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Fortress is a Neutral alignment town, home to the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes.

Fortress represents Tatalia.

The native terrain of Fortress is Swamp.

"Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps and are often used as bases by the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. 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." ^{Restoration of Erathia Manual}

Fortress Buildings[edit | hide]

Toggle Fortress Building Tree

Building Category

Cost

Common Buildings

37000

45

40

-

Mage Guild

4000

15

10

Dwellings

45400

105

50

19

39

-

Unique Buildings

6000

20

-

Total Building Cost

92400

185

105

29

49

10

Weekly Troop Cost

26660

-

2

-

Common Buildings[edit | hide]

Halls

-

2500

5000

10000

Fortifications

5000

20

2500

-

5

5000

10

Miscellaneous Buildings

500

5

-

500

5

-

5000

-

5

1000

5

-

Mage Guild

2000

5

-

1000

5

4

1000

5

6

Banned Spells

Creature Dwellings[edit | hide]

Building

Cost

Creature

Max/Wk

Cost/Wk

Upg. Serpent Fly Hive

400

10

-

1000

10

-

1000

5

-

1000

5

-

1000

5

-

2

-

1000

-

2

-

2000

5

10

-

2000

5

-

2500

10

5

-

2000

5

-

3500

15

-

3000

10

-

10

-

10000

10

-

10

-

15000

10

-

20

-

30

18

16

8

6

4

2

1500

2100

1980

2520

3520

3840

2600

3200

3150

3600

3200

4400

-

7000

2

Unique Buildings[edit | hide]

Building

Cost

Description

1000

-

1000

-

1000

-

1000

-

2000

20

-

Gives a garrisoned hero +2 Attack while defending in siege combat.

Gives a garrisoned hero +2 Defense while defending in siege combat.

Gives visiting allied heroes +1 Defense permanently.

Horde Building. +6 Gnoll and Gnoll Marauder growth per week.

Allows the player to purchase boats if the town is next to water.

Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day. +50% creature growth. Gives a garrisoned hero +10 Attack and Defense while defending in siege combat.

Heroes[edit | hide]

Name	Class	Specialty	Skill 1	Skill 2	Spell
Bron	Beastmaster	Basilisks	Basic Armorer	Basic Resistance
Bron	Beastmaster	Basilisks	Basic Armorer	Basic Interference
Drakon	Beastmaster	Gnolls	Basic Armorer	Basic Leadership
Wystan	Beastmaster	Lizardmen	Basic Armorer	Basic Archery
Tazar	Beastmaster	Armorer	Advanced Armorer
Alkin	Beastmaster	Gorgons	Basic Armorer	Basic Offense
Korbac	Beastmaster	Serpent Flies	Basic Armorer	Basic Pathfinding
Gerwulf	Beastmaster	Ballista	Basic Armorer	Basic Artillery
Broghild	Beastmaster	Wyverns	Basic Armorer	Basic Scouting
Mirlanda	Witch	Weakness	Advanced Wisdom		Weakness
Rosic	Witch	Mysticism	Basic Wisdom	Basic Mysticism	Magic Arrow
Voy	Witch	Navigation	Basic Wisdom	Basic Navigation	Slow
Kinkeria	Witch	Learning	Basic Wisdom	Basic Learning	Slow
Verdish	Witch	First Aid	Basic Wisdom	Basic First Aid	Protection from Fire
Merist	Witch	Stone Skin	Basic Wisdom	Basic Learning	Stone Skin
Styg	Witch	Sorcery	Basic Wisdom	Basic Sorcery	Shield
Andra	Witch	Intelligence	Basic Wisdom	Basic Intelligence	Dispel
Tiva	Witch	Eagle Eye	Basic Wisdom	Basic Eagle Eye	Stone Skin

Creatures[edit | hide]

Name	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

Town Names[edit | hide]

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

Backwater	Coolmire	Deadfall	Deadwood
Drakenmoor	Edgewater	Hermit Cove	Lostmoor
Marshank	Marshchoke	Marshwall	Mossden
Mosswood	Mudshire	Silt	Stillbog

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

User Commentary

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

While among them there is only one ranged-attack creature, Fortress units possess many special abilities to offset this deficiency.

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. So the Fortress moat is considered as the best moat in the game due to usefulness thanks to two-hex wide that make harder to attack a Fortress castle without support of shooters, flyers and spells.
Hand-to-hand troops with excellent specials (Dispel, Death Stare, Petrify, Poison).
Dragon Flies are extremely fast. They share 8th place by speed among town units with Efreet Sultans (not including 7 level creatures, these two are fastest in the game), being faster than all creatures in Tower and Stronghold - and it's on level 3! For early development, it rocks, since the hero may simply rush through the map having Dragon Flies only (even basic Serpent Flies are ok, as their speed 9 is decent); and in a big battle, they are a major problem since they remove positive spells casted on enemy units and cast Weakness, making them less effective. They are also good creatures in terms of speed per cost ratio for scouting heroes at early game and/or towns with slow armies.
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.
Bron is the only hero in the game to bring level 4 units - Basilisks - with him at the start of the game. (Except Illor and Todd in HotA.)

Cons:

Fortress creatures have the lowest attack ratings of all towns.
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 big focus on Defense, combined with the fact that Fortress only has one shooter, makes it more difficult for it to win battles without casualties, than the other factions.
Magic, Mage Guild is limited to level 3.
Some creatures have poor stats (in Shadow of Death, as well as Restoration of Erathia patch 1.3 and Armageddon's Blade patch 2.1, some stats for Lizardman/Lizard Warrior and Serpent Fly/Dragon Fly were increased, but overall they are still relatively weak).
Very slow 7 level creature, especially the basic version (with speed 5, Hydra is slower than six level 1 creatures, and there is no upgraded level 1 creature slower than Hydra; among level 2 melee units, only Dwarf, Walking Dead, and Zombie are slower). Moreover, Chaos Hydras are more expensive than Ancient Behemoths who are stronger, faster and more resilient.
Wyverns are on the bottom of the 6th level, have low HP, and are too expensive for their strength (Monarchs cost as much as Efreet Sultans, and more than War Unicorns).
With two fragile fliers (lvl 3 with 20 hp, lvl 6 with 70 hp) and one low-level shooter, the Fortress has a very hard time invading other towns properly. So Expert Ballistics, Expert Teleport and/or Expert Earthquake are a must.

The fortress is a "Defense" themed town. It's evident all throughout the design of this faction. The castle itself has a double-thickness moat, and many tough, resilient creatures such as Basilisks, Gorgons, and the immovable Hydra which can make fortress hypothetically the hardest town to siege. Even the native terrain of swamp plays into this theme because many opposing heroes will be severely hindered in the area around your town.

Unfortunately, having a tough defense is usually not ideal strategy in Heroes III as it is a game that favors aggression and outward expansion. Most players rank the fortress as among the weakest towns, and typically if you don't expand to other towns in the first few weeks, you'll most likely be outpaced by other players or NPCs. Pick a strong beastmaster as your hero and begin pounding on wandering creatures as early as possible (you'll suffer losses, but fortress creatures are hard to wipe out).

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-{{towns}}
+{{TownNew
-'''Fortress''' is a [[alignment|neutral alignment]] [[town]] with the [[Beastmaster]] and [[Witch]] [[hero class]]es. Fortress represents [[Tatalia]].
+| name            = Fortress
+| alignment       = Neutral
-''"Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps and are often used as bases by the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. 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."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 92|RoE manual]]''</sup>
+| class_1         = Beastmaster
+| class_1_plural  = Beastmasters
-Fortress' [[native terrain]] is [[swamp]].
+| class_2         = Witch
+| class_2_plural  = Witches
-__TOC__
+| country         = Tatalia
+| description     = Fortress towns are built at the edge of swamps and are often used as bases by the Beastmaster and Witch hero classes. 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 building tree==
+| source          = Restoration of Erathia
-{| style="margin-right:20px; float:left"
+| page            = 92
-|[[File:FortressBuildingTree.png|left|600px]]
+| terrain         = Swamp
-|}
+| commonGold      = 37000
+| commonWood      = 45
-[[file:Fortress-in.png|thumb|none|Fully upgraded Fortress|500px]]
+| commonOre       = 40
+| mageGold        = 4000
-{{Town cost summary|
+| mageWood        = 15
-|common   = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>45||{{O}}<br>40||||{{G}}<br>37000}}
+| mageOre         = 15
-|mage     = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>15|{{M}}<br>10|{{O}}<br>15|{{S}}<br>10|{{C}}<br>10|{{Gem}}<br>10|{{G}}<br>4000}}
+| mageMercury     = 10
-|dwelling = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>105|{{M}}<br>19|{{O}}<br>50|{{S}}<br>39|||{{G}}<br>45400}}
+| mageSulfur      = 10
-|unique   = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>20||||||{{G}}<br>6000}}
+| mageCrystal     = 10
-|total    = {{Building cost|{{W}}<br>185|{{M}}<br>29|{{O}}<br>105|{{S}}<br>49|{{C}}<br>10|{{Gem}}<br>10|{{G}}<br>92400}}
+| mageGems        = 10
-|troop    = 26660 {{G}}, 2 {{S}}
+| dwellingGold    = 45400
+| dwellingWood    = 105
+| dwellingOre     = 50
+| dwellingMercury = 19
+| dwellingSulfur  = 39
+| dwellingCrystal = -
+| dwellingGems    = -
+| uniqueGold      = 6000
+| uniqueWood      = 20
+| uniqueOre       = -
+| uniqueMercury   = -
+| uniqueSulfur    = -
+| uniqueCrystal   = -
+| uniqueGems      = -
+| totalGold       = 92400
+| totalWood       = 185
+| totalOre        = 105
+| totalMercury    = 29
+| totalSulfur     = 49
+| totalCrystal    = 10
+| totalGems       = 10
+| troopGold       = 26660
+| troopWood       = -
+| troopOre        = -
+| troopMercury    = -
+| troopSulfur     = 2
+| troopCrystal    = -
+| troopGems       = -
+| sp_banned_1_1   = Curse
+| sp_banned_2_1   = Disguise
+| sp_banned_2_2   = Death Ripple
+| sp_banned_3_1   = Animate Dead
+| sp_banned_3_2   = Protection from Earth
+| name_1          = Backwater
+| name_2          = Coolmire
+| name_3          = Deadfall
+| name_4          = Deadwood
+| name_5          = Drakenmoor
+| name_6          = Edgewater
+| name_7          = Hermit Cove
+| name_8          = Lostmoor
+| name_9          = Marshank
+| name_10         = Marshchoke
+| name_11         = Marshwall
+| name_12         = Mossden
+| name_13         = Mosswood
+| name_14         = Mudshire
+| name_15         = Silt
+| name_16         = Stillbog
 }}
-{{clear|left}}
-===Common Buildings and Mage Guild===
-{{Fortress common buildings}}
-===Creature Dwellings===
-{{Fortress creature dwellings}}
-===Unique Buildings===
-{{Fortress unique buildings}}
-{{clear|left}}
-==Heroes==
-{{Hero table}}
-{{{{PAGENAME}} hero table}}
-|}
-{{showwithhota|Note: [[Kinkeria]] replaces [[Voy]] on maps without water.}}
-'''Banned secondary skills:'''
-Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from [[Scholar (Adventure Map)|Scholar]]s, [[Witch Hut]]s (except for [[Necromancy]] and [[Leadership]], if not allowed by a map-maker), [[Seer's Hut]]s, [[Event]]s or [[Pandora's Box]]es.
-{{ss|Necromancy}} and {{ss|Fire Magic}} are not available for [[beastmaster]]s.
-{{ss|Necromancy}}{{swh|,| and|noicon=}} {{ss|Resistance}}{{showwithhota| and {{ss|Interference}}{{-wh}}}} are not available for [[witch]]es.
-==Creatures==
-{{Creature table}}
-{{{{PAGENAME}} creature table}}
-|}
-==Town names==
-Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Fortress towns will use one of these following names:
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="white-space:nowrap; text-align: left;"
-|-
-| width=80px | Backwater || width=80px | Coolmire || width=80px | Deadfall || width=80px | Deadwood
-|-
-| Drakenmoor || Edgewater || Hermit Cove || Lostmoor
-|-
-| Marshank || Marshchoke || Marshwall || Mossden
-|-
-| Mosswood || Mudshire || Silt || Stillbog
-|-
-|}
-If there are more Fortress towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.
 {{user commentary|
 * While among them there is only one ranged-attack creature, Fortress units possess many special abilities to offset this deficiency.
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 *Fortress creatures have the lowest attack ratings of all towns.
 *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.
+*The big focus on Defense, combined with the fact that Fortress only has one shooter, makes it more difficult for it to win battles without casualties, than the other factions.
 *Magic, [[Mage Guild]] is limited to level 3.
 *Some creatures have poor stats (in {{sod}}, as well as {{roe}} patch 1.3 and {{ab}} patch 2.1, some stats for [[Lizardman]]/[[Lizard Warrior]] and [[Serpent Fly]]/[[Dragon Fly]] were increased, but overall they are still relatively weak).
-*Very slow 7 level creature, especially the basic version (with speed 5, [[Hydra]] is slower than six lvl 1 creatures, and there is no upgraded lvl 1 creature slower than Hydra; among lvl 2 melee units, only [[Dwarf]], [[Walking Dead]], and [[Zombie]] are slower). Moreover, Chaos Hydras are more expensive than [[Behemoth and Ancient Behemoth|Ancient Behemoths]] who are stronger, faster and more resilient.
+*Very slow 7 level creature, especially the basic version (with speed 5, [[Hydra]] is slower than six level 1 creatures, and there is no upgraded level 1 creature slower than Hydra; among level 2 melee units, only [[Dwarf]], [[Walking Dead]], and [[Zombie]] are slower). Moreover, Chaos Hydras are more expensive than [[Behemoth and Ancient Behemoth|Ancient Behemoths]] who are stronger, faster and more resilient.
 *[[Wyvern and Wyvern Monarch|Wyverns]] are on the bottom of the 6th level, have low HP, and are too expensive for their strength (Monarchs cost as much as [[Efreeti and Efreet Sultan|Efreet Sultans]], and more than [[Unicorn and War Unicorn|War Unicorns]]).
 *With two fragile fliers (lvl 3 with 20 hp, lvl 6 with 70 hp) and one low-level shooter, the Fortress has a very hard time invading other towns properly. So Expert [[Ballistics]], Expert [[Teleport]] and/or Expert [[Earthquake]] are a must.
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 }}{{end of user commentary}}
-== See also ==
+{{Town 'see also'}}
-* [[Town Comparison]]
-* [[List of creatures]]
-* [[List of creatures (HotA)]]
-* [[List of heroes]]
-* [[List of heroes (HotA)]]
 [[Category: Fortress]]
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