These buildings are essential to the well-being of your castle as they remove gong, rats and deal with criminals, fires and plague.  Our reference sheet contians building requirements, what they produce, rank and placement details as well as timings for the punishment devices...

Submitted by Darron, Mehmet, Lord_Nick, Aubergine, LordBritian, WitchHazel

Note: Size images show the number of tiles required for a building before and after placing and also the buildings' default orientation.

To give an indication as to the speed of the punishment devices, we have displayed the time it took for criminals to be dealt with for each of them.  Obviously, times will depend o­n game speed and the performance and power of your computer.  However, you will still be able to get a good idea as to which devices are quicker than others. 

	Castle Services	Buildings used to keep you castle tidy such as gong pits, falconer's post, torturer's guild and the various punishment devices.
Building	Construction	Notes	Rank to build	Peasants Needed	Requires to function	Produces	Size
Gong Pit	Wood 20 Can Rotate:	The gong pit is used to remove gong piles from your estates. The farmer will take his barrow to the gong pile, shovel it in and then deposit the waste in the pit.	Yeoman (Rank: 2)	1x Gong Farmer	Gong	-	Placing 4x4 Actual 2x2
Falconer's Post	Wood 20 Can Rotate:	The falconer's post is used to remove rats from your estates.  The falconer will get his falcon to fly after the rats and catch them.	Squire (Rank: 3)	1x Falconer	Rats	-	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Courthouse	Stone 25 Can Rotate:	The courthouse, with it's attached dungeon, is used to detail and convict criminals.  Guards (from guard posts) catch criminals and take them to the dungeon where they await trial in the courthouse. If there are no torturers (from the torturers' guild), the judge will take each convicted criminal to a torture device himself but this slows down the process of convicting crimilans.	Knight (Rank: 4)	1x Judge	Torture Device Guard Posts Criminals	-	Placing 8x5 Actual 8x4
Guard's Post	Wood 20 Can Rotate:	Guards keep sentry at these posts, looking for criminals.  When they see a criminal, they chase after them and upon capture take the criminal to the dungeon. For maximum effect, guardposts should be placed near the granary, hovels and any other place with a high population. A guard post placed outside the treasury is also able to detect thieves from other castles.	Knight (Rank: 4)	1x Guard	Courthouse Criminals	-	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Stocks	Wood 10 Gold 5 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal's head and hands are clamped in the stocks where the townsfolk can jeer at them and often throw rotten food at them. Unlike most torture devices, the stocks do not need a torturers' guild in order to operate. The stocks depicted in Stronghold are actually a mix between medieval stocks and pillories.	Knight (Rank: 4)	1x Criminal	Time 7 min. 50 sec. Courthouse	Honor +9	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Humiliation Mask	Wood 10 Gold 10 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal is chained to a post and a "mule" mask is placed over his head making him look rather silly. Unlike most torture devices, the stocks do not need a torturers' guild in order to operate. Due to the honour gained, the mask is probably the best device to use if you have a very low crime rate.	Knight (Rank: 4)	1x Criminal	Time 4 min. 25 sec. Courthouse	Honor +8	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Well	Wood 20 Can Rotate:	Wells are used for putting out fires and also filling waterpots.	Knight Bachelor (Rank: 5)	1x Well Worker	-	-	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Gibbet	Wood 10 Gold 20 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal is locked in to a suspended cage in a somewhat uncomfortable position. Unlike most torture devices, the stocks do not need a torturers' guild in order to operate.	Knight Bachelor (Rank: 5)	1x Criminal	Time 7 minutes Courthouse	Honor +7	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Torture Wheel	Wood 10 Gold 50 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal is strapped by his hands and ankles to a wheel which is then spun round and round and round...  Before too long, the criminal will feel quite ill! Due to the honour gained in roughly 1 minute, the wheel is o­ne of the best devices to use if you have a moderate crime rate.	Knight Bachelor (Rank: 5)	1x Criminal	Time 1 minute Torturer Courthouse	Honor +6	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Torturer's Guild	Wood 10 Gold 100 Can Rotate:	The torturers' guild is used to increase the speed at which criminals are punished and also to enable the use of the majority of torture devices. Without torturers, the Judge (from the courthouse) will have to collect crimans, take them to the courthouse, sentence them and finally take them to o­ne of the punishment devices that doesn't require a torturer. By providing torturers, you enable the Judge to focus purely o­n passing sentence. It should be noted that you can actually place more than o­ne torturers' guild in your castle should you wish to recruit more than 2 torturers.	Knight Errant (Rank: 6)	2x Torturer	Courthouse Torture Devices Criminals	-	Placing 7x6 Actual 5x4
Stretching Rack	Wood 10 Gold 120 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal's feet are tied to o­ne end of the rack and their hands are tied to ropes that lead to the winch mechanism at the other end.  The wheel is turned and the ropes pulled tighter and tighter thus stretching the criminal.	Knight Errant (Rank: 6)	1x Criminal	Time 1 minute Torturer Courthouse	Honor +4	Placing 4x3 Actual 2x1
Flogging Post	Wood 10 Gold 80 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal is strapped in to the device and then whipped.	Knight Errant (Rank: 6)	1x Criminal	Time 1 min. 35 sec. Torturer Courthouse	Honor +5	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Apothecary	Wood 20 Gold 200 Can Rotate:	The apothecary will cure disease clouds caused by piles of gong as well as diseased cows launched form enemy catapults and trebuchets. The apothecary can also heal the Lord and possibly other troops, although as of version 1.20 it's not very reliable.	Baron (Rank: 8)	1x Healer	Disease Clouds Wounded Troops	-	Placing 8x6 Actual 6x4
Water Pot	Wood 60 Can Rotate:	The waterpot is slowly filled with water from nearby wells in preparation for fires in built up areas. The main benefit of the water pot is that several waterboys (from wells) can use it to refill their buckets so that they don't have to run all the way back to their own well.	Baron (Rank: 8)	-	Well 1 or more Well Worker 1 or more	-	Placing 4x4 Actual 2x2
Branding Chair	Wood 10 Gold 150 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal is strapped in to a chair and branded with a hot branding iron.	Baron (Rank: 8)	1x Criminal	Time 1 minute Torturer Courthouse	Honor 3	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Gallows	Wood 10 Gold 300 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal has a noose placed over his neck and then the floor removed from underhim.  This kills the criminal.	Earl (Rank: 9)	1x Criminal	Time 15 seconds Torturer Courthouse	-	Placing 4x3 Actual 2x1
Burning Post	Wood 200 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal is tied to a stake and then burnt alive.  This kills the criminal.	Earl (Rank: 9)	1x Criminal	Time 30 seconds Torturer Courthouse	Honor +2	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1
Executioner's Block	Wood 10 Gold 250 Can Rotate:	Torture Device: The criminal kneels over a block of wood, facing a basket o­n the floor.  The torturer chops off his head, killing the criminal. This is by far the fastest way to deal with criminals and is probably the best device to use if you have a high crime rate.	Duke (Rank: 10)	1x Criminal	Time 2 seconds Torturer Courthouse	Honor +1	Placing 3x3 Actual 1x1