Total War Encyclopaedia

Castle Chain

The castle is the heart of the population and public order's main controlling factor. Each level of castle building increases the size of its castle town: providing an additional slot on which to build, enabling the recruitment of basic ashigaru units and determining how many units can be recruited there in each turn. Larger castles are more difficult to assault and spawn a larger defence force of samurai retainers and women. They are also the chief consumer of food in a province, so if farm building levels are not in step with castle size there will be food shortages.

Stronghold

Artillery Chain

This chain of buildings enables the production of artillery pieces and the recruitment of their crews.

Cannon Range

Improvement Chain

This chain of buildings improves your recruitment and replenishment capabilities, and can be specialised to improve the statistics of specific units.

Training Camp

Business Chain

This chain of buildings, the result of a general population surge as society moves away from agriculture to industry and city life, increases wealth and happiness. It also enables the recruitment of geisha agents and increases their chances of success.

Inn

Tower Defences Chain

This chain of buildings allows you to upgrade the tower defences of your castles independently from the castles themselves. All castles contain archer towers by default.

Matchlock Towers

Industrial Chain

This chain of buildings allows the specialisation in the cotton, crafts or silk industries, providing increases to both wealth and growth within a province.

Cottage Industry

Modern Military Chain

This chain of buildings enables the development of modern, western methods of military training and units.

Cadet School

Propaganda Chain

This chain of buildings allows you to set up a network for the spreading of Imperial or Shogunal influence throughout your territory. Shinsengumi and ishin shishi agents can be recruited here.

Police Station

Traditional Military Chain

This chain of buildings enables the development of traditional Japanese methods of military training and units.

Traditional Dojo

Farming Chain

This chain of buildings increases both wealth and town growth within a province.

Subsistence Farming

Settlement Chain

This chain of buildings provides the foundations for the expansion of your settlements. Each level of settlement opens up one extra building slot and improves tax income, but also reduces happiness due to modernisation.

Town

Port Chain

This chain of buildings enables the construction of ships and the recruitment of their crews, as well as the recruitment of foreign veteran agents. You can branch out and specialise in trade or military ports further up the chain.

Harbour

Clay Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when clay resources are present in a province. Clay is used for the mass production of bricks and items of pottery, reducing the cost of building construction within a province.

Claypits

Coal Mining Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when coal resources are present. Coal extraction and refining produces a useful trade good, but also reduces happiness due to modernisation.

Open-pit Coal Face

Copper Mining Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when copper resources are present. Copper reduces the cost of and time required for the construction of copper-plated ships within a province.

Open-pit Copper Mine

Gold Mining Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when gold resources are present. Gold increases the wealth produced within a province, but the progression to advanced refining techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Placer Deposits

Holy Site Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings increases the charge bonus of all traditional units recruited within a province.

Buddhist Shrine

Iron Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when iron resources are present. Iron reduces the cost of artillery recruited within a province, but the progression to advanced refining techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Iron Ore Mine

Railway Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when the topography of a province is suitable for railway construction. Town growth is also increased as a result of railways.

Telegraph Office

Silk Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when silk resources are present. Silk production is increased by each building in the chain.

Worm Farm

Silver Mining Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when silver resources are present. Silver increases the wealth produced within a province, but the progression to advanced refining techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Lead Ore Mine

Smith Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is available in those provinces known for their smithing skills. The armour and missile accuracy of troops recruited here is improved, but the progression to advanced techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Blacksmith

Smuggling Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings improves the quality of geisha agents recruited in a province. Town growth is also increased.

Smugglers' Cove

Tea Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings is enabled when tea resources are present in a province, providing a trade good that will always be in demand.

Tea Plantation