Tips for beginners
- There are 5 buiding types that can be constructed (Residence, Hotel, Restaurant & Cafe, Shop, Landmark).
- Construct a residence to increase number of workers. Workers are not consumed when constructing residences.
- Construct hotels to increase tourists.
- Construct restaurants & cafes to increase food index.
- Construct shops to earn more Gold.
- Landmarks have high building scores and induce additional bonus scores from other buildings, which lead to significant increases in village score.
- Lava stones are required to construct or upgrade buildings. Lava stones can be acquired from the volcanic island of Nea Kameni.
- Increase the number of tourists to increase the amount of Gold earned.
- Upgrade the new port to increase the number of tourists.
- Obscuring a view of a rear building due to the height of the building in front decreases the building score.
- Constructing identical buildings within the village decreases the landscape index.
- Recycle waste periodically at the recycling facility to keep Santorini clean.
- Hotels, restaurants & cafes, and shops of tier 3 or higher acquire Gold automatically.
- Decreased landscape, food, and cleanliness index, may lead to decreases in village score and village level.
- Moving a friend into a residence as homestay increases the number in workers.
- Santorini lighthouses and airports can be used to temporarily increase the number of tourists.