User Guide

When four blocks of either plain stone or limestone
are stored in the Storage Yards, peasants load the stone
onto a sledge and drag it over to the construction site.
To properly place the stones, the services of the
Stonemasons Guild are essential. The Carpenters Guild
provides ramps from wood that is delivered to the
Carpenters’ Guild.
Bent Pyramids come in two sizes.
True Pyramid.
With the first True Pyramid comes the
perfection of the Pyramid form. The True Pyramid is
many things: a path to the sun, a sun’s ray and the pri-
mordial mound from which all life in Egypt sprung.
The True Pyramid has a plain stone core with a lime-
stone casing that is smoothed and polished.
Stonemasons from the Stonemasons’ Guild lay the
stone and polish the surface, while carpenters from the
Carpenters’ Guild prepare the ramps necessary for con-
struction as the Pyramid rises higher and higher.
When a Storage Yard has accumulated four blocks of
stone, peasants drag a sledge loaded with the stone to
the monument site to the waiting stonemasons.
The True Pyramid sizes are small, medium, large,
Pyramid Complex and grand Pyramid Complex.
Brick-Core Pyramid.
Sometimes, plain stone is diffi-
cult to obtain, so bricks are used for the core of the
Pyramid instead. Brick-core Pyramids are the most
complex Pyramids you will build because they require
three types of raw materials and three types of con-
struction guilds. You need brick, limestone and wood
to build them, as well as the services of the Bricklayers’
Guild, the Stonemasons’ Guild and the Carpenters’
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blocks of plain stone are stored in the Storage Yards,
and the stonemasons are ready, peasants will begin
their arduous journey to the monument site.
Stepped Pyramids come in five different sizes: small,
medium, large, Pyramid Complex and grand Pyramid
Complex.
Bent Pyramid.
Inspired by the sun, the architects who
contrived the Bent Pyramid envisioned a giant obelisk
with bent sides, representing one of the sun’s warming
rays. So that it would shine as brightly as the sun, the
sides of the Pyramid were smoothed.
To build a Bent Pyramid, you will need supplies of plain
stone and limestone, and peasants from a Work Camp.
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Stepped Pyramid.
A completed Stepped Pyramid is a welcome addition to
any city.