Castle

is about town type called Castle. For the structure of the same name see Castles

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's native terrain is grass.

Structures

Castle town seen form the inside

Castle specific buildings

• Brotherhood of the Sword (add +2 morale bonus to the generic tavern +1 bonus, resulting in a +3 morale bonus for the defender on siege)
• Griffin Bastion (Griffin horde building, +3/week)
• Lighthouse (unique Castle town building, +5 movement tiles on sea, like Lighthouse on the adventure map, cumulative)
• Shipyard
• Stables (unique Castle town building, like Stables on the adventure map, +400 movement points each day for the rest of the week)
• Colossus (Grail building, +2 morale to all own units, the usual 5k gold each day additionally and +50% creature growth)

Castle creature dwellings

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

Castle structure costs
To build 7th level dwelling	60   12   50   12   12   12   46,000
Upgrade all creature dwellings	17   12   22   12   17   12   29,000
Fully built	137   42   122   42   47   42   110,000

Heroes

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

Creatures

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

Castle creature costs
Weekly troop cost	6   29,580

Discussion

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:

• Relatively expensive town. Hard to obtain the required 6 gems/week, without 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.