Fortress

Fully built Fortress, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Fortress, as seen on the adventure map. (HotA)	Towns
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	Tower
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	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.

Buildings

Fortress buildings
Halls
Village Hall
Town Hall
City Hall
Capitol
Fortifications
Fort
Citadel
Castle
Common
Blacksmith
Mage Guild
Marketplace
Resource Silo
Tavern
Specific
Blood Obelisk
Cage of Warlords
Carnivorous Plant
Captain's Quarters
Glyphs of Fear
Shipyard
Dwellings
Gnoll Hut
Lizard Den
Serpent Fly Hive
Basilisk Pit
Gorgon Lair
Wyvern Nest
Hydra Pond
Towns

Heroes

Template:Herotable Template:Herotablerow Fortress |} List of all heroes

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

Template:Creaturetable Template:Creaturetablerow Fortress |} List of all creatures

Additional Information

• Alignment: Neutral
• Native Terrain: Swamp

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 very early.

Cons

• Highest level Mage Guild is 3.
• Some creatures have poor stats (in 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.

Town Costs

["Basic" includes Citadel, Castle & any prerequisites;
"Upgrades" also includes prerequisites]

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