Category:ROTS Buildings

Overview

In Shogun 2: Rise of the Samurai, Buildings are used for the recruitment of military units and also subterfuge agents and foreign veterans. They also have a range of effects, either on a clan’s economy or on the units and agents they produce. See each chain for details of how it can be used:-

Castle Chain

Each level of castle building increases the size of its castle town: providing an additional slot on which to build. Larger castles are more difficult to assault. They are also the chief consumer of food in a province, so if farm building levels are not in step with castle size there will be food shortages. Castles cannot be demolished.

Castle Chain
Town	Stronghold	Fort	Castle

Buddhist Chain

This chain of buildings enables the recruitment of sou agents and, in combination with a koryu dojo, warrior monk units. Those buildings higher up the chain provide warrior monks with greater experience and increase the happiness of a province's population.

Buddhist Chain
Buddhist Sanctuary	Buddhist Temple	Buddhist Monastery	Famous Buddhist Temple

Improvement Chain

This chain of buildings improves your recruitment and replenishment capabilities and can be specialised to improve the statistics of specific units.

Improvement Chain
Encampment	Armoury
	Hunting Lodge
	Proving Grounds

Bushi Chain

This chain of buildings enables recruitment of the new samurai troop types, including samurai heroes, and also produces samurai cavalry when used in combination with pastures.

Bushi Chain
Bushi Training Grounds	Bushi School	Bushi Dojo	Legendary Bushi Dojo

Clan Chain

The clan chain of buildings enables recruitment of shirabyoshi agents, increases taxation within its province, and spreads your family's influence to nearby provinces.

Clan Chain
Clan Estate	Shinden	Mandokoro	Fujiwara Palace
			Minamoto Palace
			Taira Palace

Barter Chain

This chain of buildings enables the recruitment of junsatsushi and provides a major contribution to province wealth. There are two sub-chains within it: one facilitates long-term growth, the other short to mid-term wealth.

Barter Chain
Barter Exchange	Market	Goods Exchange	Merchant Guild
	Food Stores	Granary	Grain Warehouse

Government Chain

This chain of buildings is the centre of government within a province and public order's main controlling factor. It also enables the recruitment of basic Levy units. There are two sub-chains within it: one focuses on public order and siege defence and the other on recruitment and replenishment of armies. Those buildings higher up the chain either increase the size of the defending garrison or the number of units that can be recruited there in each turn.

Government Chain
Tadokoro	Town Watch	Militia Hall	Kondeidokoro
	Muster Field	Barracks	Arsenal

Intellectual Chain

This chain of buildings reduces the time required to master arts.

Intellectual Chain
School	Calligraphy School	Provincial Academy	Confucian Academy

The State Academy is a province speciality version of the intellectual chain that is only found in Kyoto.

State Academy
State Academy

Koryu Chain

This chain of buildings enables recruitment of the old-style, mostly naginata-armed troop types. It also enables warrior monks when used in combination with Buddhist buildings and naginata cavalry when combined with pastures. The highest level koryu buildings can also produce naginata hero, onna bushi, and tetsubo warrior monks.

Koryu Chain
Koryu Training Grounds	Koryu School	Koryu Dojo	Legendary Koryu Dojo

Craftwork Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings produce the craftwork commodity that can be traded and is required for the construction of certain other buildings. The craftwork chain can also be used to improve the quality of bows, giving an accuracy bonus to all bow units recruited in the same province.

Craftwork Chain
Artisans	Fletcher	Master Bowmaker
	Washi Mills	Lacquerware Works

Gold Mining Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings improves your clan's income.

Gold Mining Chain
Placer Gold Mining	Gold Lodes	Gold Mine

Holy Site Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings improves happiness and can be developed to either improve the quality of recruited warrior monk units or improve the morale of any recruited land units.

Holy Site Chain
Holy Site	Buddhist Hermitage	Fortified Monastery
	Shinto Sanctuary	Great Soja Shrine

Iron Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings produces income and reduces the cost of recruitment in the same province. It also provides the iron commodity that can be traded.

Iron Chain
Iron Sands	Small Iron Mine	Iron Mine

Naval Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings can be developed to improve overseas trade income and increase the experience of locally-recruited ship crews.

Naval Chain
Trade Hamlet	Pirate Cove	Pirate Den

Assassin Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings increases provincial wealth and improves the quality of monomi agents recruited there.

Assassin Chain
Isolated Hamlet	Senmin Village	Smuggling Network

Smith Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings either improves the armour or melee attack statistics of locally-recruited units. The higher the level of building, the greater the increase to the armor and melee attack of the recruited units.

Smith Chain
Blacksmith	Armourer	Master Armourer
	Weaponsmith	Master Weaponsmith

Timber Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings produces income and reduces the cost of locally-constructed ships. It also provides the lumber commodity that can be traded.

Timber Chain
Lumber Camp	Lumberyard	Sawmills

Farming Chain

This chain of buildings provides food and is the principle source of income across your entire empire. Farms should be upgraded early in a campaign and often after that. Farms can be developed to either produce more food and income or to raise horses which enable cavalry recruitment in the province when there are appropriate koryu or bushi buildings present.

Farming Chain
Fields	Dry Field Agriculture	Rice Paddies	Improved Irrigation
	Pastures	Horse Breeders	Warhorse Studs

Infrastructure Chain

This chain of buildings increases the movement speed and rate of replenishment of armies in its province. It also increases town growth, the line of sight of your agents, and their chances of detecting hidden enemy agents.

Infrastructure Chain
Trails	Roads	Post Road and Stations	Imperial Roads

Port Chain

This chain of buildings enables the recruitment of ships and can be developed to either facilitate overseas trading, increasing economic growth, or to increase the quality of warship crews and the number of warships that can be constructed.

Port Chain
Coastal Village	Harbour	Trading Port
	Military Port	Drydock

Silk Chain

This chain of province speciality buildings facilitates silk production within a province which generates wealth and provides the silk commodity that can be traded.

Silk Chain
Silk Workshop	Silk Spinner	Master Silk Spinner