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title: "Settling villages"
description: "Settling villages"
url: https://support.travian.com/en/articles/56-settling-villages
collection: "Expansion"
updated: 2026-10-28
language: en
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# Settling villages

Settling villages

### Why settle a new village?

Every player begins Travian: Legends with **one village**. Upgrading buildings and raiding nearby oases or inactive neighbors helps you grow early on — but **true progress starts when you expand**.

Settling new villages allows you to:

-   Rapidly **increase resource production**,
    
-   **Strengthen control** over a strategic area with your alliance, and
    
-   Secure **special map spots**, such as **9-crop** or **15-crop villages** (and in some special gameworlds even **18-crop**).
    

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### Requirements to settle a new village

Before sending your settlers, make sure you have all of the following:

<table data-id="6e7d1ff3-b633-4e09-9e7f-bc865cc5ace7" style="min-width: 50px;"><colgroup><col style="min-width: 25px;"><col style="min-width: 25px;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="cd3e6651-ffb0-44bf-b1f0-3fa6b334edf1">Requirement</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="7551ea6d-26b6-4aac-96e7-c1707b48c387">How to Obtain</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="3932c9c8-3df4-49d6-beb9-3787919d9477"><strong>Culture Points (CP)</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="97466f55-8034-435d-bb70-9fa1fda18a86">Earned automatically by constructing and upgrading buildings.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="4ce04d79-ef2d-4f8b-9d69-a7bb57dc55a4"><strong>3 Settlers</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="4281d6e9-9c56-4348-9b04-7cd405c6e2c9">Trained in a <strong>Residence</strong>, <strong>Palace</strong>, or <strong>Command Center</strong> with an available <strong>expansion slot</strong>.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="1abb2736-d3f1-4c8a-83db-6dd92413e377"><strong>Resources</strong></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><p data-id="53d7fd17-92b6-48b7-820a-37f62172e4d4">750 <strong>Wood</strong>, <strong>Clay</strong>, <strong>Iron</strong>, and <strong>Crop</strong>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

\> [Culture Points](https://support.travian.com/articles/51)  
\> [Expansion Slots](https://support.travian.com/articles/52)

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### How to settle

1.  Open the **map** and find your desired location.
    
2.  Select the tile and click **“Settle new village”**.
    
3.  Your settlers will travel to the location.
    
    -   If the spot is **unoccupied**, they’ll found your new village upon arrival.
        
    -   If **another player reaches it first**, your settlers will **return home**.
        

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### Team coordination

Always coordinate with your **alliance** before expanding.  
This is crucial on **regional map servers**, where every village contributes to **regional control** and territorial bonuses.

\> [Special Servers – Regional Map](https://support.travian.com/articles/27)

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### Alternative: Conquering instead of settling

Instead of founding a new village, you can **conquer** one from another player or the **Natars**.  
This can be faster, but also much more difficult — it requires careful preparation, multiple attack waves, and the right infrastructure.

\> [Conquering Villages](https://support.travian.com/articles/54)