Village HQ

The first church spreads religion to the surrounding villages within its influence area. Without a church to influence the troops, troops outside a churches area of influence will fight with a 50% reduced efficiency both in defense and offense capabilities.

• A first church is only available on worlds that have religion enabled in their settings.
• The first church can only be constructed once.
• If a first church village is conquered, all the villages inside the conquered first church radius will fight at 50% strength, unless covered by another church.
• Supporting troops sent from a village outside a church radius will fight at 100% strength so long as the village they're stationed in is religious.
• The first church cannot be targeted by catapults in a battle. The only way to remove a first church is to noble the village it belongs in.
• The first church influence area only affects your own villages, not allies or other players villages.

Village Headquarters : Level 5

Farm : Level 5

Level	Requirements	Pop needed / Pop total	Influence area
1	16000 20000 5000	5000 / 5000	4
2	20160 25600 6300	2750 / 7750	6
3	25402 32768 7938	4263 / 12013	8

Should I make a church village defensive or offensive? - Taking into account that a church village will use up a lot of population space it is recommended that you make the village defensive or turn it into a scout village.

What is the difference between a Church and First Church? - You can only have one First Church constructed and it cannot be upgraded. If used smartly, you can use the First Church as a fast way of making new caps religious.