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Ambrosia

Ikariam Plus will allow you to lead your empire to unknown wealth - you will just need a little ambrosia, the food of the gods, and your advisers and workers will work even harder for you!

The following extra functionality becomes available once you purchase Ambrosia  Ambrosia, the in-game resource purchased with real cash.

17th Island building space[]

This building ground, made of solid granite was created by the gods themselves. Beyond that it does not offer you any more advantages in comparison to other building grounds. Either way, everyone who is planning on settling here should have an adequate amount of Ambrosia available.

Option Description
Move town to <Island> This is a premium building ground. It will cost you 400 400 Ambrosia Ambrosia to move a colony to this building ground.
Found a colony on <Island> This is a premium building ground. It will cost you 250 250 Ambrosia Ambrosia to build a colony on this special building ground. The colony will be founded immediately, the remaining travel time will not apply.

Note[]

  • If you delete or move your colony from this location, then it will be free for you or anyone else to purchase this spot again, if you or they have the  Ambrosia required to perform the action..

Account transfer[]

Price: 800 800 Ambrosia 2,625 2,625 Ambrosia, in increments of 175 175 Ambrosia per transfer
Duration: Permanent

If you go to your in-game Option screen

In-game Options

You will see the Account Transfer option

Account Transfer option

When you click on the Select a package button;  you will then see a new page with the following text

"Do you want to play with your account on another Ikariam server? Join your friends, seek out new challenges in foreign lands, or even change to a different language server. The chance is now yours!

If you purchase your account transfer together with some town relocations in one package, each town relocation will cost you 175 Ambrosia."

After you select the town(s) package, then you will select the destination Community or leave it the same and finally you will select the destination World.

Archive Messages & Reports[]

Price: 1 Ambrosia per message or report
Duration: Permanent

You can store a message, battle report or spy report longer then normally by clicking the "Save in archive" button at the bottom of that page or message.

Premium Account[]

Premium account

Price: 10 10 Ambrosia

Duration: 7 Days

Always being informed of all activities within your empire and having full control over your subordinates is the challenge that any good leader faces! That can all be done a lot easier - with Ikariam PLUS!

Constructor's Overview[]

Constructor's Overview

The town overview of the improved town advisor gives you three completely new overviews over your entire empire´s economy.

  • At a glance you can see where the citizens of your empire are working
  • The satisfaction in all towns is shown on one screen
  • An overview of the stock inventory in all towns and the level of the mining deposits on the islands
  • Direct links to all towns and their mining deposits
  • The expansion level of all important buildings such as the Town hall for all your towns!

Military Overview[]

Military Overview

As commander-in-chief of your troops you have an overview at the General of your entire armies and fleets as well as their respective costs in upkeep.

  • Your entire available army in one overview - check out where your units are stationed and how many units you can take into battle with you!
  • The entire upkeep costs per hour based on unit type or total!
  • Have it shown where the greatest costs lie and optimize your army! Statistics on land units and ships available.

Research Overview[]

Research Overview

With the research overview you can convert knowledge into actual power! Complete overview over your expenses!

  • Observe the academy levels and assigned researchers in all of your towns!
  • Cost accounting for all researchers!
  • Direct links to all Academies!

Diplomacy Overview[]

Diplomacy Overview

In diplomacy, just as in war, accurate and actionable intelligence reports are the foundation for any well thought-out decision. You´ll find all that you need in this overview!

  • All active spies in all towns in one overview!
  • Check directly what mission was completed last, where your spies currently are and when they will be done with their missions!
  • The current risk of being caught for all your spies - find the most camouflaged spy in the target town with only one look!
  • Direct links to the spies' home towns to immediately give them new missions!

Building construction list[]

Players that have an active Premium Account can put up to four building jobs in the building construction list. These buildings will be built one after the other. Jobs in the building list can be canceled at any time. The building costs will only be taken from your account when the building has begun.

Longer Godly Protection[]

Players that have an active Premium Account are safe from being attacked until they reach Level 7 of their Town hall, instead of Level 5 with a standard account.

More notes capacity[]

Players that have an active Premium Account can save more text in the menu item "Notes" (8,192 characters instead of 200).

Bigger world map shortcut list[]

Players that have an active Premium Account can put up to 25 island shortcuts besides theirs in the World Map Shortcut List, instead of 5 shortcuts that come standard.

Barracks options[]

Population Pack[]

Information not posted yet!

Formerly Naturalise Barbarians[]

The patch-notes, posted on the forums, call this feature Civilized barbarians.

The American English WP site (US.ikariam.gameforge.com GF) uses the term Naturalize barbarians .
Image Option Description Cost
Naturalize Barbarians     or     You do not have enough housing space to Naturalise barbarians. 10 10 Citizen(s) Purchase 10 citizens 10 10 Ambrosia and 200 200 Gold
If you do not have enough Ambrosia or Gold then you will see the following image:

You do not have enough Ambrosia or Gold to Naturalise Barbarians.

Notes[]

Premium Trader[]

Economy

Price: 5 Ambrosia per exchange

Duration: Instant

Using the Premium Trader you can exchange your resources for other types. The Premium Trader is a simple slider: Both wood and luxury resources are traded 1:1.

Premium Trader Usage[]

Let's say you have:

18,000 18,000 wood, 100 100 wine, 3,000 3,000 marble, 0 0 crystal glass, 0 0 sulphur/sulfur

and you want some Crystal Glass to upgrade your Academy.

You can slide or type 2,000 in the marble box (any number, but something less than your current max for Marble), then you can slide or type 1000 in the Crystal Glass box (or hit the Max arrow button). Now, you have 2,000 2,000 marble and 1,000 1,000 crystal glass(2,000 + 1,000 = 3,000). Maybe you don't want to use the Marble. Then, you can use wood at a 1:1 trade: slide or type 16,000 in the wood box, then slide 2,000 in the Crystal Glass box. Here, you have to use 2,000 2,000 wood to get 2,000 luxury. Of course, the numbers are up to you, as long as the gains and losses equal zero. This means if you take 1,432 1,432 sulphur/sulfur, you have to put 1,432 somewhere else.

Hitting the Max button (the triangle that points to the right) on a slider gives you all that you can convert for that resource. Hitting the Min button (the triangle that points to the left) of the slider sets that resource to 0. You must give up some resources before you can add to others. To be sure you've allocated everything, hit the "Max" button on each resource before clicking the "Trade (5 Ambrosia)" button.

You can Set all to 0 which can help you allocate from scratch, and you can "split equal" which makes equal levels of all resources. Some might not like the "split equal", because of having little useless remnants of resources after upgrade purchases.

  • Note: When you hit the "Trade" button, you will be charged 5 Ambrosia, even if you have changed nothing.

Premium Trader Tips[]

  • When using Trader to convert for sale/profit, be mindful of what you can actually sell your luxury for. If the marble is plentiful, it is more likely to be cheaper than you think.
  • A large Warehouse increases the efficiency of the cost of the Trader. It is unwise to overlook a full complement of Wood to enhance Trader efficiency. Even Wood purchased at 10 10 Gold is a 20 20 Gold luxury wholesale cost.
  • A large Trading post will help as well. Don't stop at level 16, especially if you are interested in making the most money from your goods. Remember: Every odd level of the Trading post increases your trade radius.
  • While it may be overlooked, increasing your Trading port enables you to trade faster by increasing loading speed. Don't forget to spend some of your profit to buy more (cheap) wholesale goods for conversion to retail goods, as well as buying more Cargo Ships.
  • Don't convert all of your wine to another luxury. Running out of Wine makes your citizens unhappy.

If, for instance, you're trying to pay for a Palace or Governor's Residence and are ready to use the trader, it is highly recommended that you have at least 500 500 wine more than is required for the Palace or the Governor's Residence.

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Instantly purchase resources for your town

Building Materials[]

You need a resource quickly? Fill up your warehouse here immediately!
Select your resource: Wood       <destination town>

Wood Resource options Duration Cost
Building materials Wood - Fill up storage capacity by 10%. instant Varies Varies Ambrosia by amount
Wood - Fill up storage capacity by 50%.
Wood - Fill up storage capacity by 100%.

Wine[]

You need a resource quickly? Fill up your warehouse here immediately!
Select your resource:   Wine       <destination town>

Wine Resource options Duration Cost
Wine Wine - Fill up storage capacity by 10%. instant Varies Varies Ambrosia by amount
Wine - Fill up storage capacity by 50%.
Wine - Fill up storage capacity by 100%.

Marble[]

You need a resource quickly? Fill up your warehouse here immediately!
Select your resource:   Marble       <destination town>

Marble Resource options Duration Cost
Marble Marble - Fill up storage capacity by 10%. instant Varies Varies Ambrosia by amount
Marble - Fill up storage capacity by 50%.
Marble - Fill up storage capacity by 100%.

Crystal Glass[]

You need a resource quickly? Fill up your warehouse here immediately!
Select your resource:   Crystal Glass       <destination town>

Crystal Glass Resource options Duration Cost
Crystal glass Crystal Glass - Fill up storage capacity by 10%. instant Varies Varies Ambrosia by amount
Crystal Glass - Fill up storage capacity by 50%.
Crystal Glass - Fill up storage capacity by 100%.

Sulfur[]

You need a resource quickly? Fill up your warehouse here immediately!
Select your resource:   Sulphur/Sulfur       <destination town>

Sulfur Resource options Duration Cost
Sulfur Sulphur/Sulfur - Fill up storage capacity by 10%. instant Varies Varies Ambrosia by amount
Sulphur/Sulfur - Fill up storage capacity by 50%.
Sulphur/Sulfur - Fill up storage capacity by 100%.

Enhanced resource gathering[]

Steam Saw[]

Resource Ikariam Plus Name and Bonus Duration Cost
Steam Saw Wood Steam Saw
You will produce 20% more building material on all islands when you use your steam saw.
7 Days 10 10 Ambrosia

Steam Hammer[]

Resource Ikariam Plus Name and Bonus Duration Cost
Steam Hammer Marble Steam Hammer
Whilst using the steam hammer, all your islands will produce 20% more marble.
7 Days 8 Ambrosia

Steam Sulfur Paddle Wheel[]

Resource Ikariam Plus Name and Bonus Duration Cost
Steam Sulfur Paddle Wheel Sulphur/Sulfur Steam Sulfur Paddle Wheel
While you use your steam paddle wheel, all your islands will produce 20% more sulphur.
7 Days 3 Ambrosia

Steam Crystal Drill[]

Resource Ikariam Plus Name and Bonus Duration Cost
Steam Crystal Drill Crystal Glass Steam Crystal Drill
While you use your steam crystal drill, all your islands will produce 20% more crystal.
7 Days 5 Ambrosia

Steam Wine Press[]

Resource Ikariam Plus Name and Bonus Duration Cost
Steam Wine Press Wine Steam Wine Press
While you use the steam wine press, you will produce 20% more wine on all of your islands.
7 Days 3 Ambrosia

Potion of Wisdom[]

Resource Ikariam Plus Name and Bonus Duration Cost
Potion of Wisdom (10 Day)
Potion of Wisdom (10 Day)
While under the influence of the potion of wisdom, you will produce 20% more research points in all of your Academies.
10 Days 35 35 Ambrosia
Potion of Wisdom (30 Day)
Potion of Wisdom (30 Day)
While under the influence of the potion of wisdom, you will produce 20% more research points in all of your Academies.
30 Days 85 85 Ambrosia
Potion of Wisdom (60 Day)
Potion of Wisdom (60 Day)
While under the influence of the potion of wisdom, you will produce 20% more research points in all of your Academies.
60 Days 135 135 Ambrosia
Resource Ikariam Plus Name and Bonus Duration Cost
Note:
This does not increase the research points you gain from completing an experiment!
Notes:
  • The duration of each bonus is calculated in real time from the moment the click is registered. Additional clicks merely add time to the countdown clock, and can be purchased without losing the existing purchase time.
  • If you go into vacation mode, the clock still ticks down on your enhanced resource gathering, and you effectively lose some of the bonus that you've paid for because your workers stop harvesting.

Using the enhanced resource gathering bonuses, you will receive 20% additional resources on each of your islands that produce those goods. The 20% bonus is calculated from your base production.

  • Bonuses are cumulative, not multiplicative. Example: Βase production of 500 500 marble per hour + a Level 5 Stonemason (10% increase) + Enhanced Resource Gathering bonus (20% increase) = 500 + ( 500 * 0.1 ) + ( 500 * 0.2 ) = 500 + 50 + 100 = 650 650 marble per hour.

Move Town[]

Price: 220 220 Ambrosia each town movement
Duration: Instant

Using this feature, you can move a town to wherever you want as often as you want (no cool down). Only condition is that there is no event on the city (army, navy or transport, neither yours nor from anyone else). You can move a town from the "Colonize" screen, so find the spot you want to move to, and then select the city to move there.

Notes:
  • If you move your town to an island with a different luxury type and you have a luxury boosting building already in your town, that building will stay in your town, but becomes useless.
  • Any donations that you made to your old island will remain in your donation score, but will not transfer in any way to the new island. If you later move back to your original island, your earlier donations will show up there again.
  • You may still move a town in this way even if you have spies in transit, their transit times will just be adjusted accordingly when you move.
  • Your capital can be one of the towns that moves.

Accelerate loading process[]

Completes the loading of cargo ships at that port.

Shorten Building Time[]

Reduces the normal build time of a building level by ½.

Complete Instantly[]

Completes the building level after ½ the normal build time has been completed.

Steam Lifter[]

Image Name Duration Cost
cemter Steam driven Lift Truck
The new steam lifter will offer you 100% more storage capacity in all your Dumps and Warehouses. If the steam lifter expires, you will lose all goods in excess of your normal storage capacity.
7 Days 24 24 Ambrosia
Image Name Duration Cost
Notes:
  1. Using this feature, you will double the amount of resources stored in the town by the Warehouse, the Dump and the Town hall.
  2. If there are more goods stored, when doubled, than what will fit in your warehouses, when not doubled when the function expires, then all surplus goods will be lost!

Padlock[]

Image Name Duration Cost
Padlock (10 Days)
Padlock (10 Days)
All your warehouses will gain 100% increased theft security on all goods.
10 Days 35 35 Ambrosia
Padlock (30 Days)
Padlock (30 Days)
All your warehouses will gain 100% increased theft security on all goods.
30 Days 90 90 Ambrosia
Padlock (60 Days)
Padlock (60 Days)
All your warehouses will gain 100% increased theft security on all goods.
60 Days 150 150 Ambrosia
Image Name Duration Cost
Note:
The phrase "All your Warehouses will gain 100% theft security on all goods" does NOT mean you will have 100% theft protection.  It simply means that the Warehouse's will protect double (2x) their normal amount, while it is active.

Automated Trade Routes[]

Image Name Duration Cost
Trade Route (Plus)
Using this feature, you can set up a transport of resources between towns of your account, executed every day at the same time - for a week. The route can only transport one type of resources. You get the option to set a transport a trade route at the "Transport goods" screen
Note: First trade route is free
7 Days 10 10 Ambrosia
per
route

Mercenary Transporter[]

Price: 5 Ambrosia per transportation
Duration: For one transportation, as long as it takes

Some seafaring man would sail to the end of the world to get a bit Ambrosia! You are able to charter transporters for 5 Ambrosia to sail with your fleet and increase your transport capacity significantly.

Using this feature, you can double your existing quantity of Cargo Ships for one transport action.

  • This appears to be a very expensive Ikariam Plus feature, as its duration is likely to be less than a day. In contrast, even if the Trader is instantaneous, it can also save over a week worth of gathering goods. There are only a few opportunities that make Mercenary Transporter a practical expense.

List of players having available Cultural Asset Treaty[]

Price: 3 Ambrosia each time you order the list
Duration: Instant

Using this feature, you can get a list of maximum (number of free slots you have available * 5) players that have an available Cultural Asset Treaty, online in the past 5 days and not in vacation mode, and make offers up to (number of free slots you have available * 3) players. You can also set different criteria about the players to whom you want to offer cultural treaty agreement (eg. players located next to you, far away from you, etc). This feature is avalable in the Museum.

Composition of approaching fleets[]

Price: 1 Ambrosia each time you order the composition of the fleet
Duration: Instant

Using this feature, you can find out more information about the composition of army or fleet that is attacking, and also for the exact amount of each resource or unit is being sent to your towns using Cargo Ships.

Triton Engines[]

  • The patch-notes posted on the forums refer to this option as Triton Jets.
0% speed increase
It will take the Normal 20 minutes per island location, excluding diagonals. (0% reduction - 20 / 1 * 60 = 1,200 seconds)
100% speed increase
It will take 10 minutes per island location, excluding diagonals. (50% reduction - 20 / 2 * 60 = 600 seconds)
200% speed increase
It will take 6 minutes 40 seconds per island location, excluding diagonals. (66% reduction - 20 / 3 * 60 = 400 seconds)
300% speed increase
It will take 5 minutes per island location, excluding diagonals. (75% reduction - 20 / by 4 * 60 = 300 seconds)

These engines are crafted in Triton, son of Poseidon's, temple and can be mounted on the outside of our trade ships.  For a fair Ambrosia donation, Prometheus will fill the engines of all ships used with a divine fire from Hephaestus' forge, which will drive the ships across the seas with divine powers.

Notes:

Find a Treaty Partner[]

If you click on the Museum then you will notice the following image in the pop-up window on the left:

Find a Treaty Partner
Small - Left window options

This option will then give you these options in the pop-up window on the right:

Find a Treaty Partner
Big - Right window options

Depending on which options you choose; will give you one of the following:

Missing Treaty partner-1.png image
Missing Treaty partner-2.png image
Missing Treaty partner-3.png image
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