Chapter VI - Settlement Buildings

The Portal is meant to be the building that establishes and maintains the connection between your city and the Dimension of the Lost Souls, where the forgotten races of the old world are roaming, but will also act as the storage for the pure Dwarven resources - Granite and Copper.
Being the only way to bring the Dwarves back to life and keep them in your city until they are fully established, the Portal will need a street connection to your Main Hall at all times, just like all the buildings you have so far. To then connect the Portal to the Dwarven buildings - Granite Mine and Copper Foundry - you will need a special street called the Portal Tracks. 

Clicking on the Dwarven Portal displays your current Granite and Copper inventory, storage capacity, and production bonus. A red bar indicates when storage for either resource is full. To increase storage, you must upgrade the Portal.

Hovering over the Portal shows a tooltip with its current storage and fill level.

You can only build the Dwarven Portal after researching its technology and having the necessary resources to unlock it in the Research Tree. It requires a street connection to the Main Hall and can be sold, rebuilt, and upgraded. Even if you sell the Portal, you'll retain the Dwarven resources in your city.

Upgrading the Dwarven Portal increases both the storage capacity for Granite and Copper and boosts their production bonus.

The Granite Mine is the first building the Dwarves introduce, automatically producing Granite over time. This essential resource is vital for upgrading the Dwarven Portal, Granite Mines and unlocking new technologies in the Research Tree. You simply click on the mine to collect Granite, which is then stored in your Dwarven Portal and only becomes available after collection.

To acquire a Granite Mine, you must unlock its technology in the Research Tree and build it using the Buildings menu once you have the required resources. It needs a Portal Alley connection to the Dwarven Portal and can be sold, rebuilt, and upgraded. Upgrading a Granite Mine increases its production efficiency, yielding more Granite per given time.

The Copper Foundry is the second Dwarven building for your city, and it produces Copper. This crucial good is essential for upgrading the Dwarven Portal and unlocking new technologies in the Research Tree.

Unlike Granite, Copper production requires input resources: your two non-boosted Basic Goods. Ensure you have plenty stored in your Main Hall. You'll have four production options, varying in time and resource input/output. You can track production progress by its remaining time, and a green arrow on the Goods icon indicates a bonus. If needed, you can cancel production and recover your input resources.

To get a Copper Foundry, you must unlock its technology in the Research Tree and build it via the Buildings menu with the required resources. It needs a Portal Alley connection to the Dwarven Portal and can be sold, rebuilt, and upgraded. Upgrading a Copper Foundry increases its production efficiency, yielding more Copper per cycle.

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