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Ikariam Tips & Info
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 
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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:
Ikariam Buildings
[ 31 Comments ] Posted on 03.15.08 under Buildings
Ikariam has a lot of buildings you can choose to build on your island you first start off with. At the start you will have a few buildings you are able to build but as you progress through the game, you will unlock a variety of buildings.
- Academy
- Barracks
- Embassy
- Hideout
- Museum
- Palace
- Ship Yard
- Tavern
- Town Hall
- Trade Post
- Wall
- Warehouse
- Workshop
Ikariam
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.15.08 under Ikariam
Ikariam is a strategy game, similar to Civilization and Civilization II. In Ikariam you start off with a piece of land which is fertile and your long term aim is to transform it into a large and rich city. The city can have hundreds or thousands of citizens as well as all the interesting buildings you would expect in such a medieval game.
Of course, research, army deployment and the social areas such as theatres and entertainment houses haven’t been left out. Ikariam is a large empire and with enough time and dedication, your Ikariam city has the potential to be at the heart of the empire!
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The beauty of this game is that it’s browser based, therefore it can be played anywhere as long as you have an internet connection and a browsers such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Ikariam also auto saves online so you don’t have to worry about losing your progress.
I have created this site, to help fellow players with tips, tricks and further information to enhance your Ikariam gameplay if you choose to use it — I will also be adding a discussion forum for this game’s community!
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