diff --git a/content/objects/buildings/barracks.yaml b/content/objects/buildings/barracks.yaml
index 51f31b6ce33..1dbebf22778 100644
--- a/content/objects/buildings/barracks.yaml
+++ b/content/objects/buildings/barracks.yaml
@@ -4,29 +4,34 @@ baseclass: production.ProductionBuilding
 radius: 6
 cost: 25
 cost_inactive: 10
-#size_x: 4
-#size_y: 4
 size_x: 3
 size_y: 3
 inhabitants_start: 6
 inhabitants_max: 6
 tooltip_text: _ Recruits units suitable for ground combat.
-settler_level: 1
-buildingcosts: {RES.GOLD: 1}
+settler_level: 2
+buildingcosts: {RES.GOLD: 1000, RES.BOARDS: 6, RES.TOOLS: 4, RES.BRICKS: 8}
+
+#for now and until proper unit production lines exist, don't show the low productivity status icon
+show_status_icons: false
+
 components:
 - SelectableComponent:
     type: building
-    tabs: [ProductionOverviewTab ]
+    tabs: [ProductionOverviewTab]
     enemy_tabs: [EnemyBuildingOverviewTab,]
 - HealthComponent: {maxhealth: 1000}
 - UnitProducerComponent:
     productionlines:
       0:
         consumes:
-        - [RES.TEXTILE, -1]
+        - [RES.GOLD, -1]
         time: 60
 - StorageComponent:
       SlotsStorage:
-        slot_sizes: {RES.TEXTILE: 99, RES.BOARDS: 99}
+        slot_sizes: {RES.TEXTILE: 12}
+- CollectingComponent:
+    collectors:
+      UNITS.BUILDING_COLLECTOR: 1
 actionsets:
   as_barracks0: {level: 0}