Food
Food is very important resource for the kingdom. Food has to be provided to the people in order to demand taxes.
Contents
Sources
On the map
Food can be picked up by a lord directly from the map. The food is represented by a basket filled with fruit. The type of fruit is not relevant, it is just for some cosmetic variation.
Food is present on almost all maps or quest maps.
Quest rewards
Food can also be obtained as reward from most quests.
Trade
You can purchase food from a level 1 market by using gold.
Manor
Workers assigned to work in a farm produce 10 units per season. This can be used to make a castle self sufficient.
Transportation
A lord can transport in its inventory stacks of up to 10000 units.
Uses
Worker costs
Workers assigned to the blacksmith cost 1 gold and 1 food each.
Depending on what they work on, |siege workshop workers could also demand food.
Trade
Food can be sold in the market to obtain gold.
Blacksmith
Most of the items to that can be purchased from the blacksmith also require food. More exactly:
- Swords require little food. High tier swords do not require any food at all.
- Blunt weapons require a lot of food
- Arrows require quite a bit of food also
- other items do need food but in lower amounts
If the kingdom is left without food, it's economy will soon fall.
Buildings
Any building project in the castle requires food.