Creature dwelling

Creature Dwelling refers to either a building in a town or a structure that can be found on the adventure map. They are living places of creatures that can be hired. Each dwelling produces its fixed number of creatures each week. There are modifiers that affect (mostly increase) the amount of weekly growth of creatures in an existing dwelling in a town, but they don't apply when a dwelling is built for the first time and until the beginning of the next week the number of obtained creatures equates 'basic growth' only. In towns the growth is cumulative, which means that the creatures not hired will remain in the dwellings. In adventure map dwellings the number of creatures cannot exceed the weekly growth. Also, a hero must visit the dwelling in order to recruit the creatures while a player can hire creatures from town dwellings into town garrison. However, in the Horn of the Abyss , the growth in the adventure map dwellings is also cumulative. For example, uninterruptedly owning an external Warren whose growth is +14 will allow to get up to 28 Troglodytes on the second week, 42 Troglodytes on the third, etc. The month of plague, which is affecting internal dwellings only, in Horn of the Abyss halves the amount of creatures in flagged external dwellings as well.

Only non-upgraded creatures can be hired from the adventure map dwellings. The exception is Golem Factory, which provides Iron Golems in addition to Stone Golems, as well as Gold Golems and Diamond Golems (i.e. 4 independent stacks), both of the latter being neutral creatures. Interestingly enough, the graphic representations of most of the external dwellings resemble the corresponding upgraded town dwellings, despite yielding only non-upgraded units.

The cost of creatures is the same in towns and on adventure map, except level 1 creatures, which are recruited for free from adventure map dwellings. Once the dwelling flies the player's Flag, all associated dwellings in towns receive +1 growth bonus. For example, flagging a Centaur Stables will provide +1 for Centaur and Centaur Captain growth in each Rampart the player owns.

Requiring more than just wealth to be persuaded, adventure map creature dwellings of level 5, 6 and 7 are guarded by non-upgraded versions of the creatures the dwelling produces. The number of creatures is growth times three, which means that level 7 dwellings are guarded by 3 (with exception of Pyre guarded by 6 Firebirds), level 6 by 6 and level 5 by 9 creatures. The guards are renewed at the beginning of each week, which means that the dwelling may be re-flagged peacefully by enemy heroes any number of times during that week. Pre-flagged dwellings are guarded for the enemy at the first week. If the attacking hero retreats or is defeated, only the surviving guards will be there if another hero attacks in the same week.

A hero visiting an adventure map dwelling (or town) that belongs to an allied player doesn't re-flag it and cannot hire creatures from it.

See also:

• Creature growth

See also:

• List of map objects

• External dwellings table (Horn of the Abyss)

External dwellings

External dwellings (Shadow of Death)
Town	Dwelling	Guards	Unit	Level	Growth	Unit cost	Total cost	Visiting scheme
	Guardhouse		Pikeman	1	+14	free	free
	Archers' Tower		Archer	2	+9	100	900
	Griffin Tower		Griffin	3	+7	200	1400
	Barracks		Swordsman	4	+4	300	1200
	Monastery	x9	Monk	5	+3	400	1200
	Training Grounds	x6	Cavalier	6	+2	1000	2000
	Portal of Glory	x3	Angel	7	+1	3000 1	3000 1
	Centaur Stables		Centaur	1	+14	free	free
	Dwarf Cottage		Dwarf	2	+8	120	960
	Homestead		Wood Elf	3	+7	200	1400
	Enchanted Spring		Pegasus	4	+5	250	1250
	Dendroid Arches	x9	Dendroid Guard	5	+3	350	1050
	Unicorn Glade	x6	Unicorn	6	+2	850	1700
	Dragon Cliffs	x3	Green Dragon	7	+1	2400 1	2400 1
	Workshop		Gremlin	1	+16	free	free
	Parapet		Stone Gargoyle	2	+9	130	1170
	Golem Factory	x9  x6	Stone Golem Iron Golem	3	+6 +6	150 200	900 1200
	Mage Tower		Mage	4	+4	350	1400
	Altar of Wishes	x9	Genie	5	+3	550	1650
	Golden Pavilion	x6	Naga	6	+2	1100	2200
	Cloud Temple	x3	Giant	7	+1	2000 1	2000 1
	Imp Crucible		Imp	1	+15	free	free
	Hall of Sins		Gog	2	+8	125	1000
	Kennels		Hell Hound	3	+5	200	1000
	Demon Gate		Demon	4	+4	250	1000
	Hell Hole	x9	Pit Fiend	5	+3	500	1500
	Fire Lake	x6	Efreeti	6	+2	900	1800
	Forsaken Palace	x3	Devil	7	+1	2700 1	2700 1
	Cursed Temple		Skeleton	1	+12	free	free
	Graveyard		Walking Dead	2	+8	100	800
	Tomb of Souls		Wight	3	+7	200	1400
	Estate		Vampire	4	+4	360	1440
	Mausoleum	x9	Lich	5	+3	550	1650
	Hall of Darkness	x6	Black Knight	6	+2	1200	2400
	Dragon Vault	x3	Bone Dragon	7	+1	1800	1800
	Warren		Troglodyte	1	+14	free	free
	Harpy Loft		Harpy	2	+8	130	1040
	Pillar of Eyes		Beholder	3	+7	250	1750
	Chapel of Stilled Voices		Medusa	4	+4	300	1200
	Labyrinth	x9	Minotaur	5	+3	500	1500
	Manticore Lair	x6	Manticore	6	+2	850	1700
	Dragon Cave	x3	Red Dragon	7	+1	2500 1	2500 1
	Goblin Barracks		Goblin	1	+15	free	free
	Wolf Pen		Wolf Rider	2	+9	100	900
	Orc Tower		Orc	3	+7	150	1050
	Ogre Fort		Ogre	4	+4	300	1200
	Cliff Nest	x9	Roc	5	+3	600	1800
	Cyclops Cave	x6	Cyclops	6	+2	750	1500
	Behemoth Crag	x3	Behemoth	7	+1	1500	1500
	Gnoll Hut		Gnoll	1	+12	free	free
	Lizard Den		Lizardman	2	+9	110	990
	Serpent Fly Hive		Serpent Fly	3	+8	220	1760
	Basilisk Pit		Basilisk	4	+4	325	1300
	Gorgon Lair	x9	Gorgon	5	+3	525	1575
	Wyvern Nest	x6	Wyvern	6	+2	800	1600
	Hydra Pond	x3	Hydra	7	+1	2200	2200
	Magic Lantern		Pixie	1	+20	free	free
	Altar of Air		Air Elemental	2	+6	250	1500
	Air Elemental Conflux		Air Elemental	2	+6	250	1500
	Altar of Water		Water Elemental	3	+6	300	1800
	Water Elemental Conflux		Water Elemental	3	+6	300	1800
	Altar of Fire		Fire Elemental	4	+5	350	1750
	Fire Elemental Conflux		Fire Elemental	4	+5	350	1750
	Altar of Earth	x12	Earth Elemental	5	+4	400	1600
	Earth Elemental Conflux	x12	Earth Elemental	5	+4	400	1600
	Elemental Conflux	x12		2 3 4 5	+6 +6 +5 +4	250 300 350 400	1500 1800 1750 1600
	Altar of Thought	x6	Psychic Elemental	6	+2	750	1500
	Pyre	x6	Firebird	7	+2	1500	3000
	Hovel		Peasant	1	+25	free	free
	Thatched Hut		Halfling	1	+15	free	free
	Rogue Cavern		Rogue	2	+8	100	800
	Boar Glen		Boar	2	+8	150	1200
	Nomad Tent		Nomad	3	+7	200	1400
	Tomb of Curses		Mummy	3	+7	300	2100
	Treetop Tower		Sharpshooter	4	+4	400	1600
	Troll Bridge	x9	Troll	5	+3	500	1500
	Golem Factory	x9  x6	Gold Golem Diamond Golem	5 6	+3 +2	500 750	1500 1500
	Enchanter's Hollow	x6	Enchanter	6	+2	750	1500
	Magic Forest	x3	Faerie Dragon	7	+1	10000 8	10000 8
	Sulfurous Lair	x3	Rust Dragon	7	+1	15000 14	15000 14
	Crystal Cavern	x3	Crystal Dragon	7	+1	20000 10	20000 10
	Frozen Cliffs	x3	Azure Dragon	7	+1	30000 20	30000 20