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Factory is a Neutral alignment town, home to the Mercenary and Artificer hero classes.

Factory represents Terra Nova.

The native terrain of Factory is Wasteland.

"Mercenaries and Artificers govern the Factories, wherein tamed, exotic monsters fight side by side with products of advanced technology, such as mechanical constructs and humans equipped with guns or flamethrowers." ^{Horn of the Abyss}

Factory Buildings

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Building Category

Cost  

Common Buildings

37000

45

40

-

-

-

-

Mage Guild

6000

25

25

28

28

28

28

Dwellings

71400

72

95

17

12

72

7

Unique Buildings

12500

-

10

-

-

-

-

Total Building Cost

126900

145

170

45

40

100

35

Weekly Troop Cost

34770

-

-

-

-

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

1000

5

10

Banned Spells

Creature Dwellings

Building

Cost  

Creature

Max/Wk

Cost/Wk

Halfling Adobe

Upg. Halfling Adobe

Foundry

Upg. Foundry

Ranch

Upg. Ranch

Manufactory

Upg. Manufactory

Catacombs

Upg. Catacombs

Watchtower

Upg. Watchtower

Serpentarium

Upg. Serpentarium

Gantry

Upg. Gantry

500

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

-

-

5

5

-

-

1000

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

5

-

-

-

-

-

1000

5

-

-

-

-

-

2000

5

10

-

-

-

-

2000

-

10

5

-

-

-

3000

5

5

-

-

2

2

2000

-

-

-

-

-

5

4000

5

5

5

5

-

-

3000

10

-

5

5

-

-

10000

10

10

-

-

10

-

15000

10

10

-

-

20

-

10000

-

20

-

-

20

-

15000

-

10

-

-

20

-

Halfling

Halfling Grenadier

Mechanic

Engineer

Armadillo

Bellwether Armadillo

Automaton

Sentinel Automaton

Sandworm

Olgoi-Khorkhoi

Gunslinger

Bounty Hunter

Couatl

Crimson Couatl

Dreadnought

Juggernaut

30

16

15

10

6

4

2

2

1200

1800

2240

2720

3000

3450

3500

4500

3450

3900

3200

4400

4000

-

7000

2

4400

2

7000

4

Unique Buildings

Building

Cost  

Description

Bank

Mana Generator

Artifact Merchants

Pen

Lightning Rod

500

-

5

-

-

-

-

1000

-

5

-

-

-

-

10000

-

-

-

-

-

-

1000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Allows the player to get a loan of 2500 Gold immediately but decreases the town's income by 500 Gold for 5 days.

Gives a garrisoned hero 20 additional Spell Points while defending in siege combat.

Allows a visiting hero to purchase artifacts.

Horde Building. +3 Armadillo and Bellwether Armadillo growth per week.

Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day. +50% creature growth. Strikes all enemy stacks with lightning first round of the controller's turn. Occurs in every battle the player participates in, anywhere on the map. Damage is based on the number of buildings in the grail town.

Heroes

Name	Class			Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Henrietta	Mercenary			Halflings		Basic Leadership		Basic Luck
Sam	Mercenary			Mechanics		Basic Offense		Basic Tactics
Tancred	Mercenary			Gunslingers		Advanced Archery
Melchior	Mercenary			Diplomacy		Basic Leadership		Basic Diplomacy
Floribert	Mercenary			First Aid		Basic Armorer		Basic First Aid
Wynona	Mercenary			Scouting		Basic Archery		Basic Scouting
Dury	Mercenary			Armorer		Basic Offense		Basic Armorer
Morton	Mercenary			Ballista		Basic Artillery		Basic Ballistics
Tavin	Mercenary			Offense		Basic Offense		Basic Scouting
Murdoch	Mercenary			Archery		Basic Archery		Basic Tactics
Celestine	Artificer			Armadillos		Basic Wisdom		Basic Pathfinding		Haste
Todd	Artificer			Automatons		Basic Wisdom		Basic Tactics		Shield
Agar	Artificer			Sandworms		Advanced Wisdom				View Earth
Bertram	Artificer			Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scholar		Magic Arrow
Wrathmont	Artificer			Frenzy		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Frenzy
Ziph	Artificer			Lightning Bolt		Basic Wisdom		Basic Sorcery		Lightning Bolt
Victoria	Artificer			Land Mine		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Land Mine
Eanswythe	Artificer			Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Estates		Weakness
Frederick	Artificer			Automatons		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Haste

Creatures

Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special
Halfling (Factory)   Halfling (Factory)		1	4	2	1	3	4	5	15	75	40		Ranged (24 shots), Positive Luck
Halfling Grenadier   Halfling Grenadier		1+	5	2	2	3	4	6	15	95	60		Ranged (24 shots), Positive Luck, Ranged attack ignores 20% of enemy's defense skill
Mechanic   Mechanic		2	6	5	3	4	14	6	8	186	140		Breath attack, Repairing (10 HP per Mechanic)
Engineer   Engineer		2+	7	5	3	5	16	7	8	278	170		Breath attack, Repairing (20 HP per Engineer)
Armadillo   Armadillo		3	5	10	3	5	25	4	6	198	200
Bellwether Armadillo  Bellwether Armadillo		3+	5	11	3	5	25	6	6	256	230
Automaton   Automaton		4	12	10	7	7	30	8	5	669	350		Mechanical, Detonation
Sentinel Automaton   Sentinel Automaton		4+	12	10	9	9	30	9	5	947	450		Mechanical, Detonation, No enemy retaliation
Sandworm   Sandworm		5	13	12	12	16	50	8	3	991	575		Burrowing, Immune to Blind and Stone Gaze
Olgoi-Khorkhoi   Olgoi-Khorkhoi		5+	15	12	12	16	60	10	3	1220	650		Burrowing, Immune to Blind and Stone Gaze, Devours corpses for additional strikes
Gunslinger   Gunslinger		6	17	12	14	24	45	7	2	1351	800		Ranged (16 shots), Preemptive Shot (once per round)
Bounty Hunter   Bounty Hunter		6+	18	14	14	24	45	8	2	1454	1100		Ranged (24 shots), Preemptive Shot (unlimited)
Couatl   Couatl		7	17	17	25	45	160	11	1	3574	2000		Flying, Skips a turn to get temporary invulnerability
Crimson Couatl   Crimson Couatl		7+	21	21	25	45	200	15	1	5341	3500	1	Flying, Gets temporary invulnerability without skipping a turn
Dreadnought   Dreadnought		7	18	20	40	50	200	6	1	3879	2200	1	Mechanical, Heat Stroke
Juggernaut   Juggernaut		7+	23	23	40	50	300	7	1	6433	3500	2	Mechanical, Heat Stroke

Town Names

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

Arcadia	Ardon	Aurichalcum	Burton
Corakstone	Dardentor	Endurance	Fort Rotwang
Kergar	Mount Copper	New Dolere	Prospero
Ridder	Salda	Volta	Vulcan

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

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Thematically, the Factory town is inspired mostly by the Wizard and Warlock factions from Heroes of Might and Magic II, as well as the Forge concept. From the Heroes 2 Wizard town, it takes the Wasteland terrain, the halfling unit, and the pen and foundry buildings, though repurposed for different units. In addition, the Halfling Adobe building is taken from the Heroes 2 Barbarian town, where it was used for Ogres; that these are abandoned Ogre buildings is explicitly mentioned during the campaign. From the Heroes 2 Warlock, it mostly takes returning heroes Agar, Elderian, and Wrathmont. From the Forge, it takes the idea of a faction much more technologically advanced than the others thanks to the discovery of the Heavenly Forge, though stops at a Steampunk aesthetic instead of a Cyberpunk one. The flamethrower of the Mechanics and Engineers is directly inspired by the pyros and pyromaniacs of the Forge concept. The names of the Dreadnought and Juggernaut are also taken from the Forge's planned level 7 units, though they were swapped around, with Juggernaut as the base unit and Dreadnought as the upgraded one in the original Forge concept. The factory name "New Dolere" is also inspired by the Forge screenshot were the town is named Dolere (which is normally a Stronghold name).

• Factory has two creature line-ups: natural and technological. Both have their own level 7 creature and can be developed in parallel.
• Factory army is well balanced in offensive, defensive and support at all stages of the game.
• Maximum Mage Guild level is 5.

Pros:

• Despite its expensiveness Factory can choose one unit line-up and develop it quite quickly.
• Factory has 2 mechanical creatures which can be repaired (i.e. "resurrected") if damaged.
• Factory towns can "earn" 5-day income (2500 gold) in advance using Banks every 5 days. Banks are strategically useful at early game, so could be used to faster max upgrade halls and other income-based buildings in order to have great economical advantage at early game and further.
• Halflings are possibly the best level 1 unit. They shoot, like Master Gremlins, but have higher stats and an extra ability (ignoring enemy defence).
• Automatons are among the best level 4 units, with no enemy retaliation ability. They can be used as tanks early on and repaired with Mechanics or used as suicide-bombers with their Detonation at death ability, which allows them to explode and deal significant damage to all creatures surrounding them. This can be used early in the game to defeat much stronger enemies.
• Bounty Hunters are useful for clearing Wandering Creatures, Creature Banks and hero-vs-hero battles(recommended with Shackles of War and casted Anti-Magic spell in order to prevent harmful Forgetfulness and damage spells) which have only ranged creatures without casualties due to unlimited Preemptive Shots.
• Native terrain is wasteland, which makes it harder for other units to traverse (however, movement penalty is lower than for snow or swamp, which are native terrains of Tower, Cove and Fortress, respectively).
• Excellent Grail building; Lightning Rod can wipe out the entire army of wandering creatures, or deal significant damage against enemy hero's army. Sending multiple heroes a turn with no army when one of the allied Factory towns has the Lightning Rod can clear almost all enemies, except for units that have Spell immunity or a Spell Damage Reduction. This is the only type of Hit-and-run allowed since patch 1.7.

Cons:

• Factory is an expensive town. To have both unit line-ups a lot of resources is needed (70 Crystals just for the lvl 7 creature dwellings and their upgrades). On top of that, it has among the highest ore spending on all buildings, and the highest army cost (even when comparing 7 vs 7 units, and not including the level 3 Bellwether Armadillos).
• A lot of the Factory units are quite weak in comparison to other creatures of the same level, especially when unupgraded (especially Armadillos and Couatls).
• Most Factory units are quite slow (only Automatons, Sandworms and Couatls have at least 8 Speed), and a lot of the units have very low HP (Halflings, Bounty Hunters, Couatls are among the most fragile units for their respective tiers).
• Factory doesn't have 1-4 level flying units. All other towns besides Inferno and Stronghold have at least one. Their only flying units are Sandworms (level 5) and Couatls (level 7).

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See also

• Town Comparison
• List of creatures
• List of heroes