Crown of Greed Buildings: Complete Reference Guide

🛒 Market

Core economic building. Generates tax income per collection cycle. Heroes purchase equipment here. A high-tier Market provides better equipment options, increasing hero effectiveness and commerce income.

💡 Build first. Upgrade before expanding. Position near the Inn to maximize the hero commerce loop.

🔨 Forge (Blacksmith)

Provides weapons and armor to heroes. Higher tier Forges enable better equipment tiers, directly improving hero survival rates in combat. Also generates moderate tax income.

💡 Build second or third. The difference between Tier-1 and Tier-2 Forge equipment is massive for hero survival.

🧪 Potion Shop

Sells healing potions to heroes. Heroes will purchase potions before risky contracts, increasing their survival. Generates income via hero purchases.

💡 Essential once you're sending heroes to contested biomes. Heroes without access to potions have notably higher death rates.

🏪 Trading Post

Specialized commerce building. Heroes buy and sell artifacts and rare equipment here. Generates the highest per-transaction income of any building.

💡 Build after Inn is established. Requires active heroes to generate income — useless in an inactive kingdom.

🍺 Inn (Tavern)

The most important hero building. Heroes rest, form parties, and are recruited from the Inn. Without an Inn, the hero economy completely stalls.

💡 Build early. Upgrade to increase hero capacity. Keep all your Inns in one area to encourage party formation.

🏰 Barracks

Unlocks Knight and Berserker class recruitment. Also provides passive stat bonuses to military-class heroes.

💡 Build when you need frontline tanks. Knights reduce your need for expensive Defense bounties.

🗼 Mage Tower / Arcane Tower

Unlocks Mage class recruitment and improves spell system. Also enables the ruler's arcane abilities.

💡 Priority building in undead-heavy biomes. Also required for advanced spell upgrades.

⛪ Chapel / Shrine

Unlocks Cleric and Paladin recruitment. Provides passive healing aura to nearby units and heroes.

💡 Essential for any campaign involving undead enemies. Build alongside a Barracks for the classic Knight+Cleric combo.

🐱‍👤 Rogues' Den

Unlocks Rogue class recruitment. Also improves Rogue behavior — reduces negative trait expression when active.

💡 Useful for exploration-heavy scenarios. Rogues excel at cheap Recon contracts.

🗼 Guard Tower

Primary defense structure. Automatically attacks enemies who enter range. Each upgrade increases range, damage, and durability. Essential for protecting the Tax Collector.

💡 Build at least 2 before your first major wave. Place at city entrances and around economic clusters.

🏟️ Arena

New building added in the Demo update. Provides high tax income and enables hero training events. Heroes who train at the Arena gain temporary stat boosts.

💡 Mid-game priority. The Arena's tax yield makes it one of the highest-income buildings available.

🧱 Wall Segment

Defensive fortification. Funnels enemies into Guard Tower kill zones. Does not deal damage on its own.

💡 Use to channel enemies rather than create full enclosures. A single wall directing enemies past two towers is worth more than a full enclosure with no towers.

📚 Library

New building added in the Demo update. Enables technology research. Unlocks passive kingdom-wide upgrades and new contract types. Generates moderate tax income.

💡 Build in the mid-game once your economic base is stable. Research priorities: increase hero bounty efficiency first.

🏠 Dwelling / House

Basic population building. Each house increases your taxable population and generates passive tax income. Houses are the most affordable buildings but have the lowest individual yield.

💡 Build 2–3 early for base income. Do not spam more than 4–5 — each additional house adds diminishing economic returns relative to specialist buildings.