The Settlers Online Building Placement Basic Guide

The Settlers Online Building Placement Basic Guide by Calen

Confused on the most efficient placement of your buildings? Here is a simple way to organize your town based on acquiring overall shortest production times.

The methodology behind this is that things like the Bowyer have much longer base production times, and travel time is a much lower percentage of their production time regardless of where they are situated.

These are only organized within categories by base production times, place them according to your own priorities in-game.

Buildings that should be placed NEAR RESOURCES (To free up space near storage facilities)

  • Woodcutter (pine, Hardwood)
  • Forester (pine, Hardwood)
  • Masons (Stone, Marble, etc.)
  • Fishery
  • Mines (Copper, Gold, etc.)

Buildings that should be placed ADJACENT TO STORAGE FACILITY

  • Bakery
  • Coking Plant
  • Pine Sawmill
  • Well
  • Weaponsmith
  • Copper Smelters
  • Toolmakers
  • Breweries
  • Miller

Buildings that should be placed NEAR STORAGE FACILITY

  • Bowmaker
  • Hard Wood Sawmill

Buildings that should be placed IN OPEN SPACE (Away from resources if possible.)

  • Residences
  • Tavern
  • Provision’s House
  • Barracks
  • Branch Office
  • Guild House
  • Wheatfield & Farm (Special case, situate them nearer to your storage facility when possible)

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