# Burning Villages Burning villages is an important part of keeping the world safely not overpopulated. Burning a village gives silver to the burner, based on the score of the burnt village at a 1:1 ratio. Villages cannot be claimed and then burned immediately. The player must send a missionary from a Church to one of their own villages and it will be cleansed with holy fire. The missionary cannot target the village it was recruited in. Burning a village is an opportunity cost, and depending on how populated the world is, a multiplier may be enacted to increase the profitability of burning a village. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cryptoblades.gitbook.io/cryptoblades-kingdoms/the-world/villages/burning-villages.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.