Dwarf and Battle Dwarf

Rampart creatures
Level 1
Centaur
Centaur Captain
Level 2
Dwarf
Battle Dwarf
Level 3
Wood Elf
Grand Elf
Level 4
Pegasus
Silver Pegasus
Level 5
Dendroid Guard
Dendroid Soldier
Level 6
Unicorn
War Unicorn
Level 7
Green Dragon
Gold Dragon
Towns

Statistics
Dwarf
Cost per troop  120
	Attack 6 Defense 7 Damage 2–4 Health 20 Speed 3 Movement Ground Size 1 Growth 8 (+4) AI Value 138
Special abilities:
• Magic resistance 20%
Battle Dwarf
Cost per troop  150
	Attack 7 Defense 7 Damage 2–4 Health 20 Speed 5 Movement Ground Size 1 Growth 8 (+4) AI Value 209
Special abilities:
• Magic resistance 40%
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Dwarves and Battle Dwarves are the level 2 creatures of Rampart. They are recruited from the Dwarf Cottage.

"Because of their slowness, dwarves are perhaps best used to defend ranged attackers. Battle dwarves have greater mobility and are more versatile. Dwarves and battle dwarves have, respectively, a 20% and 40% resistance to magic which gives them a chance to ignore the effects of hostile spell attacks." ^{RoE manual}

Building the Miners' Guild increases dwarves' growth by 4 per week.

Heroes with a specialty

• Ufretin the Ranger has dwarves as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any dwarves or battle dwarves for each level attained after 2nd level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

Appearance

Dwarves and Battle Dwarves appear at the beginning of the Driving for the Boots scenario from the New Beginning campaign in Shadow of Death.

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They are not recommended to be found in the main army, at least after early game, mostly because they will significantly slow down the hero on the adventure map. However, they are good tanks and should be used (if possible) in important battles.

See also:

• List of creatures

• Comparison of Level 2 Creatures
• Dwarven Treasury