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Farming Villages Overview (Captain)

Overview

The Farming Villages overview is part of the Captain advisor. You can use it to manage the farming villages of one or more cities from a single window. With it, you can:

Collect resources from your farming villages
Collect units from your farming villages
Unlock and upgrade villages

Requirements

You need an active Captain. Without the Captain, the menu opens the Captain's advantages instead of the window.
Only villages you own can be selected. Villages you don't own yet show "Not in your possession".

City list

The left side shows all your cities that are on an island with farming villages. They are grouped by island.

Each city shows:

Name and points
Wood, stone and silver. An amount turns red when that resource has reached your storage capacity.
Storage capacity
Free population

A toolbar at the top of the overview helps you find and select the right cities quickly.

City groups: show only the cities in a city group you choose.
Search: find cities by name.
Sorting: sort your cities by name, points, free storage space / storage size, or free population.

Tip: Create your own city groups, for example all cities with lots of storage or all offensive cities. Then you can farm them together in just a few clicks.

Selecting cities and villages

One city: Click a city to see the farming villages on its island. When you open the window, your current city is selected.

Several cities: Tick the checkbox of each city you want. Use "Select all" to tick all cities. You can select only one city per island, because farming villages belong to you per island, not per city. All ready villages on each island are collected into the selected city of that island.

Farming villages list

Each village shows:

Name and relation status
Level (1 to 6)
Trade ratio (for example 1:1.25) and the resources you pay and get
"Next collection": "ready" or the time when the village is ready again
"Upgrade" status (see "Unlocking and upgrading villages")

All owned villages that are ready are selected automatically. Click a village to select or deselect it. Villages that are not ready can't be selected. When their cooldown ends while the window is open, they are selected automatically.

Collecting resources

How to collect resources:

Select one or more cities (and specific villages, if you want).
In the Options area, choose a resource option.
Click "Collect".

Each resource option has a different collection time: 5 min, 20 min, 1.5 h or 4 h. A longer time gives more resources. With the research "Booty", the times double (10 min, 40 min, 3 h, 8 h) and you get more resources per collection. The village is then on cooldown for the chosen time.

Good to know:

Each option needs a minimum warehouse level.
Each village can give only a maximum amount of resources per day. It depends on the village level.
Resources that don't fit into your warehouse are lost. Before you collect, a popup warns you if a city might not have enough storage capacity. You can turn this popup off with "Do not show this window again".

Recruiting units

You can also collect units from your farming villages directly in the overview, not just resources.

How to collect units:

Select one or more cities (and specific villages, if you want).
In the Options area, choose one of the unit options instead of a resource option.
Click "Collect".

Good to know:

You can choose either one resource option or one unit option at a time. They work as a single selection.
Each unit option shows the total number of units you would get from all selected villages.
When a unit option is selected, each village's "Next collection" info refers to units. It shows "ready" or the remaining cooldown time.
Each unit type needs a certain village level. Villages below that level won't give you units.
Units need free population. Before you collect, a popup warns you if a city might not have enough. Units that don't fit into your city's free population are lost.

Unlocking and upgrading villages

You don't have to visit each island to unlock or upgrade your farming villages.

Upgrade status: Each village you own shows an "Upgrade" status line:

Ready: the village can be upgraded
Ready in: [countdown]: an upgrade is in progress
Max: the village is at its maximum level

Unlock a village: Villages you don't own yet have a button showing the Battle Point (BP) cost. Click it to unlock the village.

Upgrade a single village: Click the village's upgrade button. The BP cost is deducted and the upgrade starts. The button then shows the cost of the next level, or "Max".

Upgrade all selected villages:

The "Upgrade all" button at the bottom right upgrades every selected village that can currently be upgraded. Each one goes up by one level.
This also works when several cities are selected. All upgradable villages of those cities are included.
The button shows the total BP cost.
A confirmation prompt appears before your Battle Points are spent. You can turn it off in Settings > Confirmation prompts ("Upgrade all villages confirmation prompt").

The upgrade buttons are greyed out if you don't have enough Battle Points or if the village is already at max level.

Bottom bar

"Total amount": all the resources you would collect from the selected villages with the option you've chosen. It's hidden when a unit option is selected.
"Collect" (middle): collects from all selected villages.
"Upgrade all" (right): upgrades all selected villages that can be upgraded.

You can see each city's resources and free population in the city list on the left.

FAQ

Q: Do I need the Captain to use these features?
A: Yes. The Farming Villages overview is a Captain feature.

Q: Why can't I select a second city on the same island?
A: Farming villages belong to you per island. One collection per island goes into one city.

Q: Why can't I click "Collect"?
A: No selected village is ready. Wait until the "Next collection" time is over.

Q: I collected resources but got fewer than shown. Why?
A: Your warehouse was probably full, or the village reached its daily maximum. Resources that don't fit are lost. In addition, the preview shows how many resources you would receive if all villages were ready for use. If villages were farmed only recently or are being upgraded, you'll receive a correspondingly smaller amount.

Q: I clicked "Upgrade all" but some villages weren't upgraded. Why?
A: "Upgrade all" only includes villages that aren't at max level and don't already have an upgrade running. You also need enough Battle Points for the total cost.

Q: I collected units but got fewer than shown. Why?
A: Your city probably didn't have enough free population, and units that don't fit are lost. Check free population before collecting; sorting by free population helps. And as with resources, the preview shows how much you would receive if all villages were ready to be harvested. If some are still busy from the last harvest or are being upgraded, you'll receive less.

Q: Some villages didn't give me any units.
A: Those villages haven't reached the level needed for that unit type.

Q: Can I still trade with or upgrade villages manually on the island?
A: Yes.

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Farming Villages Overview (Captain)

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