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** Build a Kingdom. Rule the Nile. Live Forever. **
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Pharaoh
The Complete Guide
Version 3.6 (06-11-01)
Current Editor: Jim Chamberlin (red_phoenix_1@hotmail.com)
Original Author: Dan Simpson
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What's New in 3.6:
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- A few changes.
For a complete Version History, check out the Final Words Section at the end
of the FAQ.
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Table of Contents:
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Building a City
Basics of City Building
Industry, Slums, and Food Production
Food and Farming
Industry and Commerce
Of Gods and Men
Festivals
Temple Complexes
Blessings
Entertaining Egypt
Booths
Bandstands
Pavilions
Training Facilities
Expanding the City
Monuments
Walkthrough
Nubt
Thinis
Perwadjyt
Nekhen
Men-nefer
Timna
Behdet
Abedju
Selima Oasis
Abu
Saqqara
Serabit Khadim
Medium
Buhen
South Dashur
North Dashur
Iunet
On
Rostja
Bahariya Oasis
Djedu
Dunqul Oasis
Dakhla Oasis
Thinis
Waset
Kebet
Menat Khufu
Itjtawy
Iken
Sawu
Heh
Bubastis
Khmun
Sauty
Byblos
Baki
Rowarty
Hetepsenusret
City Problems
Animals
Trading Food / Requests for Food
Fire
Crime
Invasion
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Appendices
Keyboard Commands
Cheats
Pharaoh Manual Updates
Downloadable Expansion Pack Information
Final Words...
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Building a City
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This section goes pretty much in order walking you through the entire process of
building a successful city. It should be mentioned that building a great city
is a complicated process that involves all sorts of things, religion, trade,
entertainment, and employment. There are many problems that a city faces, but
those are not dealt with in this section, they are dealt with in "City Problems"
below.
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Basics of City Building
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Building your city is a multi-part process. The first thing that you want to
do is to drop the speed of the game down to 10% (use the '[' key to lower
speed). Why do this? Simple, it essentially freezes everything in place, and
slows time down so you can get some farming in before the harvest.
Now look around the city. Note where the Kingdom Road is, as that is where
all immigrants, and traders will come.
Trick: If you want to know which side of the road to build on (that is, the
side closest to immigration) save the game, build some housing by a
road, and put the speed up to 100%. You can see where the people
come from, then load, and build your city accordingly.
Before you actually start building your city check for wild animals. This is
most important with the Hyenas, Hippos, and Crocodiles. If you find Hyenas,
or Crocs one trick to dealing with them is to build a wall around them
completely (in the case of the Crocs you may need to wall around a pond).
Then later build a tower on the wall to eliminate the hyenas. Once the last
hyena on the map is dead, they won't reappear. You don't need to bother
building towers on any walls keeping crocs in, as they will eternally
reappear.
Now we need to decide where to build the first area in your city. You want to
build near the immigration point (where immigrants appear), near farmland
(either floodplains or meadow), but far enough away that you can fit a granary
in between (a granary is a 4x4 structure, and you want to build it at least 3
squares away from your housing). You don't need to build the entire block of
housing on Green, but you have to be at least right next to it to get Water.
Before we build housing we need to check out the Overseer of Commerce. Check
to see how many food sources you have, and what resources you have and have to
import. This is important for deciding how large to build housing, you build
smaller when you have only 1 food source as it won't be able to fully evolve.
The "best" housing block is as follows:
Legend:
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================================== HH - one square of housing
=HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= = - road
=HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= . - garden
=HHHH . . . . . . . . . . . .HHHH= WWWW _ Water
=HHHH. . . . . . . . . . . . HHHH= WWWW Supply
=HHHH . . . . . . . . . . . .HHHH= BBBB _ Bazaar
=HHHH. . . . . . . . . . . . HHHH= BBBB
=HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= TTTT _ Tax
=HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH= TTTT Collector
================================== FF - Firehouse
WWWW TTTT= AA - Architect's Post
WWWW TTTT= PP - Police Station
BBBB=FF
BBBB=AA
=PP
=
Note on Scale: 1 square of land is represented by 1 character vertically
and two characters horizontally, so HH is one square.
You can make it as long as you want, just don't make it too long or services
will suffer. The gardens in the center increase property value, and can be
evolved over, that is, the housing near it can use the space to evolve into a
larger structure. You have a 4 square long garden section to allow for the
area to evolve into the largest structures which are 4x4 each.
Trick: Also, when the road is "paved over" be sure to put a plaza over it.
This isn't so important until your housing evolves into the nicer
structures, but when you need it you need it!
Next you want to build a Water Supply. These are best placed right across the
road from the housing. If the housing block is large, then you will want two
of these placed on opposite sides of the housing block.
Now build a road down from one of the corners about 6 squares down. Two
squares down from the road on your new road build a bazaar. Across the road
from the bazaar build a fire house, architect's post, and a police station.
Eventually place a tax collector's office between housing and the bazaar.
These are placed away from the housing to keep the desirability up. You may
also want to build another bazaar at the other end of the housing.
Tip: If you are building directly on the Kingdom Road you will want to
roadblock the Kingdom Road to prevent your walkers (bazaar traders,
water suppliers, etc.) from wandering away from where they are needed.
After those bare necesseties are built, you will want the basic sanitation
structures, namely a Physician and an Apothecary. These can be built anywhere
along the housing (try to build away from the corners as that space is needed
later for entertainment). You won't need Dentists until later, but you can
build them whenever you want.
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Industry, Slums, and Food Production
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Food and Farming:
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Now that we've started a city, we need to get some food and some exports.
We'll start with food. The first thing we need is a granary placed between
our city and the food sources--farmland, hunting grounds, fishing docks, etc.
Make sure that it is far enough away from housing to not affect desirability
too much, but close enough to provide your bazaars with easy access.
Next, depending on the foodsource, we need to build either work camps, hunting
lodges, or fishing wharves. Build hunting lodges RIGHT NEXT TO the granary to
cut down on travel time. Build work camps as close to the floodplains as
possible, but still a couple squares away so that you can roadblock the farms.
You do this to cut down on the amount of roads that your walkers can travel,
because if they CAN travel on a road, they eventually WILL no matter how
little there is out there.
Now we need to build farms. All farms should be irrigated, no matter if they
are on the floodplain or in a meadow. You irrigate farms by building an
irrigation ditch nearby that connects to a water source. Irrigating a farm
increases the fertility of the farm, which in turn increases the amount of
food produced by that farm. In the case of floodplain farms, fertility is
completely renewed with the flood, UNLESS the flood doesn't entirely cover the
farmland, which is why we irrigate the farm.
So while you are building your farms you need to keep some room to sneak roads
by so that your workers can get to each farm, and you need to keep some room
to irrigate by as well.
Tip: Build floodplain farms as close to the water as you can. If the flood
is poor, the farms will still be at least partially covered, and that
way gain more fertility.
Meadow Farming is done differently than floodplain farming. You can only
build a Meadow Farm on green land that has little yellow spots on it (on the
map it is "green" land). When the land is especially good, it will be a
darker green, and the spots will be more white. With Meadow Farms it is
absolutely crucial to irrigate the farms. In order to do that you first need
to build a Water Lift.
Water lifts must be placed on a straight section of land right next to water,
or next to floodplains. If you build next to a floodplain you must build a
ditch coming from the water to the water lift. Ditches must come out the back
of the water lift, it is not sufficient to put them out the side.
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Industry and Commerce:
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Once your city is no longer starving is the time to start working on your
industry. Which industry you start with is dependant on the city that you are
working on. If you have lots of Marshland, you might want to start a Papyrus
Industry, if you have trees a Lumber Industry. To help you decide check out
the Overseer of Commerce to see what you can Export. Whatever you can sell
makes a good choice to start with. Go to the world map here to open the trade
route.
Tip: Try to sell goods like Papyrus and Linen as they have a low need in
the city, and sell at relatively high prices.
Tip: Land trade routes are much better than water trade routes, as they are
not dependant on having an open dock to trade at.
You only need this one trade route for now, so don't bother spending money to
open any others. You may need to shortly open another, but that is still a
little off. Once the trade route is open, be sure to click on that good in
the Commerce screen, and click the Export Button to start selling it.
Now we build the industry. Again like the granary we don't want to build too
close to our city, but unlike the granary we're going to completely separate
the industrial sector from the housing. Industry is best about 8 squares away
from your housing, in an area that has good resources. I'm not saying that
you have to be right next to good resources, just reasonably close will do.
Build out a road from your housing, and roadblock it to keep walkers from
entering the industrial sector. Now build two Storage Yards, one for the Raw
Good the other for the Finished Product (right click on the Storage Yard,
click special orders then click "Accept None", and finally click the Accept
None command specific to that good that you want this Yard to store).
Near the Storage yards build a 4x2 or 6x2 section of housing. This is going
to be our "slums", an area for industrial workers to work. Don't worry about
providing these people with any city services. Also you need to build a Fire
House, Architect's Post, and Police Station.
Note: Disease usually runs rampant in the slums areas. To cut down on
disease try adding a water carrier and a bazaar that buys ONLY food
(check the bazaar's special orders screen). However, since these
people are usually quickly replaced after they die, there isn't much
reason to waste money and jobs here.
Now to actually start with the industry. Depending on what we're
manufacturing you may need to build a raw materials gatherer (such as a Reed
Gatherer or Clay Pit). Realize that raw materials are gathered quicker than
finished goods are made. Then build 3 or 4 of your industry. You'll have to
pay attention to how much of the raw material you have (if you consistently
have none, you will need to increase production of the raw good, or if you
have too much you need to build more industry to manufacture it into
something).
Trick: If you have to create a water trade route, here is a little trick to
decrease the time each boat spends at the dock. When a boat docks
it sends about 3 dock workers out to sell or buy goods at the
appropriate Storage Yard. So near any docks you have (you can build
as many as you need) build a Storage Yard or two and set them to
"Get" any goods that you want to sell, and also have them accept
goods that you want to buy. Say you buy flax. Now near your linen
industry you have a Storage Yard set to "Get Maximum" of the flax.
Tip: There is, of course, one small problem with the last part of that
trick. While your Storage Yard workers are out getting the flax, they
can't deliver it to the industries. However, since boats can sell
only 1200 of any item at once, and Storage Yard workers can carry 400
a time, this isn't that big of a problem.
So what do you do if you don't have any good raw materials? You import the
raw materials and manufacture the finished goods to sell! This lowers your
profits, but the profits are still there. When your people start demanding
beer, linen, and luxury goods you have to import goods anyway.
Note: Remember that you can only buy so much of any one good from any one
city in a year. For example in one year maybe Men-nefer will sell
you 4000 barley and buy 1500 papyrus. So after they buy that 1500
papyrus, they won't buy anymore. The most a land trader can buy and
sell is 800. The most a sea trader can buy and sell is 1200.
Tip: Because each city is limited to how much they can buy in a year, and
because you may produce a LOT more than they can buy of a finished
product, you may want to sell off both the finished product, and the
raw materials. Try to only sell raw materials when it is above a good
amount, like 2400 or 1600.
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Of Gods and Men
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We've now taken care of the most basic needs in your city, food and money.
Now we need to both appease the gods and help your city's housing evolve
further. And you do this by building lots of temples. You build each of the
gods' temples at each block of housing, and try to divide the temples so that
half are on one side of the housing block, and half on the other. This
increases the religious coverage, and helps guarantee that houses don't
devolve due to losing access to a temple.
Note: Be sure to always have one extra temple built for your "Patron God",
as they need the extra attention.
Also build each god one shrine. These shrines MUST be placed at least 2
squares from a road to be effective, and so that they can be reached by an
architect. Yes, shrines can and will collapse. Shrines don't give good
religious coverage, so you don't want to use them for anything other than
appeasing the gods.
If you check out your Overseer of the Temples (press 9) you will see the gods
mood. Happy gods bless your city, unhappy gods smite your city. It takes
some time for the effects of building temples to affect the god's moods. So
if you check immediately after building the temples, you may not notice any
change. Simply wait a bit, and check again. Their moods should have changed.
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Deciding where to build the Festival Square isn't easy. It has a great effect
on desirability, but it really messes walkers up (they get stuck on the square
and will just wander around it for awhile). My solution is to build it near
a housing block, on a road that is blocked off with a roadblock to prevent
walkers from getting on it. You need a clear 5x5 area on an intersection to
build a Square. You can only build one in any given city.
You want to hold festivals regularly, try to have them every 3 to 20 months
(quite the range!). You hold festivals to either get a god to bless you (say
to get Osiris to help out with the Inundation), or to keep a god from being
displeased with you. Also festivals greatly help out the city mood.
Unless you produce a lot of beer, avoid the "Grand Festivals" as they require
a lot of beer. Lavish festivals are therefore the best in terms of economics
and appeasing the gods and your townspeople.
Note: As your city gains more people and money it costs more to hold a
festival. So at the start of a scenario it could cost 120 for a
lavish festival, but near the end it could cost 900 or 1000 (or quite
a bit more!)
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Only build Temple Complexes for your Patron Gods, as they seem to need the ego
boost. A Temple Complex is one of the Three Mega Desireable Buildings (with
the other two being the City Palace, and the Dynasty Mansion; and to a lesser
extent their corresponding smaller versions such as the Town Palace and Family
Mansion) and should be built next to a Good Housing Block, that is, one that
you intend to evolve as much as you can. Temple Complexes require 50
employees and are great things to build when you have high unemployment.
Once you have already built the Temple Complex, you may notice that it still
lists "Temple Complex" on the menu of things that can be built. These are
improvements that can be made to the Temple Complex, such as new Altars.
These Altars have more effects than it would seem, for example the Altar of
Ma'at (Ra's Temple Complex) allows your Priests to fight crime.
Here's a short list of the various altars and their effects:
Osiris' Temple Complex: Altar of Sebek - as the priests pass your houses,
the people can make do with less
food.
Oracle of Min - speeds up the regrowth rate of
reeds and trees, which allows you
to harvest more.
Ra's Temple Complex: Altar of Ma'at - your Priests also gain the
function of crime fighters, as
they pass houses, the likelihood
of crime is lowered.
Oracle of Horus - your people love you so much that
they will work for a lower wage
without being upset.
Ptah's Temple Complex: Altar of Amon - your quarries, wood cutters, and
brickworks work faster.
Oracle of Thoth - librarians and teachers (scribal
schools) use less papyrus.
Seth's Temple Complex: Altar of Anubis - your mortuaries need less linen
to function.
Oracle of Sekhmet - Similar to the Altar of Ma'at
your Priests work as crime
fighters, but Sekhmet also
allows them to catch criminals.
Bast's Temple Complex: Altar of Isis - not only does Isis improve the
overall health of the city reducing
the chance of disease, but also
removes disease when it does
strike.
Oracle of Hathor - Improves city sentiment (mood).
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Blessings:
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When you give a little, you get a little. In this case, if you build temples
and hold festivals for the gods, they'll reward you with blessings, both big
and small. Conversely if you ignore the gods they will punish you with
Curses, but you won't get any of those so long as you keep them appeased.
You work on the god that corresponds to what your city really needs. For
example, if you are about to be invaded (in about 4 to 6 months) try to kiss
up to Seth a lot with Festivals to get his protection for your armies, or to
smite the enemy armies.
To check how close you are to receiving a blessing, check with the Overseer of
the Temples (press 9). The more "Ankhs" you have by their mood, the closer
they are to giving you something pleasant. And if they have a lightning bolt
that means that they are about to curse you with something, for example,
Osiris will make the flood poor.
I think that the best god to kiss up to is Bast. She has the two most useful
blessings in the game, the first she blesses your houses and bazaars with
a bounty of food and goods. Very useful. It doesn't mean that you have
everything you need, she merely increases what was already there. And her
other good blessing is that she will hold a Festival for the other gods, which
means that you can get many festivals for the price of one.
If your city depends on exports, then Ra is the god to go to. He has the
ability to increase the sale price of your items by 50% for 12 months, and
the ability to increase the amount your trading partners are willing to trade.
Finally he also has the ability to increase your Kingdom rating, which can
help you when it gets really low.
Osiris increases the flood, and should only be buttered up if the flood is
poor, or if there is going to be no flood at all.
Ptah has two great abilities that have to do with Industry. First he can
increase the amount of goods in a Storage Yard to the maximum. So if you
had 100 linen, you will have the full 3200. He also will supply your industry
with the raw materials they need.
Seth is the least useful in that he is strictly a military god. However,
don't ignore him, lest he smite your armies. If you are going to be invaded,
or your troops are going to be sent out to another city, Seth might come in
handy (especially for the latter case). Nothing is quite so satisfying as
seeing an enemy army just die because of Seth.
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Entertaining Egypt
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Your city is certainly on the grow now! Now we need to start thinking about
Entertainment. There are three sizes of entertainment "arenas", the Booth,
the Bandstand, and the Pavilion. Boothes can hold only jugglers, Bandstands
have both jugglers and musicians, and Pavilions have those and dancers as
well.
Building one of these "arenas" takes some thinking ahead. Hopefully you left
space around the corners of your housing area, because that is where we are
going to build!
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Boothes:
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Boothes are the easiest of the three to build because they require little
space (1 square off of the intersection) and they only need a 3 way
intersection.
= = - road
=BB HH - 1 square of housing
========= BB - Booth
=HHHHHHHH
=HHHHHHHH
Boothes affect the least amount of people, and therefore you need more boothes
than any other "arena".
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Bandstands:
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Bandstands take up quite a bit more space (it's a 3x3 structure), and is a
little harder to place. There are also several different ways of placing it,
one that involves placing it inside of your housing (Method 1), and the other
which involves creating a new road off of the housing (Method 2).
Method 1:
= - road
= bb - bandstand section
=========== HH - housing
bb=bbHHHHHH
bb=bbHHHHHH
=HHHH
As you can see this would involve destroying a corner of your housing in
order to fit the Bandstand. This method minimizes the area that walkers
can wander down, especially if you remove all the extra paths around it.
Method 2:
bb=bb
bb=bb
==============
=HHHHHHHHHHH
=HHHHHHHHHHH
The main problem with this is that your walkers now have a 4-way
intersection to wander around. But this method disturbs your housing the
least.
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Pavilions:
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Pavilions take up the most space, and are quite awkward to place as they have
all the components of the previous two "arenas", plus a 2x2 dancing stage.
There are, then, many ways to place a Pavilion. The first way (Method 1)
cuts into housing by only 1 square, the second way cuts into housing more,
and the third way avoids cutting into housing altogether, but again creates
more surface for your walkers to get lost in.
Method 1:
= = - road
pppp=pp pp - pavilion section
pppp=pp HH - housing
=================
pppp=ppHHHHHHHHHH
=HHHHHHHHHHHH
Method 2:
=
=
pp=pppp
===============
pp=ppppHHHHHHHH
pp=ppppHHHHHHHH
Method 3:
pp=pppp
pp=pppp
pp=pppp
===============
=HHHHHHHHHHHH
=HHHHHHHHHHHH
This method is by far the easiest to build as it requires the least
planning ahead. All you need to do is to build a 3x path out of a
corner, and another 2x path out the other side of that corner.
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Training Facilities:
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Once you have your "arenas" built, and I would suggest that every block of
housing could use 3 "arenas" (one of each type, plus maybe an extra booth as
well), you need to build training facilities to train the entertainers
themselves. While your city is small you will only need juggling, so let's
deal with that first.
Juggler's Schools are the only Training Facility with a Positive Desirability,
and so you can (but you don't have to) build next to your housing. This is
somewhat different from Caesar III where you wanted to build your training
buildings far from your arenas, here it doesn't matter so much as the
entertainers naturally wander the streets.
The Conservatory and Dance School should be built in an industrial area of
your city as they have negative desirability. I can see why the Conservatory
has negative, what with their off-key caterwauling, but the Dance School?
Oh well. You only need to build these after you have supplied your city with
pottery.
As your city grows you WILL need more than one training facility of each type,
otherwise your arenas won't have enough entertainers to hold shows.
Entertainers are not stopped by roadblocks. Make sure that there is a
road connection from your trainers to the arenas else thoose arenas won't have
any shows!
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Expanding the City
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Now that your mini-city is up and running, we need to get on expanding it.
First we are going to build another housing block near the first housing
block. In general I don't like two housing blocks interacting with each
other, and so will build a roadblock preventing walkers from the first housing
block from entering the next housing block.
=HHHH
=HHHH Second Housing Block (partial)
=HHHH
=HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
=HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
==========================================
=
=
=
r = - road
= r - roadblock
= HH - one square of housing
=
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Why prevent them from getting into other housing blocks? Because that can
create "dead zones" where certain walkers haven't passed in a long time,
because they have so much road to walk on. If housing is deprived of any
resource, be it water, food, pottery, or anything; that housing will devolve!
This is worst when they run out of water as it will devolve all the way down.
Also be sure to build Courthouses at each housing block if you haven't already
done that.
Now we're going to want to evolve our housing into the better (and therefore
higher tax base) structures. The first thing we need is pottery, then beer.
(After those come other things such as Mortuaries, Libraries, Scribal Schools,
Linen, a Second Food Source, Luxury Goods, and a Second Type of Luxury Goods.
These will all be discussed later! But a quick note about this now, never
evolve all of your housing blocks all the way, as your Labor Pool will
actually DECREASE with the increase of wealth. Rich people tend to not work.)
If you can construct Clay Pits (about 3 should do) and Potters (4 or 5). If
you can't build Clay Pits you will have to import. Have 2 storage yards, one
for the Clay and the other for the Pottery. Here's where we get tricky. You
want the Clay Storage Yard right next to the Clay Pits, however, you want the
Pottery Storage Yard as close to your housing as you can get it (3x squares
away or so). Why? Ease of access for your bazaar traders, of course! The
shorter the bazaar traders have to walk to get goods, the more goods they can
collect, and therefore the quicker your housing will evolve and STAY EVOLVED!
Very important.
If you cannot construct Clay Pits, things get a little sticky. You have to
import either Clay or Pottery. Obviously it is cheaper (and therefore better)
to import Clay, but sometimes you just can't get enough Clay imported to
supply your city. This is especially true if you have to make Bricks for a
Monument. In those cases you will have to import Pottery.
We want to do roughly the same thing for Beer (grow or import Barley) and
Linen (grow or import flax), as well as the other resources discussed above.
However, you don't want to add them too quickly to outgrow employment. Keep
looking at your unemployment rating, if it is too high, you may want to hold
off on creating a good that will evolve your city. On the other hand,
building new industries is a good way to lower unemployment. (by far the
BEST way to lower unemployment is to evolve structures into Estates, however,
this method often results in labor shortages)
Tip: If you want to avoid creating Scribes (people who don't work) in your
city, just avoid luxury goods. This way you can provide all the other
services like libraries and scribal schools for the high culture, but
still keep a strong workforce.
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While you are working on getting Pottery and Beer, you will also want to start
any monuments that your city will need. If you are going to be building Sun
Temples, Mausoleums, or Obelisks remember to import the needed rock (because
chances are you don't have it!), and to get all the materials and workers you
need to build the monument.
You want to build your monument in a highly accessible area, but it need not
be connected to anything via a road. By accessible I mean "close to" where
the materials for the Monument are kept. It doesn't need to be very close,
but don't put them clear across the city map.
Only build one monument to start with, but as that one gets further along,
you should start the other one. Why? Chances are you will have more workers
than that first monument will need (this is especially true as you finish a
"course" on a pyramid, it requires less workers), and so they can go work on
the other monument in their down-time of working on the first monument.
Always build several work camps near monuments that require stone to be taken
to them (Pyramids, Sun Temples, Mausoleums). These workers will also build
the foundation to Pyramids and Mastabas. And build at least 2 of each type of
Construction Guild (except the Carpenter's Guild, you only need one of those).
This is to prevent such things as the stone pullers pulling 2 things of stone
onto the same area (which effectively negates one of the stone loads!).
Note: During Farming Season your workers (the peasants, not the guild
members) will only be able to accomplish ONE THING on a monument.
So they might dig one square, then vanish.
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Walkthrough
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These "walkthroughs" aren't too indepth. You can't really make a "walkthrough"
for this game as you can for Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, etc. Instead,
these are basic guides on what to do and things of that nature.
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Nubt
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| Goals |
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| Population 300 |
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| Other 6 Meager Shanties |
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As with the previous game, Caesar III, Pharaoh starts you out on
what is more or less a Training Mission, although it's an actual
scenario. The first scenario will help you get familiar with
all the features, and as you proceed through the first few scenarios,
you will be introduces to more and new game features and options.
First, find a spot and build a few houses. One thing you must keep
in mind in Pharaoh, along with Caesar III is the houses MUST be within
two spaces of a road. If there are any unoccupied houses more than
two spaces from a road, it will disappear. When you make your initial
chunk of the city, you must provide at least enough homes for 150
people. At the 150 mark, Hunting will become available, and you will
need food to gain higher housing levels, and that is part of the
objectives in this scenario. Remember, to provide water to your
houses! No water = disaster. Once you have Hunting made available,
build a Hunting Lodge, Granary, and a Bazaar. Again, you must provide
water.
Once you have those essentials provided, you MUST build Firehouses. If
you neglect to do so, your city will literally burn down to the ground,
and we don't want, do we?!?
Remember that Six Meager Shanties is one of the requirements in the
Nubt scenario, so you will have to right- click on the houses, and see
what's wrond with them if they aren't up to that level yet. More
often than not it will probably be due to being too close to a Crude
Hut, Granary, Bazaar, or Hunting Lodge. All of these things brings
down the immediate area's desirability.
Remember four things for the Nubt scenario: Water, Firehouses, Food,
and Desirability.
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Thinis
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| Goals |
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| Population 500 |
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| Culture 10 |
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| Other 10 Ordinary Cottages |
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Welcome to the second city in your quest to become Pharaoh. Thinis
introduces you to a new, and very important element, Gold Mining.
Gold is basically your form of currency. It's also called "deben".
You can't make any money by placing gold in your Storage Yards, so
do you do with it. Well, you are given a new building, the Palace.
The Palace is where you turn your gold in. It's basically your city's
Treasury, I guess.
Where do you put the Gold Mines? Well, you must construct them in
the area where "gold" is protruding from the rock. Make sure you
roads to them, otherwise you won't get anything done. Gold mines
have a tendency to collapse, so I highly recommend placing an
Architect or two nearby to watch those mines.
How do I get the 10 Ordinary Cottages? Pharaoh introduces you
to another VERY important aspect of the game, Religion. In Thinis,
you are given Bast for your God/Goddess. If you want a successful
city, I recommend placing Temples and Shrines for Bast. Remember,
she will determine your people's health and mood.
What's next? Entertainment. No, there were no televisions back
then, nor were there satellite dishes, so what did they do for fun?
All kinds of things were done back then for entertainment. Juggler's
Booths must be constructed on a Crossroads or a "T" intersection, just
like the other Entertainment buildings. It is recommended that you
learn how each building operates. Juggling Booths won't do anything
(entertain) without Jugglers, so build a Juggler's School nearby to
produce Jugglers.
How am I supposed to meet my requirements? Well, the Culture Rating
is pretty easy actually. If you supply your city with enough
Entertainment, your Culture Rating will be achieved. To get the 10
Ordinary Cottages may be a little harder for some people. It all
depends on how you have your city constructed. Granaries and Hunting
Lodges decrease the Desirability in the area, so keep them away from
the houses if possible, but not too far. Temples and Shrines will
increase Desirability, so try to have those around as well. As with
all of the scenarios, be sure you have plenty of Architects and Fire
Houses. Without these, your city will literally be left in ruins.
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Perwadjyt
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| Goals |
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| Population 600 |
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| Other 10 Modest Homesteads |
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Perwadjyt will introduce you to a new, and VERY important aspect
of Pharaoh, Floodplain Farming. Not all scenarios will offer
Hunting as means of providing your city with food. Farming,
however, is available on most of the scenarios. Just so you
understand what "floodplain" is, it's the area near the Nile
River that floods during the Flood season. It's usually a dark
brown or something close.
Before you can get the farms up and running smoothly, you'll have
get some people to move in, so make a medium- sized housing block,
provide it with water, fire houses, and Architects. Once you've got
a small population, construct the farms. I forgot to mention Work
Camps. Well, you MUST build them as well. Five Work Camps should
be supply enough employment for the farms and other buildings.
Four or five Fig Farms should prodive you with enough food. Just
remember to build roads to the farms. Sometimes it saves space if you
get two or three farms to use the same road. I forget just how the
Flood plain is constructed in Perwadjyt, because I haven't played
Pharaoh in a while, so here are a few examples of what I mean.
(2 Farms) (4 Farms)
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Those little drawings may not look all that great, but it shows you
what I mean. Most Flood plains are smaller in areas than others, so
you'll just have to use whatever configuration you can with the
flood plain you're given.
After you've built the Farms, you'll have to build a Granary and a
Bazaar. If you haven't figured it out by now, a Granary stores
food, and the Bazaar distributes it (as well as other goods). If
you keep Osiris happy on this scenario, food can become more abundant,
since Osiris controls how well the flood is, and the better the flood,
the more nutrient- rich (fertile) the soil is in the farms, and it
will make more food.
What do I do now that I've got a steady food production? Well, you
get to dive into another Industry, Clay Pits and Pottery. When you
build the Clay Pits, they must be relatively close to the water's edge.
The Potter doesn't have to be close, but it should be close to the Clay
Pit, so there is always a supply nearby, and it saves time. Make sure
you build one or two more Potters than you have Clay Pits. Also, build
an Architect or two nearby. Clay Pits tend to have a higher chance
to collaps than some buildings. Once you have those built, build a
Storage Yard. The Potters must have a place to put the pottery, right?
Keep in mind, that all of these buldings have a negative desirability
rating, so try to keep them away from housing, if possible.
Roadblocks will also become available eventually. When they become
available, read about them. They are a great feature.
How do I get the 10 Modest Homesteads required for this scenario?
Right- click on each house and find out what is bothering that house.
Gardens, Statues, and Plazas will become available at one point. These
are important, because they have a positive desirbility. Pottery will
just accumulate in your Storage Yard if you don't have the housing up
to an Ordinary Cottage. The bazaars will get the pottery and distribute
it once Ordinary Cottages are found in the city. After that, it's just
a matter of time. Just remember to experiment with the Plazas, Gardens,
and Statues, because these are available in the remainder of scenarios,
and are very important in having a successful city.
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Nekhen
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| Population 1000 |
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| Other 10 Modest Apartments |
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Neken gives you a rather large area to use. Unfortunately, most of the
land is arid, so water becomes more of an issue. Water Supplies can
only be built on grasslands, because where there's grass, there's water.
Water carriers won't walk the entire city either, so you will have to
make a housing block pretty close to the Nile's banks, so it will be
near water. When building your housing, you must leave a small area
for Clay Pits. Remember, they have to be next to the Nile's bank.
Farming is a major issue as well. Nekhen doesn't offer you very much
space in the flood plain to build farms. You'll have to be creative
in order to use the given space wisely. Just remember to have roads
leading to the farms. Work Camps should be built next. You need
workers, right?
Nekhen allows you to use the Overseer of the Workers, which means you
won't need to build a Palace to monitor the employment rate. There is
no gold to be mined, so you don't really need to build a Palace.
Here's a Tip from Impressions: "If you have a lot of unassigned workers
(but don't really need to build any new industries), building a Palace
will reduce unemployment."
Remember to built Potters for the Clay Pits. Also, look back to the
previous walkthroughs (especially Perwadjyt) for tips and help on
reaching the 10 Modest Apartments housing level.
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Men-nefer
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| Population 1500 |
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| Culture 15 |
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| Prosperity 20 |
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| Kingdom 40 |
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| Monument 9 |
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| Other 10 Modest Apartments |
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Men-nefer is a large step up from basic city management. Don't get me
wrong, fires and all of those things can be hard to control, but
you have a new challenge in Men-nefer. You will be introduced to
monument- building. It is small, so it's not overwhelming.
You'll have to begin your city in the neighborhood of the floof plain.
Get some Work Camps, and Chickpeas Farms up and running. You'll need
to give your people just about everything in this mission, so plan
your layout carefully. You'll need Entertainment, Religion, Magistrates,
Healthcare, pottery, and beer. You'll need all of those to make the
housing levels evolve. Without them, you'll have large areas, which
will be commonly referred to as "slums". You don't want that, do you?
Build a few Tax Collector's somewhat early, because Pharaoh didn't leave
you enough money for this mission. I'll get back to money in a minute.
Once you've got one Spacious Apartment, you'll introduced to the
Education features. For Educational structures to properly function,
papyrus must be available. So, build some Reed Gatherers and Papyrus
makers. The Reeds are grown in the marshes. There are two areas of
marshes on Men-nefer. The Reeds are the "yellow" things that stick up
in the Marsh. Build several Reed Gatherers and Papyrus makers because
Papyrus will be your only way of income, with the exception of Taxes.
Once you have schools working, Trading will become available. Perwadjyt
will sell you bricks for your Small Mastaba, and Nekhen will buy Papyrus
from you. Before you can trade, you must open each trade route, and
visit the Overseer of Commerce. By visiting him, you will be able to
set Papyrus to "Export" and Bricks to "Import".
Once you have those taken care of, it's time to select an area for the
Small Mastaba. You will need a Storage Yard. Set it's orders to Accept
bricks only. Don't let it accept anything else. Also, set all the other
Storage Yards in your city to "Do not Accept". When the traders come
into the city, they should drp off the bricks at the Designated Storage
Yard. When a load of bricks come in, you will be prompted with some
information about the construction of the Small Mastaba. Be sure you
have at least four or five Work Camps in Men-nefer. More will be
helpful when clearing the ground for the Small Mastaba. Also, some
Bricklayers' Guilds will be needed. They lay the bricks for the Mastaba.
Select the area for the Mastaba to be built from the "Religious" panel
on the interface. Make sure it's close to the Bricklayers' Guild and
Storage Yard. This reduces the time for construction. It didn't take
me very long to complete the Mastaba. I was importing all the bricks I
could, and I was still waiting for bricks to be delivered. Also, I
had to send some Papyrus to a city, and they rewarded me with a ton of
bricks. Unfortunately, my Small Mastaba was finished, but I took them
anyway.
Once you finish the Mastaba, there's not much else to do. Just wait
for Nekhen to buy more Papyrus from you, and you should win it. Also,
make sure you meet the other "goals" for the mission. "Prosperity"
will probably be the one that is not met yet, and that's because you
must wait until you sell more Papyrus. Also, make sure there is low
unemployment and fairly good housing. Once you've met everything, you
win!
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Timna
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| Population 2000 |
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| Kingdom 70 |
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| Prosperity 10 |
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Welcome to Timna. The first thing you'll find out is you are not alone.
The Bedouins are nearby, and they don't want you to have that copper
deposit your city is sitting on. Pharaoh and a few other cities will
request goods from you, so be prepared for that. You are given a set
time, and usually, it's not all that long, or so it seems. Your
Kingdom Rating will be what suffers if the goods aren't sent and
received in the given time. A suggestion would be to build plenty of
Storage Yards so you wouldn't have to worry about it as much. Copper,
weapons, money, and gems are the main requests. Copper is the main one,
however, so be sure you produce plenty of it.
One thing you should take into consideration when building your city is
where to build it. Well, it's hard to say. The Copper Mines do take
up room, as do the rocks the Copper is in. So, you'll just have to
make some sort of compromise. If I can remember correctly, I built my
city in small groups. I wasn't able to make one huge dense housing area.
Well, that's just from memory, I may be thinking of a different level.
Hunting Lodges are available once again. What's the food? Ostriches!
Tastes like chicken, right? It is suggested by many that you try to
import some food. I also recommend doing so. Nubt offers game meat, so
go for that if you can!
To stay out of debt, make Gold Mines near the rocks wher Gold protrudes.
Place your Palace near them as well to reduce time. As always, make
sure you have Architects near the Gold and Copper Mines, since they are
much more likely to collapse than other buildings. Also, build Tax
Collectors, and Police Stations. I forgot to mention that in the last
Walkthrough. There is always crime, and the Police will help limit the
theft.
This level requires you to build an army. I know, you've been waiting
for war right? Well, a group of Archers and Infantry should fend off
the Copper- hungry Bedouins. Keep Pharaoh happy with his requests and
your Kingdom Rating will rise, and you should win the level of Timna.
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Bedhet
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| Population 2500 |
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| Kingdom 45 |
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| Prosperity 20 |
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| Culture 15 |
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| Monuments |
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| Building | Building Materials | Burial Goods |
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| Medium Mastaba | 24,000 Bricks | None |
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Bedhet allows you to go fishing. Wahoo! You also get to mine for gold,
which will add to your income. As you'll find out, gold mining isn't
always available.
To start fishing you'll nees a few things. A Shipwright and a Fishing
Wharf must be built. The Shipwright constructs the boats for the Fishing
Wharf. Be sure you have wood in your Storage Yard(s).
Trading also becomes a little more complex. They will be coming to you
the Nile River. So, you must build a Dock on the river, and a Storage
Yard or two nearby to receive and send goods.
Mining Gold comes into play with trade. This mission makes you build a
Medium Mastaba, which requires more bricks than the Small Mastaba did.
To ofset the costs of importing bricks, you will have to mine gold. For
the Gold to be of any use, you'll have to build a Palace once again.
Gold isn't your only source of income. Taxes, Papyrus, and Beer will
help. Papyrus and Beer are your chief exports. You can also import
Flax, and turn it into Linen, and export the Linen to turn a profit.
Warships also become available. You'll need to build a Warship Wharf,
and make sure your Shipwright has wood. The reason I bring this up
is you will be attacked by enemy warships.
Although I didn't find it necessary, you could build a group of Infantry
or Archers in case the enemy boats get past your warships and land their
troops.
One problem you may encounter is limited riverfront space. You'll just
have to work it out. If I remember correctly, I didn't seem to have too
trouble with it, so I'm sure you should do okay.
Ferry Landings will issue people across the Nile. For more information
on the Ferry Landings, read the Pharaoh manual.
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Abedju
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| Goals |
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| Population 2500 |
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| Kingdom 60 |
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| Prosperity 25 |
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| Culture 25 |
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| Monuments |
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| Building | Building Materials | Burial Goods |
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| Small Mastaba | 10,800 Bricks | None |
| Small Mastaba | 10,800 Bricks | None |
| Medium Mastaba | 24,000 Bricks | None |
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City construction is recommended to take place on the eastern bank.
This allows you acess to the larger flood plain. Unfortunately, it
won't be a source for food. Fishing is once again your way for
food, so build Fishing Wharves and Shipwrights.
Trading is important in Abedju. Most of the trading is by water,
which will require a Dock and a Storage Yard nearby. The majority
of your income will come by the means of exporting Beer and Linen.
A bridge can be built where the land masses are close. This will allow
reed gatherers to cross the Nile and access the Marshland, where the
Reeds grow. Remember Reeds are requires to make Papyrus, which you can
export to make a little extra money. Papyrus tends to be one of my
favorite types of exports, but I have no idea why. I know it's fairly
easy to get the Reeds and turn it into Papyrus. One thing that you
may consider is building two docks. It will help sometimes. Try to
make them right next to eachother, since the boats seem to go to which
ever one is closer to the entry point.
Open a trade route with Byblos to import Wood. Wood will be required
for the construction of the Warships. You DON'T need a lot of it, but
it is very expensive.
Abedju introduces you to a new concept, brick making. In past missions,
you've been able to import bricks for your Mastabas. Well, Abedju makes
you build three of them, which takes a lot of bricks. You'll need both
Clay and Straw to make bricks. It takes 100 bags of clay and 25 bundles
of straw to make 100 bricks. To make things easier on yourself, fulfill
the requests for Beer, and you'll be sent bricks as a "Thank You".
To build the Mastabas, you'll need plenty of workers. Be sure to have
Work Camps and Bricklayers' Guilds. Place the Storage Yards near the
Mastaba sites, so transporting the bricks doesn't take too long.
Remember to only build one Mastaba at a time! After that, use your
Pharaoh knowledge and get the remainder of the requirements met and it's
on to the next city!
After I've received a bunch of emails on this level, I decided to do a
little more investigation to see why people have trouble with this
level, and why it can take people over 200 months on the Hard Setting.
I ran across something someone posted, and the person's name was
"Brugle".
Here's what was included -
You need five settlements, in this order:
1. 4 Flax and 2 Barley Farms on the easily accessible floodplain near
the kingdom road -- build one 2x2 housing block.
2. Reeds and Papyrus across the river, later enhanced with a little
Flax and Barley -- build one 2x2 housing block.
3. Papyrus, Fish, and Industry at the south end of the Kingdom Road,
build a few houses.
4. Big block at the north end of the Kingdom Road. This is going to
supply all the workers for your first- year export industries.
Fill this with houses as soon as you can.
5. Really big block across the Nile. This is going to supply enough
workers for 31 brickyards. Build the initial housing so you can
start fishing before long.
As settlers arrive, first build the work camp for your floodplain farms,
then a Temple, Water Supply, Firehouse, and Architect for each big
block, then Industry and Raw Materials become available. Start making
bricks and export them for a while! This provides needed funds. Your
goal is to have 1000 people after one year and 2000 after two without
going into debt. If you do this right, you should get a good harvest
from all six farms and export the linen and beer in the first year.
The next priority is to provide food for everyone. If you don't, plague
will strike. Import Figs and Chickpeas until your Fishing is fully
established. (Of course you're importing 100 fish so you don't need to
build granaries.)
In the dock area (3 docks, as far south as you can put them) have 3
storage yards accepting only clay, straw, and linen. A nearby area
handles the lucrative land trade. Between the docks and southern housing
block build Brickyards, as many as you can. The more you buil, the more
raw materials you will import.
Once people are fed, get the monument zone going, just to the northwest
of the south housing block. First build storage yards set to "get
maximum" bricks. These will grab the bricks you've already produced and
stored in the land trade area. Then start on the Medium Mastaba,
supported by work camps and bricklayers.
I did the Mastabas wrong, and whoever does them right is going to get
down to 90 months. Once the Medium one is 70% done, start the second,
and once bricks are going onto that, start the third.
What I'd recommend (not that I did, but I'm wiser now) is to have three
or four storage yards set to accept bricks as close to the mastabas as
you can. All 31 brickyards deliver directly to these. Keep the number
small so that your bricks don't get spread out. That way workers can
always find a full load of bricks and find it without traveling. If
you have bricks anywhere else, set the storage yard to "empty" them.
Avoid at all costs letting your workers travel far to get bricks. To
practice this, load the second save game
(www.tiac.net/users/bamberg/pharaoh/abydos/Abydos.zip) and see if you can
build the last two Mastabas in less than two years.
Late in the game, you may be able to import bricks. Do so, but check
carefully to be sure that you're profitable for the year. Otherwise
you'll have three Mastabas and no prosperity.
My guess is that anyone who masters this level will be able to do all
the pyramid-building levels twice as fast as the average player. Caesar
III experts take note -- there is nothing in the C3 career like the
logistical problems of handling all these bricks.
Eventually I was limited by the size of my brickmaking industry. I see
no reason that 6000 people for a population and 40 bricklayers isn't
possible. Another obvious improvement to what I did is to produce and
stockpile beer for Pharaoh across the Nile -- but don't let anyone but
immigrants use that ferry!
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Selima Oasis
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| Goals |
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| Population 3000 |
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| Kingdom 55 |
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| Prosperity 20 |
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| Culture 20 |
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Welcome to the next city, Selima Oasis! Lucky for you, you've all kinds
of Trade Route problems here, well, I guess it's not so lucky is it?
Your economy will be dependent on exporting Wood.
"Be sure to avoid building on ostrich spawning grounds. No more spawning
grounds equals no more ostriches, which equals no more food, which
equals no more city! You can only stretch ostrich meat so far and may
need to supplement your people's diets with imported food." - Impressions
You'll need to import Copper, which is expensive. Copper will be used
for making weapons. You'll need some troops in Selima Oasis. There are
a few requests for Troops that you must fulfill. Another request that
will pop up is luxury goods. Pharaoh needs his stuff!
Another way, other than exporting Wood, to make money is exporting Beer
and Papyrus. As I've mentioned earlier, trade routes are a bit of a
problem. Distant battles keep taking them out, so be patient!
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Abu
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| Goals |
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| Population 4000 |
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| Kingdom 50 |
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| Prosperity 30 |
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| Culture 30 |
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Abu is an interesting city. There are quite a few new things you are
introduced to here, so I strongly suggest you read all messages and
tutorials that pop up here so you know how everything works.
Stone and trading are very important on this level. Stone will be
requested by Pharaoh, plus you can export it for profit. The better
you do tapping into the resources, the more money you'll make. The
city you make here will help you later on.
With Stone on your mind, you may forget about your Armies. I suggest
that you don't. Pharaoh will request some, so I suggest that you keep
a few companies available.
There's not a whole heck of a lot to do here, for a walkthrough, that is.
Use our Pharaoh experience thus far to make Abu a thriving city. The
Dock should be built on the Western body of water, if I can remember
correctly.
Good luck!
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Saqqara
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| Goals |
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| Population 3500 |
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| Kingdom 30 |
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| Prosperity 15 |
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| Monuments |
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| Medium Stepped Pyramid | Plain Stone 10,800 Bricks | Pottery - 1000 |
| | | Linen - 500 |
| | | Wood - 1000 |
| | | Papyrus - 500 |
| | | Granite - 15 Blks|
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We've got a lot of building to do! You get to build your first pyramid!
Excited yet? Well, it takes quite a while to do, so be patient.
Before I rush right into the Pyramid construction, I'd like to discuss
food at Saqqara. You are given two, count them, two, forms of food.
You get ostrich and pomegranates. Pomegranates are brand new to you,
so you will be introduced to a new form of farming, meadow farming.
This is somewhat different from the Floodplain farming in the fact that
you don't need to build the farms next to the water. Where you see
small yellow "tufts" of things in the grass, that is where you can build
meadow farms. They need water, so you'll need a water lift near the
Nile River, with an operator, as well as an irrigation ditch to the
farm(s). The meadow farms don't do quite as well as the floodplain farms
due to fact that the floodplains are more fertile than the meadow farms.
For one source of income, build Gold Mines at the north end of your
city. The only problem you may encounter here is those damn hyenas.
Sometimes they have a threat of attacking your Gold Mine deliverymen.
The Gold Mining doesn't just offer you income, but it allows you to buy
other raw materials, so you can turn them into finished products, and
sell them.
Before you start to take up a lot of room here, start your pyramid. It
does take up some room, and it also takes a long time to make. As with
the Mastabas, you'll need people from Work Camps to clear the ground.
Building a pyramid is different from building a Mastaba in a few other
ways. You'll require carpenters and stonemasons. A Carpenter's Guild
will need to be built to supply Carpenters. A few suggestions for the
pyramid building would have to be to make multiply Stonemasons' Guilds
and mine a lot of stone while the base of the pyramid is still being
dug.
Do I accept the pomegranates as a gift? YES!! If you don't, it will be
a bad mistake. Take the gift even if you're choking on pomegranates.
Visit the Overseer of Monuments once the pyramid is done and make sure
you have sent all things necessary.
Good luck!
With all of the monument constructionm it tends to bring down your
Prosperity and Culture ratings, so just ignore them until the pyramid
is done. Well, that's what I did, and I beat the level, heh. You
may do something different.
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Serabit Khadim
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[Tables Coming Later]
Attack!! Yeah, that's what you'll be looking forward to in Serabit
Khadim. All kinds of armies will be charging through, trying to
take you out. Fortunately, there is a small wall constructed around
the city, but you will still need to build some troops. Attack isn't
the only important thing here....copper is.
You'll need to establish Copper Mines as soon as possible. I recommend
you build lots of them as well. Pharaoh like and needs his copper, so
be sure to have a steady supply of it in your Storage Yards. You can
also export the copper and use the copper to make weapons, which you'll
need for your Infantry.
"As with the Selima Oasis, be careful not to build over ostrich spawning
grounds. Exporting jewelry and excess copper will bring money to build
up your military and supplement sparse food resources." -- Impressions
"Invasions and requests for goods (like gems, weapons, and luxury goods)
will grow in size with each passing year, so try to meet the win
requirements as quickly as possible." -- Impressions
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Meidum
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More building! Yeah, Pharaoh gives you the opportunity to use your
monument building skills once more. The Stepped Pyramid Complex you
are required to build is rather massive, which will require a lot
of laborers and stone. 20 Work Camps will also speed up the process
of preparing the base.
The best thing to do in the early game is to establish a few trade
routes, which will allow you to turn an income. Wood and Papyrus are
the recommended exports since they cost quite a bit to purchase.
Place the Stepped Pyramid Complex as soon as you can. It will allow you
to build the remainder of your city around it. Also, this features a
Causeway, which must extend to the water's edge. No traffic can flow
through it.
As already mentioned, you'll need stone. You'll find plenty of room in
the rocky areas for this. Building plenty of quarries will help save
you time. With so much emphasis on the Stepped Pyramid Complex, you
must not forget about the Small Stepped Pyramid.
There is also a meadow area, which will allow you to build a few farms
to feed your people who are in the quarry area.
You aren't alone by the way. You will need an army because you will be
under attack a few times, so be ready.
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Buhen
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Gold Mining is your friend. You will have to spend your money wisely
in this mission. Copper is the main reason for the lack of money.
The reason you need copper is for your Infantry. You'll need plenty
of troops.
Pharaoh has also begin a large construction project, which will require
a large amount of limestone to be sent to him, so be ready for his
requests. You must find a balance between troops and limestone. You
don't want to overproduce on one and have Pharaoh make a request for
something you don't have, do you? Also, beer and debens will be
requested.
Pharaoh isn't the only one who needs troops. In fact you will need a
supply of them as well. Walls and Towers can be constructed to help
defend your city. Use the God, Seth, to help you. Remember that Seth
controls armies and war, so be kind to Seth, and you may be rewarded.
Pharaoh isn't the only person doing building. You must build a Small
Obelisk, which will require a supply of granite.
As a warning for requests, be sure you have a large supply of Beer on
hand when 2568 BC rolls around.
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South Dashur
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[Tables coming later]
If you haven't noticed, my walkthroughs are getting shorter. Well,
this one doesn't need to be explained too thoroughly either. This
mission is fairly understandable and straightforward. The best thing
you can do is just use your knowledge thus far and use it for this
level. There's nothing too challenging.
You will, however, have to make plenty of money, because the Trade Routes
get a bit troublesome here.
Pharaoh will make requests for Grain, Beer, and Limestone, and in return
you'll receive plain stone, which will be used for the Medium Bent
Pyramid you must construct.
Limestone and pottery are probably your best bets for exports here, just
remember to keep enough limestone for your Pyramid.
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North Dashur
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Welcome to the next busy level. Pharaoh will keep you busy in North
Dashur, that's for sure.
Importing will be something you'll need to do. You can grow Barley,
which you can make into Beer, which is an item you can export for a
nice amount of money. Beer exports will be a key for offsetting your
costs for other imports.
Military isn't stressed too much here, with three or four Forts built,
your city should so fine. Copper gifts can be used for weapons for
your infantry, with any excess going to exports.
Storage Yards are an important thing here. You'll need to have a nice
supply of limestone, barley, and grain on hand for the greedy Pharaoh.
Pharaoh will give you gifts of Plain Stone, which will be needed for the
little construction project you have.
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Iunet
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[Tables coming later]
As you've noticed thus far, Pharaoh is making you do more and more
as each level progresses. Well, requests always keep you busy, so
be sure you have plenty of Storage Yards.
As soon as you can, start a Gold Mining community near the rocky
outcrop with gold protruding from it. Gold is important because it
offers of a local Income. Copper can also be mined, which can be used
for weapons and an income!
Food may be a little troublesome. Your required population has been
increased, which means you'll need lots of food. Fish is the only
local suppy of food. So, as you've learned already, you'll have to
import whatever food you think will please them. I should point out
that whatever food types they receive, don't change their mood, so
it doesn't (actually) matter which food you decide to import.
Whatever is the cheapest will be the logical choice.
You are NOT alone! The Kushites are nearby and they would like to get
their hands on your Copper and Gold. There really is no ONE way to
secure your city from them. I suggest that you have a strong Navy to
intercept any enemy boats that wander into the city's area. I also
suggest that you have a strong army in case one of their boats gets past
your Navy and lands the troops it is carrying. You don't have to have
more than three Forts, but it wouldn't hurt. It all depends on your
Navy, really. I should warn you that they bring larger and stronger
forces as the scenario progresses, so you could build a few extra Forts,
but as I alreads said, a great Navy will help keep their transport boats
from unloading their troops.
Remember to have wood for your warships (Navy). Being on Seth's good
side is another important idea. He can help destroy armies, as well
as yours if you ignore him! Granite should also be onhand. I believe
Pharaoh requested some, and you'll need to put some in the Small Mastaba
you just created.
If you'd like to view a saved game (not mine) for this level, go to
http://www.tiac.net/users/bamberg/pharaoh/iunet/Iunet.zip
Tip from Sean Hurley: While in Iunet, the city accumulated massive
wealth with a kingdom rating of 100. So I
simply raised my salary to 100 deben per
month and moved it down occasionally to
maintain my kingdom rating. Eventually, I
accumulated about 45,000 deben in my personal
savings before completing the assignment. Upon
entering Rostja, I simply donated my 45,000
deben to the city and found myself on a blank
map with 55,000 deben. Needless to say, I had
no difficulties whatsoever. It got to where
the only messages I would receive were the
annual Inundation reports, which are quite
annoying when you don't have farms. By the time
I finished the pyramid complex, my personal
savings were back up to an obscene amount
through my extortion of the city. I still
ended with a kingdom rating of 100 through all
the requests to Pharaoh I fulfilled. I am now
ready to glide through the next city without
cheating. The key to Pharaoh is the personal
savings. Through proper "financial management",
nothing is difficult.
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On
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[Tables Coming Later]
I read through the Walkthrough that Impressions did for this level, and
it is excellent. So, instead of trying to make up my own, I'll just use
theirs in quotes.
"Building an efficient city at On is a test of your ability to create
different self-sustaining zones. There are five landmasses here: the
east bank, the west bank, and three islands. The only way to access
the west bank is to skip across the islands from the east bank." -- Imp.
"Begin your city by building ferries that will allow immigrants to
access the west bank. It is there that you should set up the first
zone in your city. Build some housing, Hunting Lodges, and a papyrus-
making industry. Build a Dock there, too. Make sure that the ferry
fromt he west bank to the western island has access to employees on
both sides. Use the western island to grow flax for linen production.
Linen and papyrus can then be exported through the Dock on the west
bank." -- Imp.
"Next, establish a quarrying community by the rocks on the east bank.
Build a Dock there, too, and export limestone from that Dock. You
should now have some well-established sources of income." -- Imp.
"Establish a food-producing community on the middle island. Since the
west bank is self-sufficient, there is no reason to provide employees
to the ferry leading from the center island to the western island until
later in the scenario, when your entire city needs linen and papyrus.
However, the east bank is without a source of food, so the ferries
leading from the east bank, across the eastern island and to the middle
island should all have access to employees and road connections. This
is a good place to employ your knowledge of Roadblocks. Build a Granary
by the limestone Quarries, and you will be able to feed your people
there." -- Imp.
"By ensuring that there is no way for Dock deliverymen from the east
bank to get to the west bank, and vice versa, you will violate river
trade, thereby making it more efficient. Trade ships will only visit
the west bank to buy papyrus and linen, and only visit the east bank
to buy limestone." -- Imp.
"The eastern island is a good location for the brick-making community.
You'll need lots of bricks to build the three small Mastabas." -- Imp.
"If you use tips as a start and remember to save room for three small
Mastabas, you should soon have a thriving city at On." -- Imp.
"A word of warning: you will be asked several times of gifts of
limestone. If you don't fulfill these requests, one of your trading
partners will become upset and close its route, potentially cutting off
your source of luxury goods, which you need as a burial provision.
Either stock up on luxuries early, or be sure you don't miss these
limestone requests." -- Imp.
"Imp." - Impressions
You will NOT need any military!
A saved game file can be found at:
www.tiac.net/users/bamberg/pharaoh/heliopolis/Heliopolis.zip
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Rostja
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[Tables coming later]
You've got a challenge here. Many people say this is one of the most
difficult scenarios in the game, so be patient. I read through
Impression's Walkthrough for Pharaoh, and the first part is an excellent
way to start off.
"Take a moment to look at the terrain before getting started. There are
a few things to notice." -- Imp.
"First of all, despite the presence of flood plain here, you cannot build
farms. So, take a look around and locate the ostrich breeding grounds,
because your people are going to be eating a lot of ostrich meat! Be
particularly careful when placing the Pyramid Complex not to cordon off
the ostriches on the western bank of the main Nile branch here. You will
need to be able to access them for food." -- Imp.
"Secondly, notice that all of the rocky areas are at the western edge of
the play area. You will need A LOT of plain stone for Khufu's Pyramid
Complex, not to mention the medium Pyramid that you have to build for
Khafra too. You will also need to mine lots of gemstones and create lots
of luxury goods (jewelry) for export. These are your main sources of
income and should be attended to from an early stage." -- Imp.
"Finally, suitable areas for Dock placement are a long way from the
mining areas, so try to devise a system to efficiency move gemstones
and jewelry for exportation. Instead of making Dock deliverymen come
to the mines to get gems, make the gems available near the Dock. Build
Storage Yards to "Get" gems." -- Imp.
The first two aspects I'd suggest concentrating on would be money and
military. You will be attacked fairly early. Keep two companies
of Archers and Infantry around to fend off anyone who doesn't like you.
Gems are something that must be mined and stored in excess. Keeping 2
to 3000 gems around is a great idea due to requests. DO NOT forget
Tax Collectors! They will pick up any taxes owed, which will help you
through the tough times. Try to export anything you can to make a profit.
Money is important here because of all the stone you'll need.
Okay, monument building will take a while. I'd suggest starting out with
the Sphinx. Once you've got that finished, and you have an efficient
city, you can start on the other two. You must carefully plan where to
place the other two monuments, because your city could be in a bad spot
and not allow you to build a monument, which would make you lose the
scenario if you can't figure out how to build it.
After that, it's just a matter of time when the workers finish the
construction of the monuments. Good luck!
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Bahariya Oasis
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One word: Wood! Yeah, wood is important here. Exporting wood is a
very important way to make money. Exporting wood will allow you to
import other raw materials, which you can refine into other goods.
The military is a little sneaky here. Usually, there will be little
pop-ups that tell you how much longer until the next military group
attacks your city. Instead, they just attack...no pop-ups. I
suggest looking at the Military Advisor, who will show if an enemy army
is approaching. Three companies of both Archers and Infantry will
get you through the military aspect of this level with no problem.
A few other items you'll need to import are Copper and Sandstone. Copper
is used to make weapons for your Infantry. Sandstone will be used for
your Sun Temple.
A few folks I talked to had a problem with unemployment on this level.
They decided to turn Bahariya Oasis into a Linen distribution point.
This is an excellent idea. Importing flax will be required.
A saved game example can be found at
http://tiac.net/users/bamberg/pharaoh/bahariya/Bahariya.zip
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Djedu
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[Tables coming later]
Pharaoh will make serveral requests in the beginning. Fulfilling his
requests will open trade routes, which you will need to get items, which
will allow you to win. Game meat, grain, and wood should be stockpiled
for the simple reason that Pharaoh will be requesting things.
Importing sandstone will be the most boring part of this level. It does
take a while, so be patient. Money will be important, so exporting wood
and papyrus will help you. I must say that Wood is the primary export
due to the amount you have and the amount of money you can get for
trading it.
A saved game example can be found at:
http://www.tiac.net/users/bamberg/pharaoh/abusir/Abusir.zip
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Dunqul Oasis
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The condition of the ground makes this a little more difficult, or some
say. Careful planning is the key to making a fair amount of money and
maintaining an economy.
Granite, game meat, and weapons will be asked for here, so keep a nice
supply in storage for those times.
The main thing you have to do it stay out of debt. Doing that is a
little hard, but having a few constant exports will help allow you do
that.
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Dakhla Oasis
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"The first struggle at Dakhla is to get immigrants past the hyenas and
into the city. There is a simple solution to this - designate housing
areas that will prompt immigrants to travel south of the oasis to get
to the housing. A good rule of thumb is to establish areas of housing
south of the road that leads northwest out of the region. If the
hyenas continue to plague you, build some Forts, and use the military
to send the hyenas to the 'Field of Reeds.'
By this stage in the game, you should be able to recognize your biggest
initial source of income and build the beginnings of your city around
exports of that good -- in this case, wood. However, do not forget to
pay attention to other goods that your city can produce because other
cities will inevitably request them. Make sure that you are producing
and storing beer, bricks, grain, and wood before the scenario progresse
too far. Pre-emptive stockpiling is a good economic tactic for Pharaoh.
Granite is needed for construction of the small Obelisk, but will only
become available through fulfilling the needs of your fellow Egyptians.
As soon as it does become available, begin importing it. You will need
100 granite blocks stored before you can begin work on the Obelisk.
If you are able to successfully manage the economics of the Dakhla
Oasis, you are well on your way to becoming a master of Pharaoh."
- This was taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Thinis
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[Tables coming later]
The first thing many people say is that you must save your game often,
as you will need to do because this is one of the hardest levels of
the game, if not the hardest.
"You are stuck between two warring factions who struggle for supremacy of
Egypt: the rulers of Henen-nesw and the rulers of Waset. You will be
asked to take sides. Thinis is being rebuilt by the rulers of Waset,
which makes them the "good guys". Don't accept gifts (however tempting)
when Henen-nesw tries to bribe you, and don't give in to their extortion
demands.
Be scrupulously true to your Waset allies, or you will set off a series
of events that will send army after army to destroy your city. Your
choices may not make you popular, but it's easier to rebuild your
Kingdom Rating than it is to rebuild your city after it's been sacked!
This is a heavy combat mission, so regardless of your choices, you'll
still need soldiers.
Lots of soldiers.
Multiple invasions will occur, and sometimes they'll overlap, so you'll
be fighting two enemies at once! One way to reduce your losses is to
use your warships to take out enemy transport ships before they land
their troops.
You might have to go into debt for a while, but as long as you can set
up Gold Mines in a timely fashion, you shouldn't have any lasting
problems. Mining gold should be one of your first priorities. You'll
need it to pay for the copper you'll need to import. Don't overlook
beer, though. Exports of that can be just as lucrative.
Take advantage of the road system. With a little adjustment and
carefully placed housing and roadblocks, you'll be in a position to
harvest every resource the city has to offer.
You start out with high unemployment, so no one wants to come to your
city. Try clearing some of the housing (like the housing outside the
Fort) until there's no unemployment, then you can start building new
housing to attract workers to the areas you want to develop.
Requests aren't made often, but when they are, look out. You may have
to come up with a heap of pottery - or worse - dispatch troops during
a mission where every soldier counts.
If you can make it through the first 15 years or so, the invasions
should taper off, and you can concentrate on meeting the winning
requirements. The most difficult of these will be your Kingdom
Rating, which will most likely be at rock bottom. Don't forget to
dispatch a gift or two (at most) every year to Pharaoh and hold lots
of festivals to Ra."
- parts are taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Waset
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[Tables coming later]
You've got one heck of a challenge here. Not only do you have to make
your own city a great placem but you must worry about other cities, and
you'll be asked for plenty of supplies.
You will need to build both an Army and Navy, and make them formidable!
"Your initial settlement should be three-pronged. Build a gold mining
camp and a City Palace near the gold resources at the northern end of
the river. When funds are suitable, build a farming community directly
across the river from there, employing both floodplain and meadow
farming tactics. Then, build a fishing community on the island at the
south end of the river. Make sure that you are providing your mining
community with food so that they do not develop disease. Finally, to
prepare yourself to fill requests, stockpile half a Storage Yard of
each of the food types.
As long as your city is well established and your military is prepared
by the time Henen-nesw begins trying to extort money from you,
completing the Waset scenario should be no problem."
- taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Kebet
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"Begin your struggle to reunite Egypt by cleaning up your recently
ransacked city. Clear away rubble and area desirability will improve.
If you are wondering what buildings used to be there, right-click on
the rubble before deleting it. There are valuable resources here
that you cannot do without; therefore, do no destroy everything,
or you will definitely lose. Most importantly, make sure that you
have a Granary and a Storage Yard.
Be aware of three things at first: there are allocation priorities
pre-set by the Overseer of Workers, the gods are displeased, and
you do not need to import clay because your city can produce its own.
Your most profitable export is copper, so start mining! Buhen buys
copper. If you decide to build Gold Mines, make sure that the City
Palace is near them. As soon as your copper exporting becomes stable,
begin making weapons. You will need a lot of them to replenish your
army and to send to other cities per their requests.
Expect an early invasion. Assuming you continue to support your
military labor pool, you should have two complete companies of
archers (from the pre-placed Forts) by the time the invasion comes.
If you have the money, add a few Towers to the existing Walls. The
first invasion comes from the north, on the west bank.
The invasions continue, giving your army only a little time to
recover between attacks. There is also a water invasion, so make
certain to have some warships. Be aware of land invasions from the
east bank, too! Either provide transport ships for moving troops
across the river, or build Forts on the east bank. It's probably a
good idea to do both. You can use the transport ships later for
dispatching troops to distant battles, so they are useful to have
around.
When things settle down a little, consider beginning work on the
monuments. You have to build two small Obelisks and one large one
in Kebet. That's a lot of granite! If you need extra income, you
can sell granite to Buhen.
As long as you do everything possible to support your military, your
growing city at Kebet should be able to effectively repel all
invasions. Balancing the need for military resources without going
into too much debt is the biggest challenge here, but it is
definitely surmountable."
- Taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Menat-Khufu
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"Your initial task at Menat Khufu should be to expand the scope of the
farming and prepare to fill famine requests for food. Assuming this
is done quickly enough, and a few Storage Yards are set up to receive
the food, you should be able to meet all of the requests in a timely
fashion. You may have to sacrifice giving your own city food during
the first year to fulfill the needs of other Egyptian cities suffering
famine. Do not hesitate to do so.
Once food production is adequate, begin establishing beer and linen
industries. Beer and linen are needed by your people, are valuable
exports and are needed to replenish the burial provisions stolen from
the Pyramid in your city. Income received from exports should be used
to purchase the granite and wood needed to construct two small Obelisks
in your city.
Efficient city layout and centralized exporting will help you overcome
some of the geographical limitations of the Menat Khufu region. If
you ensure high-quality floods by appeasing Osiris (a Temple Complex
dedicated to him is invaluable!), filling famine requests will be
significantly easier."
- Taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Itjtawy
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"This mission will require you to concentrate on economics and large
city management. Start exporting linen to create income. You can
also expand your city across the river to take advantage of the reed
fields. These reeds can be turned into lucrative papyrus exports.
You'll receive plenty of requests for goods, starting relatively
early in the mission. Have grain, pottery, bricks, limestone,
and meat on hand.
Itjtawy has problems with water contamination, so make sure you
have plenty of physicians and apothecaries to keep your population
healthy.
As long as you keep meeting requests and keep making a profit from
exports, you will be able to expand your city steadily. There's a
lot of space in the play area, and you'll need it to get your city's
population to 7,500 people. Think about prefabricated city blocks.
That is, design a city block that is more or less self-sufficient
(water, food, religion, health, infrastructure, etc.). Make sure to
leave some empty space in the design for structures you might not
need right away (Courthouses, Libraries, Mortuaries, etc.), but
will want to add later. As your city grows, add an identical block
next to it. When the second block is running smoothly, add a third,
and so on. It's a great way to keep your city organized and manageable.
Then you'll be in a position to start closing in on your city's other
goals like prosperity, culture, and the three monuments you need to
build. Don't forget the housing requirement!"
- Taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Iken
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[Tables coming later]
"This large area sees frequent military activity. The problem here is
that there are several places where the potential invaders might
attack. Depending on where you decide to build, some of the
waterborne invasion forces might land on an unoccupied island. If
they do, you are in luck: they will eventually get bored and go away.
Don't count on enemy soldiers meekly going away too often, though.
Eventually, you'll probably expand your city onto some of the
islands. You can place Forts on island settlements to guard them,
or build Transport Wharves to shuttle troops around. The latter can
take a lot of time, so you'll have to figure out a layout that will
allow you to respond to threats in a timely manner.
Invasions begin within the first few years of the mission. You
should try to bring your military to maximum strength as soon as
possible, because the Kushites will attack in large numbers.
A strong naval presence will be necessary. Always remember to
target enemy transport ships first. Remember that when it comes
to conducting warfare, a little help from Seth never hurts!
Requests for goods such as game meat, debens, linen, and barley will
demand your attention. Fulfilling these requests will improve your
Kingdom Rating, create new trade routes, and sometimes earn you
gifts of valuable copper. Be sure to help out the new city of Sawu
whenever possible.
Fortunately, there are rich deposits of gold in the area, and
harnessing these deposits should be done as early as possible.
Natural resources are spread throughout the region, so you may have
to build separate communities simultaneously to take advantage of the
land's resources.
Once you've got your economy and military running smoothly, the only
other major task will be meeting the population requirement. Eight
thousand is a lot of people, so manage your space carefully!"
- Taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Sawu
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"There are several ways to begin establishing a city in Sawu, so keep a
few things in mind:
- The location of your initial settlement is important. Choose a site
that maximizes resource availability.
- In Sawu you will be in the business of importing raw materials and
exporting finished goods. Other Egyptian cities will expect certain
services from you; after all, you are Pharaoh. Be prepared to fill
some early and large requests for manufactured goods.
- Mine some copper and make some weapons as soon as you can. Not only
will you need to dispatch weapons to other cities and send off troops
to distant battles, but you will also need to defend the city from
invasions. Make sure that you have some transport ships and warships
for dispatching troops via ship and defending against sea-borne
attacks. Invasions could come from any direction. Troops are also
handy for ridding the area of hyenas.
- Keep in mind that you will need to import sandstone for Mausoleum
construction, and provide bricks and limestone for the Brick-core
Pyramid.
Prove to your people that you are worthy of the title Pharaoh."
- Taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Heh
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"Heh will pull your resources in many directions at once. In the
beginning, you will need to balance mining gold with food production
and military requests.
Defending distant cities is essential and, provided your troops are
victorious, will always result in benefits. Remember, you can
dispatch a combination of both warships and transport ships carrying
soldiers. Requests for military support come frequently, sometimes
while you still have troops abroad. It's a good idea to continue to
build ships and Forts while your forces are away.
If you can spare them, keep some troops at home in case the Nubians
try to conquer your city. Watch out for invasions that come from
both land and water.
Usable land is scarce, so plan carefully and consider expanding to
the opposite bank of the Nile. Use archers to sterilize hyena
spawning grounds; otherwise, they will continue to kill your city
walkers and interrupt the flow of goods and services."
- Taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Bubastis
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"Immigrants will enter the city on the road shown when the scenario
is first started, at the southern edge of the play area. The first
few years here will be quiet, so use them to fill up your treasury
through wood exports.
To provide all of the services needed to develop four Palatial Estates
you will need a medium-sized city. Most likely, this will require you
to expand your city across the river. Useful coastline is not abundant
and should be used in the most efficient manner possible. Do not forget
to build a transport ship or two for dispatching troops to distant
battles.
Palatial Estates are difficult to develop, but definitely not
impossible. The good news is that building four of them is almost
as easy as building one of them. It's the first one that's the
hardest, though. Remember one very important key to developing
prosperous neighborhoods: nice housing takes up more space than lesser
housing. Surround housing that you are pampering with Gardens, which
raise the desirability of the area. Houses will expand onto Gardens,
but they cannot expand over Statues. If a house is trying to evolve
and claims to not have enough room, try deleting the houses, roads,
and/or other buildings that are cramping it. You really have to cater
to nice housing. If you ignore it for more than a few minutes, it will
likely devolve. Use the overlays to make sure that all necessary
services are being provided.
The other challenge in Bubastis is to provide enough services to your
citizens to achieve a Prosperity Rating of 85. Check the Overseer of
Ratings frequently to find out what is needed to further raise your
city's ratings, and then use the overlays to discover which parts of
your city may be missing vital services.
Remember, you have to build 2 large Obelisks, too."
- Taken from http://pharaoh1.com
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Khmun
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"This region has a previously built small Brick-core Pyramid that has
been robbed by Hyksos invaders. It is your job to reclaim the area
and restock the Pyramid with burial provisions, all the while keeping
an eye out for more Hyksos invasions.
Resist the temptation to build your city around the Pyramid, which
lies to the south. Instead, concentrate on the northeastern portion
of the mainland that contains farmland. Start your city along that
strip of fertile land, making sure not to build too close to the
northern edge where an invading army might suddenly appear.
Eventually, you will want to build Docks for trade and Wharves for
combat ships; available coastlines are just below the eastern strip
of floodplain, so it is best to start there and spread your city
north and south from that point.
After you provide for your citizens' basic needs you will want to
establ