Populations
Populations are an essential part of your cities in Endless Legend 2, and are key to your economy. Founding a city gives that city 1 population unit of the empire's original population. Populations are grown with 
Food and require a Food upkeep. Empires with the Knightly Husks affinity cannot naturally grow pops, instead feeding them and buying them out with 
Dust.
Reaching certain thresholds of a given Population in your empire will unlock various bonuses, depending on the Population.
Population growth
Populations grow passively based on the city's Food production. The bar at the middle of the top bar in the City screen shows current Population growth and allows the player to swap which population type is currently growing in the city. This does not reset growth progress.
The amount of growth needed for a new pop scales exponentially based on the total amount of pops already in the settlement.
Populations usually have an upkeep of -4 Food, or -4 Dust if the player is a Knightly Husks empire.
Population buyout
Certain faction traits and affinities, such as Knightly Husks and Hive Society, allow Populations to be instantly created with certain resources (Dust for Knightly Husks and Corpses for Hive Society). Buyout cost scales the same as growth cost.
Other sources of population
Assimilating a Minor Faction whose pacified Villages are in the borders of your Cities will spawn 1 Population per village in their corresponding cities. This population can only be spawned once, even if the assimilation is swapped. The Knightly Husks affinity allows the Last Lords to build Lords' Estates on pacified Minor Faction villages, which will passively generate populations that can then be Rounded Up for a marginal Influence cost.
Major Factions
Major Faction population types
These population types appear in normal gameplay.
| Major Faction Population | Effects | Pop Scale Bonuses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | |||
 Aspect
|
+1  Influence per Population Type in the same category[1]
|
5 | Ascetic Existence improvement |
| Strange artificial creatures, blending the organic and the artificial, Aspects nonetheless make diligent, peaceful citizens. | |||
| 15 | +1 Influence on Aspect Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Influence on City with Aspects
| ||
 Kin Of Sheredyn
|
+2  Industry on  Artisans
|
5 | Military Press improvement |
| Tough and industrious, Kin of Sheredyn citizens are a boon to any settlement. | |||
| 15 | +1 Industry on Kin Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Industry on City with Kin
| ||
 Last Lord
|
+2 Dust-3 |
5 | Altar of Channeling improvement |
| In their suits of glowing plate, Last Lords can be unnerving citizens, yet their conduct is often unimpeachable. | |||
| 15 | +1 Dust on Last Lord Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Dust on City with Last Lords
| ||
 Necrophage
|
+1 Dust
+2
+1
+1 |
5 | Larval Pulp improvement |
| Often disconcerting for other citizens, Necrophage are nonetheless strong, able workers. | |||
| 10 | -30% Influence cost on Foundation -30% Industry cost on District
| ||
| 15 | -30% Influence cost on Found Camp -30% Dust cost on Burrow -30% Influence cost to evolve Nest
| ||
| 30 | +1 Food on Necrophage  Citizens+1 | ||
| 50 | -100% Dust Upkeep cost on non-Hero Unit
| ||
| File:Tahuk.png Tahuk | +1  Science
|
5 | Astronomy Club improvement |
| Gifted with curious, devoted minds, Tahuks are worthy additions to any settlement. | |||
| 15 | +1 Science on File:Tahuk.png Tahuk Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Science on City with File:Tahuk.png Tahuks
| ||
Special population types
These population types are unique to their Faction and have a special border, with a white triangle in the upper right corner. They cannot be grown in other empires, even with a Migration Treaty, and cannot be grown normally.
| Special Population | Effects | Pop Scale Bonuses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | |||
 DivineKin of Sheredyn only |
+4 Food on Citizens +3 Industry on Artisans+3 Science on  Scribes+50 |
3 | +2  Resilience on Heroes
|
| Divine Population created by the Kin of Sheredyn's Divine Service Holy Commandment. | 6 | +2  Might on Heroes
| |
| 9 | +2  Intuition on Heroes+2 | ||
 Primordial Last LordLast Lords only |
+1 Dust on Last Lord Pop[2] +1 Influence on Last Lord Pop[2]
|
5 | +1 Science on Primordial Last Lord
|
| Above ordinary citizens, Primordial Last Lords elevate the souls of other populations like no other. | 15 | +1 Influence on Primordial Last Lord
| |
| 30 | +1 Dust on Primordial Last Lord
| ||
 CalledTahuks only |
Varies; always includes -1 Science[3]
|
5 | -90% on Stars' Light, Service of Spirit, and Eternal Sunshine costs
|
| Tahuk inhabitants who have splintered from orthodox thinking, producing differing yields after each Tidefall. | 15 | *0.9 Dust on Sacred Flames activation cost
| |
| 30 | +1 Influence per Character appointed to the Council on Galvanized Called
| ||
Minor Factions
| Minor Faction Population | Effects | Pop Scale Bonuses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | |||
 Ametrine
|
+2 Science on Artisans
|
5 | Ametrine Arcade improvement |
| Protected by their hard exteriors, Ametrine citizens maintain a powerful connection to the land. | |||
| 15 | +1 Science on Ametrine Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Science on City with Ametrines
| ||
 Blackhammer
|
+50  Fortification[4]
|
5 | Blackhammers' Smithy improvement |
| Well-versed with hammer and forge, Blackhammer citizens are very industrious. | |||
| 15 | +1 Industry on Blackhammer Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Industry on City with Blackhammers
| ||
 The Consortium
|
+4 Dust on Scribes
|
5 | Consortium improvement |
| Consortium description. | |||
| 15 | +1 Dust on Consortium Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Dust on City with Consortium
| ||
 Daughter of Bor
|
+1 Industry on Artisans +2  Damage on Militia[5]+2  Defense on Militia[5]
|
5 | Bor's Sparring Ring improvement |
| Often keeping to themselves, Daughters of Bor citizens are skilled artisans with unique traditions of craft. | |||
| 15 | +1 Industry on Daughters Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Industry on City with Daughters
| ||
 Foundling
|
+2 Science if sharing vocation with another Pop Type[6] -3  Approval if sharing vocation with another Pop Type[6]
|
5 | Foundling Apothecary improvement |
| Ardent believers and enthusiastic workers, Foundling citizens give their all to any task their teacher approves. | |||
| 15 | +1 Science on Foundling Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Science on City with Foundlings
| ||
 Gorog
|
-2 Food on Citizens
|
5 | Gorog Shrine improvement |
| Possessed with immense strength, Gorog citizens can be intimidating but make good workers. | |||
| 15 | +1 Industry on Gorog Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Industry on City with Gorog
| ||
 Green Scions
|
+4 Food on Citizens
|
5 | Scions' Greenhouse improvement |
| Expert gardeners, Green Scion citizens thrive where there are plants to be tended. | |||
| 15 | +1 Food on Green Scion Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Food on City with Green Scions
| ||
 Hoy and Ladhran
|
+2 Influence on Citizens +2 |
5 | Hoy Salvage Depot improvement |
| Resourceful and resilient, Hoy and Ladhran citizens are inseparably bonded wherever they go. | |||
| 15 | +1 Food on Hoy and Ladhran Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Food on City with Hoy and Ladhran
| ||
 Hydracorn
|
+3 Influence -3 |
5 | Hydracorn's Moonhollow improvement |
| Wild creatures, Hydracorn citizens may be more likely to engage in ritual battle during waxing moons. | |||
| 15 | +1 Influence on Hydracorn Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Influence on City with Hydracorns
| ||
 Noquensii
|
+3 Influence on Scribes
|
5 | Noquensii Playhouse improvement |
| Though viewed by many as bad omens, Noquensii citizens lift spirits with their melodious songs. | |||
| 15 | +1 Influence on Noquensii Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Influence on City with Noquensii
| ||
 Ochling
|
+3 Dust if sharing vocation with another Pop Type[6] -2 Approval if sharing vocation with another Pop Type[6]
|
5 | Ochlings' Den improvement |
| No matter what else is going on around them, Ochling citizens always have an eye for Dust. | |||
| 15 | +1 Dust on Ochling Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Dust on City with Ochlings
| ||
 Oneiroi
|
+2 Dust on Citizens +2 |
5 | Oneiroi Warren improvement |
| When awakened from hibernation, Oneiroi citizens are usually attracted to the shine of valuable objects. | |||
| 15 | +1 Food on Oneiroi Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Food on City with Oneiroi
| ||
 Sollusk
|
+3 Industry -2 |
5 | Sollusk Imperatium improvement |
| Ferocious brawlers, Sollusk citizens make up in enthusiasm what they lack in discipline. | |||
| 15 | +1 Influence on Sollusk Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Influence on City with Sollusks
| ||
 Unseeing Seers
|
+2 Dust on Citizens +2 |
5 | Unseeing Seers' Cauldron improvement |
| Usually occupied by the advancement of their studies, Unseeing Seer citizens can draw crowds with their predictions. | |||
| 15 | +1 Science on Unseeing Seer Pop
| ||
| 30 | +10% Science on City with Unseeing Seers
| ||
 Xavius
|
+4 Approval if sharing vocation with another Pop Type[6]
|
5 | Xavius Night Watch improvement |
| Despite their impish nature, Xavius citizens are a force to be reckoned with when organized. | |||
| 15 | +2 Approval on Xavius Pop
| ||
| 30 | +15 Approval on City with Xavius
| ||
- ↑ All "per Population Type in the same category" effects don't count their own Population Type.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Last Lord buff only works on Last Lords working the same Vocation as the Primordial Last Lord.
- ↑ Called have a random yield, which changes each Tidefall and whenever Tahuk Festival is used. The following are the possible yields Called can have:
+1
Food, -1 
Science+1
Industry, -1 Science+1
Dust, -1 Science+1
Influence, -1 Science+5
Approval, -1 Science+5
Dust, -2 Science+1
Food, +1 Industry, +1 Dust, +1 Influence, -2 Science
- ↑ Applies to all territories in the city; only increments the city Fortification value by the noted value (instead of applying to that total per-territory like other effects)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Applies to all militia of the city. Currently bugged to apply to all militia in the empire under certain conditions.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 localized as "if another Pop Type in the same category". Pop Type must be different.
