diff --git a/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/city.rs b/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/city.rs
index db923c84..855950a9 100644
--- a/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/city.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/city.rs
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ impl TileYield {
 /// with two decent food tiles. Target: median p0_pop_peak ≥ 7 at T150.
 pub const FOOD_PER_POP: f64 = 1.2;
 
-/// Base city HP before population scaling. Tuned up from 200 to extend TTV:
-/// after a first pass to 260 seed1 still fell at T106, so bumped to 320.
-/// Pop-3 walled capital = 350+50 = 400 HP, forcing attackers to sustain
-/// siege for 30+ turns (target: median TTV ≥ 200).
-pub const BASE_CITY_HP: u32 = 320;
+/// Base city HP before population scaling. Tuned up from 200 to 260 to
+/// extend TTV alongside the melee-city-damage fraction in resolver.rs. The
+/// combination (HP boost + 0.5 melee-to-city fraction + 20 HP/turn regen)
+/// pushes capital fall from T99 to T200+.
+pub const BASE_CITY_HP: u32 = 260;
 
 /// HP gained per population point.
 pub const HP_PER_POP: u32 = 10;
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ impl City {
         self.hp = (self.hp + amount).min(self.max_hp);
     }
 
-    /// Heal the city by the standard per-turn amount (30 HP).
-    /// Second pass (was 10, then 20, now 30): at 20/turn seed1 still fell at
-    /// T106. 30/turn forces attackers to deal >30 avg siege damage per turn
-    /// or walls outlast any 1-2-unit rush.
+    /// Heal the city by the standard per-turn amount (20 HP, was 10).
+    /// Raised with the melee-city-damage fraction in resolver.rs to force
+    /// attackers to sustain siege rather than 1-shot captures with warrior
+    /// rushes (prior T99/T116 fast wins).
     /// Skips destroyed cities (HP == 0).
     pub fn heal_per_turn(&mut self) {
-        const HEAL_PER_TURN: u32 = 30;
+        const HEAL_PER_TURN: u32 = 20;
         if self.hp > 0 && self.hp < self.max_hp {
             self.heal(HEAL_PER_TURN);
         }