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	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		Centaur Stables		Centaur	1	+14	free	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		Workshop		Gremlin	1	+16	free	{{{8}}}
		Parapet		Stone Gargoyle	2	+9	130	1170
		Golem Factory	x9  x6	Stone Golem Stone Golem Iron Golem Iron Golem	3	+6 +6	150 200	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		Imp Crucible		Imp	1	+15	free	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		Cursed Temple		Skeleton	1	+12	free	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		Goblin Barracks		Goblin	1	+15	free	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		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	{{{8}}}
		Altar of Thought	x6	Psychic Elemental	6	+2	750	1500
		Pyre	x6	Firebird	7	+2	1500	3000
		Hovel		Peasant	1	+25	free	{{{8}}}
		Thatched Hut		Halfling	1	+15	free	{{{8}}}
		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 Gold Golem Diamond Golem Diamond Golem	5 6	+3 +2	500 750	{{{8}}}
		Enchanter's Hollow	x6	Enchanter	6	+2	750	1500
		Magic Forest	x3	Faerie Dragon	7	+1	10000 8	{{{8}}}
		Sulfurous Lair	x3	Rust Dragon	7	+1	15000 14	{{{8}}}
		Crystal Cavern	x3	Crystal Dragon	7	+1	20000 10	{{{8}}}
		Frozen Cliffs	x3	Azure Dragon	7	+1	30000 20	{{{8}}}