Fortress

Fully built Fortress as seen on the adventure map in The Shadow of Death  Fully built Fortress as seen on the adventure map in Horn of the Abyss	Towns
	Castle
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

The fortress town is a neutral alignment town type with beastmaster and witch hero classes. Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps. Their armies are primarily made up of deadly creatures – born of the swamps, and then subdued and trained for warfare. While among them there is only one ranged attack creature, Fortress units are possessed of many special abilities to offset this deficiency. Fortress represent Tatalia.

Fortress' native terrain is swamp.

Structures

Fortress-specific Buildings

• Blood Obelisk (+2 Attack to heroes defending against a siege)
• Cage of Warlords (+1 Defense to visiting hero)
• Captain's Quarters (Gnoll horde building, +6/week)
• Glyphs of Fear (+2 Defense to heroes defending against a siege)
• Shipyard (like in Castle, Necropolis and Conflux towns)
• Carnivorous Plant (Grail building, +10 Attack and Defense to heroes defending against a siege, as well as 5000 gold/day and +50% creature growth)

Fortress creature dwellings:

• Gnoll Hut
• Lizard Den
• Serpent Fly Hive
• Basilisk Pit
• Gorgon Lair
• Wyvern Nest
• Hydra Pond

Fortress town seen from inside.

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	28900	25500	91400
	70	50	175
	45	20	105
	0	0	10
	0	0	10
	7	12	29
	17	22	49
Troop cost/week:		26660 + 2

Heroes

Fortress
Beastmasters
Bron
Drakon
Wystan
Tazar
Alkin
Korbac
Gerwulf
Broghild
Witches
Mirlanda
Rosic
Voy
Kinkeria
Verdish
Merist
Styg
Andra
Tiva
Adrienne
Towns

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Creatures

Fortress creatures
Level 1
Gnoll
Gnoll Marauder
Level 2
Lizardman
Lizard Warrior
Level 3
Serpent Fly
Dragon Fly
Level 4
Basilisk
Greater Basilisk
Level 5
Gorgon
Mighty Gorgon
Level 6
Wyvern
Wyvern Monarch
Level 7
Hydra
Chaos Hydra
Towns

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Gnoll Gnoll		1	3	5	2	3	6	4	12	56	50
Gnoll Marauder Gnoll Marauder		1+	4	6	2	3	6	5	12	90	70
Lizardman Lizardman		2	5	6	2	3	14	4	9	126	110		Ranged (12 shots)
Lizard Warrior Lizard Warrior		2+	6	8	2	5	15	5	9	156	140		Ranged (24 shots)
Serpent Fly Serpent Fly		3	7	9	2	5	20	9	8	268	220		Flying, Dispel
Dragon Fly Dragon Fly		3+	8	10	2	5	20	13	8	312	240		Flying, Dispel, Weakness
Basilisk Basilisk		4	11	11	6	10	35	5	4	552	325		Petrify
Greater Basilisk Greater Basilisk		4+	12	12	6	10	40	7	4	714	400		Petrify
Gorgon Gorgon		5	10	14	12	16	70	5	3	890	525
Mighty Gorgon Mighty Gorgon		5+	11	16	12	16	70	6	3	1028	600		Death stare 10% chance/unit
Wyvern Wyvern		6	14	14	14	18	70	7	2	1350	800		Flying
Wyvern Monarch Wyvern Monarch		6+	14	14	18	22	70	11	2	1518	1100		Flying, Poison
Hydra Hydra		7	16	18	25	45	175	5	1	4120	2200		No enemy retaliation, Attack all adjacent enemies
Chaos Hydra Chaos Hydra		7+	18	20	25	45	250	7	1	5931	3500	1	No enemy retaliation, Attack all adjacent enemies

Strategy

Pros

• High defense (Defense themed town)
• With a two-hex moat and several buildings which increase the stats of the defending hero, a Fortress castle is a real pain to attack.
• Resilient hand-to-hand troops with excellent specials (Death Stare, Petrify, Poison)
• Their swamp native terrain makes them move much faster than any hero (without pathfinding) in the swamp.
• The Wyvern Nest is very cheap and has very low requirements compared to the other level 6 dwellings, allowing the Fortress town to get level 6 units in their army early even on impossible difficulty.

Cons

• The heavy focus on Defense can be disadvantageous in many cases, as a hero with high attack can kill their enemies before they have a chance to attack back. Attack can therefore be used as a type of defense, while defense cannot be used as offense.
  • The heavy focus on Defense combined with the fact that fortress only have got one shooter makes it more difficult for fortress to win battles without casualities than the other factions.
• Highest level Mage Guild is 3.
• Some creatures have poor stats (in The Shadow of Death some stats for Lizardman/Lizard Warrior and Serpent Fly/Dragon Fly were increased, but overall they are still relatively weak. In wake of gods, this can be fixed by use of some settings making Fortress creatures better)
• With two relatively weak fliers (lvl 3 with 20 hp, lvl 6 with 70 (!) hp) and one very weak shooter, the Fortress has a very hard time invading other towns properly. So Expert Ballistics, Expert Teleport and/or Expert Earthquake are a must.