Palace cost vs number of cities

[Lenvik]

Hi! Does anybody know what the relationship between palace cost and number of cities is on a standard map? I have a prebuild going that is about to run out, so I need to know if I can extend it by founding some cities...

So far, I have 8 cities and the palace costs 300 shields.

 

[Darkness]

More cities means more shields required for the palace. But I don't know the exact numbers...

 

[Bamspeedy]

I don't know the exact shields either, other than it maxes out at 1000 shields. Sometimes when pre-builds are running out, I start turning every citizen into an entertainer so the city is only producing 1 shield/turn (or work 0-shield tiles like water and floodplains) and then also try and build more cities (if you haven't reached the max 1000 shield cost yet).

 

[Gengis Khan]

And if Bamspeedy doesn't know the formula, noone does.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

Didn't even realize the cost changed as city numbers went up. Is that the same case for Forbidden Palaces?

 

[Lenvik]

Nope, the FP costs 200 shields no matter what, but you need eight cities on a standard map to build it.