Upkeep

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[edit] Introduction

Ikariam knows two ways of paying for the people you use to keep your town running.

One type is deducted straight away from your income (all luxury gathering, scientists, and work at the saw mill), the other is upkeep.

[edit] Upkeep

Upkeep is the amount of gold you need to pay each hour for your military staff. When all units are stationed in your cities, you can sum up these value yourself by multiplying the number of each unit that has upkeep you have by the upkeep per hour that is indicated in your barracks, and the upkeep bonuses you have researched for that unit type. Several researches you can research via the academy reduce your upkeep costs. The fields of research available for land units are Maps (2%), Code of Honor (4%, 6% total), Logistics (8%, 14% total) and Militaristic Future (2%, 16% total), and for ships, Ship Maintenance (2%), Pitch (4%, 6% total), Sea Charts (8%, 14% total) and Seafaring Future (2%, 16% total).

Units on missions or being relocated from one city to another cost twice the upkeep.

If you have several colonies, the amount of upkeep shown in the income overview is divided between your towns dependent on the percentages of the total amount of citizens per town you have, not on the amount of stationed troops and ships. As cities don't have their own gold reserves and all costs are paid out of your gold coffer, this of course only makes your bookkeeping harder to read, rather than offering any insights into where your real costs per city come from.