Castle

This article refers to the town. For the town structure named Castle, see Fortifications.

Towns

Castle

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Tower

Inferno

Necropolis

Dungeon

Stronghold

Fortress

Conflux

Cove  Palace 

Factory  Grotto 

Bulwark  Forge 

Palace 

Grotto 

Forge 

Forge (NWC)

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Castle is a Good alignment town, home to the Knight and Cleric hero classes.

Castle represents Erathia.

The native terrain of Castle is Grass.

"Castles are home to the Cleric and Knight 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 unit types available, Castle-based armies are well equipped to quickly engage and defeat their enemies." ^{Restoration of Erathia Manual}

Castle Buildings

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Building Category

Cost  

Common Buildings

37000

45

40

-

-

-

-

Mage Guild

5000

20

20

18

18

18

18

Dwellings

61500

47

52

24

24

29

24

Unique Buildings

7500

35

10

-

-

-

-

Total Building Cost

111000

147

122

42

42

47

42

Weekly Troop Cost

29580

-

-

-

-

-

6

Common Buildings

Halls

-

2500

5000

10000

Fortifications

5000

20

20

2500

-

5

5000

10

10

Miscellaneous Buildings

500

5

-

500

5

-

5000

-

5

1000

5

-

Mage Guild

2000

5

-

1000

5

4

1000

5

6

1000

5

8

Banned Spells

Creature Dwellings

Building

Cost  

Creature

Max/Wk

Cost/Wk

Guardhouse

Upg. Guardhouse

Archers' Tower

Upg. Archers' Tower

Griffin Tower

Upg. Griffin Tower

Barracks

Upg. Barracks

Monastery

Upg. Monastery

Training Grounds

Upg. Training Grounds

Portal of Glory

Upg. Portal of Glory

500

-

10

-

-

-

-

1000

-

5

-

-

-

-

1000

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

-

5

-

-

-

-

1000

-

5

-

-

-

-

2000

-

5

-

-

-

-

2000

-

5

-

-

5

-

3000

5

5

2

2

2

2

1000

2

2

2

2

2

2

5000

20

-

-

-

-

-

3000

10

-

-

-

-

-

20000

-

-

10

10

10

10

20000

-

-

10

10

10

10

Pikeman

Halberdier

Archer

Marksman

Griffin

Royal Griffin

Swordsman

Crusader

Monk

Zealot

Cavalier

Champion

Angel

Archangel

28

18

17

8

6

4

2

1680

2100

1800

2700

3400

4080

2400

3200

2400

2700

4000

4800

6000

3

10000

6

Unique Buildings

Building

Cost  

Description

Brotherhood of the Sword

Shipyard

Lighthouse

Stables

Griffin Bastion

Colossus

500

5

-

-

-

-

-

2000

20

-

-

-

-

-

2000

-

10

-

-

-

-

2000

10

-

-

-

-

-

1000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gives a garrisoned hero +2 Morale while defending in siege combat.

Allows the player to purchase boats if the town is next to water.

Gives all allied heroes +500 movement while at sea. Effect is cumulative.

Gives visiting allied heroes +300 +400  movement until the end of the week.

Horde Building. +3 Griffin and Royal Griffin growth per week.

Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day. +50% creature growth. Gives all allied heroes +2 Morale.

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
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

Town Names

Unless specified by the mapmaker, towns will generate with a random name. Castle towns will use one of these following names:

Alexandretta	Armitage	Brettonia	Castellatus
Claxton	Cornerstone	Dunwall	Gateway
Highcastle	Kanan	Kildare	Middleheim
Transom	Whistledale	Whitemoon	Whitestone

If there are more Castle towns on the map than possible names, they will use names taken from other towns.

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• 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.
• Build and upgrade Portal of Glory by the cost of neglecting other dwellings and mage guild, or even recruiting other creatures.
• Divide Archangels in several stacks (preferably in the multiples of three), so they can resurrect each other.
• Brothehood of the Sword increases the morale bonus of defending creatures' by +2 in additon to Tavern's bonus. In other words, creatures defending a Castle towns with Brotherhood of the Sword have morale of +3. This becomes very useful if you want to mix troops from different town types together. However, because all Knights start with Leadership, the bonus is only valuable when using Cleric (or other hero classes) to defend the town.

Pros:

• Many useful creature specialties.
• Versatile units including two flying units, two ranged units.
• Stables can provide heroes +400 movement points per remaining day of the week, which means roughly +20% more movement for heroes.
• Shipyard, Lighthouse, and Sylvia with Navigation specialty are all very useful on maps with significant water area.

Cons:

• Second most expensive creatures, Tower having the most. Hard to obtain the required 6 gems/week.
• The 6th level dwelling (Training Grounds) can be hard to build, as it requires 20 .
• No units with immunity or resistance.
• Most of non-upgraded units are significantly weaker than the their upgraded counterparts; upgrading them takes time and resources.
• Fragile ranged units.
• Grass which is Castle's native terrain doesn't give any movement penalty to the enemy.

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See also

• Town Comparison
• List of creatures
• List of heroes