Salt (Total War: Attila)

Description

Valuable beyond measure, salt drives the world.

Salt was a valuable commodity that many barbarian tribes traded with the 'civilised' world. Archaeologists are able to identify areas of high salt production by the presence of a refuse deposit known as briquetage. Ancient salt production started with pottery vessels; brine was added to these and allowed to dry out and form salt cakes. These pots were then smashed to release the salt cake, resulting in large quantities of pottery shards or 'briquetage'. A recent discovery at the Poiana Slatinei archaeological site, next to a salt spring in Lunca, Romania, suggest that the Neolithic inhabitants of the area were boiling the salt-laden spring water to extract the salt as far back as 6050BC, making it the oldest known salt works in the world.

Trade Value

Salt has a value of 8 at the start of the campaign.

Settlements

• Apulum, Dacia
• Ascaucalis, Gothiscandza
• Phra, Makran
• Neapolis, Italia
• Rotomagus, Lugdunensis

Building Chain

Tier	Name	Cost	Sanitation	Public Order	Resource production	Wealth (from industry)	Food
1	Salt Deposit	2000	0	0	20	120	30
2	Saltworks	3000	-2	-1	40	240	50
3	Large Saltworks	5000	-4	-2	80	450	70
4	Salt Trading Post	8000	-6	-4	160	900	90

Required for building

Barbarian

• Salt Warehouse

Eastern

• Food Market
• Yakhchal

Roman

• Leather Manufacture