⚠️ Eco v0.14 is coming — the next major update reworks upgrade modules, so some of these numbers will change. They reflect the current version. What’s changing →
  • Simpler tiers: the 1–4 tiered upgrades become a single Basic / Advanced / Modern upgrade each.
  • Permanent upgrades: a module placed in a workstation is permanent — no more swapping lower tiers out as you progress.
  • Power transitions: a module can change a station’s power type/draw (e.g. a Modern upgrade moves a sawmill from mechanical to electrical power).
  • Talent-integrated: modules now use the same bonus/talent system — any talent benefit (power, labor cost, recipe unlocks) can come from a module.
  • Cheaper to upgrade: with the multi-tier parts gone, fully upgrading a workstation costs significantly less.

We’ll update this calculator shortly after the update releases.

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Influence

Influence

Once a settlement is Founded, it will begin casting influence in a radius around the foundation. Any land under its influnece will be subject to its laws and civic actions.

Culture Generates Influence

Influence can be extended with Culture. The higher the culture level of a property, the more influence it will cast for the owning settlement. This allows you to expand your borders by increasing culture, or creating new cultural properties. There are limits, however, on the number of cultural properties and the max influence castable, so borders cannot be expanded indefinitely. Each level-up of settlement allows a farther range of influence to be cast, and more cultural properties to be created.
Influence is cast from the average position of the rooms on the property, weighted by their property values.

Homesteads are single-person properties that are associated with whatever settlement their owner is a Citizen of. If the owner is not a citizen of any settlement, then it will not be influenced by any. This can create holes in town influence when citizens renounce their citizenship, however a powerful settlement can force-claim this property through the process of Annexation.

Multiple Influencing Settlements

Each settlement level (Town, Country, Federation) has its own map of influence, and only one settlement of each type may influence a given plot (IE, two Towns cannot influence the same plot). However, if a settlement is a sub-settlement of another settlement, then that parent will also cast influence on the plot (IE, a Country's influence will be cast everywhere its member town's influences are cast). In plots influenced by more than one settlement in this way, the governments of all settlement will apply.
When two settlements of the same type are competing for influence, the closer one will push further into the influence boundaries of the other. However, any land that is already claimed will remain influenced even if it would otherwise be contained in the opposing settlement. This can even lead to parts of the settlement breaking off and being enveloped by other settlements.

Border Control

On an Immigration Desk, leadership of a settlement may designate neighboring homesteads or settlements which can claim within our influence. If a neighbor wants to claim land that is otherwise influenced by your settlement (perhaps for a price), this is the way to allow it.