Rampart

Fully built Rampart, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Rampart, as seen on the adventure map. (HotA)	Towns
	Castle
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

Rampart is a good alignment town with the Ranger and Druid hero classes. Rampart represents AvLee.

"The Druid and Ranger hero classes are native to Ramparts, which are built by creatures in allied defense of the unspoiled wilderness regions of Erathia. With two slow unit types, Dwarves and Dendroids, Rampart armies may be best suited to defensive tactics. Most of these creatures, however, have enemy hampering abilities that can be used to turn the tide against many opponents — especially those dependent on magical attacks." ^{RoE manual}

Rampart's native terrain is grass.

Rampart building tree

Fully upgraded Rampart

Building Category	Cost
Common	45     40         37000
Mage Guild	25   28   25   28   28   28   6000
Dwellings	45     65     55   15   51500
Unique	7   2   12   2   12   2   11500
Total Building Cost:	122   30   142   30   95   45   106000
Troop Cost / Week:	26620 , 4

Common Buildings and Mage Guild

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
	Village Hall (existing)		Fort 20 20 5000		Tavern   5             500		Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
	Town Hall 2500		Citadel 5 2500		Marketplace   5             500		Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
	City Hall 5000		Castle 10 10 5000		Resource Silo (1 )       5         5000		Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
	Capitol 10000				Blacksmith 5 1000		Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
							Mage Guild level 5   5   10   5   10   10   10   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	25   28   25   28   28   28   6000

Creature Dwellings

Structure		Base Cost	Upgrade Cost	Creature	Max Grw	Upg Cr Cost	Cost/ Week
	Centaur Stables	5             500	5             1000	Centaur  Centaur Captain	28	90	2520
	Dwarf Cottage	5             1000	5             1000	Dwarf  Battle Dwarf	20	150	3000
	Homestead	10             1500	10             1500	Wood Elf  Grand Elf	14	225	3150
	Enchanted Spring	10     2000	5     2000	Pegasus  Silver Pegasus	10	275	2750
	Dendroid Arches	2500	1500	Dendroid Guard  Dendroid Soldier	8	425	3400
	Unicorn Glade	5     5       10   4000	5   3000	Unicorn  War Unicorn	4	950	3800
	Dragon Cliffs	30     20     10000	30     20     20000	Green Dragon  Gold Dragon	2	4000 2	8000 4
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Total Dwelling Cost:		45     65     55   15   51500		Weekly Troop Cost:			26620 4

Unique Buildings

Structure		Effect	Cost
	Mystic Pond	Produces 1-4 of a random resource (except gold) on day 1.	2   2   2   2   2   2   2000
	Fountain of Fortune	Gives +2 luck to defending hero temporarily.	10     1500
	Treasury	On day 1, it produces (10% * gold on day 7) extra gold. The effect is cumulative.	5     10         5000
	Miners' Guild	Horde Building. Growth +4/week for  Dwarf /  Battle Dwarf	1000
	Dendroid Saplings	Horde Building. Growth +2/week for  Dendroid Guard /  Dendroid Soldier	2000
	Spirit Guardian	Grail Structure. +5000 /day, +50% creature growth Increases the luck of all of the owner's heroes by 2.	n/a
Total Cost:			7   2   12   2   12   2   11500

Heroes

Name	Class			Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Mephala	Ranger			Armorer		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Ufretin	Ranger			Dwarves		Basic Resistance		Basic Luck
Ufretin	Ranger			Dwarves		Basic Interference		Basic Luck
Jenova	Ranger			Gold		Advanced Archery
Ryland	Ranger			Dendroids		Basic Leadership		Basic Diplomacy
Thorgrim	Ranger			Resistance		Advanced Resistance
Giselle	Ranger			Interference		Advanced Interference
Ivor	Ranger			Elves		Basic Archery		Basic Offense
Clancy	Ranger			Unicorns		Basic Resistance		Basic Pathfinding
Clancy	Ranger			Unicorns		Basic Interference		Basic Pathfinding
Kyrre	Ranger			Logistics		Basic Archery		Basic Logistics
Gelu	Ranger			Sharpshooters		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Coronius	Druid			Slayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scholar		Slayer
Uland	Druid			Cure		Advanced Wisdom		Basic Ballistics		Cure
Uland	Druid			Cure		Basic Wisdom		Basic Ballistics		Cure
Elleshar	Druid			Intelligence		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Curse
Gem	Druid			First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Summon Boat / Bless
Malcom	Druid			Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Magic Arrow
Melodia	Druid			Fortune		Basic Wisdom		Basic Luck		Fortune
Alagar	Druid			Ice Bolt		Basic Wisdom		Basic Sorcery		Ice Bolt
Aeris	Druid			Pegasi		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scouting		Protection from Air

Notes:

Gem's starting  Summon Boat is replaced by  Bless on maps without water.

Thorgrim is banned by default for having Resistance specialty, being replaced with Giselle, as Resistance is also banned by default.

Banned secondary skills:

Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.

Necromancy and Fire Magic are not available for rangers.

Necromancy and Interference  areis not available for druids.

Creatures

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Centaur  Centaur		1	5	3	2	3	8	6	14	100	70
Centaur Captain  Centaur Captain		1+	6	3	2	3	10	8	14	138	90
Dwarf  Dwarf		2	6	7	2	4	20	3	8	138	120		Resistance +20%
Battle Dwarf  Battle Dwarf		2+	7	7	2	4	20	5	8	209	150		Resistance +40%
Wood Elf  Wood Elf		3	9	5	3	5	15	6	7	234	200		Ranged (24 shots)
Grand Elf  Grand Elf		3+	9	5	3	5	15	7	7	331	225		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Pegasus  Pegasus		4	9	8	5	9	30	8	5	518	250		Flying, Magic damper
Silver Pegasus  Silver Pegasus		4+	9	10	5	9	30	12	5	532	275		Flying, Magic damper
Dendroid Guard  Dendroid Guard		5	9	12	10	14	55	3	3	517	350		Binding
Dendroid Soldier  Dendroid Soldier		5+	9	12	10	14	65	4	3	803	425		Binding
Unicorn  Unicorn		6	15	14	18	22	90	7	2	1806	850		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
War Unicorn  War Unicorn		6+	15	14	18	22	110	9	2	2030	950		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
Green Dragon  Green Dragon		7	18	18	40	50	180	10	1	4872	2400	1	Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-3 lvl spells immunity
Gold Dragon  Gold Dragon		7+	27	27	40	50	250	16	1	8613	4000	2	Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-4 lvl spells immunity

Town names

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

Bath'iere	Ceiliedgh	Elfwind	Emerald Moor
Forest	Forest Glen	Fortune Keep	Gladeroot
Green Falls	Marishen	Rainhaven	Serenity
Still Water	Strongglen	Wild Willow	Wise Oak

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

The Rampart

The following is a short story that was written by a New World Computing employee and published on the now-defunct fansite "The Nether Gods".

"Based on many of your questions, I have chosen the Rampart city as my topic for today. The Rampart cities of Erathia are most similar to the Sorceress cities of Enroth. Found mostly in remote and heavily forested areas, they are, as one would imagine, populated by creatures of nature.

To start with, the Rangers and Druids no longer serve as troops in the armies of Erathia. Instead, they have risen to join the elite few who become heroes of this land, and it is the creatures of the Ramparts who now serve them.

Whenever a new Rampart is constructed, it is the gentle Centaurs and sturdy Dwarves who arrive first to pledge their loyalty. In fact, once you offer proper training to the Dwarves, they will begin to "horde," bringing both additional units and income to your city.

Before you know it, Elves will begin to join your city, Wood Elves at first, then Grand Elves as time passes. More amazingly, once they are convinced of the cause you fight for, the Elves will begin to bring to the Rampart their great Pegasi mounts, creatures both beautiful and deadly, to join your armies.

One day you will suddenly find yourself surprised when you learn that apparently overnight, the trees themselves have come alive! Great and noble Treefolk, who you discover have been watching your progress very carefully, offer to join your ranks, and as word of your success spreads throughout the forest, mystical Unicorns will show themselves, also ready to do battle in the name of good.

But it does not end there. When at last word of your heroic deeds reaches the far corners of the world, massive Green Dragons, and their elder Golden kin, will begin to arrive. Your success is almost assured!

Beautiful, noble and elegant. These are the traits that can be found uniformly in the creatures that inhabit the Rampart cities of Erathia.

So ends our discussion for today. If you have any requests for which of Erathia's cities you would like to learn about next, please voice them here."

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With two slow creature types, dwarves and dendroids, rampart armies may be best suited to defensive tactics. Most of Rampart creatures, however, have enemy hampering abilities that can be used to turn the tide against many opponents, especially those dependent on magical attacks. Silver Pegasi are among the fastest creatures in the game, which often offers chance to act first in combat. However, they are quite fragile and should be used with caution. Gold Dragons' spell immunity is a double-edged sword, their skills cannot be enhanced but nor can they be diminished. Beware of Green and Gold Dragons' breath attack which can damage your own troops. Having only Gold Dragons in your army and having learnt Armageddon spell somewhere, you may rush through the map with Dragogeddon manoeuvre. Green Dragons cannot be used for Dragogeddon as they are susceptible to 4-5 level spells. Dwarves and Dendroids are tough and useful in shielding Elves (or other shooters). The Grand Elf is a nice shooter, but is often blinded or damaged through spells. Thus, protecting this ranged attacker with Double attack by anti magic spells like Anti-Magic (4th or 5th level spells only, up to spell immunity) or Magic Mirror (20% to 40% chance of reflecting spells back to the enemy and then target a random stack) can be useful. It is beneficial to build and upgrade Homestead prior to all the other dwellings. Defending a town, it is possible to use Dendroids to bind enemies in the moats. Try to build Treasury as soon as possible. Having a Treasury, don't spend money on Days 5-7 if it isn't necessary, and try to sell resources for gold at a Marketplace or Trading Post. You will earn interest when the new week begins. Pros: Centaurs and Centaur Captains are among the best 1st level creatures. Several Treasuries can become extremely powerful in longer games as every treasury's 10% bonus is cumulative. Grand Elves are fast ranged units that can be acquired early in the game and, what is even more important, shoot twice. Several units with high speed rating can form a very potent force in the late game. Rampart produces the most hit points per week of all towns. The weekly income with Capitol and the Resource Silo is enough to recruit all the units without any external mines. Many anti-magic abilities of creatures. This includes Dwarves' resistance, ability of Pegasi to increase cost of a spell casted by the enemy hero, Unicorns' aura of resistance, and finally Green and Gold Dragons' immunity to the majority of spells (Gold Dragons can be part of Dragogeddon). Unicorns are versatile high-level warriors, useful in both attack and defense. After being upgraded, they become one of the fastest creatures unable to fly, and have brilliant health. Moreover, they are very cheap, as Scorpicores and Wyvern Monarchs have higher price and lower stats than War Unicorns (while being quite faster than the latter and able to fly). Cons: Only 1 shooter (The Wood Elf/Grand Elf) which is only 3 lvl and has low hit points. Dendroid Guards/Dendroid Soldiers and Dwarves/Battle Dwarves slow armies down. Gold Dragons can not be resurrected, but unlike Black Dragons can be killed by Implosion. Gold Dragons are very fast, but they are immune to Haste and Prayer. Therefore, Necropolis and Fortress have an opportunity to overtake Rampart by top speed since they both have creatures faster than Silver Pegasi. Pegasi are very fragile and not very strong, having the lowest HP among 4th-level melee units and no combat abilities like Crusaders' double attack or Basilisks' petrification. Moreover, their dwelling requires high amount of Crystals, and without it you will never get Unicorns and Dragons. Unlike Dungeon, Rampart cannot have Armageddon in the Mage Guild, decreasing the possibility of Dragogeddon. Moreover, Rangers cannot learn Fire Magic, which disallows them to use Armageddon spell in the most effective way. On the other hand, Prayer spell is allowed in Rampart and banned in Dungeon, and it strongly buffs Green Dragons (but not Gold Dragons). Grass which is Rampart's native terrain doesn't give any movement penalty to the enemy.

See also

• Town Comparison
• List of creatures
• List of heroes