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Ikariam Premium Explained
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.31.08 under Tutorials
After getting a fair number of e-mails asking me more details about the Ikariam PLUS option, I finally decided to give in and buy some Ambrosia to test this feature out.
I went for the easiest and cheapest buy - 100 for £7.99. A re-log later and I got 100 Ambrosia in my Ikariam account!The Ikariam premium features are very well structured on the chart on this page.
You have the option to buy the advisers individually and each of them cost 6 Ambrosia per 7 days. The advisors individually only cost 5 Ambrosia but you also get charged 1 for the ‘Overview’ cost. I have covered what each advisor offers extra in my Ikariam PLUS introductory post so be sure to read that if you are unsure!
And here are all the euphoric faces that appear after you spend your hard earned Ambrossia to hire the advisers 
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Depending on which advisors you buy, they will also appear more luxuriously dressed! I got all four so this is what mine now look like:
This is also one of the features I like about this game. Even though it’s in beta and there are lots of bugs, as you progress through, a lot of the interface changes along depending on the stage you are at!
In this mini guide I will cover 5 sections:
Ikariam Towns Overview
The towns overview provides you with a summary of
- your total citizens,
- free citizens,
- workers and
- researchers,
- level of hapiness in each of your colonies!
It also provides quick access to the colonies - by simply clicking on their name will take you to the town view.
The other tabs in Towns Overview window show you all the resources you have and all buildings you have built in all your colonies, providing their expansion level as well.
Ikariam Military Overview
The Ikariam military overview is one of the most helpful as it shows you three things
- Number of troops and the type stationed in each of your colonies
- Cost per hour for each of your troops/ colonies
- Total Cost
The army is divided into Units and Ships by the tabs at the top of the page.
Ikariam Research Overview
The Ikariam Research summary screen shows you:
- Academy Level in each of your colonies
- Scientists employed
- Cost per day
- Total Scientists across your whole empire working on research
- Research Points needed to complete the current research (sidebar)
Ikariam Diplomacy Overview
In the Diplomacy summary window you get an overview of all the active spies that are currently on a mission.
It shows you:
- the town they are in,
- what their last mission was,
- risk % and
- provides you with a link to the Hideout where you can re-assign the spies.
Ikariam Trader
The last thing that you can do with the Ambrosia at the moment is to exchange resources. You can call the ‘Trader’ for which you pay 3 Ambrosia and you get these rates:
- Building material : luxury resources in a 2 : 1 ratio
- Luxury resources : different luxury resources 1 : 1 ratio
I hope this mini walkthrough the Ikariam premium features answered some of your questions or doubts you may have. As always, if you’re unsure about something leave a comment and I’ll try to get back to you! Feel free to link to the guide!
Ikariam Museum Guide
[ 20 Comments ] Posted on 03.21.08 under Tutorials
What’s A Museum In Ikariam?
A museum is useful because as with the tavern, it increase the growth rate of your town. The higher the growth rate, the quicker your population will increase and as each citizen makes 4 gold per hour, the more money you make - simply huh ?
Requirements
It’s not easy to reach the stage where you can build a museum. First of all, you need to research the following:
Sea Faring: Deck Weapons, Ship Maintenance, Expansion
Economy: Conservation, Pulley, Wealth, Wine Press, Culinary Specialties
Science: Well Digging, Paper, Espionage, Invention, Ink, Cultural Exchange
Military: Dry Dock, Maps, Professional Army
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Relocating Capital
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.18.08 under Tutorials
If you keep getting attacked right after you started and someone is ruining your game experience in Ikariam and want to split from the redneck it’s a good idea to relocate your capital city and build a new colony on another island far far away !
There is only one other circumstance in which it could be useful to change your capital. For example, if you don’t need any resources from your starting island and would rather move it to somewhere else so you don’t have to move the resources gathered in other cities to your capital all the time.
To move the capital you first need to colonize another island which means building a palace on this island. It’s important to note that building a new colony and palace is not cheap. A level one palace will cost about 600 wood whereas the sole founding of the colony costs 1250 wood, 12k gold, 40 citizens and 5 transport ships. To find out what more you need to found a new colony in Ikariam and how exactly to do it, read the How To Form A Colony In Ikariam Guide.
In order for you to change capital successfully, you need to upgrade your palace level in the colony to the same level or higher than your current capital.
NOTE: Your old palace (old capital) will get destroyed and you will loose all the resources from that city in Ikariam so make sure you ship all the resources over to your new capital city first!
How To Found A Colony In Ikariam?
[ 32 Comments ] Posted on 03.18.08 under Tutorials
Why should I form other Ikariam colonies?
The most common reason for finding other colonies is to mine resources that don’t exist on your island. For example, you may start on an island which only has sulphur and wood; but what about the other three resources? That’s right, and in order to gather them from other islands you need a colony. Every colony is identical to one of your cities - like the one you started off with for example.
Other reasons may be to conquer the whole world, or simply to get away from daily attacks if the players you started on the island with are too strong.
What You Need To Found A Colony
Research Sea -Faring: Expansion
For this research you will also need to complete the following 5 researches:
- Economy: Conservation, Pulley and Prosperity
- Sea-Faring: Deck Weapons and Ship Maintenance
After your expansion is fully researched, you need build the palace in your capital city!
Ikariam Research
[ 3 Comments ] Posted on 03.18.08 under Tutorials
Research in Ikariam is divided into four areas:
- Military
- Science
- Economy
- Sea-Faring
You can select which of these areas your scientists are currently researching in the academy. To get to the screen above, simply select your academy and then click on the big Change button under Field of Research. As you advance through research, the time needed for the research to be completed will increase. The Ikariam First Steps guides you through which areas I recommend to research first.
For example, Deck Weapons which is the first Sea-Faring research only takes 20 minutes at the start to be completed, whereas Counterweight which ist he 7th research takes 7 days at the current number of workers as set by the Academy upgrade level. The higher the number of scientists set by you, the faster these researches will be completed. Also, the maximum number of scientists is set by the Academy level which you can increase by expanding.
Ikariam First Steps
[ 12 Comments ] Posted on 03.17.08 under Tutorials
After creating your Ikariam account, you will be given a few squares of good, quality land which you are to transform into a successful city! First things you should do is check out the Interface Tutorial offered by Ikariam Tip to familiarize yourself with the vast menus! Of course, practice is the most important factor in perfection but we’re just providing you with a first hand insight!
In my opinion, here are the first steps you should follow for a jump start! Building and following the tips below will help you make the most of it! Of course, it’s up to you to model the town your way!
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Ikariam Advisers
[ 4 Comments ] Posted on 03.17.08 under Tutorials
Part of the Ikariam interface is the Ikariam advisers screen, at the top of your window:
The picture is static, in that they are always happy! It doesn’t even matter if your town is under siege, they will still be smiling .
As most things in Ikariam, they are split into categories, four areas of interest to you:
Diplomacy: When other players send you messages, this bearded adviser will notify you of their intentions whether they want to form an alliance or attack you.
Research: Whenever your academies made any new discoveries, this lil fellow will let you know. You can also track the research progress and see what your scientist folks are working on.
Military: Under attack? This tough looking adviser will let you know if you are under attack, as well as provide statistics related to past attacks.
Towns: Want to sneak a building past without this adviser knowing? Impossible! He will report on any completed buildings and other exciting events in your city.
Ikariam Town View
[ 4 Comments ] Posted on 03.17.08 under Tutorials
Ikariam starts with a Town Hall which you can name, process further explained in the First Ikariam Steps guide. Each of the flags you see in your town view represent places where you can build your buildings as you expand. Shown below is the city view you get by clicking on the Show Town button on the Ikariam Menu
You may have noticed that there are three flag colours in Ikariam: Red, Blue and Yellow!
Red Flag: You can build any building that is not an ocean building or a town wall and which you have the requirements and other resources for
Blue Flag: These are places where you can build Ikariam buildings that need access to the sea
Yellow Flag: If you are viewing in Island view, you can build new Ikariam colonies on top of these flags. However, if you are viewing in Town view, then you can build a wall.
After selecting the building to construct from the menu you get when you select the flag, you must wait a certain time for it to be completed in which you can do other things in Ikariam. However, you initially can’t build more than one building at the same time in the same town. The time required for you to wait is shown below the building, as you can see in the town photo above where I am building barracks. The time varies depending on the building you’re building.
After the building is complete, you can get access to all its facilities available in Ikariam by clicking on it. Building expansion is the next stage in which you basically expand your building to become more complex and be of more help to you.
Ikariam Menu
[ 10 Comments ] Posted on 03.16.08 under Tutorials
On the top side of the Main Menu screen in Ikariam, you will notice the following menu:
