All buildings in detail
that she did not ship. She chooses to store one barrel of indigo and all barrels of the
Following is a summary to all the buildings in Puerto Rico, sorted by price. This does not include the six basic production buildings.
Small Market
When the owner of an occupied Small Market
sells a good in the trader phase, he gets an extra
doubloon from the bank for it.
Example: Anna sells a corn and receives 1 doubloon.
Note: The Small Market does not add its bonus when a player sells to his Trading
Post. The Small Market does not add its bonus when a player sells a plantation
using his Land Office.
Aqueduct
If the owner of an occupied Aqueduct produces
at least one indigo in his Indigo Plant (not Small
Indigo Plant), he takes one additional indigo.
Similarly, if he produces at least one sugar in
his Sugar Mill (not Small Sugar Mill), he takes one additional sugar.
Example 1: the player produces 0 indigo in his Indigo Plant and 1 Sugar in his Small
Sugar Mill: he takes 0 indigo and 1 sugar (the Aqueduct had no effect).
Example 2: the player produces 1 indigo in his Indigo Plant and 3 Sugar in his Sugar
Mill: he takes 2 indigo and 4 sugar.
Remember: The Aqueduct does not work with the Small Indigo Plant or Small Sugar
Mill.
Hacienda
On his turn in the settler phase, the owner of an
occupied Hacienda may, before he takes a face-
up plantation tile, take an additional tile from
the face-down stack and place it on an empty
space on his island. He may then take his normal turn in the phase (i.e. take
a plantation, quarry, or forest as appropriate).
Note: if a player chooses to take a face-down tile, he must immediately place it on an
empty space on his island. He may not discard it. If the player also owns an occupied
construction hut, he may not take a quarry instead of the face-down tile. Thus, if the
player with the settler privilege owns a Hacienda, he may only take one quarry.
Note 2: If the owner of the Hacienda also own a Forest House, he can look at the
Hacienda’s tile before deciding if he wants to place it face up or face down as a forest
tile. Thus, the player could acquire up to two forests.
Note 3: If the player also owns an occupied Hospice, he does not get a colonist for
the Hacienda’s extra tile.
Note 4: The player may only gain one plantation tile from the Hacienda during each
settler phase, even if he has an occupied Library. In this case, the Hacienda would
grant him an extra tile before he may select his first island tile, never his second.
Construction Hut
In the settler phase, the owner of an occupied
Construction Hut can place a quarry on his
island instead of one of the face-up plantation
tiles.
Note: if the owner of the Construction Hut is also allowed the settler’s privilege, he
may only take one quarry.
Note 2: If the player with the settler privilege has both a Library and a Construction
Hut, he may take a quarry as both his first and second island tile.
Forest House
During the settler phase, the owner of a Forest
House can choose to place a forest instead of an
Island tile on a free space of his island. To show
this, place the island tile face down (with the
green side showing). This tile is now considered a forest tile.
During the builder phase, each pair of forest tiles on your island gives you
a discount of 1 doubloon for the construction of each building. This works
also if the Forest House is not occupied at the time of construction. This
Example: at the end of the captain phase, Tiffany has 1 corn, 2 indigo, and 4 tobacco
reduction is in addition to the builder and quarry reductions, but does not
come with a column restriction like the quarries. Forest tiles need not and
can not be occupied by colonists.
Example: the player has 6 forests and 2 occupied quarries, and is the builder; to
build a Large Warehouse, he pays nothing: 6 doubloons, -1 (builder), -2 (quarries),
-3 (forests – no column limit) = 0.
Note: If the owner of the Forest House also uses the Hacienda or Land Office (trader
phase only), he can look at the drawn tile before deciding if he wants to place it face
up or face down as a forest tile.
Note 2: If the owner of the Forest House also own a Library, he can place 0, 1, or 2
forest tiles. He may gain up to 3 forests if he also owns a Hacienda.
Note 3: If the owner of the Forest House also owns a Hospice, he places the colonist
in San Juan.
Black Market
When the owner of an occupied Black Market
builds a building, he may reduce the cost of the
building by up to 3 doubloons by returning at
most: one colonist, one good, and/or one VP to
the supply. Noblemen count as colonists for this ability.
Note: the player may choose which, if any, to return – but no more than one of each.
Also, he may not have any doubloons left after building. Thus, he may only use the
Black Market if he spent all of his doubloons first.
Example: the owner of an occupied Black Market wants to build the Harbor (8
doubloons), but has only 6 doubloons. He spends 6 doubloons, then returns an
indigo and a colonist to the supply to help pay for the harbor. However, he could not
also discard a VP because the cost has already been fully paid.
Note 2: If the owner of a Black Market discards a VP or a colonist once the
corresponding game’s ending condition has already been triggered, the game still
ends as usual.
Note 3: The colonist on the Black Market may not be the one chosen to be returned.
Colonists on quarries that were used to purchase the building cannot be removed to
further reduce the building’s cost.
Land Office
During the trader phase, when the owner of an
occupied Land Office’s turn comes:
If the Land Office is occupied by a colonist, the
player may pay 1 doubloon to the bank to draw a plantation tile from one of
the face-down piles, and place it on his island.
If the Land Office is occupied by a nobleman, the player may discard
a plantation or forest tile (but not a quarry) from his island to receive 1
doubloon from the bank.
Note: the player may use the Land Office in addition to, or instead of, selling a good
as normal.
Note 2: if a player chooses to take a face-down tile, he must immediately place it on
an empty space on his island. He may not discard it.
Note 3: If the player also owns an occupied Forest House, he may look at the drawn
tile before deciding to place it as a forest.
Note 4: If you discard a tile occupied by a colonist or nobleman, he goes to San
Juan.
Remember: As with all other buildings that have different functions when occupied
by noblemen, this building may not use its colonist function when occupied by a
nobleman, and vice-versa.
Small Warehouse
The owner of an occupied Small Warehouse
may store, at the end of the captain phase, in
addition to the single goods barrel he is allowed
to store on his windrose, all the barrels of
one kind of goods of his choice. The warehouse protects the player from
returning goods to the supply. However it does not protect the player from
being required to load the goods onto the cargo ships.
tobacco. Therefore, she discards 1 corn and 1 indigo overall.
Note: the goods chosen are not actually stored on the Small Warehouse tile, but on
the player’s windrose.
Storehouse
At the end of each captain phase, the owner of
an occupied Storehouse may, in addition to the
one un-shipped good he is normally allowed to
keep, keep three additional un-shipped goods
(barrels) of any kind or combination of kinds.
Example: the owner of an occupied Storehouse also has an occupied Large Warehouse:
he may keep all barrels of 2 kinds of goods plus 4 additional barrels of any kinds or
combination of kind of goods.
Chapel
During the craftsman phase, the owner of an
occupied Chapel receives 1 doubloon from the
bank if the Chapel is occupied by a colonist. If
it is occupied by a nobleman, the owner recives
1 Victory Point instead.
Remember: As with all other buildings that have different functions when occupied
by noblemen, this building may not use its colonist function when occupied by a
nobleman, and vice-versa.
Hospice
During the settler phase, when the owner of an
occupied Hospice places a plantation or quarry
tile on his island, he may take a colonist from
the colonist supply and place it on the tile.
Note: If there are no more colonists in the colonist supply, he may take one from the
colonist ship. If there are also none there, he goes without.
Note 2: if the player also owns an occupied Hacienda, he does not get a colonist for
the Hacienda’s tile.
Note 3: if the player also owns an occupied Library, he may only take a colonist for
the first island tile, never for the second.
Guesthouse
In the mayor phase, the owner of a Guesthouse
may place up to two colonists in his guesthouse.
He may later move these guests at the start,
during, or at the end of all other phases to any
building, plantation, or quarry of his choice, where they immediately go to
work and must remain until the next mayor phase. The guests may both be
moved in the same phase, or each be moved in different phases.
Example: at the end of the captain phase, the owner of an occupied Guesthouse
moves one guest to his Storehouse and uses the Storehouse immediately to keep 3
additional goods on his windrose. Later, he chooses the trader as his role, and moves
the second guest to his Library so he can double his trader privilege. These two
guests, like normal colonists, remain on the Storehouse and Library until the next
mayor phase.
Hunting Lodge
At the end of every settler phase, the owner of
the Hunting Lodge receives either an action or
a bonus:
If the Hunting Lodge is occupied by a colonist, he may discard a plantation
or forest tile (but not a quarry) from his island without any compensation.
If the Hunting Lodge is occupied by a nobleman, he gains 2VP if he is
currently the player with the most empty spaces in his island (not his city).
In case of a tie, nobody receives the VPs.
Note: Any colonist or nobleman on a discarded tile goes to San Juan.
Note 2: Forests may be discarded as though they were regular plantations.
Remember: As with all other buildings that have different functions when occupied
by noblemen, this building may not use its colonist function when occupied by a
nobleman, and vice-versa.
Office
When the owner of an occupied Office sells a
good to the trading house in the trader phase,
it need not be different than the goods already
there. If the trading house is full, the player
cannot sell a good there.
Example: the trading house already has a barrel of tobacco. Bob owns an occupied
office and, on his turn, sells a tobacco to the trading house. Chris owns the other
office. On her turn it is occupied, so she too can sell a tobacco to the trading house.
Note: players should not include both the Office and the Trading Post buildings
together in the same game.
Large Market
When the owner of an occupied Large Market
sells a good in the trader phase, he gets an extra
2 doubloons from the bank for it.
Note: if a player owns both a Small and Large Market, he takes an extra 3 doubloons
when he sells a good to the trading house.
Note: The Large Market does not add its bonus when a player sells to his Trading
Post. The Large Market does not add its bonus when a player sells a plantation using
his Land Office.
Trading Post
During the trader phase, the owner of an
occupied Trading Post may choose whether
to sell one good to the trading house, or to his
Trading Post. If he chooses to sell a good to his
Trading Post, he may sell any one good he has (even one already in the
trading house) for the normal price, adding the bonus for trader if he is
the trader. He places the sold good directly in the supply. The player has,
essentially, a small trading house with room for 1 good.
The player may sell to his Trading Post even if the trading house is full.
Note: the Small and Large Markets do not add their bonuses when a player sells to
his Trading Post!
Note 2: players should not include both the Office and the Trading Post buildings
together in the same game.
Church
When the owner of an occupied Church builds
a building from the 2nd or 3rd column, he
gains 1 VP. When he builds a large building
(4th column), he gains 2 VP.
Note: the player does not gain a VP when he builds the Church, even if he has an
occupied University or Guesthouse.
Construction Office
The owner of an occupied Construction Office
can build at a reduced cost. If the Construction
Office is occupied by a colonist, he gets a
discount of 1 doubloon for any buildings from
columns 1 to 3, but no discount for any large building from column 4. If
the Construction Office is occupied by a nobleman, he gets a discount of 2
doubloons for any large buildings from column 4, but no discount for any
building from columns 1 to 3.
Remember: As with all other buildings that have different functions when occupied
by noblemen, this building may not use its colonist function when occupied by a
nobleman, and vice-versa.
Large Warehouse
The owner of an occupied Large Warehouse
may store, at the end of the captain phase, in
addition to the single goods barrel he is allowed
to store on his windrose, all the barrels of two
kinds of goods that he chooses.
Note: if a player owns both a Small and a Large Warehouse, he may store all the
barrels of 3 kinds of goods that he chooses.
Small Wharf
During the captain phase, when a player with
an occupied Small Wharf must load goods,
instead of loading them on a cargo ship, he
may place any number of barrels of goods, of
any kind or of multiple kinds, into the goods supply. He then scores 1 VP
for every two goods shipped.
Example: If you load 3 indigo, 2 tobacco, and 1 corn, you gain 3 VP.
Note: the Small Wharf may only be used once per captain phase.
Court Supplier
The owner of the Court Supplier can, when his
turn comes for the first time during the captain
phase, before his first loading, discard up to 1
good into the supply for each nobleman he has
on his player board. Each such discarded good gives him 1 VP. Then the
player resumes his first loading as usual.
Note: Each discarded good must be a different type.
Note 2: No shipping bonuses apply to these goods, such as the captain bonus or the
abilities of the Lighthouse and Harbor.
Note: The Court Supplier does not need to be occupied by a nobleman to be used.
Factory
If the owner of an occupied Factory produces
goods of more than one kind during the
craftsman phase, he earns money from the
bank: for two kinds of goods, he earns 1
doubloon; for 3 kinds of goods, he earns 2 doubloons; for 4 kinds of goods, he
earns 3 doubloons; and for all five kinds of goods, he earns 5 doubloons. The
number of barrels produced plays no role.
Example: David owns an occupied Factory, 3 occupied corn plantations, 3 occupied
sugar plantations, 1 occupied tobacco plantation, and the associated production
buildings with the necessary number of colonists. He produces only 2 sugar barrels
and 1 tobacco barrel, as there is no corn and only 2 sugar barrels remaining in the
supply. He earns 1 doubloon from the bank for producing 2 kinds of goods.
Lighthouse
Each time, during the captain phase, the owner
of an occupied Lighthouse loads goods onto a
cargo ship, he gains 1 doubloon. If the owner of
the occupied Lighthouse is also the captain, he
gets one additional doubloon (regardless of if he ships any goods).
Example: the captain is the owner of an occupied Lighthouse and ships 2 corn on the
corn ship on his first turn in the captain phase. He takes 3 VP and 2 doubloons: 1 for
the lighthouse and 1 for being captain. In his next shipping turn, he ships 3 indigo
from his occupied Wharf and takes 3 VP and 1 doubloon. In his third shipping turn,
he ships 3 sugar from his Small Wharf and takes 1 VP and 1 doubloon.
Villa
When his turn comes for the first time during
the mayor phase, the owner of an occupied
Villa can take a nobleman from the supply (not
from the ship) in addition to his first colonist or
nobleman from the ship. If there’s no more noblemen in the supply he can
take a colonist instead.
Note: If there are no more noblemen in the supply, he may take one colonist from the
colonist supply. If there are also none there, he goes without.
University
During the builder phase, when the owner of
an occupied University builds a building in his
city, he may take a colonist from the colonist
supply and place it on the building.
Note: if the player builds a building with more than one circle, he gets only one
colonist. If he builds one with no circles, the colonist goes to San Juan.
Note 2: If there are no more colonists in the colonist supply, he may take one from
the colonist ship. If there are also none there, he goes without.
Harbor
Each time, during the captain phase, the owner
of an occupied Harbor loads goods on a cargo
ship, he earns one extra VP.
Example: the owner of an occupied Harbor (and an occupied Wharf) can only load 3
of his 5 tobacco on the “tobacco ship” as those 3 fill it up: he earns 3+1 VP. In his next
loading turn, he loads both his 2 sugar on the “sugar ship”: he earns 2+1 VP. In his
next loading turn, he uses his Wharf to put his remaining 2 tobacco in the supply:
he earns 2+1 VP. Thus, in this captain phase he has earned an additional 3 VP with
the use of his Harbor (and 2 VP extra with his Wharf).
Specialty Factory
The Specialty Factory is similar to the Factory,
but it rewards production of one kind of goods.
The player takes doubloons from the bank
equal to 1 less than the number of goods he
produced of one kind: the kind he produced the most of (except corn).
Note: a player may not use corn in his Specialty Factory!
Note 2: the player receives the doubloons at the end of the craftsman phase, allowing
any bonus goods he received from a craftsman privilege to help.
Example: the owner of an occupied Specialty Factory procudes 4 corn, 3 sugar, and
2 coffee. Thus, the Specialty Factory earns him 2 doubloons: 3 (sugar) -1.
Library
The owner of an occupied Library doubles the
privilege he gets when he takes a role.
The settler with an occupied Library may first
either take a plantation or a quarry. Then, after
all the other players have chosen their plantations, the settler may take a
plantation from those remaining face-up. He may not take a quarry as his
doubled privilege. The craftsman privilege may take two of the same good
or two different goods.
Note: if the player choosing the craftsman role is the owner of an occupied Library,
he may take two of the same good or two different goods.
Note 2: if the player chooses the settler role and he has an occupied Construction
Hut, he may take a quarry as his second plantation. If he has a Hospice, he only
gets the colonist with the first plantation. If he has a Forest House, he can take a
forest as both plantations. If he has a Hacienda, he only receives the extra island
tile before his first quarry/plantation. He never receives a Hacienda tile before his
second plantation, regardless of if he chose to take his first.
Jeweler
During the craftsman phase, the owner of an
occupied Jeweler receives 1 doubloon for each
nobleman he has.
Note: all noblemen on the player’s buildings, plantations, quarries, and San Juan are
counted. The Jeweler itself does not need to be occupied by a nobleman to be used.
Note 2: The Jeweler counts as a large production building for the Guild Hall bonus.
Wharf
During the captain phase, when a player with
an occupied Wharf must load goods, instead
of loading them on a cargo ship, he may place
all goods of one kind in the goods supply and
score the appropriate victory points as though he had loaded them on a
cargo ship. It is as though the player has an imaginary ship with an unlimited
capacity at his disposal.
The player must load goods on a cargo ship whenever he can on his turn
during the captain phase, except when he chooses to use his Wharf and
“load” them on his imaginary ship.
The Wharf can only be used once per captain phase by its owner, but he
may choose when to use it, if at all. The imaginary ship can take any one
good, but it can be of a kind on one of the three cargo ships or another
player’s imaginary Wharf ship.
Note: when a player uses his Wharf, he must load all goods barrels of the kind he
chooses. He is not required, however, to choose the goods he has the most of.
Union Hall
Before the the owner of an occupied Union Hall
ships for the first time in the captain phase, he
takes 1 VP for every 2 of the same goods on his
windrose. Afterwards, the shipping continues
as normal.
Example 1: the owner of an occupied Union Hall has 3 corn, 2 indigo, and 1 coffee.
He takes 2 VP: 1 for the corn and 1 for the indigo.
Example 2: the owner of an occupied Union Hall has 4 corn and 2 coffee. He takes 3
VP: 2 for the corn and 1 for the coffee.
The large buildings
The following eight large buildings only have one copy each. Each needs
two adjacent city spaces to be built, but it counts as one building. When a
large building is occupied, it does not offer its owner any abilities; however,
each occupied large building grants bonus VPs when the game is over.
Players do not take VP chips to represent these bonuses.
Guild Hall
The owner of the occupied Guild Hall earns, at
game end, an additional 1 VP for each “small”
production building (Small Indigo Plant, or
Small Sugar Mill), whether or not they are
occupied, in his city. He also earns an additional
2 VP for each “large” production building
(Indigo Plant, Sugar Mill, Tobacco Storage,
Coffee Roaster, Jeweler), whether or not they
are occupied, in his city.
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied Guild Hall also has a small and
large sugar mill, a small indigo plant, and a coffee roaster in his city: he earns an
additional 6 VP.
Note: the most VPs the Guild Hall can possibly grant is 12, if the player owns
both small production buildings and all five large production buildings (including
Jeweler).
Residence
The owner of the occupied Residence earns, at
game end, additional victory points for the
plantations, quarries, and forests he has placed
on his island (regardless of which are occupied).
For zero to nine filled island spaces, the player
earns 4 VP. For ten filled island spaces, he earns
5 VP. For eleven filled spaces, he earns 6 VP. For
all twelve island spaced filled, he earns 7 VP.
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied
Residence has filled 10 of his 12 island spaces with plantations and quarries and
forests: he earns an additional 5 VP.
Fortress
The owner of the occupied Fortress earns, at
game end, one additional victory point for every
three colonists on his player board. Noblemen
count as colonists for this bonus.
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied
Fortress has a total of 20 colonists and noblemen on
his plantations, quarries, buildings, and in San Juan:
he earns an additional 6 VP.
Customs House
The owner of the occupied Customs House
earns, at game end, one additional victory point
for every four victory points he has acquired in
the form of victory point chips (and any extra
victory points recorded on paper after the chip
supply was exhausted). He does not count
the victory points earned for his buildings or
noblemen at game end; nor does he count the
bonus victory points awarded from occupied
large buildings (including this one).
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied Customs House has accumulated
23 victory points in VP chips: he earns an additional 5 VP.
City Hall
The owner of the occupied City Hall earns, at
game end, one additional victory point for each
violet building (occupied or unoccupied) in his
city. The City Hall itself counts!
Example: at game end, the owner of the occupied
City Hall also has: Hacienda, Harbor, Office,
Construction Hut, Large Warehouse, and Residence:
he earns an additional 7 VP.
Statue
No colonists can or need be placed on the
Statue. The Statue is worth 8 points at the end
of the game.
Note: When a player with an occupied University
builds the Statue, he places the colonist in San Juan.
Cloister
The owner of an occupied cloister earns extra
VPs for sets of 3 similar island tiles. For one set
of 3 similar tiles, he earns 1 VP. For two sets, he
earns 3 VP. For three sets, he earns 6 VP, and for
four sets, he earns 10 VP.
Example: the owner of the occupied Cloister has 6
forests, 3 quarries, 2 corn plantation, and 1 coffee
plantation at game end. He earns 6 extra VPs. (If
he had an additional corn plantation instead of the
coffee plantation, he would earn 10 VPs instead).
Gardens
The owner of the occupied Gardens earns, at
game end, one additional victory point for each
nobleman on his player board (even in San
Juan). In essence, the noblemen are worth 2VP
each at game end instead of 1VP!
Note: the Gardens does not have to be occupied by a
nobleman to offer its bonus.
Original art by Franz Vohwinkel. Building image concepts by Sebastien
Pauchon (s.pauchon), Mateusz Nowak (Mateui), and Chris Thibodeau
(kungfro). Schatzkiste card scans courtesy of Grzegorz Kobiela (Ponton)