Guide
Difficulty
Relaxed, Standard or Challenging: chosen when you found a city, it sets how much things cost and how hard the world pushes back.
Three ways to play
You choose a difficulty when you found a city, and it stays with that city (the pause menu shows it). In the game's own words:
- Relaxed
- Cheaper buildings, a generous start and gentle events. Just build.
- Standard
- The intended balance of plenty and pressure.
- Challenging
- Costlier buildings, a lean start and a world that pushes back.
What it changes
Difficulty scales the price of buildings and upgrades and how long construction and upgrade work take. The numbers in this wiki are for Standard: they are a little lower on Relaxed and a little higher on Challenging.
Keep reading
GuideHow to PlayFound a city, connect it with roads, grow your homes through the service ladder and raise a wonder in every age. Everything you need, in one page.
GuideConstructionNew buildings start as sites. A progress bar floats over each one, and the work only goes on while a road reaches it.
GuideBuilding upgradesRaise a production or service building to level 2 and 3: it makes more, reaches further and wears its level on a placard in the style of its age.
GuideTime, speed and pausingPause, play at normal speed, or speed up twice or four times. When the game holds the clock for you, and what the pause menu holds.
Generated from the Erapolis game data, with pictures from the game itself. Numbers are per minute of game time, at Standard difficulty.