Warehouse & Hideout

The Warehouse

Warehouses determine how many resources you can store. Without sufficient capacity, produced resources are lost. You can build multiple warehouses per town, each increasing the total capacity for all resource types.

Plan ahead: before starting large construction orders, check whether you can store the resources. Especially for high building levels requiring marble or crystal in five-figure quantities, one warehouse is often not enough.

The costs are comparatively low — warehouses are among the most efficient investments. A full sawmill whose production goes to waste wastes workers and time.

The Hideout

The Hideout protects a portion of your resources from raiders. When raided, the attacker can only steal resources above the Hideout limit. Build it to at least level 5 to 8 to protect basic materials.

The Hideout protects each resource individually up to the same amount. In contested regions, a high Hideout is more important than additional warehouses.

Storage Management Tips

Invest surplus resources promptly in construction orders or research. When attacks are imminent, send resources by trade ship to a safe town — resources on ships cannot be raided.

Pay attention to the ratio of production to storage capacity. If all stores are full in the morning, you have lost resources overnight. Expand storage or start long construction orders before bed.

In colonies with high production, you often need two or three warehouses. The costs are low compared to losses from overflowing storage.

Advanced Hideout Strategi

In contested regions, a high Hideout is more important than additional warehouses — what use is lots of storage space if everything gets raided? Prioritise the Hideout to level 8 or higher before investing in more storage capacity. Pay attention to the ratio between production and storage capacity: if all stores are full in the morning, you have lost resources overnight.

In colonies with high luxury resource production, you often need two or three warehouses. The costs are minimal compared to losses from overflowing storage. Build warehouses proactively — not only when you are already losing resources.