Caravans make food between your cities

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THis is one thing I noticed is the fact no one has said what caravans provide, other than a road.

If you click on the little mini caravan  that goes back and forth after making a route and go to vitals you will see caravans only provide a food % boost between your own cities.

Have yet to check if its different if you have it trade between your own city and an AI's city.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

It doesn't help that the manual is beyond useless. There is so much information lacking in this game regarding all of the game mechanics.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes they do provide a food boost, provided that city already produces food.  What confuses me is that caravans don't provide any other bonus.  In the betas they provided a boost to whatever the city was producing, so that included gold, materials, and metal.  What happened, is it a bug?

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I've made a post asking brad if we could add information to the In game Hiergamenon, that way all the info we get from the forums could be cut & paste in one area, you wouldn't even have to leave the game to access it.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

It provides a food bonus regardless; you get a bit more out of a city that isn't your own.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I don't think caravans should be able to be attacked or at lease have like a duck & cover value that a unit must meet before they can attack