Castle

This article refers to the town. For the town structure named Castle, see Fortifications.

Fully built Castle, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Castle, as seen on the adventure map. (HotA)	Towns
	Castle
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

Castle is a good alignment town with the Knight and Cleric hero classes. Castle represents Erathia.

"Castles are home to the Cleric and Knight hero classes. Castle armies are primarily composed of human men-at-arms, though these towns have also formed an alliance with the griffins and are under the protection of angels. With two types of ranged attack units and two flying unit types available, Castle-based armies are well equipped to quickly engage and defeat their enemies." ^{RoE manual}

Castle's native terrain is grass.

Castle building tree

Fully upgraded Castle in Shadow of Death [Switch to Horn of the Abyss][Switch to Shadow of Death]

Fully upgraded Castle in Horn of the Abyss [Switch to Horn of the Abyss][Switch to Shadow of Death]

Building Category	Cost
Common	45     40         37000
Mage Guild	20   18   20   18   18   18   5000
Dwellings	47   24   52   24   29   24   61500
Unique	35     10         7500
Total Building Cost:	147   42   122   42   47   42   111000
Troop Cost / Week:	29580 , 6

Common Buildings and Mage Guild

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
	Village Hall (existing)		Fort 20 20 5000		Tavern   5             500		Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
	Town Hall 2500		Citadel 5 2500		Marketplace   5             500		Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
	City Hall 5000		Castle 10 10 5000		Resource Silo (1 , 1 )       5         5000		Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
	Capitol 10000				Blacksmith 5 1000		Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	20   18   20   18   18   18   5000

Creature Dwellings

Structure		Base Cost	Upgrade Cost	Creature	Max Grw	Upg Cr Cost	Cost/ Week
	Guardhouse	10         500	5         1000	Pikeman  Halberdier	28	75	2100
	Archers' Tower	5     5         1000	5     5         1000	Archer  Marksman	18	150	2700
	Griffin Tower	5         1000	5         1000	Griffin  Royal Griffin	17	240	4080
	Barracks	5         2000	5     5     2000	Swordsman  Crusader	8	400	3200
	Monastery	5   2   5   2   2   2   3000	2   2   2   2   2   2   1000	Monk  Zealot	6	450	2700
	Training Grounds	20             5000	10             3000	Cavalier  Champion	4	1200	4800
	Portal of Glory	10     10   10   10   20000	10     10   10   10   20000	Angel  Archangel	2	5000 3	10000 6
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Total Dwelling Cost:		47   24   52   24   29   24   61500		Weekly Troop Cost:			29580 6

Unique Buildings

Structure		Effect	Cost
	Brotherhood of the Sword	+2 morale for defending hero	5             500
	Shipyard	Allows building boats if the town has access to water.	20             2000
	Lighthouse	Gives +500 movement points for heroes in a boat. The effect is cumulative.	10         2000
	Stables	Visiting heroes get +400 movement points per day for the rest of the week.	10             2000
	Griffin Bastion	Horde Building. Growth +3/week for  Griffin /  Royal Griffin	1000
	Colossus	Grail Structure. +5000 /day, +50% creature growth Increases the morale of all of the owner's heroes by 2.	n/a
Total Cost:			35     10         7500

Heroes

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Castle heroes (Shadow of Death)
Name	Class			Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Orrin	Knight			Archery		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Valeska	Knight			Archers		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Edric	Knight			Griffins		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Sylvia	Knight			Navigation		Basic Leadership		Basic Navigation
Beatrice	Knight			Scouting		Basic Leadership		Basic Scouting
Lord Haart	Knight			Estates		Basic Leadership		Basic Estates
Sorsha	Knight			Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Christian	Knight			Ballista		Basic Leadership		Basic Artillery
Tyris	Knight			Cavaliers		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Catherine	Knight			Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Roland	Knight			Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Sir Mullich	Knight			Speed		Advanced Leadership
Adela	Cleric			Bless		Basic Wisdom		Basic Diplomacy		Bless
Cuthbert	Cleric			Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Estates		Weakness
Adelaide	Cleric			Frost Ring		Advanced Wisdom				Frost Ring
Ingham	Cleric			Monks		Basic Wisdom		Basic Mysticism		Curse
Sanya	Cleric			Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Dispel
Loynis	Cleric			Prayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Prayer
Caitlin	Cleric			Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Cure
Rion	Cleric			First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Stone Skin

Castle heroes (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Class			Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Christian	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Ballista		Basic Leadership		Basic Artillery
Edric	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Griffins		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Orrin	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Archery		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Sorsha	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Sylvia	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Navigation		Basic Leadership		Basic Navigation
Tyris	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Cavaliers		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Valeska	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Archers		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Catherine	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Lord Haart	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Estates		Basic Leadership		Basic Estates
Roland	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Sir Mullich	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Speed		Advanced Leadership
Beatrice	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Scouting		Basic Leadership		Basic Scouting
Adela	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Bless		Basic Wisdom		Basic Diplomacy		Bless
Adelaide	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Frost Ring		Advanced Wisdom				Frost Ring
Caitlin	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Cure
Cuthbert	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Estates		Weakness
Ingham	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Monks		Basic Wisdom		Basic Mysticism		Curse
Loynis	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Prayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Prayer
Rion	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Stone Skin
Sanya	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Dispel

Banned secondary skills:

Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.

Necromancy is not available for knights.

Necromancy and Interference  are not available for clerics.

Creatures

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Castle creatures (Shadow of Death)
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Pikeman  Pikeman		1	4	5	1	3	10	4	14	80	60		Immune to jousting
Halberdier  Halberdier		1+	6	5	2	3	10	5	14	115	75		Immune to jousting
Archer  Archer		2	6	3	2	3	10	4	9	126	100		Ranged (12 shots)
Marksman  Marksman		2+	6	3	2	3	10	6	9	184	150		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Griffin  Griffin		3	8	8	3	6	25	6	7	351	200		Flying, Two retaliations
Royal Griffin  Royal Griffin		3+	9	9	3	6	25	9	7	448	240		Flying, Unlimited retaliations
Swordsman  Swordsman		4	10	12	6	9	35	5	4	445	300
Crusader  Crusader		4+	12	12	7	10	35	6	4	588	400		Double attack
Monk  Monk		5	12	7	10	12	30	5	3	582 485	400		Ranged (12 shots)
Zealot  Zealot		5+	12	10	10	12	30	7	3	750	450		Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty
Cavalier  Cavalier		6	15	15	15	25	100	7	2	1946	1000		Jousting
Champion  Champion		6+	16	16	20	25	100	9	2	2100	1200		Jousting
Angel  Angel		7	20	20	50	50	200	12	1	5019	3000	1	Flying, Hates Devils, Morale +1
Archangel  Archangel		7+	30	30	50	50	250	18	1	8776	5000	3	Flying, Hates Devils, Resurrection, Morale +1

Castle creatures (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special

Town names

Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Castle towns will use one of these following names:

Alexandretta	Armitage	Brettonia	Castellatus
Claxton	Cornerstone	Dunwall	Gateway
Highcastle	Kanan	Kildare	Middleheim
Transom	Whistledale	Whitemoon	Whitestone

If there are more Castle towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.

User commentary

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With two types of ranged attack units and two flying creature types available, Castle-based armies are well equipped to quickly engage and defeat their enemies. Build and upgrade Portal of Glory by the cost of neglecting other dwellings and mage guild, or even recruiting other creatures. Divide Archangels in several stacks (preferably in the multiples of three), so they can resurrect each other. Brothehood of the Sword increases the morale bonus of defending creatures' by +2 in additon to Tavern's bonus. In other words, creatures defending a Castle towns with Brotherhood of the Sword have morale of +3. This becomes very useful if you want to mix troops from different town types together. However, because all Knights start with Leadership, the bonus is only valuable when using Cleric (or other hero classes) to defend the town. Pros: Many useful creature specialties. Versatile units including two flying units, two ranged units. Stables can provide heroes +400 movement points per remaining day of the week, which means roughly +20% more movement for heroes. Shipyard, Lighthouse, and Sylvia with Navigation specialty are all very useful on maps with significant water area. Cons: Second most expensive creatures, Tower having the most. Hard to obtain the required 6 gems/week. The 6th level dwelling (Training Grounds) can be hard to build, as it requires 20 . No units with immunity or resistance. Most of non-upgraded units are significantly weaker than the their upgraded counterparts; upgrading them takes time and resources. Fragile ranged units. Grass which is Castle's native terrain doesn't give any movement penalty to the enemy.

See also

• Town Comparison
• List of creatures
• List of creatures (HotA)
• List of heroes
• List of heroes (HotA)