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The Keep
Your seat. Raises all limits.
- Entity ID
keep- Base build time (level 1)
- 2s — base 7 seconds
- Level 10 build time
- 1m 30s
- Level 45 build time
- 1d 10h
- Unlocks at
- Available from your first minute — no Keep-level gate
- Produces
- Nothing directly — this plot raises a limit rather than an income
- Raw time, level 1 → 26
- 2d 1h
- Raw time, level 1 → 45
- 21d 16h
Build time and upgrade cost by level
Every upgrade to The Keep costs food, wood, stone and iron in a fixed 1 : 0.8 : 0.5 : 0.4 ratio, and takes a time derived from this plot's own base of 7 seconds. The curve has two phases: it climbs gently to level 26 — the end of the opening ramp, which the whole early game is paced around — and compounds harder above it, so the summit costs a real hoard as well as real patience.
| Level | Build time | Food | Wood | Stone | Iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2s | 80 | 64 | 40 | 32 |
| 2 | 4s | 120 | 96 | 60 | 48 |
| 3 | 5s | 180 | 144 | 90 | 72 |
| 5 | 12s | 405 | 324 | 203 | 162 |
| 10 | 1m 30s | 3,075 | 2,460 | 1,538 | 1,230 |
| 15 | 11m 21s | 23,354 | 18,683 | 11,677 | 9,342 |
| 19 | 57m 28s | 118,231 | 94,585 | 59,116 | 47,292 |
| 25 | 10h 54m | 1,346,729 | 1,077,383 | 673,365 | 538,692 |
| 26 | 16h 21m | 2,020,093 | 1,616,074 | 1,010,047 | 808,037 |
| 30 | 19h 8m | 3,178,656 | 2,542,925 | 1,589,328 | 1,271,462 |
| 35 | 23h 17m | 5,601,878 | 4,481,502 | 2,800,939 | 2,240,751 |
| 40 | 1d 4h | 9,872,424 | 7,897,939 | 4,936,212 | 3,948,970 |
| 45 | 1d 10h | 17,398,584 | 13,918,867 | 8,699,292 | 6,959,434 |
What each Keep level unlocks
The Keep is the master gate: it caps every other building, and nearly every limit in the game is a function of its level. Marches start at 2 and gain one every 5 levels; the War Council opens a second, third and fourth seat at Keep 6, 14 and 22; the second farm, sawmill, quarry and mine plots all open at Keep 15; and the base ceiling of 40 lifts to 45 with the one-time Ascension.
| Keep level | What it grants |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chamber opens: achievements, chat, court, credits, fair, founding, gather, keep, mail, quests, rewards, settings, store |
| 2 | Chamber opens: bag, hunt, reports, residents |
| 3 | Chamber opens: commanders, materials, play, warcouncil |
| 4 | Chamber opens: forge, research |
| 5 | March slot 3; Chamber opens: market, sop |
| 6 | War Council seat 2; Chamber opens: alliancetech, bannermen, kingscourt, profile |
| 8 | Chamber opens: events |
| 9 | Chamber opens: wardrobe |
| 10 | March slot 4 |
| 12 | Chamber opens: notables, talents |
| 14 | War Council seat 3; Chamber opens: highheart |
| 15 | March slot 5; Second farm, sawmill, quarry and mine plots; Chamber opens: shrine |
| 18 | Chamber opens: longnight |
| 20 | March slot 6; Chamber opens: siege |
| 21 | Chamber opens: siegetable |
| 22 | War Council seat 4 |
| 25 | March slot 7 |
| 30 | March slot 8 |
| 35 | March slot 9 |
| 40 | March slot 10; Ascension — the ceiling lifts to 45 |
| 45 | March slot 11 |
Related
Guide: The Keep & Buildings. Index: all 17 buildings · the whole database.
Other plots: Farm · Sawmill · Quarry · Iron Mine · Barracks · Stables · Archery Range · Hospital · Dragon Pit · Maester's Academy · Watchtower · Embassy · Training Yard · Depot · Tavern · Harbour
Every figure above is generated from the shipped game code — the same constants and formulas the running game uses — and regenerated whenever the balance changes. Nothing on this page is hand-typed.