Guard Tower
Overview
The Guard Tower is a building within the yard. It is a massive, dark age construction protecting the gate to the compound, with an armory, a lunch room, and the appointed Captain's sleeping quarters.
The high Walls around the yard connect with the Guard Tower and include small, open-topped towers on each of the four yard corners. They start off in a dilapidated state, providing minimal barrier to entry to or exit from the Yard.
Upgrading the Guard Tower and the Walls
The Guard Tower and the walls can be separately upgraded, but accessed through the same interface.
Upgrade Captain's Room
Upgrades to the Guard tower mostly affect the Captain's quarters, boosting the Captain's Happiness:
- Dilapidated (starting): The captain is forced to huddle in a damp and barely furnished apartment that gives them a noticeable daily Happiness penalty.
- Adequate (+$1,000): The captain enjoys a decent chamber with a large bed, a desk, and enough wall-hangings to keep the cold damp of the night away.
- Imperial (+$7,500): The captain enjoys a luxurious apartment with a double bed, electricity, a private bathroom, and expensive decorations. The feeling of appreciation from their commander provides a daily +3 Happiness boost.
Upgrade the Walls Defences
Upgrades to the Walls boost the Guard Pool value (defence strength) of the household, which reduces the chances of bandit raids succeeding, reduces the chances of slaves escaping from the household, helps prevent thieves from burgling you, and reduces Chaos in your Tavern if you build one nearbyd Pool more than 20 reduces Chaos by 1 point.
- Level I (starting): None
- Level II (+$900): reinforced parapet (decreases escape chance and increase raider defence strength by 5).
- Level III (+$10,000): to the above, added gothic wall spikes (decrease escape chance and increase raider defence strength by a further 10, for a total of +15).
- Level IV (+$70,000): to the above, add motion detectors (decrease escape chance and increase raider defence strength by 20, for total of +35).
Other Actions
Aside from the actions listed above, the player can also do the following to the Guard Tower:
- Rename it