Editing Effects (section)

== Effect types ==
There are 14 effect types in the game. Each one modifies a different aspect of settlement operation.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Effect !! What it modifies !! Affected resources
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| Population growth || Rate at which new residents move into housing || [[Population]]
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| Food production || Output of all buildings that produce {{Icon|Food}} || {{Icon|Food}}
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| Food consumption || {{Icon|Food}} consumed by housing buildings || {{Icon|Food}}
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| Goods production || Output of buildings that produce raw materials || {{Icon|Wood}}, {{Icon|Stone}}, {{Icon|Earth}}
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| All production || Output of every production building || All resources
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| [[Happiness]] || Settlement happiness level || —
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| Raid risk || Probability of [[Raid]] events || —
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| Taxation || {{Icon|Coin}} income from the [[Taxation]] system || {{Icon|Coin}}
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| Export cost || Cost of selling goods through the [[Market]] or [[Port]] || —
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| Import cost || Cost of buying goods through the [[Market]] or [[Port]] || —
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| Research speed || Rate of {{Icon|Knowledge}} generation at the [[University]] || {{Icon|Knowledge}}
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| Expedition cost || {{Icon|Food}}, {{Icon|Knowledge}}, and [[Population]] costs of [[Expeditions]] || {{Icon|Food}}, {{Icon|Knowledge}}
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| Construction cost || Cost of constructing buildings || —
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| Accident rate || Probability of [[Accident]] events || —
|}