"Emperor : Rise of the Middle Kingdom" Housing A chart of the housing needs for each type of housing. An essential part of "Emperor Rise of the Middle Kingdom" is learning to advance the housing units. Common and elite housing each have their own needs, that your citizens will expect you to meet. The charts below show what is required to advance to each housing level. Common Housing Needs Shelter Hut Water Plain Cottage Bland food, Ancestor Worship Attractive Cottage Plain food, Hemp Spacious Dwelling Herbalist, Music Elegant Dwelling Appetizing Food, Ceramics Ornate Apartment Acrobat, Acupuncturist Luxurious Apartment Daoism or Buddhism, Tea Elite Housing Needs Modest Siheyuan Appeal, Hemp, Ceramics Lavish Siheyuan Appetizing Food, Ancestor Worship, Herbalist, Music, Acrobat, Silk Humble Compound Tasty Food, Acupuncturist, Bronzeware or Laquerware Impressive Compound Daosim or Buddhism, Confucianism Heavenly Compound Tea, Drama - o -