Warhammer 3 economy: how to make money
Every race's buildings by how fast they pay their cost back and how much gold one building slot can make, worked out from the game's own building tables for patch 9.0.4. The quickest payback of all: the Skaven Gold Mining Pit, 250 gold for +300 a turn — back in 0.8 turns.
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SkavenGold Mining Pit: 250 → +300 a turn0.8turns - 2
BretonniaFields: 500 → +300 a turn1.7turns - 3
Dark ElvesGem Mineshaft: 500 → +300 a turn1.7turns - 4
Vampire CountsCursed Gemstone Mineshaft: 500 → +300 a turn1.7turns - 5
KislevGrand Market: 2,000 → +800 a turn2.5turns - 6
LizardmenGem Mineshaft: 500 → +200 a turn2.5turns - 7
NorscaCultist Camp (Gold): 750 → +300 a turn2.5turns - 8
NurgleCultist Camp (Gems): 750 → +300 a turn2.5turns - 9The EmpireGem Mine: 1,000 → +400 a turn2.5turns
COMPUTEDPayback = a building level's cost ÷ its flat income per turn (the game's “Income generated” effects minus upkeep). Gold per slot = the income of a chain's top level. Each race page has every level, upgrade payback and the chain totals. Patch 9.0.4.
ASSUMPTIONS
- Base values without technologies, skills, commandments, difficulty or faction effects.
- Percentage boosts and conditional income are listed on each race page, not counted in payback.
- Resource buildings need a region with the resource.
Every race side by side
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skaven | 84 | Gold Mining Pit | 0.80 | Gold Smelter | 600 |
| 2 | Bretonnia | 55 | Fields | 1.70 | Landed Estate | 600 |
| 3 | Dark Elves | 45 | Gem Mineshaft | 1.70 | Gemcutter's Workshop | 600 |
| 4 | Vampire Counts | 51 | Cursed Gemstone Mineshaft | 1.70 | Scaffold | 800 |
| 5 | The Empire | 54 | Gem Mine | 2.50 | Gemcutter's Workshop | 600 |
| 6 | Kislev | 64 | Grand Market | 2.50 | Merchant Guildhall | 1,200 |
| 7 | Lizardmen | 39 | Gem Mineshaft | 2.50 | Gemcutter's Workshop | 500 |
| 8 | Norsca | 24 | Cultist Camp (Gold) | 2.50 | Cultist Camp (Gold) | 300 |
| 9 | Nurgle | 31 | Cultist Camp (Gems) | 2.50 | Cultist Enclave (Gems) | 600 |
| 10 | Tomb Kings | 8 | Charnel Plaza | 2.50 | Undead Fleetport | 300 |
| 11 | Greenskins | 12 | Cave of Shinies | 2.90 | Stunty Mine | 700 |
| 12 | Grand Cathay | 57 | Gold Smelter | 3.30 | Gold Smelter | 600 |
| 13 | High Elves | 14 | Gold Mining Pit | 3.30 | Mint | 600 |
| 14 | Tzeentch | 6 | Web of Secrets | 3.30 | Eye of Terror | 500 |
| 15 | Undead Legions | 17 | Cursed Gemstone Mineshaft | 3.50 | Currents of Emptiness | 550 |
| 16 | Ogre Kingdoms | 23 | Raft Jetty | 4 | Big Gem Mine | 600 |
| 17 | Chaos Dwarfs | 15 | Money Pit | 5 | Goldsmiths' Guild Hall | 500 |
| 18 | Daemons of Chaos | 19 | Bilious Altar | 5 | Eye of Terror | 500 |
| 19 | Dwarfs | 69 | Gem Mineshaft | 5 | Gemcutters' Guild Hall | 600 |
| 20 | Vampire Coast | 15 | Slave Pits | 5 | Pirate Wharf | 800 |
| 21 | Warriors of Chaos | 4 | Raid Trophies | 5 | Treasure House | 1,000 |
| 22 | Khorne | 69 | Cultist Enclave (Gems) | 6.30 | Cultist Enclave (Gems) | 400 |
| 23 | Slaanesh | 10 | Hell Port | 10 | Eye of Terror | 500 |
| 24 | Wood Elves | 17 | Exotic Animal Tamer | 10 | Exotic Animal Tamer | 100 |
