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*Manticore/Scorpicore is arguably the weakest Level 6 unit (or the Wyvern is).
*Manticore/Scorpicore is arguably the weakest Level 6 unit (or the Wyvern is).
*Along with Rampart town, this town has the hardest to build level 7 unit as all the lower level units plus the mage guild level 2 have to be built (compared to Portal of glory that doesn't require mage guild and can be built wothout level 3 and level 6 creature dwelling).
*Along with Rampart town, this town has the hardest to build level 7 unit as all the lower level units plus the mage guild level 2 have to be built (compared to Portal of glory that doesn't require mage guild and can be built wothout level 3 and level 6 creature dwelling).
===Comments===
Overall, probably the Dungeon is the best town, as the advantages greatly overcome the inconvenients.
Best creature ratio:
* 3 flying (2 of them are level 6 and 7!)
* 2 good shooters.
This makes sieges much easier.
Very useful (maybe overpowered) abilities:
* Harpies with haste act as a ranged unit with no range penalty (no [[retaliation]], ranged, melee).
* There are 2 units who have 20% chance to petrify (like [[Blind]], a paralysing spell) an enemy.
* Black dragons are completely immune to all spells thus cannot be blinded, slowed etc. or damaged by spells (also immune to positive spells such as bless or resurrection but overall the spell immunity has more positive than negative outcomes).
* Portal of summoning: Manage wisely your dwellings and don't occupy the very fist Warren you encounter. If you have a higher level dungeon dwelling relatively close to your town (this occurs very often on random maps), this building is a great atvantage. For example if you have a Dragon Cave, and that is you ONLY dwelling, your weekly Dragon growth jumps from 2 to 5 (+1 in town because of the dwelling, the 1 that you purchase from the dwelling and the 1 that you buy from the portal).


===Town Costs===
===Town Costs===

Revision as of 15:03, 31 July 2014

Towns
Castle Castle
Rampart Rampart
Tower Tower
Inferno Inferno
Necropolis Necropolis
Dungeon Dungeon
Stronghold Stronghold
Fortress Fortress
Conflux Conflux Armageddon's Blade
Cove Cove Horn of the Abyss
Factory Factory Horn of the Abyss

The dungeon town is an evil alignment town type with overlord and warlock hero classes. The dungeon towns are built to act as bases from which to wage campaigns of conquest for wealth and power. Similarly minded creatures are attracted as allies. Other dungeon creatures are in thrall to their masters. Dungeon armies are possessed of a variety of long ranged attacks, have effective damage dealing troops, and have the ability to greatly disrupt the strategies of their enemies.

Although dungeon is quite expensive, it has good magical capabilities (e.g. mana vortex) and powerful troops like black dragons, which are among the strongest creatures in Erathia.

Structures

Dungeon town seen from inside

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Blacksmith
The Blacksmith has no Ammo Cart (Inferno, Stronghold, Tower only) and no First Aid Tent (Fortress,Rampart,Necropolis only) just a Ballista.

Ressource Silo
Dungeon towns Resource Silos produce 1 Sulfur each day.

A Red Dragon costs 2500 gold and 1 additional Sulfur,a Black Dragon 4000 gold and 2 additional Sulfur.

Castle (Angels are +1 gem, Archangels are +3 gems), Necropolis (only Ghost Dragons require minerals, 1 mercury each), Stronghold (Ancient Behemoths require 1 crystal) and Fortress (Chaos Hydras require Sulfur) with +1 Ore and +1 Wood might be better off in the beginning - but a Dungeon town is selfsufficient in terms of minerals with a Resource Silo only lacking money to profit from creature growth safe plague.

Spells
The Mage Guild has a high assortment of spells. Spells in the Mage Guild on full extension level would be 5 of 1st level, 4 of 2nd level, 3 of 3rd level, 2 fourth level, 1 fifth level ,depending on Mage Guild extension level (1 to 5).

Spells not appearing in a Dungeon Mage Guild are Death Ripple (all battlefield damage to living creatures) and Animate Dead (ressurecting undead) (both more of a Necropolis thing), Prayer (attack, defense and speed enhancement by 2 or 4 points) and Air Elemental (one of the four elemental summoning spells).

A Tower town would have an optional Library and one spell per level more with this optional Library building, a Conflux town would have all spells learned on visit given expert Wisdom and a Grail building.

A Fortress or Stronghold town would only have spells up to and including 3rd level. A Castle town would only have spells up to and including 4th level.

Dungeon-Specific Buildings

Creature dwellings

a full creature assortment of a weekly Dungeon town creature growth, all 7 levels, upgraded is 13365 gold, 2 sulfur, which would, given Orb of Vulnerability (because of the Black Dragons and their spell immunity to all spells) require 4th level Armageddon, Fire Magic at Expert and 4 spell power (or, to not damage ones own units, the Armageddon's Blade (artifact))

Heroes

Dungeon
Overlords
LoreleiLorelei Lorelei
ArlachArlach Arlach
DaceDace Dace
AjitAjit Ajit
DamaconDamacon Damacon
GunnarGunnar Gunnar
SyncaSynca Synca
ShaktiShakti Shakti
MutareMutare Mutare Armageddon's Blade Map Editor
Mutare DrakeMutare Drake Mutare Drake Armageddon's Blade Map Editor
Warlocks
AlamarAlamar Alamar
JaegarJaegar Jaegar
MalekithMalekith Malekith
JedditeJeddite Jeddite
GeonGeon Geon
DeemerDeemer Deemer
SephinrothSephinroth Sephinroth
DarkstornDarkstorn Darkstorn
Towns
Castle Rampart Tower
Inferno Necropolis Dungeon
Stronghold Fortress Conflux
Cove Factory

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

Creatures

Dungeon creatures
Level 1
Troglodyte Troglodyte
Infernal Troglodyte Infernal Troglodyte
Level 2
Harpy Harpy
Harpy Hag Harpy Hag
Level 3
Beholder Beholder
Evil Eye Evil Eye
Level 4
Medusa Medusa
Medusa Queen Medusa Queen
Level 5
Minotaur Minotaur
Minotaur King Minotaur King
Level 6
Manticore Manticore
Scorpicore Scorpicore
Level 7
Red Dragon Red Dragon
Black Dragon Black Dragon
Towns
Castle Rampart Tower
Inferno Necropolis Dungeon
Stronghold Fortress Conflux
Cove Factory
Neutral

 Name   Town   Lvl   Att   Def   Dmg-   Dmg+   HP   Spd   Grw   AI Val   Cost   Special 














Troglodyte Troglodyte Troglodyte Troglodyte 1 4 3 1 3 5 4 14 59 50 Gold   Immune to Blinding
Infernal Troglodyte Infernal TroglodyteInfernal Troglodyte Infernal Troglodyte 1+ 5 4 1 3 6 5 14 84 65 Gold   Immune to Blinding
Harpy Harpy Harpy Harpy 2 6 5 1 4 14 6 8 154 130 Gold   Flying, Strike and return
Harpy Hag Harpy Hag Harpy Hag Harpy Hag 2+ 6 6 1 4 14 9 8 238 170 Gold   Flying, Strike and return, No enemy retaliation
Beholder Beholder Beholder Beholder 3 9 7 3 5 22 5 7 336 250 Gold   Ranged (12 shots), No melee penalty
Evil Eye Evil Eye Evil Eye Evil Eye 3+ 10 8 3 5 22 7 7 367 280 Gold   Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty
Medusa Medusa Medusa Medusa 4 9 9 6 8 25 5 4 517 300 Gold   Ranged (4 shots), No melee penalty, Petrify
Medusa Queen Medusa Queen Medusa Queen Medusa Queen 4+ 10 10 6 8 30 6 4 577 330 Gold   Ranged (8 shots), No melee penalty, Petrify
Minotaur Minotaur Minotaur Minotaur 5 14 12 12 20 50 6 3 835 500 Gold   Positive Morale
Minotaur King Minotaur King Minotaur King Minotaur King 5+ 15 15 12 20 50 8 3 1068 575 Gold   Positive Morale
Manticore Manticore Manticore Manticore 6 15 13 14 20 80 7 2 1547 850 Gold   Flying
Scorpicore Scorpicore Scorpicore Scorpicore 6+ 16 14 14 20 80 11 2 1589 1050 Gold   Flying, Paralyze
Red Dragon Red Dragon Red Dragon Red Dragon 7 19 19 40 50 180 11 1 4702 2500 Gold 1 Sulfur  Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-3 lvl spells immunity
Black Dragon Black Dragon Black Dragon Black Dragon 7+ 25 25 40 50 300 15 1 8721 4000 Gold 2 Sulfur  Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, Magic immunity, Hates Titans

List of all creatures

Additional Information

Pros

  • Strong units
  • Two powerful ranged units, both of which have no melee penalty.
  • Mana Vortex: Doubles your max spell points once a week.
  • Can successfully do the famous "Dracageddon" tactic thanks to fast and powerful Black Dragons and Warlocks with high Spell Power.
  • The Battle Scholar Academy instantly levels up your starting heroes and can contribute to your seasoned heroes as well.
  • Three overpowered heroes: Jeddite, Alamar (both resurrection Speciality) and Gunnar (Logistics speciality)
  • Portal of summoning (See comments below)
  • Best creature ratio (see comments below)
  • The weekly income with Capitol and the Resource Silo is completely enough to recruit all the units without any external mines.

Cons

  • It is quite expensive to play as it needs many resources. This is especially noticeable on Impossible difficulty, because the Pillar of Eyes cost of one of each of the precious resources (Gems, Crystal, Sulfur and Mercury), which can be very hard to come up with early on.
  • Manticore/Scorpicore is arguably the weakest Level 6 unit (or the Wyvern is).
  • Along with Rampart town, this town has the hardest to build level 7 unit as all the lower level units plus the mage guild level 2 have to be built (compared to Portal of glory that doesn't require mage guild and can be built wothout level 3 and level 6 creature dwelling).

Town Costs

["Basic" includes Citadel, Castle & any prerequisites:
"Upgrades" also includes prerequisites]
Resource Basic Upgrades All
Gold 39900 26500 112400
Wood 56 36 142
Ore 66 31 142
Crystal 5 9 32
Gem 15 12 45
Mercury 10 12 40
Sulfur 30 34 82
Troop cost/week: 27205 Gold 4 Sulfur