Castle

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

Castle is a good alignment town type with Knight and Cleric hero classes. Castle armies are primarily composed of human men-at-arms, though these towns have also formed an alliance with the griffins and are under the protection of angels. With two types of ranged attack units and two flying creature types available, Castle-based armies are well equipped to quickly engage and defeat their enemies. Castle represent Erathia.

Castle's native terrain is grass.

Structures

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
Village Hall	Village Hall (existing)	Fort	Fort 20 20 5000	Tavern	Tavern   5             500	Mage Guild level 1	Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
File:Town Hall large.gif	Town Hall 2500	Citadel	Citadel 5 2500	Marketplace	Marketplace   5             500	Mage Guild level 2	Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
City Hall	City Hall 5000	Castle	Castle 10 10 5000	Resource Silo	Resource Silo ()       5         5000	Mage Guild level 3	Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
Capitol	Capitol 10000			Blacksmith	Blacksmith 5 1000 link={{{smith}}} link={{{smith}}}	Mage Guild level 4	Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
						Mage Guild level 5	Mage Guild level 5   5   10   5   10   10   10   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	15   10   15   10   10   10   4000   20   18   20   18   18   18   5000   25   28   25   28   28   28   6000

Castle specific buildings

• Brotherhood of the Sword – Increases morale by +2 when defending against siege. This is in addition to tavern's +1 resulting in a total morale bonus of +3.
• Griffin Bastion – Horde building which increases Griffins' growth by +3 per week.
• Lighthouse – Increase movement points by +500 when heroes travel on water tile with a boat. Requires Shipyard.
• Shipyard – Enables town to build a boat. Can only be built if town is adjacent to water.
• Stables – Gives visiting hero +400 movement points for each day for the rest of the week.
• Colossus – Grail building of Castle. Gives +2 morale to all player's heroes in addition to standard +5000 per day and creature growth +50%.

Castle creature dwellings:

• Guardhouse
• Archers' Tower
• Griffin Tower
• Barracks
• Monastery
• Training Grounds
• Portal of Glory

Castle town seen form the inside

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	46000	29000	110000
	60	17	137
	50	22	122
	12	17	47
	12	12	42
	12	12	42
	12	12	42
Troop cost/week:		29580 + 6

Heroes

Castle
Knights
Christian
Edric
Lord Haart
Orrin
Sorsha
Sylvia
Tyris
Valeska
Catherine
Roland
Sir Mullich
Beatrice
Clerics
Adela
Adelaide
Caitlin
Cuthbert
Ingham
Loynis
Rion
Sanya
Towns

Name	Class		Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Christian	Knight		Ballista		Basic Leadership		Basic Artillery
Edric	Knight		Griffins		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Orrin	Knight		Archery		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Sorsha	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Sylvia	Knight		Navigation		Basic Leadership		Basic Navigation
Tyris	Knight		Cavaliers		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Valeska	Knight		Archers		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Valeska	Knight		Archers		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Catherine	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Lord Haart	Knight		Estates		Basic Leadership		Basic Estates
Roland	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Sir Mullich	Knight		Speed		Advanced Leadership
Sir Mullich	Knight		Speed		Advanced Leadership
Beatrice	Knight		Scouting		Basic Leadership		Basic Scouting
Adela	Cleric		Bless		Basic Wisdom		Basic Diplomacy		Bless
Adelaide	Cleric		Frost Ring		Advanced Wisdom				Frost Ring
Adelaide	Cleric		Frost Ring		Advanced Wisdom				Frost Ring
Caitlin	Cleric		Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Cure
Caitlin	Cleric		Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Cure
Cuthbert	Cleric		Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Estates		Weakness
Ingham	Cleric		Monks		Basic Wisdom		Basic Mysticism		Curse
Loynis	Cleric		Prayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Prayer
Rion	Cleric		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Stone Skin
Sanya	Cleric		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Dispel

Creatures

Castle creatures
Level 1
Pikeman
Halberdier
Level 2
Archer
Marksman
Level 3
Griffin
Royal Griffin
Level 4
Swordsman
Crusader
Level 5
Monk
Zealot
Level 6
Cavalier
Champion
Level 7
Angel
Archangel
Towns

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Pikeman		1	4	5	1	3	10	4	14	80	60		Immune to jousting
Pikeman		1	4	5	1	3	10	4	14	80	60		Immune to jousting
Halberdier		1+	6	5	2	3	10	5	14	115	75		Immune to jousting
Halberdier		1+	6	5	2	3	10	5	14	115	75		Immune to jousting
Archer		2	6	3	2	3	10	4	9	126	100		Ranged (12 shots)
Marksman		2+	6	3	2	3	10	6	9	184	150		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Griffin		3	8	8	3	6	25	6	7	351	200		Flying, Two retaliations
Royal Griffin		3+	9	9	3	6	25	9	7	448	240		Flying, Unlimited retaliations
Swordsman		4	10	12	6	9	35	5	4	445	300
Crusader		4+	12	12	7	10	35	6	4	588	400		Double attack
Monk		5	12	7	10	12	30	5	3	485	400		Ranged (12 shots)
Monk		5	12	7	10	12	30	5	3	582	400		Ranged (12 shots)
Zealot		5+	12	10	10	12	30	7	3	750	450		Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty
Cavalier		6	15	15	15	25	100	7	2	1946	1000		Jousting
Champion		6+	16	16	20	25	100	9	2	2100	1200		Jousting
Angel		7	20	20	50	50	200	12	1	5019	3000	1	Flying, Hates Devils, Morale +1
Archangel		7+	30	30	50	50	250	18	1	8776	5000	3	Flying, Hates Devils, Resurrection, Morale +1

Strategy

Pros

• Many useful creature specialties:
  • Marksman shoots twice
  • Royal Griffin always retaliates (Griffin retaliates twice)
  • Crusader strikes twice
  • Cavalier has jousting bonus
  • Archangel can resurrect
• Versatile units including two flying units, two ranged units
• Stables can provide heroes +400 movement points per day, which means roughly +20% more movement for heroes.

Cons

• Second most expensive town, Tower being the most. Hard to obtain the required 6 gems/week, without a pond or Tower town with a Resource Silo providing them.
• The 6th tier dwelling, Training Grounds is the extremely hard to build, as it requires 30 woods.
• No units with immunity or resistance.