Facilities are the Raw Material Sources and Factories on the island. These building are used for the collection of Raw Materials and/or the creation of various products. These products are required for delivery to Cities to complete Requests (Small, Medium or Large), Alliance tasks and Seaport requests or can be stored at Warehouses.
The Facilities that can be purchased and placed around the island to are split into five tiers:
- Tier 1: Raw Material Sources - These Facilities are used for the collection of a Raw Material to be used in a Factory or delivered directly to a City to complete a Request. There are many types of Raw Material Sources, including Orchards, Mines, Farms, Ranches, Plantations, Wells, Quarries, Pits and Fisheries.
- Tier 2: Basic Factories - These Factories are only able to receive Raw Materials to create a new product that can be delivered for a Request, stored in a Warehouse or transferred to a higher tier Factory.
- Tier 3: Advanced Factories - These Factories can receive both Raw Materials and products from Tier 2 Factories to create a more complex product that can either be delivered for Requests, stored in a Warehouse or transferred to a higher tier Factory.
- Tier 4: Intermediate Factories - These Factories also receive Raw Materials and products from previous tier Factories to produce even more complex products than can be delivered to Requests, transferred to a Warehouse or transferred to another Factory.
- Tier 5: Complex Factories - These final Factories receive Raw Materials and complex products from all the other Facilities to produce the most complex products in the game. These products can be delivered for Requests or stockpiled in a Warehouse.