Ikariam
Ikariam Tips & Info
Relocating Capital
Posted on 03.18.08 9:33PM 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 
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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!