The city you start in is based on Tutorial Island, a safe space full of new players learning how to play the game. Tutorial Island, however, is not part of the empire and so has a number of limitations.
  • The only resources available on Tutorial Island are wood and stone which is fine to begin with, but you will soon need clay and iron.
  • You will also not have access to more exotic goods such as wool and furs, which are only available within the Empire.
  • You will not be able to rank up past the rank of 15 while on Tutorial Island
Therefore, your first goal after completing the tutorial is to gain the 300 Urban Points required to be able to relocate your suburb to a new city on the empire map.
  • Gain Urban Points by improving your production buildings, like Wells and Timber Yards
  • When you have enough Urban points, select the 'Migrate' option in the 'Permissions' section of the City Suburb Overview panel