How to start playing Tyrians

First, you choose a direction in the world, and your first settlement's location within it is selected at random. New players settle in an area around the world centre, which expands outward as the player count grows. You manage settlement development in the Castle: construct buildings and upgrade their levels. Meeting the requirements unlocks new buildings and actions.

Iron, wood and clay are produced automatically. You use them for construction, research and training troops. Buildings and armies also need population capacity, whose total is increased by the mill.

At the market, you create resource exchange offers and send resources to other settlements. Plan your trade around your available transport capacity and warehouse capacity.

At the army barracks, you research and train military units. Different units require specific building levels. Troops have no recurring upkeep cost, but occupy population capacity.