The Criminal Den is a type of smuggling building in Fall of the Samurai.
Description[]
Crime does pay, and gold will wash away all stains.
A wise warrior uses the weapons to hand; given a spear, he does not ask for a sword. A nest of criminality might seem a source of trouble and discontent, but with "encouragement" it can be a well of gold. It can also be a training ground for intrigue and deception. The Tokugawa prohibitions on overseas contacts and trade kept out foreign influence, but they did not suppress desire for foreign goods. Although trade with the Dutch was allowed at Nagasaki, it could not satisfy everyone. Where there is demand for the forbidden, there will be criminals. Once there are criminals, they will make money through criminality. Once the money flows it finds a way into many purses, and the boundaries between the shadows and the light become very blurred.
General Information[]
Requires Smugglers' Cove, 2 turns, 3,000 koku. Can be upgraded to Yakuza Hideout.
- +500 to wealth generated by trade in this province
- +1 to the initial rank of geisha recruited in this province
- +8 per turn to town growth from trade within this province
Clan Effects:
- +3% to trade income (tariffs only)
Criminal dens further increase the benefits of smugglers' coves by increasing the flat wealth, wealth growth and trade income. They are a very solid investment: the extra +4 wealth per turn is some of the highest available for a second-tier building, and the extra flat wealth and trade tariffs further aid in recouping losses. Criminal dens are also built extremely quickly at just two turns.
Criminal dens count as civil buildings, and so gain the discount and reduced building time of certain events that are beneficial toward civil buildings.