Ikariam gold and finances - Beginners guide

In Ikariam, each citizen in your city earns you 3 gold every hour. So the more citizens you have in your city, the more gold you make. Basically, you will get more citizens if you increase satisfaction. More on that later.

Each scientist costs you 9 gold per hour. Some researches reduce the cost of scientists, but you will start out with a cost of 9 gold per hour.

Each military unit costs hourly - how much depends on the type of the unit. You can find more information in your barracks.

The upkeep of your units will be divided among all of your cities, proportionally to the population-size of each city. What really matters is the total finance result. You can view this by clicking on the gold icon in the top left of the game.



Make sure you handle your gold wisely at the when you are starting with Ikariam.