Guide
Demolishing and repairing
Clearing buildings and roads, what you get back, and how to repair a building left in ruins by fire, fever or flood.
Demolishing
Pick up Demolish from the toolbar and tap a building or road, or choose Demolish in a building's inspector. You get back a share of what you put into a finished building, including its upgrades, and most of the price of a site that wasn't finished yet. The Town Center and finished wonders can't be demolished.
Ruins
Some disasters can leave a building in ruins: a Fire! where no watch reaches, or a Rising Waters at the shore. A ruined building does nothing until it is repaired, and a ruined home slowly empties.
Repairing
Tap the ruin and choose Repair. It costs part of the building's original price, and the building is back at work at once. The coach points out your first ruin.
Prevention
Fires, fevers and blackouts only strike buildings that a service doesn't reach: Safety stops fires, Health stops fevers and Power stops blackouts.
Keep reading
Disaster · Bronze AgeFire!A building outside the reach of a watch catches fire. A bucket brigade usually saves it; let it burn and it falls to ruin until you repair it. Watch coverage prevents fires.
Disaster · Bronze AgeFever in the StreetsA fever spreads through homes that no bathhouse or hospital covers. Quarantine costs gold but saves lives; waiting it out costs residents and happiness. Health coverage prevents fevers.
Disaster · Stone AgeRising WatersHeavy rain swells the water and a building at the shore is at risk. Spend stone on a levee to keep it safe, or hope for the best.
GuideUndoPlaced something in the wrong spot? For a few seconds after you place, build a road, move or upgrade, Undo takes it back and refunds what it cost.
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