Unofficial Overview: Settlement Diversification and Customization Options in DoM

[athanaric]

I thought this might be helpful, given that settlement customization is much more extensive and meaningful in FATW: DoM than in RTW Vanilla, or even previous versions of FATW. At the moment, it's still WiP and I may have gotten some stuff wrong, so please correct it if that's the case.
There are spoilers here, so anyone looking for surprises in campaign - consider yourself warned.

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Diversification

Dwarves

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Dwarven Guildmasters
+3 trade bonus

Dwarven Weaponsmiths
Upgrades Hireling weapons +3

Mercenary Halls
Enables recruitment of Hearthmen and Hireling Riders

Mercenary Slipways
Enables recruitment of ships

Elves

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Elven Gardens
+2 Happiness bonus; +1 farming level bonus

Elven Weaponsmiths
Upgrades Elvellyn weapons +3

Elvellyn Horsemasters (requires Horses resource)
Enables recruitment of Elvellyn Riders

Mining Colonies (requires mineral resources)
+2 trade bonus OR bonus to construction costs/time, depending on resource

Mithril Armoury (only in Ost-in-Edhil)
Upgrades armour and Elven weapons +3

Adûnabâr

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Cultic Temple City
Cultic conversion bonus; enables Cultic festivals

Cultic scions of Adûnabâr
Enables recruitment of elite Cultic swordsmen, spearmen, axemen, and lancers

Advanced Irrigation
Increases population growth via farming upgrade (no other bonus → will be fixed in next release, according to the team)

Guild of Venturers
Experience Bonus for Mariners; trade bonus +1

Guild of Weaponsmiths
Upgrades armour +3

King's Court
+3 Law bonus; enables Royal Spearmen outside of homeland territory/+1 XP bonus for Royal Spearmen

Dale

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Dwarven Armoury (requires Homeland or Dwarven lands)
Upgrades armour +3

Emissary Headquarters (capital cities only)
Emissary XP +3; construction time/cost bonuses depending on region

Levy Outposts (foreign provinces only)
Enables foreign low-to-mid-tier levies (e.g. Axemen of Rhûn), with +1 or +2 XP bonus

Military Assimilation (foreign provinces only)
Enables local recruitment of high-tier Dale units (Black Spears, Hearthmen, Dale Longbowmen, Riders of Dale)

Siege Workshop (requires Homeland or Dwarven lands)
Enables Ballistae

Toy Workshop
+2 Happiness, +2 trade bonuses

Trading Posts (requires adjoining major river)
Increases trade +2

Dunland

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Cultic Temple City
Cultic conversion bonus; enables Cultic festivals

Cultic scions of Dunland
Enables recruitment of elite Cultic swordsmen, spearmen, axemen, and lancers

Hillmen Forts
Enables recruitment of Dunlending Hillmen; +1 XP for Hillmen in some regions

Hunting Parties
+2 trade bonus in provinces with “Wild Animals” resource; +1 trade bonus in other provinces; +1 XP for Dunlending Bowmen in Dunland; +2 XP for Dunlending Huntsmen in Dunland; +1 XP for Dunlending Huntsmen elsewhere; enables recruitment of Dunlending Bowmen in foreign “Barbarian” provinces

Pikemen Training Grounds
Enables recruitment of Elite Pikemen in Dunland; enables recruitment of Tribal Pikes and Elite Pikemen in foreign regions; +1 XP for Tribal Pikes in Dunland

Sheep Trader
+2 trade bonus

Harad

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Cultic Temple City
Cultic conversion bonus; enables Cultic festivals

Cultic scions of Harad
Enables recruitment of elite Cultic swordsmen, spearmen, axemen, and lancers

Brotherhood of Assassins
+3 XP for Assassins

Corsair Stronghold (requires coastal province with timber resource or Haradrian coastal province)
Enables recruitment of high tier ships as well as Corsair swordsmen and archers

High Inquisitor's Network
Law bonus +2; enables Inquisition Enforcers (heavy lancers); +4 XP for Spies

Iron Foundry
+3 armour in provinces with Iron resource; +1 armour, +1 trade bonus in other provinces

Merchant Guild
Trade bonus +3

Mûmakil Training Ground (requires Ivory resource)
Enables Mûmakil

Reunited Kingdom

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Eorling Horse Traders (only in Gondor)
Enables King's Horsemen in Gondor (except Dol Amroth); Experience bonus for factional cavalry

Guild of Venturers
Experience Bonus for Mariners; enables Alcarondas Venturer (capital ships); trade bonus +1

Guild of Weaponsmiths
Upgrades armour +3

King's Court
+3 Law bonus; +1 XP for King's Spearmen where available

Ranger Holds (Eriador provinces only)
Enables Rangers of the North; small bonuses to trade (+1) and law (+1)

Royal Mint
Trade bonus +2; Tax income bonus +2

Terracing
Increases population growth via farming upgrade (no other bonus → will be fixed in next release, according to the team)

Rhûn

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Cultic Temple City
Cultic conversion bonus; enables Cultic festivals

Cultic scions of Rhûn
Enables recruitment of elite Cultic swordsmen, spearmen, axemen, and lancers

Cattle Trader
+2 trade bonus

Fighting Pit
Enables recruitment of Berserkers; Enables games; +1 Happiness bonus

Hunting Lodges
+1 trade bonus; +1 XP bonus for factional archers, skirmishers, and cavalry

Thrall Stockade
Construction cost bonus; +1 trade bonus, +1 farming level bonus

Tributary Camps
-2 Happiness penalty; +1 population growth bonus; enables recruitment of Slingers and Great Axes (North Rhûn); enables recruitment of Outriders and Horse Archers (Khand)

Rohan

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Gondorian Weaponsmiths (requires tier 4 barracks IIRC)
Upgrades armour +2

Feasting Hall
+3 Happiness bonus (varies regionally?)

Horsemaster's Stables (requires Horses resource)
+2 trade bonus

Warhorse Trainers (requires Horses resource)
+2 XP for Riders of the Mark; +1 XP for other Rohirrim cavalry units

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Resources (all factions, including minor ones)
Two tiers each (after choosing an industry via the "rights" marker)

Construction

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Carpenters (requires Timber resource)
Tier 1 reduces local construction costs, tier 2 reduces global construction costs

Stonemasons (requires Stone resource)
Tier 1 reduces local construction costs, tier 2 reduces global construction costs

Metalsmiths (requires Iron resource)
Tier 1 reduces local construction time, tier 2 reduces global construction time

Animal Husbandry and Fishing Rights

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Fishmongers (requires Fish resource)
Increases trade

Tanneries and Woolmakers (requires Livestock OR Wild Animals resource)
Increases trade

Horsebreeders (requires Horses resource)
Increases trade

Estates and Farmlands

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Vineyards (requires Wine resource)
Increases trade

Incense … (requires Incense resource)
Increases trade

Curers (requires Pipeweed resource)
Increases trade

Precious Materials

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Goldsmiths (requires Gold resource OR Silver resource)
Increases trade

Gem-cutters (requires Precious Stones resource)
Increases trade

Ivory Carvers (requires Ivory resource)
Increases trade

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Dale only: Engineering
Bonuses of consecutive tiers are cumulative (meaning there is no downside to upgrading windmills or ploughs)

Inventors' Workshop
+1 Happiness bonus

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Windmill → Watermill
tier 1: +1 trade bonus; tier 2: +1 farming bonus (Watermill: more effective in certain regions?)

Heavy Plough → Turnwrest Plough
tier 1: +1 trade bonus; tier 2: +1 farming bonus

Fireworks Factory
+2 Happiness bonus; +1 trade bonus (just what in Melkor's name is the blackpowder upgrade for?)

Longboat Workshop (requires coastal province OR major river)
+2 trade; enables recruitment of Warboats

Crossbow Workshop (requires Siege Workshop)
Enables recruitment of Dale Crossbowmen (the horror, the horror...)

[Stark1]

Great job Athanaric.

[athanaric]

Great job Athanaric.

Thanks. Looks like I forgot Elves and Dwarves. I'll add them soon.

[Deathshade]

Thank you very much . It is indeed really useful.

[MasterOfNone]

Thanks for this - we may well have to rely upon the assistance of players to present some of this in an organized form! Leaves us free to spend 2 days in the macro coding of the unit balance formulae (not a pleasant experience, I can tell you... )

[athanaric]

You're welcome Out of curiosity, why doesn't Adûnabâr have access to the Royal Mint building (which would increase its Diversification options to seven, same as most other factions)?