Urban Planning
Research

Urban Planning

#UrbanPlanning
🔒 Locked Research Economic Tier4
Value: 360 pts

City optimization - +300 storage, unlocks Treasury.

Description

City-scale organization. Enables treasuries and increases storage capacity by 300.

📖 Full Encyclopedia Entry

Urban Planning transforms cities from organic growth into designed masterpieces. Planners optimize traffic flow, resource distribution, and living conditions. The treasury becomes the central institution for managing the city's wealth. The +300 storage capacity is the largest single storage bonus available.

Creation

Requirements

Must be present (NOT consumed)

Researches:
📖 PopulationManagement 📖 TradeRoutes
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Costs

Consumed when created

Time 46000
46s
💰 Gold 11500
📖 Research 410 pts

Effects

All values are RATIOS. +% = bonus, -% = penalty. Effects multiply other systems.

Special Effects
📦 Capacity 300
Flat storage increase

Strategic Context

Advisory information only. Does not affect gameplay mechanics.

Role Tier 4 economic - maximum city capacity
Relevance Mid Game
Type Unique

Advantages

  • + +300 storage capacity (largest single bonus)
  • + Unlocks Treasury building
  • + Enables MasterCraftsmanship
  • + Combined +550 with all storage research
  • + Maximum city resource capacity

Disadvantages

  • - Requires PopulationManagement AND TradeRoutes
  • - Cost: 410 research, 11500 gold
  • - Research time: 46000ms

Warnings

  • ! Maximum storage research
  • ! Essential for large-scale production
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Synergies

StorageKnowledge (+200): Combined +500PopulationManagement (+150): Combined +450All three: +650 total storageWarehouse: Additional building storage
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Scaling

+300 storage is flat INTEGER bonus. Stacks additively with other storage bonuses.