Ikariam: Can You Own 12 Towns?

To answer this question, let us look at the amount of building material (wood, can be abbreviated as B.M., but lets just refer to it as wood) required for a level 11 Palace, needed to create 12 towns. The amount of wood needed for a level 11 Palace is 2,561,499. This amount already takes into account that one building space is allotted for a Carpenter's Workshop at a maximum level of 32, providing a 33% cost reduction.

If the Carpenter's Workshop were not present, then the amount of building material needed would be 3,823,133. There are 11 building spaces in a town. The Palace has to take one space, leaving us with 10 spaces to work with. A Warehouse has a capacity of 8000 wood per level. If only Warehouses are constructed, and if 10 Warehouses were possible, here is what an analysis of the maximum wood capacity for the town would look like.

	Capacity/level	Levels	Number	Max Capacity
Warehouse	8000	40	10	3200000
Town Hall	1500			1500
Total				3201500

Clearly, 3,201,500 is less than 3,823,133 and a 12th town is not possible under these conditions.

So let's look at the scenario where a Carpenter's Workshop is utilized. The wood requirement is reduced to 2,561,499. But we take away one building space for a warehouse.

	Capacity/level	Levels	Number	Max Capacity
Warehouse	8000	40	9	2880000
Townhall	1500			1500
Total				2881500

Clearly, 2,881,500 is greater than 2,561,499 and a 12th town would have been possible under these conditions. But as of this writing, Ikariam has limited the number of Warehouses to a maximum of 4 per town. You can check here. So even under this scenario, a 12th town is not possible.

But to compensate for the maximum warehouse limit per town, Ikariam introduced the Dump which has a capacity of 32,000 wood per level. If we assume a maximum level of 40 for the Dump, then

	Capacity/level	Levels	Number	Max Capacity
Warehouse	8000	40	4	1280000
Dump	32000	40	1	1280000
Townhall	1500			1500
Total				2561500

And 2,561,500 just barely exceeds 2,561,499. So under this scenario, a 12th town is possible. And proving this is my current goal.

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