Cottage is your cheapest and most basic building that is neccessary to grow population. Cottage increases your population cap (capacity)
Cottages shelter your citizens and attract more people to live in your city. They increase your population capacity when built.
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Each level that a cottage is increased raises the population capacity of the city it was built in.
| Level | Crops | Lumber | Stone | Iron | Time | Prestige | Population Capacity | Prerequisites |
| 1 | 61 | 276 | 40 | 59 | 3m 32s | 1 | 100 | Rectorate lvl 1 |
| 2 | 179 | 804 | 116 | 174 | 7m 18s | 1 | 250 | Rectorate lvl 1 |
| 3 | 486 | 2,190 | 315 | 467 | 14m 59s | 4 | 500 | Rectorate lvl 2 |
| 4 | 1,278 | 5,704 | 824 | 1,220 | 32m 7s | 10 | 750 | Rectorate lvl 3 |
| 5 | 3,214 | 14,266 | 2,066 | 3,070 | 1h 5m 45s | 24 | 1,000 | Rectorate lvl 4 |
| 6 | 7,810 | 34,428 | 4,996 | 7,449 | 2h 23m 50s | 53 | 1,500 | Rectorate lvl 5 |
| 7 | 17,594 | 76,913 | 11,194 | 16,733 | 4h 56m 34s | 110 | 2,000 | Rectorate lvl 6 |
| 8 | 38,873 | 168,028 | 24,549 | 36,829 | 14h 14m 5s | 223 | 2,750 | Rectorate lvl 7 |
| 9 | 84,196 | 359,442 | 52,727 | 79,444 | 1d 11h 29m 32s | 445 | 3,500 | Rectorate lvl 8 |
| 10 | 179,046 | 753,480 | 111,066 | 168,126 | 4d 0h 53m 22s | 4,500 | ||
| 11 | 179,107 | 753,756 | 111,106 | 168,185 | 5,400 | Rectorate lvl 10 |
Time is computed with regard to a level 1 Rectorate . Therefore, your times will likely be shorter than what is displayed here.