of the total amount on the right.

Unemployed citizens generate -5 Happiness.

Storage

Storage allows Resources to be stockpiled in the Town. A Town starts with a base Storage of 19,000, and is gained by building Storehouse. In addition, Basic Shelter contributes a small amount of storage space. No resources can be gained past the storage cap, and hitting the cap will cause buildings that consume resources to continue doing so.

Happiness

Happiness is a modifier to the amount of experience you earn. Happiness provides a flat increase to the amount of experience you earn, where 1% Happiness increases experience by 1%. The max amount of Happiness is twice your Population.

Each point of Education provides 1 Happiness, and is often the main source of a Town's Happiness. In additiona, a small amount of Happiness is gained or lost from each building in the Town. Notably, Gardens and Tavern buildings are intended to increase Happiness. Lastly, Happiness is decreased by 5 points for every overflowing corpse and unemployed citizen, and Happiness is decreased by 40% and 50% additively from a Potions shortage for elderly citizens and a Clothing shortage from buildings in the Desert biome.

Education

Education is a modifier to the amount of Resources each building produces. Education provides a flat increase to the amount of production, where 1% Education increases production by 1%. The max amount of Education is three times your Population.

Every point of Education also provides one point of Happiness. Education is produced from School and Library buildings.

Health

Health is a mechanic that calculates when elderly citizens will die. Each citizen aged 55 or above has a chance of dying every tick. Citizens die automatically at age 100, any other citizen that dies will be added to the Dead Storage. The base chance for a citizen to die each tick is expressed by:

[math]\displaystyle{ \textrm{DeathChance} = \frac{100 - \textrm{healthPercent}}{38100} \times (2 + \frac{\textrm{healthPercent}}{100}) }[/math]

In the above calculation, [math]\displaystyle{ \textrm{healthPercent} }[/math] is the % health as displayed in-game. If we consider [math]\displaystyle{ \textrm{sickness} }[/math] to be the decimal representation of "un-health" (i.e. [math]\displaystyle{ \frac{100 - \textrm{healthPercent}}{100}) }[/math], this simplifies to:

[math]\displaystyle{ \textrm{DeathChance} = \frac{\textrm{sickness}}{381} \times (1 + \textrm{sickness}) }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \textrm{DeathChance} }[/math] is increased by 0.05 if there is no food after resources for the tick are calculated. Citizens will also die if there are more of them than the housing allows for.

The table below gives some examples.

Health	Chance of death per tick
0%	0.52%
25%	0.34%
50%	0.20%
75%	0.08%
100%	0%

Health is first calculated using the following parameters weighted out of 235:

• Happiness with a weight of 100
• Education with a weight of 100
• Nonzero Potions stockpile and positive growth rate contributes 15 weight
• Nonzero Clothing stockpile and positive growth rate contributes 15 weight
• Nonzero Herbs stockpile and positive growth rate contributes 5 weight

This is then modified by any "total health" modifiers and expressed as a percentage capped between 0 and 100%.

Worship

Worship is a stat that provides multiple powerful bonuses based on which Deity you choose. It is gained by building Chapel or Statue of Worship and has a set cap of 2000. The benefits of each Deity you choose is outlined below:

Completion of Impending Darkness Event is required to unlock worship of Bane.

All bonuses are additive with one another.

	Aeris	Glacia	Terran	Ragnar	Bane
Always Active	• 25% Leather  • 25% Mountain Biome  • -50% GP	• 25% Fishing Dock Building Production  • 25% Water Biome Production  • -50% Arid Plains Biome Production  • -50% Desert Biome Production  • -50% Mountain Biome Production	• 25% Farm Building Production  • 25% Woodcutting Building Production  • -50% Fishing Dock Building Production  • -75% Leather Production	• 25% Blacksmith Building Production  • 25% Arid Plains Biome Production  • -50% Herb  • 50% Building Happiness Penalties	• 25% Grasslands Biome Production  • 25% Jungle Biome Production  • -75% Education  • -75% Happiness
5% Worship	• 25% Happiness	• 25% Education  • 25% Magic Emporium Building Production  • 25% Valley Biome Production	• 25% Orchard Building Production  • 25% Herb Production  • 25% Forest Biome Production	• -50% Coal Usage in Snowlands  • 25% Desert Biome Production	• -25% Citizen Food Usage  • 25% Dead Storage
25% Worship	• +25% (50% ttl) Leather Production	• +25% (50% ttl) Fishing Dock Building Production	• +25% (50% ttl) Orchard Building Production	• -25% (-75% ttl) Coal Usage in Snowlands  • +25% (50% ttl) Blacksmith Building Production	• +25% Building Production in the Jungle Biome
50% Worship	• +25% (50% ttl) Mountain Biome	• +25% (50% ttl) Valley Biome Production  • +25% (50% ttl) Water Biome Production	• +25% (50% ttl) Woodcutting Building Production  • +25% (50% ttl) Forest Biome Production	• +25% (50% ttl) Arid Plains Biome Production  • +25% (50% ttl) Desert Biome Production	• +25% Township Dead Storage
85% Worship	• +25% (-25% ttl) GP	• +25% (25% ttl) Arid Plains Biome Production  • +25% (25% ttl) Desert Biome Production  • +25% (25% ttl) Mountain Biome Production	• +25% (-25% ttl) Fishing Dock Building Production  • +25% (-50% ttl) Leather Production	• +25% (-25% ttl) Herb  • -25% (+25% ttl) Happiness Penalties	• +25% Township Education  • +25% Township Happiness
100% Worship	• +25% (50% ttl) Happiness  • -15% Building Costs	• +25% (50% ttl) Education  • -15% Building Costs	• +25% (50% ttl) Farm Building Production  • +25% (50% ttl) Herb Production  • -15% Building Costs	• +25% (50% ttl) GP  • -15% Building Costs	• -50% Township Citizen Food Usage  • -15% Township Building Cost
Total if 100%	• 50% Happiness  • 50% Leather  • 50% Mountain Biome  • -15% Building Costs  • -25% GP	• 50% Fishing Dock Building  • 50% Education  • 25% Magic Emporium Building  • 50% Valley Biome  • 50% Water Biome  • -15% Building Costs  • -25% Arid Plains Biome  • -25% Desert Biome  • -25% Mountain Biome Production	• 50% Orchard Building  • 50% Farm Building  • 50% Herb  • 50% Woodcutting Building  • 50% Forest Biome  • 25% Fishing Dock Building  • 25% Leather  • -15% Building Costs  • -50% Fishing Dock Building  • -50% Leather Production	• 25% GP  • -75% Coal Usage in Snowlands  • 50% Blacksmith Building  • 50% Arid Plains Biome  • 50% Desert Biome  • -15% Building Costs  • -25% Herb  • +25% Building Happiness Penalties	• -75% Citizen Food Usage  • 25% Grasslands Biome  • 50% Jungle Biome  • 50% Dead Storage  • -15% Township Building Cost  • -50% Township Education  • -50% Township Happiness

Dead Storage

Dead Storage represents the number of citizens that have died from poor Health. This storage is created by building Cemetery. 1% of the total Dead Storage will be cleared every hour (12 ticks).

Corpses overflowing the maximum Dead Storage generate -5 Happiness.

Resources

There are a total of 13 resources. The production of all resources can be increased by up to 100% through Education, stacking additively with any regular modifiers.

GP is a special type of resource that is deposited directly into the player's bank, while the other 12 resources are kept in Storage. This is the only resource that is exceptionally not affected by Education or other production bonuses. A citizen produces  0.3 per tick per percentage point of tax, or  0.6 per tick per percentage point if over 70 years old. GP production is not affected by any global GP modifiers such as Aorpheat's Signet Ring.

The other 12 resources may be used within the town, or traded via the Trading Post to obtain items for the player (see Trading Post). The production of a building is calculated as follows: [math]\displaystyle{ \textrm{Production} = \textrm{BaseProduction}\times(1 + \textrm{BuildingBiomeBonus} + \textrm{WorshipBiomeBonus} + \textrm{WorshipBuildingBonus})\times(1 + \textrm{Education}+\textrm{GenericProductionBonus}) }[/math]

Food is used to feed citizens. Each citizen will consume 30 Food per tick.

Wood is a basic resource used to build the lowest-level buildings.

Planks are produced from Wood and are used to build low- to high-level buildings.

Stone is used to build buildings of all levels. A large amount of stone is needed for high-level buildings.

Bar is produced from Ore and Coal. It is used to build mid- to high-level buildings.

Ore has no use, except to be converted into Bar.

Coal is consumed by buildings built in the Snowlands biome. In addition, it can be converted into Bar.

Rune Essence is used to build high-level buildings.

Herbs provide a very small Health bonus, but are mainly used to be converted into Potions.

Potions are consumed by citizens over the age of 55, and provides a small Health bonus. If there are not enough Potions, a 40% Happiness penalty is applied.

Leather has no use, except to be converted into Clothing.

Clothing is consumed by buildings built in the Desert biome, and provide a small Health bonus.

Buildings

Upgrades

Township/UpgradeBuildingTable

Biomes

Each building inside the Desert biome consumes 60 Clothing/tick. If there is not enough Clothing, then total Happiness for the entire Town is divided in half.

Each building in the Snowlands biome consumes 30 Coal/tick. Without Coal, all buildings in this biome have the following benefits reduced by 75%: Worship, Happiness, Education and all production.

Biome		Requirements
		Level	Population
	Grasslands	1	0
	Forest	1	0
	Mountains	1	0
	Water	1	0
	Swamp	15	0
	Valley	15	0
	Arid Plains	15	0
	Jungle	35	2,500
	Desert	35	2,500
	Snowlands	35	2,500

Tasks

Tasks are a static set of requests from your Township for item donations, bounties on monsters, building township buildings or, rarely, earning skill XP. In return, you will receive Township Skill XP, Township Resources, GP, Slayer Coins, or items.

For a list of Tasks, their requirements, and their rewards, see Task list

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for  1,000,000 after the player reaches Level 99.

Skillcape	Name	Requirements	Effect
	Township Skillcape	Level 99	-15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)
	Superior Township Skillcape	Level 120	-20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)

Pet

Pet	Name	Effect
	B	+10% Township Maximum Storage
	Marcy	+2% Township Skill XP
	Roger	+2% Township Resource Generation
	Ace	+1% Chance to Double Items Globally
	Layla	+2% Township Happiness
	Mister Fuzzbutt	+5% Global GP (except Item Sales)
	Octavius Lepidus VIII	+2% Township Education
	Classy Rock	+10 Mining Node Hitpoints
	Cute Rock	+2% Chance to Double Items in Mining +2% Chance to Double Items in Smithing
	Royal Rock	+3% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Mining (Cannot be doubled)
	Elf Rock	+5% Global Evasion
	Magic Rock	+3% Chance to Double Items in Magic
	Party Rock	+4% Global Mastery XP

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Township-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from Mastery rewards.

Source	Type	Township Boosts	Other Modifiers
Haemir	Constellation	-5% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) +8% Township Skill XP +5% Township Education +5% Township Happiness +8% Township Maximum Storage +8% Township Resource Generation
Skillers Boots	Item (Boots)	+2% non-Combat Skill XP
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	-15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements for areas that require less than level 100 Slayer -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +5% Global Skill XP +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +25% Mastery Pool XP Cap Items that reduce Rune costs are now 2x as effective +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	-15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements for areas that require less than level 100 Slayer -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +5% Global Skill XP +10 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration Items that reduce Rune costs are now 2x as effective +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	-20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Max Skillcape	Item (Cape)	-20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers (Prayer Point cost cannot go below 1) -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore Create +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching (Cannot be doubled) +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore (Cannot be doubled) +20% Chance to Double Farming Yield +100% chance to receive Ash per log burnt in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance +100% chance to successfully Cook an item +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% Chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +40% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat Hitpoints Regeneration +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's received from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Items that reduce Rune costs are now 4x as effective +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Maximum Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Township Skillcape	Item (Cape)	-20% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)
Township Skillcape	Item (Cape)	-15% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%)
Candelabra (Lit)	Item (Consumable)	+4% non-Combat Skill XP	-3% Interval for all non-Combat Skills +4% Global Mastery XP +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Pirate Captain Hat	Item (Helmet)	+2% Township Skill XP
Skillers Hat	Item (Helmet)	+2% non-Combat Skill XP
Golden Wreath	Item (Helmet, Passive)	+3% non-Combat Skill XP	+100 GP gained when earning GP, except Alt. Magic and Item Sales +3% Global Mastery XP
Skillers Body	Item (Platebody)	+2% non-Combat Skill XP
Skillers Leggings	Item (Platelegs)	+2% non-Combat Skill XP
Ancient Ring of Skills	Item (Ring)	+8% non-Combat Skill XP
B	Pet	+10% Township Maximum Storage
Layla	Pet	+2% Township Happiness
Marcy	Pet	+2% Township Skill XP
Octavius Lepidus VIII	Pet	+2% Township Education
Roger	Pet	+2% Township Resource Generation

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