Food mechanic

**Jonnydread** · June 28, 2018, 05:33 PM

In my current campaign, I have more food than I should have.
I don't know if it is different from the base game, but this is the first time I noticed this.

E.g. in one province the only food building is a farm (+5 food), the cities take in total -5 food, but the province has a food surplus of +3. All provinces give me +2 or +3 more food than they should give.
Where does it come from? Are there hidden traits? My imperium level gives me +2 food, does it mean it actually gives +2 food in every province? And if this is the case, is the +3 food from completing Tier I in Economy also per province?

**Dardo21** · June 28, 2018, 07:47 PM

Each region has a certain minos or bonus food, some start off with negative food for example.

**T2av** · June 29, 2018, 01:34 AM

Wild berries, lots of wild berries

**♔Greek Strategos♔** · June 29, 2018, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by T2av

Wild berries, lots of wild berries

Age of Empires II player ?

**RE5PEKT** · June 29, 2018, 10:56 AM

From my experience the food level and predicted income strangely fluctates as you click on characters and settlements. (though, I still play the 1.2.2 version)

**T2av** · June 29, 2018, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by ♔Greek Strategos♔

Age of Empires II player ?

Yes sir lol

**Jonnydread** · June 29, 2018, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dardo21

Each region has a certain minos or bonus food, some start off with negative food for example.

Thanks for the information, found the bonus in-game.
So i guess the +3 food from completing Economy Tier I will add 3 food to the global supply and not 3food/province?

**myarta** · July 01, 2018, 11:10 PM

Yes, the economy research tier food is calculated once to the global supply, not per province. Similarly the low-Imperium bonus food.

**♔Greek Strategos♔** · July 02, 2018, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Jonnydread

Thanks for the information, found the bonus in-game.
So i guess the +3 food from completing Economy Tier I will add 3 food to the global supply and not 3food/province?

Originally Posted by myarta

Yes, the economy research tier food is calculated once to the global supply, not per province. Similarly the low-Imperium bonus food.

Correct.

**Satansblofish** · July 03, 2018, 08:26 PM

Different question related to food:

Do food bonuses top out at +4 growth? So if I have 80+ food it just sits at +4?

I haven't pumped out that much food in awhile but I feel like I remember not being able to achieve higher than that.

**mercenary715** · July 03, 2018, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by ♔Greek Strategos♔

Age of Empires II player ?

Good thing we don't have to build farms in dei each turn after they run out of food.

**Nordling** · July 04, 2018, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by mercenary715

Good thing we don't have to build farms in dei each turn after they run out of food.

I would love to see my men break down stone walls of enemy cities with their weapons though.

**mercenary715** · July 04, 2018, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Nordling

I would love to see my men break down stone walls of enemy cities with their weapons though.

Or be able to train a priest or monk to convert enemies to your side. Wolololo

**Nordling** · July 04, 2018, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by mercenary715

Or be able to train a priest or monk to convert enemies to your side. Wolololo

Hmmmm, that makes me wonder. What would be the range of a converting monk? How long would it take? How many monks per monks unit? What would be the armor values? So many questions...