Placer Deposits are a type of gold building in Fall of the Samurai.
Description[]
Wealth is never dishonourable.
There is gold in this province and it is easily worked thanks to surface deposits. However, by investing in bigger and deeper mines, it is possible to greatly increase the wealth generated by this province. Gold is, of course, always welcome to any warlord because all wise commanders know that wars cannot be fought, let alone won, without wealth.
Gold mining is a dirty and dangerous business for the miners and surface workers. Their lives are likely to be short and brutal, and woe betide anyone who even thinks about stealing the wealth lying all around!
General Information[]
Requires 1200 koku*. Can be upgraded to Goldfields.
- +800 wealth
Placer deposits give a very large boost to region wealth (the largest initial boost of any first-tier building), making regions with gold valuable targets to capture.
Unlike some other resources, gold is not considered a resource for trade, and simply generates wealth. Regions with gold include (from east to west): Tsushima, Iwami, Sado, and Izu.
*The game encyclopedia lists placer deposits as requiring 1200 koku to build, but as one is already present in every gold-resource province at the beginning of the campaign, and as they cannot be demolished, it is impossible to build one.