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 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 144 ticks back when you reset your town. Starting over can be useful and should not be cause for alarm.

Starting your Town

To start, you must choose a map and, optionally, a deity to worship.

• Map 1 is encouraged to start because its biomes have well-balanced land caps (number of buildings allowed). This will give you a taste of each biome's restrictions and production bonuses.
• Map 11 is a great alternative because its Forest and Valley Biomes have the highest respective land caps. These two biomes together provide all available Township buildings except for a Miner's Pit. This allows for easier building management and they do not have usage restrictions (eg. coal in the Snowlands).
• Map 6 is a candidate for players who choose the Ragnar deity. This is because the map has a higher land cap for the Desert and Arid Plains biomes, which Ragnar has bonuses in.

Maps

	Grasslands				Forest				Desert				Water				Swamp				Arid Plains				Mountains				Valley				Jungle				Snowlands				Total Land
Map 1	231				296				256				280				174				88				129				149				204				241				2048
Map 2	111				333				55				251				161				157				237				63				301				339				2008
Map 3	212				161				112				260				237				172				206				190				249				249				2048
Map 4	462				167				249				246				235				133				106				114				90				146				1948
Map 5	258				47				305				296				77				245				126				219				217				258				2048
Map 6	333				184				331				6				153				288				223				305				73				152				2048
Map 7	346				153				317				204				51				243				51				391				102				190				2048
Map 8	71				321				24				337				321				372				131				423				45				0				2045
Map 9	98				47				30				73				73				157				335				366				387				482				2048
Map 10	124				180				460				45				376				110				135				104				40				474				2048
Map 11	221				534				124				0				0				108				227				479				315				40				2048
Map 12	163				462				174				100				124				69				194				378				274				110				2048

Worship

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

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

Building in Biomes

Biomes can be divided into two categories: urban biomes and natural biomes. As far as we know, there's no real difference between these.

	Natural biomes				Urban biomes
Buildings	Desert	Water	Swamp	Jungle	Grasslands	Forrest	Arid Plains	Mountains	Valley	Snowlands
Hunters Cabin			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes
Fishermans Dock		Yes	Yes						Yes
Herbalist				Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Miners Pit	Yes							Yes		Yes
Woodcutter Camp				Yes		Yes				Yes
Carpenters Workshop				Yes		Yes				Yes
Gatherers Hut			Yes	Yes					Yes
Orchard				Yes		Yes
Magic Emporium	Yes						Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Basic Shelter					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blacksmiths Smithy					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
School					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
File:Farmers Market (building).svg Farmers Market					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tavern					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cemetery					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trading Post					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Prats Hats					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malcs Cats					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapel					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Library					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cool Rocks					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lemvor Lemon Stall					Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Storehouse					Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes
Farmland					Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Tailor					Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Gardens					Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Town Hall					Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
File:Statue of God (building).svg Statue of God					Yes			Yes	Yes

Building your Town

1. Go to the "Tasks" tab, then "Township starter guide". Our goal will be to complete all of these tasks to get bonus resources and xp.
2. Our first few tasks require us to build some basic shelters, farmlands, a woodcutter camp, and a mining pit.
3. Go to the "build" tab, and then notice you are in the grasslands. Tap the "forest" button to go there.
4. If you try to build you will get an error- you need to buy land first! Tap the dropdown button next to the "buy more land" button to buy a higher quantity, then tap that button to buy it. Buying land costs your gp.
5. Now build two farmland and one woodcutter camp. Don't buy too many right now or you'll have to restart.
6. Go to the mountains biome, buy some land, and build a mining pit.
7. Next go to the grasslands, buy some land, and build basic shelters. You should be able to afford 6.
8. Now go back to the "Tasks" tab and then to starter guide. Claim your rewards for your first two tasks! Now we need to build six more shelters and a farmland.
9. After building a farmland and five shelters we are out of wood. Time to use some ticks! First, tap the meat icon at the top to select it as green. Your new workers will now prioritize this building. Then tap the "1 (5m)" button in the middle of the screen.
10. Our population has grown from 2 to 3, and we produced some food! We are interested in wood now, so tap the wood icon and use another two ticks.
11. Now we have enough wood to build the 12th shelter and complete two more tasks. Now that you have the hang of it, try finishing the rest of the tasks.

Temporary Starter Guide

1. Go with Map 11 Terran if you don't know what to choose.
2. Follow the Township Starter Guide under the Tasks tab.
3. Township Experience = Population * ( 1 + Happiness Percent ) / 3. You're goal is likely levels to start so make sure you focus on population growth and happiness.
4. As early as possible, build at least 1 Woodcutter Camp and 1 Miners Pit or you will not have enough resources to continue and will need to restart.
5. If you starve your town, you'll need to restart.
6. Restart in the "Township Settings" tab.
7. When restarting you save ticks you haven't spent. You do not get back ticks that you have spent. However, you will always have a minimum of 144 ticks when starting even if you had 0 before restarting.
8. There's NO tick cap. You can store as many ticks as you'd like.
9. To Upgrade or Delete a building, go to the "Town" tab. Select the biome, then tap the red trashcan to delete a building or the green arrow to upgrade it. Some upgrades have town population or township level requirements.
10. Biomes have different modifiers to resource production and are effected by your Worship bonuses.
11. Snow and Desert Biomes have upkeep requirements. You will not need these Biomes to start, so focus on other Biomes until you're more confortable.
12. Food is a balancing act: running out is catastrophic, but usually you rather be producing building materials than a ton of extra food. If you have too much of one resource and your storage is full, use the "Yeet" tab to delete resources.
13. Build 1 Trading Post once you've unlocked it. You can exchange your regular in game resources into Township ones, or vice versa. A trader arrives every 8 hours and will stay for an hour. Meaning there are 7 hours between traders or 84 ticks.
14. There is no benefit to having more Trading Posts. The trader will not come more frequently.
15. In order for a resource to be available for trade in The Trader, you have to have found it. Items received from Township tasks are not considered "found".
16. If you need to "find" a cooked item, you can use the Squid+Pig synergy while fishing to unlock the item if your cooking level is too low.
17. The Prats Hats, Malcs Cats, and Cool Rocks buildings can be destroyed after buying the upgrade from the Shop. You do not need the buildings to receive the cat/rock bonuses, but have to wear the hats.
18. Libraries are not a flat +0.25% boost. It only boosts your current education by an additional 0.25%. If you had 0 education before building a library, you'll still have 0 education.

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	+8% Township Skill XP	-5% Township Building Cost (Does not affect GP cost. Capped at -80%) +5% Township Education +5% Township Happiness +8% Township Maximum Storage +8% Township Resource Generation
Pirate Captain Hat	Item (Helmet)	+2% Township Skill XP
Marcy	Pet	+2% Township Skill XP

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