| Units List |
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Carrack
light ship
A large capital ship armed with broadside firing cannons. Capable of travelling across the ocean.
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Dragon Boat
light ship
A larger version of the longship, able to carry more men as well as grappling hooks for boarding actions.
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Gun Holk
light ship
An upgraded Holk, armed with cannons in the fore castle and extra marines armed with gunpowder weapons.
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Longboat
light ship
Usually used as a Viking troop carrier. These ships carry Scandinavian raiding parties across Europe.
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Feudal Knights
heavy cavalry
Protected by heavy armour and armed with a lance, these elite warriors crush and ride down their opponents.
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Chivalric Knights
heavy cavalry
Elite warriors clad in steel plate armour, these men pack a ferocious charge, while being hard to kill.
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Huscarls
heavy cavalry
Protected by mail armour and wielding axes, these fearsome warriors are effective cavalry.
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Norse War Clerics
heavy cavalry
Heavily armoured Bishop and cavalry retinue. Encased in plate armour and wielding foe-crushing maces
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General's Bodyguard
heavy cavalry
Well armed and equipped these elite troops have the task of guarding and fighting alongside the army's general.
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General's Bodyguard
heavy cavalry
Elite knights hand picked to protect the general.
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Knights Templar
heavy cavalry
Elite and some say reckless knights formed to protect Christian pilgrims in the Holy Lands.
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Knights Hospitaller
heavy cavalry
Well trained and disciplined these knights are amongst the deadliest heavy cavalry in all Christendom.
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Merchant Cavalry Militia
heavy cavalry
Poorly trained, but well equipped cavalry who fight with a sword.
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Mercenary German Knights
heavy cavalry
Protected by plate armour and equipped with maces, these knights for hire excel at taking on heavily armoured units.
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Mercenary Knights
heavy cavalry
Capable of deadly charges and impressive melee combat, these mercenary knights are well worth the money.
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Condottieri
heavy cavalry
Armed with a lance and plate armour these trained and experienced mercenaries are well known for their capricious ways.
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Alan Light Cavalry
light cavalry
Hardy horsemen accustomed to the plains and steppes of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. Excellent light cavalry.
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Mounted Crossbowmen
missile cavalry
Using smaller crossbows than the infantry, these units use their mobility to stay out of trouble while they reload.
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Cuman Horse Archers
missile cavalry
Asiatic Nomads, who fight as mercenary horse archers, wearing little armour and armed with a composite bow.
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Peasant Archers
missile infantry
A peasant archer is armed with a small bow, and a knife. Unreliable, and only moderately effective as archers.
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Crossbowmen
missile infantry
Slow to reload, but a potent and easy to use missile weapon firing powerful bolts.
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Crossbow Militia
missile infantry
Crossbow Militia are peasant crossbowmen called up to defend settlements. Very poorly armoured.
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Arquebusiers
missile infantry
Fired at close range, this noisy, smokey and lethal weapon causes morale damage as well as physical hurt.
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Hand Gunners
missile infantry
Earliest hand-held firearm unit. Causes more fear than actual damage. These soldiers need to be capable in close combat due to the short range of their weapons.
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Norse Archers
missile infantry
Armed with a bow, a sword, shield and light armour, Norse archers are weak at shooting, but can stand their ground in melee.
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Peasants
light infantry
In times of war peasants are forced from their farms and drafted into levies. Good cannon fodder.
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Raiders
light infantry
Wild and hardy warriors from the cold north armed with axes and light armour.
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Slav Mercenaries
light infantry
Poorly trained and equipped mercenaries from Eastern Europe, armed with spears.
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Town Militia
light infantry
Town Militia are commoners and peasants levied into local militias to defend settlements and bolster armies, armed with short spears.
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Landsknecht Pikemen
spearmen infantry
Originally from the Holy Roman Empire, these elite mercenaries are armed with pikes and their distinctive slash and puffy clothing
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Sword Staff Militia
heavy infantry
Sword staff wielding militia armoured in plate.
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Norse Swordsmen
heavy infantry
Well armed and equipped Norse swordsmen. Able to wear chain and plate armour.
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Feudal Foot Knights
heavy infantry
Knights would often dismount and fight on foot when the situation demanded it. Dismounted they make excellent heavy infantry.
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Chivalric Foot Knights
heavy infantry
Benefiting from improvements in arms and armour these elite warriors are still formidable, even when they choose to fight on foot.
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Huscarls
heavy infantry
Protected by mail armour and wielding axes, these fearsome warriors are excellent killing machines.
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Frankish Foot Knights
spearmen infantry
These Feudal mercenary knights are powerful troops and invaluable for whomever can afford them.
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Armenian Cavalry
heavy cavalry
Armenian mercenaries equipped in a western style, armed with lances and protected by mail.
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Armenian Archers
missile infantry
Armenian mercenaries from the mountains. Lightly armed, but still effective.
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Ghazis
light infantry
Reckless and fanatical religious warriors armed with an axe, capable of devastating attacks.
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Ballista
missile siege
Resembling a giant crossbow, this powerful weapon can fling a javelin to a great range, skewering men with ease.
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Catapult
missile siege
Older style rock-flinging wooden artillery piece. Can throw flaming and normal shots.
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Trebuchet
missile siege
Giant rock flinging artillery piece. Capable of flaming and normal shot. Also able to fling diseased cows!
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Bombard
missile siege
Primitive siege-gun forged of bronze or iron, can shoot solid stone or flaming shot. Inaccurate versus units.
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Mortar
missile siege
A siege weapon capable of firing over walls and plunging shots down on enemies hiding behind said walls.
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Ribault
missile siege
A small multi-barrel wagon mounted cannon. A good defensive tool able to fire in a nine-barrel barrage.
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Cannon
missile siege
The typical 'cannon' is powerful and good against both units and defences. Capable of firing solid and explosive shots.
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Serpentine
missile siege
Light cannon designed for use against troops rather than walls.
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Welsh Longbowmen
missile infantry
The first wielders of the longbow. Totally unarmoured means they need to stay out of melee. Can lay stakes.
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Bulgarian Brigands
missile infantry
Brigands armed with a composite bow, sword, padded armour and shield.
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Swiss Pikemen
spearmen infantry
The most renowned mercenaries of their age. Lightly equipped, but exceptionally brave and fierce.
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Galloglaich
heavy infantry
Fierce Scottish warriors who have settled in Ireland. Formidable troops armed with large two-handed axes and wearing light armour.
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Turkomans
missile cavalry
Tribal Turkish nomads, accustomed to life in the saddle. These hardy bowmen have a fierce and unruly reputation.
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Foot Knights Templar
heavy infantry
Elite and some say reckless knights formed to protect Christian pilgrims in the Holy Lands.
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Foot Knights Hospitaller
heavy infantry
Well trained and disciplined these dismounted knights are amongst the deadliest heavy infantry in all Christendom.
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Icelandic Axemen
heavy infantry
Wellknown Warriors recruited for their natural ability with the axe.
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Hirdmen
heavy infantry
Trained soldiers of a Hird, effective even with their outdated armour.
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Svenner
light cavalry
An inexpensive cavalry unit, useful for supplementing more expensive knights.
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Peasant Spearmen
spearmen infantry
Comprised of free farmers. Trained and armed with spears but unable to afford armour.
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Theigns
spearmen infantry
Theigns are mail equipped spearmen who fight for Viking rule.
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Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
heavy infantry
Well trained and disciplined these dismounted knights are amongst the deadliest heavy infantry in all Christendom.
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Templar Sergeants
spearmen infantry
Templar Sergeants are professional soldiers unable to join the ranks of the Templar Knights. Armed with a spear and light armour, very effective against cavalry.
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Mangonel
missile siege
Great siege engine capable of throwing exploding barrels of oil
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| Cannot recruit units |
| City Buildings List |
Wooden Palisade (Upgrade)
A Wooden Palisade gives a sense of security but is unlikely to delay determined attackers for very long.
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Ballista Towers
Ballista Towers provide the defenders with enough firepower to keep attackers at bay.
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Town Watch
The Town Watch have the minimum equipment and resources needed to train infantry.
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Ballista Maker
A Ballista Maker allows the construction of ballista siege weaponry.
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Gunsmith
A Gunsmith allows the construction of a bombard cannon.
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Leather Tanner
A Leather Tanner offers the most basic armour improvements to new and retrained units.
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Port
A Port allows a settlement to trade with the far-distant corners of the world.
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Merchant's Wharf
A Merchant's Wharf allows an extra trade fleet, and increases trade to the settlement.
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Grain Exchange
A Grain Exchange is absolutely essential if townsfolk are to be fed and good profits made.
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Dirt Roads
Dirt Roads increase the movement speed of units that travel along them, as well as improve trade.
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Land Clearance
Land Clearance allows a region to begin producing enough food to encourage growth.
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Mines
Mines increase the trade income generated by metal deposits in the region.
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Amber Route
An Amber Route improves taxable trade income and increases the people's happiness
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Well
Wells are a healthy water source for the people.
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Alchemist's Lab
An Alchemist's Lab allows gunpowder infantry to upgrade their weapons, as well as improve the education of characters created here.
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Small Church
A Small Church converts a very small percentage of the region to Catholicism, and improves happiness.
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Brothel
A Brothel increases happiness in the settlement slightly, and allows the recruitment of a spy.
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Town Hall
A Town Hall helps maintain law and order, as well as reduce squalor.
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Assassins' Guild
An Assassins' Guild house improves law and order in the region, and the quality of locally trained assassins.
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Masons' Guild
A Masons' Guild house reduces the cost of stone buildings, and improves happiness.
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Theologians' Guild
A Theologians' Guild house improves the quality of priests created in the region.
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Merchants' Guild
A Merchants' Guild house improves both the trade income, and the quality of merchants created in the region.
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Alchemists' Guild
An Alchemists' Guild house improves the experience level of gunpowder units trained in the same settlement.
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Thieves' Guild
A Thieves' Guild house improves the quality of spies hired in the same settlement.
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Explorers' Guild
An Explorers' Guild house slightly increases the movement speed of those trained in the same settlement.
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Swordsmiths' Guild
A Swordsmiths' Guild house allows trained melee units to upgrade their weaponry by retraining in the same settlement.
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Horse Breeders' Guild
A Horse Breeders' Guild improves the quality of cavalry units recruited in the region.
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Hanseatic League Headquarters
The Hanseatic League Headquarters improves the trade income of all settlements.
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Slave Market
Slave Market considerably improves the trade but also affects the happiness of the common folk decreasing it noteably. It requires slave resource in province to work.
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Forging Shop
Forging Shop provides the basic melee weapon upgrade and slightly increases the profit from the trade. Local resource of iron or tin provides the material to work.
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Mint Coin
Mint Coin requires gold or silver to function and brings a moderate bonus to the trade in all cities of your empire but also deacreases the law abidience due the corruption.
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Jeweller's Shop
Jeweller's Shop uses local resource of gold, silver, ivory, or amber to provide an extreme boost to the trade as some people not only travel hundreds of miles to bring jewellery from far away land, but also are obsessed by it.
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Joiner's Shop
Working with the local resource of timber Joiner's Shop reduces the costs of the wooden buildings and ships. Also it slightly improves the trade but only during the winter, the peak logging season.
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Vineyard
Vineyard gives a slight boost to the trade in region. Its value is greater in summer, the peak grape-harvesting season. If you have an inn in the town common folk also will be glad to take a cup of good wine, sometimes even loosing the measure and health.
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Textile Mill
Textile Mill provides above average impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer during the linnen harvesting season.
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Cotton Mill
Cotton Mill provides above average impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer during the cotton harvesting season.
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Silk Mill
Silk Mill provides high impact into the trade of the region, which is even greater if there is local resource of dyes to complete the process of cloth fabrication. Of course the trade is much higher in summer when the silkworms are in active state.
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Fishers Quarter
Fishers Quarter gives a slight bonus to the trade in region as well as improves the health in the province. Due to the storms and bad weather in the winter season its trade bonus is somewhat decreased.
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Windmill
Windmill provides a slight bonus to the trade of the region which is greater during the good harvest summer seasons. It also improves the health in province. A 1/10th share of the flour was paid to the miller in return for his service.
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Sugar Refinery
Sugar Refinery gives the moderate bonus to the trade, which is greater in the warmer summer season, but also are not very low in winter since the sugar plantation are mostly in the warm middle eastern regions. It also gives a slight health bonus to the province.
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Marble Workshop
Marble Workshop gives high bonus to the trade in region and also increase the happiness due the masterpieces made of it.
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Wool Farm
Wool Farm provides the basic cycle of cloth manufacturing without dyeing or finishing of the woven product. Its trade impact is beyound average but somewhat increases in the winter time, when the mass sheep shearing occurs.
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Trappers Hut
Trappers Hut provides the high bonus to the trade as well as a happiness increase if there are furs resources in region. The bonus is much higher in the winter fur hunting season.
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Glass Blower
Glass Blower adds big bonus to the trade of the region and also encorages the peolple happiness with a state of art masterpieces.
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Saltern
The saltern gives the city high trade bonus based on the level of market city has.
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Bakery
Bakery provides the settlement with a fresh bread slightly increasing the population growth, happiness and trade of the region.
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Brewery
Brewery provides the settlement with fresh beer slightly increasing the happiness and trade of the region.
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Small Jewish Synagogue
Small Jewish Synagogue
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Dominican Hermitage
A Dominican Hermitage converts a moderate percentage of the region to Catholicism and improves happiness.
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Franciscan Hermitage
A Franciscan Hermitage converts a moderate percentage of the region to Catholicism and improves happiness but decreases law.
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Dungeon
Dungeon improves law but decreases happiness.
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Scholarium
A scholarium is necessary for the civilian education and offers a happiness bonus.
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Tower of London
A Tower of London increases happiness and loyality.
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Dome of the Rock
A Dome of the Rock increases happiness and loyality.
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Hagia Sophia
A Hagia Sophia increases happiness and loyality.
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Bayt al Hikma
A Bayt al Hikma increases happiness and loyality.
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Palazzo Ducale di Venezia
A Palazzo Ducale di Venezia increases happiness and loyality.
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Notre Dame de Paris
A Notre Dame de Paris increases happiness and loyality.
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Roemer
A Roemer increases happiness and loyality.
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| Castle Buildings List |
Motte and Bailey (Upgrade)
A Motte and Bailey is a simple, defensible outpost, little more than a watchtower and protective fence.
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Ballista Towers
Ballista Towers provide the defenders with enough firepower to keep attackers at bay.
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Stables
A Stable allows for the recruitment of basic cavalry units.
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Mustering Hall
Men must be gathered, selected and trained if military strength is to be maintained.
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Bowyer
A Bowyer allows for the recruitment of basic missile units.
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Ballista Maker
A Ballista Maker allows the construction of ballista siege weaponry.
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Gunsmith
A Gunsmith allows the construction of a bombard cannon.
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Leather Tanner
A Leather Tanner offers the most basic armour improvements to new and retrained units.
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War Harbour
A War Harbor can build the warships needed for a strong fleet.
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Dirt Roads
Dirt Roads increase the movement speed of units that travel along them, as well as improve trade.
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Land Clearance
Land Clearance allows a region to begin producing enough food to encourage growth.
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Mines
Mines increase the trade income generated by metal deposits in the region.
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Amber Route
An Amber Route improves taxable trade income and increases the people's happiness
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Small Chapel
A Small Chapel converts a very small percentage of the region to Catholicism, and improves happiness.
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Swordsmiths' Guild
A Swordsmiths' Guild house allows trained melee units to upgrade their weaponry by retraining in the same settlement.
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Horse Breeders' Guild
A Horse Breeders' Guild improves the quality of cavalry units recruited in the region.
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Hanseatic League Headquarters
The Hanseatic League Headquarters improves the trade income of all settlements.
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Forging Shop
Forging Shop provides the basic melee weapon upgrade. Local resource of iron or tin provides the material to work.
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Joiner's Shop
Working with the local resource of timber Joiner's Shop reduces the costs of the wooden buildings and ships. Also it provides better material for the bows and crossbows.
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Mercenary Camp
A Mercenary Camp decreases happiness and loyality. But if new mercenaries arrive from time to time in the camp, a trader will propose them to you.
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Ríki Norvegh, A.D. 1180 Summer
