🛖 Villages
Beyond the limited number of sacred Realms lies the humble yet vital Village—small settlements established on hexes that surround a settled Realm. These modest outposts offer a more accessible entry into Eternum, serving as gateways for new settlers and loyal subjects. Additionally, they can act as supplementary playing pieces for more serious players who wish to maximise their potential. Each settled Realm can have up to six Villages surrounding it, allowing up to 48,000 Villages in Season 1!
Settling
Villages are settled by minting a Village token. Aspiring settlers can choose to place their Village next to a specific Realm by entering the asset ID of a settled Realm, or let fate guide them to a random Realm's outskirts - either way, the Realm that they spawn adjacent to becomes that Village's 'parent' Realm. Players may also choose which of the six possible hexes they spawn on by selecting a compass direction.
Three villages settled next to a realm
Starting Resources
Starting Military
Each Village starts with the majority of the starting troops deployed to the first defense slot as a guard army. A small number of troops remain within the Village’s storage to be deployed as a field army should the Village Lord wish to explore beyond their walls. Troops can be transferred from the guard army to the field army using the troop transfer process explained in the Movement & Exploration section. The specific type of military unit is determined by your Village's biome, and is strategically chosen to have a combat advantage in that particular environment.
Resource Roll
When minting a Village, a random number is rolled to determine the single resource that it can produce.
Limitations
Villages produce food, resources, troops, donkeys, and labor at 50% the rate of Realms. They can receive and purchase food, labor, donkeys and resources without restriction, but can only receive troops from their parent Realm - this limitation is in place to prevent players from spawning a Village on their rival's Realm and 'teleporting' troops there by using the donkey network.
Village Progression
Villages have a limited progression path and may only upgrade once from Settlement to City. The cost and benefits of this progression is the same as that of a Realm.