Workshop and prosperity

[Katsu]

I heard that workshop income is affected by a towns prosperity, if that's true does anyone know which towns have the highest prosperity at the start of the game so I know where I should buy my first workshops?

[Committing Sudoku]

Workshop income is affected by supply and demand. For example the town of Jaculan has 3 olive villages and as a result will have cheap olives for sale. Building an olive press in Jaculan would make a lot more money because the workshop can buy the olives for cheaper in Jaculan compared to other towns. Here is a good video on what workshops work decently in 1.5.9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEfhrJR_wIc

From my experience if a town has at least 2 villages that produce a certain raw material then the best workshop in that town would be the corresponding workshop that uses that raw material. If not then just build a brewery or pottery workshop since they are in demand in most towns and will consistently make 100-150 denars per day. If you are still unsure then you can always save before building a workshop and see how much money it will make after a week or so.

[kristianjakob]

Ignoring the flavor of the month (whichever workshop that happens to be the next one in line to be nerfed) and assuming you are looking for a passive source of income.

You should look for two things.

!) The town has to have its own supply of the rawmateriala needed and 2) it should have as high prosperity as possible. Richer town consume more goods and you essentially want the town to be able to. more or less, consume all the finished goods on its own. If not the price and the profitability of the workshop will tank quite fast.