Public buildings

Public buildings are defined by their ability to spread influence across the roads surrounding them. Within this influence, public buildings supply other buildings with services or protection.

Fire stations, police stations and hospitals are Emergency Services that protect other buildings against city incidents within their range of influence, or quell them once they happen by sending out special units.

Buildings like the marketplace, the variety theatre or the bank, supply residences with Services within their range of influence, fulfilling the basic and luxury needs of your populace.

The range of a public building's influence is limited and depends on the building itself and the quality of the roads upon which they spread their influence. Dirt roads offer reduced influence range, and paved streets offer increased range. Influence is first channeled upon the first road tile touching the public building - either vertically or horizontally, but not diagonally - and then the influence extends upon any adjacent roads up to a certain limit.

A public building's range can be seen by selecting the building. Roads affected will be highlighted in green, though the intensity of this green will diminish the further it extends. The further away from the building, the less percentage of the service is supplied, down to 0% where light green roads turn into non-highlighted roads.

For public buildings supplying a need, the dark green zone is where the building fully supplies the service to residences or other buildings. The light green zone is where the service is supplied only partially.

For public buildings that are Emergency Service protecting other buildings, units can be send out to fight an incident anywhere their influence extends, although it might take them a while to get there at the furthest reaches of it. Typically, the range at which emergency buildings can effectively decrease the risk at which incidents happen, is shorter than the deep green range of influence and is usually only adjacent to them.

Influence and Railway — The southern road leading east from the Power Plant, is crossed by a Railway. This has decreased its influence by one.

If a railway crosses a road, a public building's range of influence across it, may be diminished.

See the individual building pages for the range of their influence.

Shared World Buildings

Emergency Services

	Emergency Services
Icon	Name	Description	Construction cost	Maintenance cost	Size
	Fire Station	Fights fire in its influence radius. Can mobilise additional special units if required.	500 4	−25	3x5
	Police Station	Fights riots in its influence radius. Can mobilise additional special units if required.	2500 8 10	−50	4x6
	Hospital	Fights illness in its influence radius. Can mobilise additional special units if required.	10000 12 20 16 40	−100	6x6
	Ranger Station	Fights both fire and illness in its influence radius. Can NOT mobilise additional special units if required.	4000 10 5	−75	4x4

Religion and Social

	Religion and Social
Icon	Name	Description	Construction cost	Maintenance cost	Size
	Marketplace	A place that provides your inhabitants with all the necessities of daily life.	500 10	−20	5x6
	Church	Provides a public service for your residents.	2500 20 25	−50	6x8
	Chapel	Provides a public service for your residents.	500 10	−10	3x4

Special

	Special
Icon	Name	Description	Construction cost	Maintenance cost	Size
	Town Hall	Only useful if equipped with items. Attach items here to provide bonuses to residences and public buildings.	2500 25 25	−50 −20	4x4

Old World Buildings

Entertainment

	Entertainment
Icon	Name	Description	Construction cost	Maintenance cost	Size
	Pub	Provides a public service for your residents.	500 10	−20	4x6
	Variety Theatre	Provides a public service for your residents.	10000 30 50 40 40	−100	4x5
	Members Club	Provides a public service for your residents.	50000 50 100 80 75 75	−350	6x6

Education

	Education
Icon	Name	Description	Construction cost	Maintenance cost	Size
	School	Provides a public service for your residents.	2500 20 25 20	−50	5x6
	University	Provides a public service for your residents.	15000 30 50 40 40	−400	6x9