Anno 117: Pax Romana unlocks new features as the settlement becomes more populated. The increase in Populations will eventually upgrade the City Status, where the City Status level comes with several penalties and buffs that force players to adjust their buildings in Anno 117: Pax Romana while also allowing them to grow faster in other areas. Here’s what you need to know about the City Status level in Anno 117: Pax Romana.
How To Increase City Status In Anno 117 Pax Romana
City Status in Anno 117: Pax Romana is like the level of your city, which represents how large the settlement is in terms of Population. You can see the requirement to level up the City Status by checking the Roman number at the top of the screen, to the left of the settings button, to the right of the island’s name.
In this tooltip, you can check things like how far you are from the next City Status; the type and level of city you currently have; your Romanisation level, percentage, and influence; and the details of attribute effects the City Status has upon your city.
Keep in mind that the Population is not the number of Workforce you have. Instead, boosting the Population can be done by placing buildings that increase the Population. For example, at the start, you will utilize Market and Tavern to grow your Population.
Here’s the City Status and required population for the first five levels:
|
City Level |
City Status |
Required Population |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Outpost |
|
|
2 |
Minor City |
200 |
|
3 |
Major Colonia |
400 |
|
4 |
Major Imperial City |
800 |
|
5 |
Vast Imperial City |
1500 |
What Does City Status Do In Anno 117 Pax Romana?
A high City Status will reduce Happiness, Health, and Fire Safety, but increase Belief, Knowledge, and Prestige. This makes sense since a large Population will come with more risks, but at the same time, more progress with civilization.
Build Vigiles to improve Fire Safety, or find Wells in the research tree of Anno 117: Pax Romana to bring a minor +1 Fire Safety. Players can also isolate buildings with debuffs to avoid the penalty.
City Status is also required to unlock new things in the city. For example, after moving to Albion in the campaign, you need to reach City Status level four to unlock Vigiles, a City Watch building that helps extinguish fire when it occurs. Meanwhile, in Latium of Endless Sandbox mode, Vigiles is unlocked after reaching City Status level two.
- Released
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November 13, 2025
- ESRB
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Teen / Alcohol Reference, Language, Mild Violence, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
