Because the Barbarian Village has a secret: It is a forge that does not cool.
Unlike the static ruins of the past, these villages level up. If you ignore them, they grow. A level 1 village sends rowboats. A level 5 village sends armored marauders. By level 10, the chieftain himself rides a war elephant (or the game’s equivalent of one), and his "huts" have morphed into a fortress bristling with stolen ballistae. ikariam barbarian village
And the horn will blow once more across the wine-dark sea. Because the Barbarian Village has a secret: It
The mechanics are brutal: They attack randomly. They don't care about your "Peace Agreement" or your alliance politics. They simply land, smash your warehouses, and steal a percentage of your stockpiled crystal or sulfur. They leave behind nothing but broken gates and the smell of ash. A level 1 village sends rowboats