Mayor Tree Tier List
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This tier list gives you an idea on how Mayor Tree works. The table below shows the bonuses given on each tier and ratings of a mayor.
| Mayor Level, Rating, and Bonuses Given | General Comments |
| Tier 1, 2/10, Gain +4 Energy Building range and Watch Range from Command Center | Mostly Useless: By the time you get your first mayor, a couple of extra tiles to build around your CC is useless. |
| Tier 1, 7/10, All Sawmills give +2 wood | Mostly Useful: More wood this early in the game will add up over the rest of the game. Will give you 6 wood per ingame day, or an additional 480 wood per sawmill over the course of an 80 day game. |
| Tier 1, 5/10, All (Wood?) Walls gain 20% additional HP | Situationally Useful: If you don't have a better option, it's fine. Wood walls are useless in the endgame, and +20% HP isn't much, but you could do a lot worse. |
| Tier 1, 8/10, All Fisherman Cottages give +3 food | Very Useful: More food means more houses means more workers. Cottages are cheap and efficient, this makes them better. |
| Tier 1, 8/10, All Hunter Cottages give +3 food | Very Useful: More food means more houses means more workers. Cottages are cheap and efficient, this makes them better. |
| Tier 1, 9/10, All Basic Farms give +20% more food. | Extremely Useful: Farms already give mountains of food, and aren't ultra inefficient like Adv. Farms, so this is a fantastic choice that will last you to the endgame. |
| Tier 1, 8/10, Early Research: Sniper | Very Useful: Early snipers! Skip building the Wood Workshop, the cost, and the research time, and you can build Snipers as soon as you get resources and a Soldier's Center up and running. |
| Tier 1, 5/10, Early Research: Market | Situationally Useful: Markets are good, but this only saves you the research time to build a single building early on. In this case, it would be better to get a free Market than to get the research. |
| Tier 1, 5/10, Early Research: Cottage | Situationally Useful: Better options exist, but this combos well with boosts to gold and income from later mayor bonuses. |
| Tier 1, 8/10, Early Research: Farm | Extremely Useful: This will let you nab food rapidly, though on some maps, especially the snow map, it's not quite as good. |
| Tier 1, 8/10, Early Research: Great Ballista | Extremely Useful: It lets you build defenses early! What more do you want? Well, Sniper research is probably better in the earlygame, but I digress. |
| Tier 1, 5/10, Early Research: Lookout tower | Situationally Useful: Sometimes getting this research, especially on higher difficulties, means you can scout sections of the map you can't get to yet. Better options exist, however. |
| Tier 1, 4/10, Early Research: Wooden Stakes traps | Very Situationally Useful: There are much better options, but being able to build DoT traps early on can be helpful. |
| Tier 1, 1/10, Gain +20 Gold Income | Extremely Useless: What is this, a single tent's income? Two? Hard pass. |
| Tier 1, 4/10, Gain +20 Energy | Situationally Useful: This is basically a free mill, though you don't get as much energy, but it doesn't cost you any upkeep or 2x2 tiles of building space, nor does it block future mills. |
| Tier 1, 4/10, Gain +12 Workers | Situationally Useful: Sometimes more workers is helpful. This is basically three Tents minus the gold income bonus, so make of that what you will. Not amazing though. |
| Tier 1, 3/10, Gain +20 Food | Situationally Useful: Lets you construct tents and build more units faster, but the bonus this confers is extremely short term. |
| Tier 1, 3/10, Gain +600 gold and +10 wood | Mostly Useless: Gold and resources are fine, but even in the earlygame you're only going to get one or two buildings out of 600 gold. Better options exist. |
| Tier 1, 4/10, Gain +1000 gold | Mostly Useless: Gold and resources are fine, but even in the earlygame you're only going to get a few buildings out of 1000 gold. Better options exist. |
| Tier 1, 1/10, Gain +30 Wood | Extremely Useless: If you need 30 wood, you're probably playing on a later map, or you have bigger issues. This isn't boosted permanent income, it's a one time bonus. |
| Tier 1, 2/10, Gain +20 stone | Extremely Useless: Same situation as the above. In fringe situations you might need this. It won't last you long and has no long term bonuses. |
| Tier 1, 1/10, Gain +10 Iron | Extremely Useless: Build 5 snipers or soldiers early... and this is done. Getting a permanent +2 iron production would be far better. |
| Tier 1, 1/10, Gain 1 free Mill. | Extremely Useless: One mill is cheap. This is basically getting a free 400 gold, but it still costs worker upkeep and etc. Pass. |
| Tier 1, 4/10, Gain 2 free Rangers | Situationally useful: Sometimes you have a lot of chokepoints to fend off. More battle units can be useful in those cases. Time and money wise, this is a very short term benefit. |
| Tier 1, 4/10, Gain 1 free Soldier | Situationally useful: Sometimes you have a lot of chokepoints to fend off. More battle units can be useful in those cases. Time and money wise, this is a very short term benefit. |
| Tier 1 5/10 Gain 1 free Sniper | Situationally useful: Sometimes you have a lot of chokepoints to fend off. More battle units can be useful in those cases. Time and money wise, this is a very short term benefit. |
| Tier 1, 0/10, Gain 10 free Wood Walls and 1 Gate | Useless: Why is this a mayor bonus? If more walls were included and more gates, this could be a handy time saver, but this is barely enough to hold off one chokepoint. Just... no. |
| Tier 1, -1/10, Gain 2 free Wood Towers | Useless: This is genuinely just bad. Every other option is a better choice. |
| Tier 1, -5/10, Gain 1 free Tesla Tower | Beyond Useless: I take it back, this is the worst thing ever. If we were given, say, 5 or more, this would be situationally useful. But one? This must be a practical joke. |
| Mayor Level, Rating, and Bonuses Given | General Comments |
| Tier 2, 7/10, Soldiers cost -20% Gold to Build (And Upkeep?) | Generally Useful: Cheaper soldiers are always awesome, but this only lessens the Gold cost, not anything else. Soldiers are also not quite as useful to the endgame as Snipers. |
| Tier 2, 8/10, Snipers cost -20% Gold to Build (And Upkeep?) | Extremely Useful: Same as above, except Snipers are great through the whole game. |
| Tier 2, 9/10, Deconstructing buildings gives back 75% of the resources instead of 50%. | Extremely Useful: Everyone makes mistakes. Now bulldozing buildings gives you more resources back, so you can make a few more mistakes and not be punished so badly for it! |
| Tier 2, 8/10, Basic Mills give +20% Energy | Extremely Useful: Energy is a pricey commodity, and this gives you more of it through the whole game. RIP Advanced Mills. |
| Tier 2, 7/10, Unit building time -10% | Generally Useful: 10% isn't a lot of building time to save, but over the course of a whole game, you'll crank out significantly more units thanks to this. |
| Tier 2, 7/10, Wood/Iron/Stone/Oil Storage capacity increased +50 (Not gold) | Generally Useful: It's a free Warehouse, without the gold cap bonus or the 20% production buff, but it also doesn't eat up your building space, nor does it cost workers or upkeep. Great overall. |
| Tier 2, 4/10, Shocking Tower research | Mostly Useless: Shocker Towers are very underpowered, but gives some buffs, this could be ok in future patches. |
| Tier 2, -1/10, Gain +40 Gold Income | Extremely Useless: I can't tell if this is a joke. This would be a 2/10 in the First tier. |
| Tier 2, 7/10, Gain +3000 Gold | Situationally Useful: 3000 Gold is good at any stage of the game, but you're getting this way before the midgame! I hope your storage has enough room! |
| Tier 2, 1/10, Gain +120 Wood | Extremely Useless: Assuming you have two Warehouses built already to handle this much wood, the benefits will be very short-term at best. |
| Tier 2, 2/10, Gain +80 stone | Basically Useless: Stone might be useful for erecting some Stone Walls, but otherwise... this is useless. |
| Tier 2, 2/10, Gain +40 Iron | Basically Useless: Why would you need 40 Iron over anything else? This is barely useful in the fringiest of fringe cases. |
| Tier 2, 4/10, Gain 3 free soldiers | Situationally Useful: Having a small burst of battle units can be okay, depending on the needs. This is a fairly short-term bonus though. |
| Tier 2, 4/10, Gain 2 free Snipers | Situationally Useful: Having a small burst of battle units can be okay, depending on the needs. This is a fairly short-term bonus though. |
| Tier 2, 3/10, Gain 1 free Thanatos | Situationally Useful: Having a small burst of battle units can be okay, depending on the needs. This is a fairly short-term bonus though. If you aren't producing oil, you won't be able to use this. |
| Tier 2, 2/10, Gain 1 free Lucifer | Mostly Useless: Lucifers are pretty garbage, currently. Even if they were good, they only cost 600 gold. You'd be better off taking the 3k gold boost over a single Lucifer. |
| Tier 2, 1/10, Gain 1 free Shocking Tower | Extremely Useless: A single Shocking Tower? It costs 30 energy upkeep, so this is more of a colony detriment than a bonus. |
| Tier 2, 5/10, Gain 2 Free Great Ballistas | Situationally Useful: It can be helpful getting two of these, but keep in mind together they only cost 1k gold normally and these have upkeep. The 3k Gold bonus is much more valuable in that context. |
| Tier 2, 2/10, Gain 1 free Advanced Mill | Mostly Useless: Still costs the upkeep. If you're desperate for energy, this might be useful, but it's going to cost you. |
| Tier 2, 2/10, Gain 2 free Lookout towers | Mostly Useless: Being able to see a huge swath around two edges of your base might be okay... but otherwise these are useless. |
| Tier 2, -1/10, Gain 2 free Stone Towers | Completely Useless: Just... no. |
| Mayor Level, Rating, and Bonuses Given | General Comments |
| Tier 3, 9/10, Thanatos cost -20% Gold to Build (And Upkeep?) | Extremely Useful: Even if Thanatos get nerfed, any Mayor upgrade that makes your most expensive units 20% cheaper is going to save you a TON of gold. Every 5th Thanatos is free, goldwise, with this. |
| Tier 3, 10/10, Building time reduced by 20% on all buildings | Godlike: Your walls, buildings, turrets, all build 20% faster, which means you expand 20% faster. You should basically always take this, unless you need one of the other high-tier options. |
| Tier 3, 8/10, Wood/Iron/Stone/Oil Storage capacity increased +100 (Not gold) | Extremely Useful: Even better than the Tier 2 version, this is like building two free warehouses. No production bonus or Gold cap boost, but also no upkeep costs or tile waste! |
| Tier 3, 7/10, Cottages give +1 Workers | Extremely Useful: More workers means more buildings and units, but this ONLY applies to the mid-tier houses, not the first or third tiers. It's also only +1 per house, so it doesn't scale much. |
| Tier 3, 6/10, Early Research: Radar Tower | Situationally Useful: If you skipped the Lookout Towers, this is actually kinda useful for keeping an eye on your borders, saving you research money and time. |
| Tier 3, 3/10, Early Research: Advanced Mill | Mostly Useless: Advanced Mills are very, very inefficient. You're much better off using power plants or basic Mills, especially if you got the Mill +20% energy bonus from the T2 mayor. |
| Tier 3, 6/10, Early Research: Executors | Situationally Useful: Not the greatest thing you can get, and the research will only save you 2k gold, but if you want to rush Executors, this is potentially a money and time-saver. |
| Tier 3, 1/10, Gain +80 Gold Income | Extremely Useless: I like gold as much as the next guy... but this would only be a 3/10 if you got it at Tier 1. At Tier 3, it's unacceptable. |
| Tier 3, 2/10, Gain +150 stone | Extremely Useless: Sure you can quickly erect a bunch of Stone Walls, but that's all stone is useful for in the endgame. |
| Tier 3, 2/10, Gain +80 iron | Extremely Useless: I guess you can build more Titans and Thanatos with this, but that's if your reserves aren't high enough that you'll waste half the stone in this bonus. |
| Tier 3, 3/10, Gain +30 oil | Mostly Useless: Oil does sell for a bit, and maybe this will help you build a Titan or Two quicker... but why not just take the 6 free Lucifers or something? |
| Tier 3, 4/10, Gain 6 free Lucifers | Situationally Useful: They're saving you 3600 gold, so it's not like cost-wise you aren't getting bang for your buck, but unless you have a use for Lucifers, there's no reason to use these. |
| Tier 3, 3/10, Gain 2 free Advanced Mills | Mostly Useless: Again, Advanced Mills are really inefficient, but at least these don't cost you gold. The upkeep is still ridiculous though, so generally you should pass. |
| Tier 3, 2/10, Gain 1 free Radar Tower | Mostly Useless: Just one? Why not give us two or three, devs? Just not worth the cost savings unless you've got nothing better. |
| Tier 3, 2/10, Gain 1 free Oil Platform | Mostly Useless: Might be OK if you need a platform RIGHT now, but still has upkeep, so, yeah. |
| Tier 3, 1/10, Gain 2 free Shocking towers | Extremely Useless: Just no. |
| Tier 3, 0/10, Gain 30 free Blade Traps | Kill me. |
| Mayor Level, Rating, and Bonuses Given | General Comments |
| Tier 4, 10/10, Titans cost -20% Gold to Build (And Upkeep?) | Beyond Amazing: Your most expensive unit becomes cheaper. Every fifth Titan is free, gold-wise. Amazing choice. |
| Tier 4, 8/10, Gain +10% gold for every Stone House | Situationally Useful: More money for the Tier 3 houses. Select this and suddenly your economy will skyrocket. It's a tough choice between this and the Titan, unless you avoided T3 housing. |
| Tier 4, 8/10, Gain +20% Energy from Power Plants | Extremely Useful: If you're using Power Plants, you go from 160 Energy per plant to 192. That's like building an extra Mill for free for every Power Plant! Useless if you aren't using them though. |
| Tier 4, 6/10, Gain +2 workers for every Stone House | Situationally Useful: If you have a ton of Tier 3 houses, now you have craptons of workers. However, the need for workers at this phase of the game is debateable. Gold is usually the limiter. |
| Tier 4, 7/10, 20% food from advanced farms (seems bugged, doesnt give any food) | Once this is fixed, I still wouldn't choose it since advanced farms are inefficient and I don't use them, BUT on maps with low food where you have to use advanced farms, this makes them better! |
| Tier 4, 4/10, All buildings gain 20% additional HP (Excluding walls) | Situationally Useful: Makes your towers stronger. That's about all the use you'll get out of this, so your executors will have 1400 effective HP instead of 1000. |
| Tier 4, 7/10, All (Stone?) Walls gain 20% additional HP | Very Useful: Your walls become more... WALLY. From 1000 to 1200 HP per segment! |
| Tier 4, 0/10, Gain +120 Gold Income | This must be a running joke the devs were laughing about. Nobody would voluntarily pick this unless presented with another of the terrible options. |
| Tier 4, 4/10, Gain +20% oil production | Situationally Useful: Having more oil is great thanks to the rebalances, but may not be as good as the other options depending on your map. |
| Tier 4, 2/10, Gain +200 iron | Come on, really? |
| Tier 4, 2/10, Gain 3 free Lucifers | Useless: Why do we get FEWER than the amount from Tier 3? |
| Tier 4, 5/10, Gain 3 free Thanatos | Fairly Useful: Thanatos are great, and having three more is a good thing. |
| Tier 4, 5/10, Gain 2 free Executors | Fairly Useful: This saves you about 4k gold on building them, I believe. |
| Tier 4, 2/10, Gain 3 free Shocking Towers | Mostly Useless: If you were EVER going to invest in Shocker Towers, this is the mayor bonus to pick. |
| Tier 4, 1/10, Gain 2 free Radar towers | Extremely Useless: You're getting these in the endgame. Why isn't your map cleared already? |
| Tier 4, 0/10, Gain 40 free Blade Traps | Maybe if I were given like, 200 of these... Then they'd be good. |
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