Minerals and metals factory

Special buildings Cooperative village

Together with the wood factory it forms the backbone of raw material production in the village and it's an investment that pays an active cooperative back mainly in experience points and a wider range of materials.

Produces

BricksNailsCharcoalSteel beamsWiringColored tilesCementGlassThermo bottlePipe bowlGlass flaconPorthole

The mineral and metal factory is the second of the pair of main production buildings in the cooperative village and it focuses on the heavier materials, bricks, nails, charcoal, steel beams, cables or glass. It processes basic raw materials such as clay, white sand, poplar wood, boulders or bamboo sticks, and it takes some of its inputs from the output of its sister wood and textile factory, dye for instance. Just like its wooden counterpart it doesn't only generate material, but above all village experience points, so both factories drive the village's growth together. It's a bit bigger than the wood factory at 13×12 tiles, and just like that one it needs no workers to run. It belongs among the buildings that only make sense for members of a working cooperative.

When to build it

Much like its sister wood factory, you don't buy this building either, the cooperative comes by it another way as the village progresses. The difference is that once both factories stand side by side, it pays to develop them in parallel, because one without the other only covers half the materials the cooperative needs. A small, freshly founded cooperative will get the lower levels going without trouble, but the player level requirements climb fast and at the last steps you end up at level 275, so it's a goal for years ahead, not for your first few weeks. There's only one of this building in the village as well, so what you deal with is its level, not how many you have.

Is it worth upgrading

The level table goes just as high as the wood factory's, 101 steps, and for the maximum you need a level 275 player, so it's a long-term project tailored to an established cooperative. As the level rises, more production chains are added, so at high levels the factory can even make a thermos flask, a pipe bowl, a flacon or a skylight, things it can't produce at the start. The build time of the individual steps grows from hours through days to weeks at the highest levels, so upgrading has to be planned and spread across more contributions from the members. Smaller but regular upgrading makes more sense than waiting for one big jump, because even one level up already means new recipes.

Building levels

Game data, version 8052 (14. 8. 2026).

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