Colonization | The Basics Endless Legend Guide
Last update: 18 October 2016
Before you colonize a region, find out about its resources. Usually, you will be able to find two, or three good spots to found a city. Focus, first of all, on the anomalies and the areas that provide you with high bonuses to various types of production. If possible, pacify all of the neutral villages, thanks to which you will not have to wrangle with them. If you are concerned about competition, send several units ahead. Attacking a villager on a neutral ground will not lead to a war so, do not hesitate to do that.
Make sure that each new city has sufficiently high industrial production and food production. Otherwise, buildings there will not be erected fast enough, or the population growth will not be as fast. This may hinder your development for, as many as a dozen-or-so turns. In such case, you may want to use industrial and food supplies, but you not be able to access them at the beginning of the game. Consider and reconsider if a new city is going to be able to sustain itself at least, at the beginning of its existence.
While founding a city, consider its vicinities and plan on how you are going to expand it. Avoid mountain ranges and fields that provide no bonuses. For the majority of factions, rivers, seas and plains are a good choice, because they supply lots of food and Dust. If you want to manufacture, or play as Wild Walkers, try to build dwellings in forests. For the Broken Lords desert is a good choice.
Do not haste to colonize. Support for your rule dwindles with the number of cities and citizens. Low contentment leads to decrease in production. On the other hand, high contentment stimulates production.
Reconnaissance is the key. Try to explore the colonized lands, and their vicinities, thoroughly. If possible, build watchtowers. Even in all possible spots, if only you feel that they may be of use. With high amounts of Influence Points, try to sign peace with the neighbor. You can ask the factions, which you signed peace with, to exchange maps with you, which considerably speeds up discovering the world.
Always send, at least, one military unit, with a colonist. A colonist, when alone, loses every fight, especially with bandits. A colonist accompanied by infantry always has a chance to survive it, or even to win it.
As you colonize new regions, try to outline your own borders, instead of fitting into them. If, there are, at least, two neutral regions between you and the opponent, colonize the one closer to the opponent,. Thanks to this, you will cut him off from the areas that you will be able to conquer later on.