Treasury Question

[JPro148]

I am new and am not sure this is where this message belongs, but....

I keep getting a message that says my treasury is running dangerously low. How can I correct this? Also, does the gold that appears on the map help this problem at all? how do i access the gold? Thanks.

JPP

 

[Yzman]

Go to your advisor screen and lower you science/luxury rate. Build lots of roads and marketplaces. The gold mies help on a city level, but not much on a national level.

 

[Sanaz]

Also check with your military advisor (F3). There is an entry for supported units, and current units. You are paying for all of the units above what is alotted (depends on gov type, and number of cities). Also check out your financial page - it will; break down how all of you cash is allocated. You may just need more roads, or less corruption from better city placement.

 

[JPro148]

financial page? where is that?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Press F1. Or the domestic advisor. That's where you'll find the scales to manage the tax/science/luxury rate.

The msg you're getting simply means that your money is running in the negative. In short, you're losing money each turn and your overall gold amt is already low.

 

[Scyphax]

There are 5 sources of gold:
1) the squares your city population work can give you gold -
squares with rivers, sea, roads and most resources
produce gold
2) destroying a barbarian camp and some goody huts gets
you 25gp which is alot at the start of the game.
3) you can trade with other Civs
4) you can set your city to produce Income rather than shields
(this is usually not very efficient)
5) you can sell city improvements

Certain city improvements increase gold produced - the first available are markets and the Colossus

Some civilisations are commercial these get extra gold
Different governments will give you different incomes

I suggest if you are short of cash in the early game you raid barbarian camps, build roads and found towns on river banks.

Latter in the game
- build improvements that increase wealth - each town
should have a market
- think about changing government type.

When you are connected by roads or harbours to another Civ try trading your surplus luxuries.

In the short term adjusting the tax/science/luxury rate is a solution.
Some wonders make some city improvements obsolete - these should be sold, ie. if you have build the Pyramids sell your grainaries.
Bigger towns are more economic than small towns.

 

[Sanaz]

Originally posted by JPro148
financial page? where is that?

Sorry, I replied without access to the game. On the Domestic Advisor (F1) screen, the top part has an Income and an Expense section, showing exactly where your money is coming from and where it is going. You can pretty quickly tell if the problem is that you are spending too much, or earning too little. Or both...

 

[JMK]

JPRO148
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