Basilisk and Greater Basilisk

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

Statistics
Basilisk
Cost per troop  325
	Attack 11 Defense 11 Damage 6–10 Health 35 Speed 5 Movement Ground Size 2 Growth 4 AI Value 552
Special abilities:
• Petrifying attack 20%
Greater Basilisk
Cost per troop  400
	Attack 12 Defense 12 Damage 6–10 Health 40 Speed 7 Movement Ground Size 2 Growth 4 AI Value 714
Special abilities:
• Petrifying attack 20%
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Basilisks and Greater Basilisks are level 4 creatures of Fortress town. They are recruited from the Basilisk Pit.

"The basilisk and greater basilisk have developed the ability to petrify their prey for three rounds. Their attacks have a 20% chance of making this occur. Petrified creatures take 50% damage from attacks and are unfrozen when struck." ^{RoE manual}

Heroes with a specialty

• Bron the Beastmaster has basilisks as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any basilisks or greater basilisks for each level attained after 4th level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

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Basilisks have pretty high stats for their level. As other Fortress creatures, they have an excellent special ability. Upgrading them right away is recommended due to the significant increase in speed. If you choose Bron as your starting hero (or recruit him as one of the weekly heroes at a tavern), you will have Basislisks in your army. This is the only hero that starts with a level 4 creature and also gives them +1 speed (unless you play Horn of the Abyss as Cove hero Illor starts with), giving your army some advantage in the early game. Dividing your early basilisks (either Bron's or other ones) into several stacks is a useful tactic to maximize the chances to trigger the powerful petrification, which will take an enemy stack out of action for a whole three rounds.

See also:

• List of creatures