Troops

Troops are used for defence and attack as well as carrying loot. Troops do not count towards your population figures, but they all consume crop whether at home or out moving (though their host must feed them when they are in another village as reinforcements).

How to get troops

Prerequisites:

• Main Building - level 3
• Rally Point - level 1
• Barracks - for infantry
• Stable - for cavalry
• Workshop - for siege weapons
• Residence or Palace - for settlers and administrators
• Academy - to research new troops
• Blacksmith - to improve the attack and defense of troops

Each building that can produce troops works on one unit at a time, but all buildings act simultaneously. Units whose construction has been ordered are queued within each building. So, for example, you might have a queue of 20 Phalanx and then 10 Swordsmen in your Barracks, and a queue of 15 Theutates Thunder in your Stable. Both troop queues will be built in parallel, and you will see Phalanx and Theutates Thunder appear in your village (and start eating your crop) as soon as each one is finished.

Basic statistics

Gaul Troops

Troop		Att. / Upk.		D. Inf. / Upk.		D. Cav. / Upk.		Speed	Carry
Phalanx	15	15	40	40	50	50	1	7	35	315	0:21:40
Swordsman	65	65	35	35	20	20	1	6	45	535	0:30:00
Pathfinder (Scout)	0	0	20	10	10	5	2	17	0	380	0:28:20
Theutates Thunder	100	50	25	12.5	40	20	2	19	75	1090	0:51:40
Druidrider	45	22.5	115	57.5	55	27.5	2	16	35	1090	0:53:20
Haeduan	140	46.66	50	16.66	165	55	3	13	65	1965	1:05:00
Ram	50	13.33	30	10	105	35	3	4	0	1910	1:23:20
Trebuchet	70	11.66	45	15	10	1.66	6	3	0	3130	2:30:00
Chieftain	40	10	50	12.5	50	12.5	4	5	0	144650	25:11:40
Settler	0	0	80	80	80	80	1	5	3000	22700	6:18:20

Roman Troops

Troop		Att. / Upk.		D. Inf. / Upk.		D. Cav. / Upk.		Speed	Carry
Legionnaire	40	40	35	35	50	50	1	6	50	400	0:33:20
Praetorian	30	30	65	65	35	35	1	5	20	460	0:36:40
Imperian	70	70	40	40	25	25	1	7	50	600	0:40:00
Equites Legati (Scout)	0	0	20	10	10	5	2	16	0	360	0:28:20
Equites Imperatoris	120	40	65	21.66	50	16.66	3	14	100	1410	0:55:00
Equites Caesaris	180	45	80	20	105	26.25	4	10	70	2170	1:13:20
Battering Ram	60	20	30	10	75	25	3	4	0	1830	1:16:40
Fire Catapult	75	12.5	60	10	10	1.66	6	3	0	2990	2:30:00
Senator	50	10	40	8	30	6	5	4	0	140450	25:11:40
Settler	0	0	80	80	80	80	1	5	3000	23800	7:28:20

Teuton Troops

Troop		Att. / Upk.		D. Inf. / Upk.		D. Cav. / Upk.		Speed	Carry
Macemen	40	40	20	20	5	5	1	7	60	250	0:15:00
Spearman	10	10	35	35	60	60	1	7	40	340	0:23:20
Axeman	60	60	30	30	30	30	1	6	50	490	0:25:00
Scout	0	0	10	10	5	5	1	9	0	360	0:23:20
Paladin	55	27.5	100	50	40	20	2	10	110	1005	0:50:00
Teutonic Knight	150	50	50	16.66	75	25	3	9	80	1525	1:01:40
Ram	65	21.66	30	10	80	26.66	3	4	0	1720	1:10:00
Catapult	50	8.33	60	10	10	1.66	6	3	0	2760	2:30:00
Chief	40	10	60	15	40	10	4	4	0	114300	19:35:00
Settler	10	10	80	80	80	80	1	5	3000	25000	8:36:40

Hun Troops

Troop		Att. / Upk.		D. Inf. / Upk.		D. Cav. / Upk.		Speed	Carry
Mercenary	35	35	40	40	30	30	1	6	50	290	0:13:30
Bowman	50	50	30	30	10	10	1	6	30	370	0:18:40
Spotter (Scout)	0	0	20	10	10	5	2	19	0	380	0:22:40
Steppe	120	60	30	15	15	7.5	2	16	75	895	0:40:00
Marksman	115	57.5	80	40	70	35	2	16	105	1050	0:41:20
Marauder	180	60	60	20	40	13.3	3	14	80	1760	0:49:50
Ram	45	15	30	10	90	30	3	4	0	1820	1:13:20
Catapult	45	7.5	55	9.17	10	1.66	6	3	0	2910	2:30:00
Logades	50	12.5	40	10	30	7.5	4	5	0	117600	25:11:40
Settler	10	10	80	80	80	80	1	5	3000	20900	8:02:30

Egyptian Troops

Troop		Att. / Upk.		D. Inf. / Upk.		D. Cav. / Upk.		Speed	Carry
Slave Militia	10	10	30	30	20	20	1	7	15	150	0:08:50
Ash Warden	30	30	55	55	40	40	1	6	50	420	0:22:00
Khopesh Warrior	65	65	50	50	20	20	1	7	45	650	0:24:00
Sophu Explorer (Scout)	0	0	20	10	10	10	2	16	0	380	0:22:40
Anhur Guard	50	25	110	55	50	25	2	15	50	1090	0:42:40
Resheph Chariot	110	36.67	120	40	150	50	3	10	70	1800	0:54:00
Ram	55	18.33	30	10	95	31.67	3	4	0	1990	1:20:00
Stone Catapult	65	10.83	55	9.17	10	1.66	6	3	0	3250	2:30:00
Nomarch	40	10	50	12.5	50	12.5	4	4	0	160000	25:11:40
Settler	0	0	80	80	80	80	1	5	3000	19000	6:53:20

Spartan Troops

Troop		Att. / Upk.		D. Inf. / Upk.		D. Cav. / Upk.		Speed	Carry
Hoplite	50	50	35	35	30	30	1	6	60	440	0
Sentinel (Scout)	0	0	40	40	22	22	1	9	0	445	0
Shieldsman	40	40	85	85	45	45	1	8	40	530	0
Twinsteel Therion	90	90	55	55	40	40	1	6	50	795	0
Elpida Rider	55	22.5	120	60	90	45	2	16	110	1440	0
Corinthian Crusher	195	65	80	26.66	75	25	3	9	80	2315	0
Ram	65	21.66	30	10	80	26.66	3	4	0	1705	0
Ballista	50	8.33	60	10	10	1.66	6	3	0	2750	0
Ephor	40	10	60	15	40	10	4	4	0	114290	0
Settler	10	10	80	80	80	80	1	5	3000	19995	0

Interpreting the statistics

Notes on troops speed:

• Speed is the number of fields (tiles) a unit can cover in an hour. The higher the speed, the faster the troops will reach their target.
• Siege weapons, such as catapults, move slowly. Players may be able to guess that a catapult attack is incoming, from the long time it takes in reaching them.
• Conquerors (Chief, Senator, and Chieftain) also move slowly, although the Gallic Chieftain is notably faster than the other two.
• Cavalry is generally faster than infantry.
• The three fastest units belong to Gauls: Druidrider, Pathfinder, and Theutates Thunder.
• For Romans, the fastest units are the Equites Imperatoris and Equites Legati (Scout). If you are looking for defence reinforcements from your alliance, it may be best not to ask Romans because Praetorian are one of the slowest moving troops. Phalanx or Spearman from the same distance will reach you much sooner.
• Paladin are the 'Teutons' fastest troop.
• Troops will move up to three times faster beyond the first 30 fields of their journey if you have a level 20 Tournament square.

Additional offensive analysis including off/upkeep and off/training time is available here

Notes on carrying capacity:

• All attacking troops who survive an attack or raid will carry off as many resources as they can.
• Settler's can be used during raids to carry huge piles of resources, but strategically, this is not a recommended practice due to the risk of losing the settlers to unexpected reinforcements.

Notes on build time:

• The times listed are for a level 1 building of the appropriate type, even if a higher level building is actually needed to build the troops. (E.g. a level 10 Residence or Palace is required to build a Settler, so the build time will always be considerably less than shown.)
• Every Barracks level upgrade reduces the build time by 10% from the previous level. (A level N Barracks has a build time multiplier of 0.9^(N-1) which is 0.135 at level 20.)
• The same formula is used for the Stable, Workshop and Residence/Palace.

Advanced statistics

This table shows some statistics which are derived by simple calculations from the basic statistics table above. Explanations follow the table. Because of the nature of these figures, only regular infantry and cavalry units are included here.

Gaul Troops

	Attacking			Defending			Raiding
Unit	Attack Per Rsc	Attack Per Upk	Attack Per Hr	Def-Inf Per Upk	Def-Cav Per Upk	Def-Tot Per Upk	Carry * Fld Per Hr	Cost Per Carry
Phalanx	.048	15	41.5	40	50	90	210	10.5
Swordsman	.121	65	130.0	35	20	55	270	11.9
Theutates Thunder	.083	45	104.5	12.5	20	32.5	1425	14.5
Druidrider	.041	22.5	50.6	57.5	27.5	85	560	31.1
Haeduan	.071	46.7	129.2	16.7	55	71.7	845	30.2

Roman Troops

	Attacking			Defending			Raiding
Unit	Attack Per Rsc	Attack Per Upk	Attack Per Hr	Def-Inf Per Upk	Def-Cav Per Upk	Def-Tot Per Upk	Carry * Fld Per Hr	Cost Per Carry
Legionnaire	.091	40	72.0	35	50	85	300	8.0
Praetorian	.065	30	49.1	65	35	100	100	23.0
Imperian	.117	70	105.0	40	25	65	350	12.0
Equites Imperatoris	.085	40	130.9	21.7	16.7	38.3	1400	14.1
Equites Caesaris	.083	45	147.3	20	26.25	46.25	700	31.0

Teuton Troops

	Attacking			Defending			Raiding
Unit	Attack Per Rsc	Attack Per Upk	Attack Per Hr	Def-Inf Per Upk	Def-Cav Per Upk	Def-Tot Per Upk	Carry * Fld Per Hr	Cost Per Carry
Clubswinger	.160	40	160.0	20	5	25	420	4.2
Spearman	.029	10	25.7	35	60	95	280	8.5
Axeman	.122	60	144.0	30	30	60	300	9.8
Paladin	.055	27.5	66.0	50	20	70	1110	9.1
Teutonic Knight	.098	50	145.9	16.7	25	41.7	720	19.1

Huns Troops

	Attacking			Defending			Raiding
Unit	Attack Per Rsc	Attack Per Upk	Attack Per Hr	Def-Inf Per Upk	Def-Cav Per Upk	Def-Tot Per Upk	Carry * Fld Per Hr	Cost Per Carry
Mercenary	.121	35	155.6	40	30	70	300	5.8
Bowman	.135	50	160.7	30	10	40	180	12.3
Steppe	.135	60	180	15	7.5	22.5	1200	11.9
Marksman	.1095	57.5	166.9	40	35	75	1680	10.0
Marauder	.102	60	216.7	20	13.3	33.3	1120	22

Egyptian Troops

	Attacking			Defending			Raiding
Unit	Attack Per Rsc	Attack Per Upk	Attack Per Hr	Def-Inf Per Upk	Def-Cav Per Upk	Def-Tot Per Upk	Carry * Fld Per Hr	Cost Per Carry
Slave Militia	0.067	10	67.9	30	20	50	105	10
Ash Warden	0.071	30	81.8	55	40	95	300	8.4
Khopesh Warrior	0.100	65	162.5	50	20	70	300	14.4
Anhur Guard	0.046	25	70.3	55	25	80	750	21.8
Resheph Chariot	0.061	36.7	122.2	40	50	90	700	25.7

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• Attack Per Rsc is the unit's attack value divided by its total build cost. This value indicates the resource efficiency for building offensive units. The higher this value, the more bang you get for your buck.
• Attack Per Upk is the unit's attack value divided by its crop upkeep cost. This tells you how expensive it will be to keep these units around. The higher this value, the more power you can afford to support when you hit your crop limits.
• Attack Per Hr is the unit's attack value divided by its build time. This tells you how quickly you can build a "hammer" using this unit. The higher this value, the faster you can crush your foes (if you can afford it).
• Def-Inf Per Upk is the unit's infantry defense divided by its crop upkeep cost. The higher this value, the less crop production you need for a standing infantry defense.
• Def-Cav Per Upk is the unit's cavalry defense divided by its crop upkeep cost. The higher this value, the less crop production you need for a standing cavalry defense.
• Def-Tot Per Upk is the unit's total defense (infantry plus cavalry) divided by its crop upkeep cost. The higher this value, the less crop production you need for a defense against mixed forces.
• Carry * Fld Per Hr is the unit's carrying capacity multiplied by its speed. This tells you how good the unit is at "farming" resources via raids. The higher this value, the better this unit is at farming.
• Cost Per Carry is the unit's build cost divided by its carrying capacity. This tells you how many full-resource raids a unit must complete to pay for its own build cost. The lower this value is, the more quickly the unit pays for itself.

It is important to note that improvements in blacksmith and roman Horse Drinking Pool have significant affects on offensive statistics and rankings. Some graphs showing the changes caused by the two building are shown here