Tithes at the church

[UTurnTerminator]

Not to sound like a scrooge, but how much do you have to "pay" to the church/cathedral to get any sort of bonus? I'd assumed at some point something would happen, but I'm several hundred gold in on one town and I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary. Am I missing something, or am I barking up the wrong tree entirely on this one? Many thanks in advance for any insight!

[UTurnTerminator]

I guess my rationale was that as a videogame where statues replant forests and you can make deals with witches, maybe this function had a "reason" to be there beyond simulation. Interesting all the same.

[Sanfe]

Came to look for the same answer as Yuri, and ended up learning a new word: tithe! Thnak you!

[Futt Bucker]

I believe churches and libraries both offer happiness, and both fill the same role for satisfying peasants, so they are effectively interchangeable, although their bonuses stack with each other. Early game, just make one or the other. Libraries are better because they cost less and take less people, but churches have a larger radius. Libraries are awesome late game because a great library boosts the radius of other libraries in its radius. Cathedrals do not boost other churches, I don't think.

[onealone]

I've been wondering what the tithe does ingame as well.

[UTurnTerminator]

Originally posted by Rusteasy:

I believe churches and libraries both offer happiness, and both fill the same role for satisfying peasants, so they are effectively interchangeable, although their bonuses stack with each other. Early game, just make one or the other. Libraries are better because they cost less and take less people, but churches have a larger radius. Libraries are awesome late game because a great library boosts the radius of other libraries in its radius. Cathedrals do not boost other churches, I don't think.

The key "difference" that I've seen is that Libraries are expensive in terms of gold in wages, while the church costs more in raw materials to build and space inside the city. You are right that the cathedral does not boost churches.

Some further testing on the tithe front has revealed that paying more than 1000 gold to each structure has done "nothing" so I've shifted focus a bit- maybe it's mechanics are more closely tied to the witch as a counterbalance of sorts? I've yet to test this, but I mean to on my next day off.

Somewhat off topic, but I don't usually build the cathedral in my cities. It's bonus of "converting" vikings is way more trouble than it's worth, as the converted vikings are hauled away by their peers, and I'm suddenly short housing for all the newcomers that do make it inside, which dings my overall city happiness considerably.