Buildings (TWS2 Fall of the Samurai)

Overview

In Shogun 2: Fall 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

The castle is the heart of the population and public order's main controlling factor. Each level of castle building increases repression and resistance to naval bombardment. Larger castles are more difficult to assault and spawn a larger defence force of levy infantry.

Castle Chain
Stronghold	Fortress	Castle	Citadel	Star Fort

Artillery Chain

This chain of buildings enables the production of artillery pieces and the recruitment of their crews.

Artillery Chain
Cannon Range	Field Artillery School	Artillery Academy	Arsenal

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
Training Camp	Jujutsu Hall
	Drill School
	General Staff Headquarters
	Firing Range
	Military Hospital

Business Chain

This chain of buildings, the result of a general population surge as society moves away from agriculture to industry and city life, increases wealth and happiness. It also enables the recruitment of Geisha agents and increases their chances of success.

Business Chain
Inn	Market	Financial District	Junin Ryogae
	Gambling Den	Richi Mahjong Parlour	Yakuza Office

Tower Defences Chain

This chain of buildings allows you to upgrade the tower defences of your castles independently from the castles themselves. All castles contain archer towers by default.

Tower Defences Chain
Matchlock Towers	Gatling Gun Towers	Gun Batteries

Industrial Chain

This chain of buildings allows the specialisation in the cotton, crafts, or silk industries, providing increases to both wealth and growth within a province.

Industrial Chain
Cottage Industry	Cotton Weaving Shed	Factory	Cotton Processing Plant
	Craft Workshop		Silk Manufactory
	Silk Weaving Shed

Modern Military Chain

This chain of buildings enables the development of modern, western methods of military training and units.

Modern Military Chain
Cadet School	Barracks	Military Academy	Army War College

Propaganda Chain

This chain of buildings allows you to set up a network for the spreading of Imperial and Shogunal influence throughout your territory. Shinsengumi and Ishin Shishi agents can be recruited here.

Propaganda Chain
Police Station	Magistrate	Shikoyoku Office	Daily News
		Police Office	Shinsengumi Headquarters
		Secret Society	Military Society

Traditional Military Chain

This chain of buildings enables the development of traditional Japanese methods of military training and units. Shinobi agents can also be recruited here.

Traditional Military Chain
Traditional Dojo	Samurai Dojo	Master Dojo	Legendary Dojo

Farming Chain

This chain of buildings increases both wealth and town growth within a province.

Farming Chain
Subsistence Farming	Tenant Fields	Commercial Farming	Zaibatsu Fields

Settlement Chain

This chain of buildings provides the foundations for the expansion of your settlements. Each level of settlement opens up one extra building slot and improves tax income, but also reduces happiness due to modernisation.

Settlement Chain
Town	Large Town	City	Municipality	Prefecture

Port Chain

This chain of buildings enables the construction of ships and the recruitment of their crews as well as the recruitment of Foreign Veteran agents. You can branch out and specialise in trade or military ports further up the chain.

Port Chain
Harbour	Port	Military Port	Drydock
		Trading Port	British Trading District
			American Trading District
			French Trading District

Clay Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when clay resources are present in a province. Clay is used for the mass production of bricks and items of pottery, reducing the costs of building construction within a province.

Clay Chain
Claypits	Clay Kiln	Potteries
		Brickworks

Coal Mining Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when coal resources are present. Coal extraction and refining produces a useful trade good, but also reduces happiness due to modernisation.

Coal Mining Chain
Open-pit Coal Face	Deep-seam Coal Mine	Coking Plant

Copper Mining Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when copper resources are present. Copper reduces the cost of and time required for the construction of copper-plated ships within a province.

Copper Mining Chain
Open-pit Copper Mine	Copper Refinery	Smelting Mill
		Anode Furnace

Gold Mining Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when gold resources are present. Gold increases the wealth produced within a province, but the progression to advanced refining techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Gold Mining Chain
Placer Deposits	Goldfields	Ore Processing Plant
		Mint

Holy Site Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings increases the charge bonus of all traditional units recruited within a province.

Holy Site Chain
Buddhist Shrine	Buddhist Temple	Buddhist Temple Complex

Iron Mining Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when iron resources are present. Iron reduces the cost of artillery recruited within a province, but the progression to advanced refining techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Iron Mining Chain
Iron Ore Mine	Deep-seam Iron Mine	Iron Smelting Plant
		Steel Mill

Railway Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when the topography of a province is suitable for railway construction. Town growth is also increased as a result of railways.

Railway Chain
Telegraph Office	Railway Station	National Railway Company

Silk Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when silk resources are present. Silk production is increased by each building in the chain.

Silk Chain
Worm Farm	Raw Silk Threadmaker	Sericulturist

Silver Mining Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when silver resources are present. Silver increases the wealth produced within a province, but the progression to advanced refining techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Silver Mining Chain
Lead Ore Mine	Silver Smelting Plant	Proofing House
		Silver Vault

Smith Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is available in those provinces known for their smithing skills. The armour and missile accuracy of troops recruited here is improved, but the progression to advanced techniques causes reduced happiness due to modernisation.

Smith Chain
Blacksmith	Iron Works	Gunsmith
		Armourer

Smuggling Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings improves the quality of Geisha agents recruited in a province. Town growth is also increased.

Smuggling Chain
Smuggler's Cove	Criminal Den	Yakuza Hideout

Tea Chain

This chain of province specialty buildings is enabled when tea resources are present in a province, providing a trade good that will always be in demand.

Tea Chain
Tea Plantation	Matcha Plant	Tea Exporter