Unit

Military units are the core of combat. Each age more powerful military units are made available through research, with some requiring other buildings. They are trained at the barracks during the Ancient, Classical and Feudal age, at a recruitment office during the Renaissance and Imperial age, and at an army fort during the Industrial, Modern and Future age. Military units have variating speed, attack and defense power, training time and upkeep. The 8Realms team also hinted at hidden stats, which are not shown to prevent players from complete mastering combat.

Unit speed defines which units will be hit first (the fastest units will take the damage before the slower ones) and how fast your army reaches a tile (the slowest unit decides the time), and can be improved by research, wonders or by building a lookout post (which can be upgraded to a watchtower in the Imperial and a aerodrome in the Modern age).

Attack and defense power tell you how strong your unit is against different kinds of units. Higher attack means more damage, and higher defense means more sustainability. These can be increased by research and wonders. More attack and defense usually means more upkeep.

Training time is the time it takes to train a single unit. Having more than one training facility can affect the training time for all units, as can some wonders and research.

Unit upkeep tells you how much food, gold, and in the later ages oil is needed to maintain a single unit. Without food or gold, you will lose your units, and without oil unit will no longer march or even fire. Upkeep can be reduced through research and wonders. It is very import to always have sufficient gold, food and oil for your units.

There are 6 kinds of units. All units require a blacksmith or gunsmith and a training yard or academy when the building is available. The unit kinds are:

Foot soldiers, who do melee infantry damage and need to reach the opponent before they can deal damage. Your first units will be of this kind. They require no additional buildings. After the Feudal age, there are no more new foot soldiers.

Ranged units, who do ranged infantry damage and will directly start to fire. These are essential in every army, especially in early ages because of their big advantage over melee units. They require no additional buildings. Their first appearance is in the Classical age.

Mounted units, who do melee or ranged infantry damage depending on the unit. They are almost always the fastest units. They require a stable to be trained. Their first appearance is in the Classical age. After the Imperial age, there are no more new Mounted Units.

Artillery units, which do ranged vehicle damage and will be doing major damage, but they have minor defense and are very slow. They require an armoury and from the Imperial age onward a factory instead of an academy to be build. Their first appearance is in the Classical age.

Vehicles, which do ranged vehicle damage and replace mounted units in the Industrial age and onwards. They require an armoury, a stable (or vehicle bay) instead of gunsmith and a factory instead of a academy to be build.

Air units, which do air damage, but cannot hold a tile alone.

Warning: You may only build military units in your age and one age back. (eg. once you reach Feudal, you will no longer be able to make Spearmen or Gielinor Warriors.)

If you wish to edit the values in the following table, please make sure that you insert the "base" values, meaning that it is not improved by any bonuses as noted above.

Military Resource Requirements Table

Ancient

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost		Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Spearmen	10	10	0	5	00:14	1	1	5.3	25	1-1-0	3-2-1	Barracks 1
Gielinor Warriors1	20	15	0	5	00:14	2	2	6.8	20	3-1-0	2-2-1	Barracks 3

¹ Only accessible if this game is played via the Beta key given through email.

Classical

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost		Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Archers	20	10	5	0	00:14	3	3	13.8	20	3-2-0	1-1-1	Barracks 3
Swordsmen	20	0	20	0	00:14	3	2	9.3	30	4-2-0	3-2-1	Barracks 3, Blacksmith 1
Scouts	40	10	10	0	00:11	4	2	22.63	40	5-3-0	1-2-1	Stable 1, Barracks 3
Phalanxes	15	10	20	0	00:14	4	4	11.95	15	5-3-0	6-5-1	Barracks 5, Blacksmith 2
Gladii	30	0	10	0	00:14	4	4	14.55	35	6-4-0	3-2-1	Barracks 4, Blacksmith 2
Ballistaes	20	95	50	0	00:51	10	10	26.7	5	10-8-0	1-1-1	Barracks 4, Blacksmith 1, Armoury 1
Knight	40	10	40	0	00:11	8	7	46.65	35	8-6-0	3-4-1	Stable 1, Barracks 3, Blacksmith 2
Re-curve Bowmen	10	20	10	0	00:14	4	2	17.6	25	3-2-0	2-1-1	Barracks 4
Flaming Archer	20	30	5	0	00:14	5	3	22.6	25	4-3-0	2-1-1	Barracks 5, Blacksmith 2
Scorpios	20	70	30	0	00:54	8	8	21.1	10	8-6-0	1-1-1	Barracks 5, Blacksmith 2
Chevaliers	50	10	20	0	00:12	8	7	36.3	50	6-4-0	3-2-1	Stable 2, Barracks 4, Blacksmith 2
Polybolos	20	150	70	0	00:51	12	15	23.8	3	12-10-0	2-2-1	Barracks 6, Blacksmith 3, Armoury 1
Ritters	50	20	50	0	0	10	8	37	30	6-5-0	5-6-1	Stable 3, Barracks 6, Blacksmith 3, Armoury 1

Feudal

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost		Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Horsemen	95	20	60	0	00:21	12	12	89.7	45	18-16-0	16-14-1	Training Yard 1, Stable 3, Barracks 6, Blacksmith 3
Crusaders	95	20	60	0	00:23	16	18	91.2	45	16-20-0	12-18-1	Barracks ?, Stable 4, Blacksmith 4, Training Yard 3
Templars	95	40	60	0	00:23	14	14	98	40	20-17-0	15-13-1	Barracks 9, Stable 5, Blacksmith 5, Training Yard 4
Catapults	95	120	80	0	04:15	20	25	64.4	10	22-20-0	3-3-1	Training Yard 2, Barracks 6, Armoury 2
Mangonels	95	120	80	0	04:43	15	20	56	15	18-18-0	2-2-1	Barracks ?, Armoury 2, Training Yard 3
Onagers	95	120	80	0	04:43	28	35	78	5	25-25-0	3-3-1	Barracks ?, Armoury 3, Training Yard 4
Longbowmen	30	50	15	0	00:25	6	7	65.4	30	14-10-0	9-7-1	Training Yard 1, Barracks 6
Agincourt Bowmen	40	60	10	0	00:24	6	8	56.8	35	12-9-0	13-12-1	Training Yard 2, Barracks 7
Master Archers	60	60	30	0	00:27	8	20	77.5	30	15-15-0	10-10-1	Training Yard 4, Barracks 9
Pikemen	30	30	30	0	00:25	5	8	38.6	30	15-14-0	12-11-1	Training Yard 1, Barracks 6, Blacksmith 3
Halberdiers	40	20	50	0	00:26	6	7	33.4	25	13-12-0	16-14-1	Training Yard 2, Barracks 7, Blacksmith 3
Pollaxers	30	30	10	0	00:26	5	10	44.1	40	18-13-0	9-8-1	Training Yard 3, Barracks 8, Blacksmith 4

Renaissance

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost		Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Honour Corpsmen	220	80	100	0	01:04	32	32	189	60	40-30-0	30-30-2	Recruitment Office 3, Training Yard 8, Stable 7
Explorers	180	30	60	0	00:46	20	25	141	65	30-22-0	22-20-2	Recruitment Office 1, Training Yard 4, Stable 5
Gendarmes	200	0	70	0	00:40	24	30	128	80	27-20-0	20-18-2	Recruitment Office 2, Training Yard 6, Stable 6
Demi-Lancers	220	70	90	0	01:21	32	37	168	45	35-28-0	25-23-2	Recruitment Office 3, Training Yard 8, Stable 7
Crossbowmen	60	60	50	0	00:57	12	15	125.9	35	26-21-2	17-15-2	Recruitment Office 1, Training Yard 4, Blacksmith 5
Arbalests	50	50	50	0	00:58	13	25	124	40	25-22-3	15-15-2	Recruitment Office 2, Training Yard 5, Blacksmith 6
Repeating Crossbowmen	70	70	70	0	00:57	12	25	143	30	29-25-3	16-14-2	Recruitment Office 3, Training Yard 7, Blacksmith 7
Matchlock Gunner	100	100	100	0	00:57	20	30	172	30	35-30-5	20-18-3	Recruitment Office ?, Training Yard 8, Blacksmith 7
Trebuchets	250	200	70	200	09:05	35	40	106	12	37-32-3	5-5-3	Recruitment Office 2, Training Yard 4, Armoury 3
Couillards	200	160	70	0	9:25	28 ±1	30 ±1	91	18	32-26-5	3-3-3	Foundry 1, Armoury 3, Training Yard 6, Recruitment Office ?
Firebrands	300	200	70	0	9:25	49 ±2	51 ±2	126	7	42-38-5	6-6-3	Recruitment Office 3, Training Yard 8, Armoury 4, Foundry 2
Steyr Bombard	250	200	150	0	09:25	30	40	139	10	45-40-8	10-10-5	Recruitment Office ?, Training Yard 8, Armoury 4
Flying Machine2	120	60	200	0	09:50	48	50	134.8	70	30-25-10	5-5-3	Recruitment Office 1, Foundry 1, Armory 3, Training Yard 6
Bombadiers3	120	200	60	0	04:50	15	70	176.0	50	35-32-6	25-22-4	Recruitment Office 1, Training Yard 6, Armoury 3, Foundry 1

² Unlocked via the Leonardo's Workshop Wonder.
³ Unlocked via the Gunpowder Wonder.

Imperial

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost		Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Musketeers	90	60	0	30	01:51	13	25	193	50	40-32-5	25-22-4	Recruitment Office ?, Academy 1, Gunsmith 1
Grenadiers	95	80	0	70	?	12?	20	?	60	43-38-2	20-18-3	Gunsmith 3, Academy 3
Redcoats	80	70	0	30	1:42	13	21	172	55	35-30-6	25-22-5	?
Cavalrymen	200	90	0	60	01:19	30	10	221	80	45-38-6	33-30-4	Recruitment Office ?, Academy 1, Gunsmith 1, Stable 8
Dragoons	220	95	0	50	1:16	24	33	210	75	43-36-6	35-33-5	Stable 9 Gunsmith 2 Academy 2
Hussars	240	70	0	20	1:16	23	49	198	95	40-35-2	30-25-6	Stable 10 Gunsmith 3 Academy 3
Cannons	300	90	0	95	12:55	34	68	154	15	50-45-8	8-8-7	Armory 4 Factory 1 Gunsmith 2
Long Guns	300	95	0	130	12:57	40	93	179.5	10	58-52-10	12-12-8	Gunsmith 3, Armoury 5, Recruitment Office 8
Falconets	250	70	0	90	12:55	27	59	132	24	45-40-5	6-6-7	Armoury 4

Industrial

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost			Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Riflemen	95	90	60	0	03:36	25	40	0	241.56	60	50-40-7	36-30-5	Army Fort 1, Academy 4, Gunsmith 4
Marksmen	95	90	0	90	03:35	28	56	0	265	30	60-30-11	25-20-2	Army Fort 3 Gunsmith 5 Academy 5
Commandos	95	90	60	0	03:35	19	35	0	256	65	52-45-8	45-40-8	Army Fort 4, Academy 7, Gunsmith 7
Artillery	400	200	0	75	10:45	0	80	34	183.9	17	70-50-10	15-15-5	Army Fort 1, Gunsmith 5, Factory 4, Armoury 5
Field Gun	400	200	?	50	?	0	67	31	?	17	80-50-5	36-30-5	Army Fort ?, Gunsmith 7, Factory 6, Armoury 7
Howitzers	300	150	56	52	?	0	67	34	?	15	70-70-15	15-20-7	Army Fort 4, Gunsmith 6, Factory 5, Armoury 6

Modern

Future

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost			Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Infantrymen	150	95	70	?	?	21	52	0	417	75	75-52-15	55-45-20	Army Fort ?, Academy 8, Gunsmith 8
Panzergrenadiers	150	120	90		?	19	49	0	413	70	65-70-10	50-55-10	Army Fort ?, Academy 9, Gunsmith 9
Marines	?	?	?	?	?	23	59	0	413	80	70-55-15	60-45-20	Army Fort ?, Academy ?, Gunsmith ?
Fighters	200	200	300	300	9:45	0	132	79	515.75	150	30-55-90	30-30-60	Aerodrome 1, Vehicle Bay 1, Factory 7
Bombers	200	?	?	?	?	0	138	84	?	130	95-110-40	30-30-25	Aerodrome ?, Vehicle Bay ?, Factory ?
Attack Choppers	?	?	?	?	?	?	145	92	?	120	90-120-40	50-50-35	Aerodrome ?, Vehicle Bay ?, Factory ?
Tanks	600	500	200	25	?	0	79	39	?	90	80-75-25	65-65-30	Armoury 8, Factory 7, Vehicle Bay 1
Tank Hunters	?	?	?	?	?	0	99	39	?	85	50-120-15	65-75-30	?
Infantry Fighting Vehicles	?	?	?	?	?	0	82	33	?	95	95-55-40	65-50-40	?
Rocket Artillary	?	?	?	?	?	0	118	66	?	20	85-80-40	22-20-15	?
Flak Cannons	?	?	?	?	?	0	99	52	?	18	40-70-90	25-25-40	?
Nebelwerfer	?	?	?	?	?	0	105	58	?	25	95-55-15	20-15-10	?

Military Unit	Training Requirements					Upkeep Cost			Military Specifications				Buildings Required
Interceptors	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
NGAD	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
VTOL	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?