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Vigiles (Albion)

Entity Type: Building

Properties

Field Value
Region Albion
Category City Watch
Required Tier Mercators, Smiths
Dimensions 4x5 (base), 6x7 (with roads)

Description

Vigiles serve as the fire watch and emergency responders in Albion. This building provides fire safety area effects to nearby residences and supports patrol units that help maintain order.

Costs

Build Cost: 750 Gold, 5 Planks, 5 Bricks

Maintenance: -16 Gold, -8 Waders

Placement

Requirement Value
Road Required Yes
Warehouse Required Yes

Production

Input: None

Output: None (Service building)

Area Effects

Effect Value
Fire Safety +2

Specialists

Specialist Rarity Type Effects
Publius Quintus, Amphipraetorian Epic Finance City Watches in range: Income area effect +1, Workforce needed -25%, Available patrols +1. Improves: Custodia, Medici, Vigiles
Confident Vigilo Rare Military Vigiles in range: Fire Safety area effect +1. Improves: Vigiles
Pyrrhos of Epirus, Ekpyrotic Architect Epic Religion Vigiles in range: Belief area effect +1, Available patrols +1, Rebuild time -35%. Improves: Vigiles
Tiarnan Tine, the Fire-Forged Legendary Military Vigiles in range: Fire Safety area effect +1, Available patrols +2. Legendary bonus: Diplomacy with Syracus. Improves: Vigiles
Faustus Silvius Lupicinus, Apparitor Rationibus Legendary Finance City Watches in range: Income area effect +3, Prestige area effect +1, Upkeep cost -25%. Legendary bonus: At least 75 reputation with the Emperor. Improves: Custodia, Medici, Vigiles
Vexillarius Common Military Vigiles in range: Available patrols +1. Improves: Vigiles
Ironclad Distributor Rare Economic City Watches in Albion in range: Workforce needed -25%, Upkeep cost -50%, Run by Smith Workforce instead of Wader Workforce. Improves: Custodes, Medici, Vigiles
Alarming Signaller Rare Military Vigiles in range: Fire Safety +30, Available patrols +1. Improves: Vigiles

Other City Watch Buildings:

Usage Patterns

Place Vigiles near residential areas to provide fire safety bonuses. The patrols help maintain public order and respond to fires. Consider placing specialists to enhance fire safety effects or reduce maintenance costs.

Common Pitfalls

  • Requires Waders workforce for maintenance, not Smiths workforce (unless using Ironclad Distributor specialist)
  • Higher maintenance cost than Latium counterpart (-16 Gold, -8 Waders vs -6 Gold, -4 Liberti)
  • Larger footprint than other amenity buildings (4x5 base)