Castle

Fully built Castle, as seen on the adventure map Fully built Castle, as seen on the adventure map. (Horn of the Abyss)	Towns
	Castle
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove

Castle is a good alignment town with the knight and cleric hero classes. Castle represents Erathia.

"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." ^{RoE manual}

Castle's native terrain is grass.

Buildings

Castle buiding tree

Fully upgraded Castle

Building Category	Cost
Common	45     40         37000
Mage Guild	20   18   20   18   18   18   5000
Dwellings	47   24   52   24   29   24   61500
Unique	35     10         7500
Total Building Cost:	147   42   122   42   47   42   111000
Troop Cost / Week:	29580 , 6

Common Buildings and Mage Guild

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
	Village Hall (existing)		Fort   20     20         5000		Tavern   5             500		Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
	Town Hall       2500		Citadel       5         2500		Marketplace   5             500		Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
	City Hall       5000		Castle   10     10         5000		Resource Silo (1 , 1 )       5         5000		Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
	Capitol       10000				Blacksmith   5             1000		Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	20   18   20   18   18   18   5000

Creature Dwellings

Structure	Base Cost	Upgrade Cost	Creature	Max Grw	Upg Cr Cost	Cost/ Week
Guardhouse	10         500	5         1000	Pikeman  Halberdier	28	75	2100
Archers' Tower	5     5         1000	5     5         1000	Archer  Marksman	18	150	2700
Griffin Tower	5         1000	5         1000	Griffin  Royal Griffin	17	240	4080
Barracks	5         2000	5     5     2000	Swordsman  Crusader	8	400	3200
Monastery	5   2   5   2   2   2   3000	2   2   2   2   2   2   1000	Monk  Zealot	6	450	2700
Training Grounds	20             5000	10             3000	Cavalier  Champion	4	1200	4800
Portal of Glory	10     10   10   10   20000	10     10   10   10   20000	Angel  Archangel	2	5000 3	10000 6
Total Dwelling Cost:	47   24   52   24   29   24   61500		Weekly Troop Cost:			29580 6

Unique Buildings

• Brotherhood of the Sword - (Unique building, gives +2 morale for a hero defending against a siege)
• Griffin Bastion - (Griffin Horde building, +3/week)
• Lighthouse - (Unique building. Gives +500 movement points for heroes travelling on water with a boat. The effect is cumulative. Doesn't boost enemies in Horn of the Abyss )
• Shipyard - (Allows to build boats. Can only be built if town is adjacent to water)
• Stables - (Unique building, gives visiting heroes +400 movement points per day for the rest of the week)
• Colossus - (Grail building. Gives +2 morale to all player's heroes in addition to standard +5000 per day and +50% creature growth)

Heroes

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Castle heroes (Shadow of Death)
Name	Class		Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Christian	Knight		Ballista		Basic Leadership		Basic Artillery
Edric	Knight		Griffins		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Orrin	Knight		Archery		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Sorsha	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Sylvia	Knight		Navigation		Basic Leadership		Basic Navigation
Tyris	Knight		Cavaliers		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Valeska	Knight		Archers		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Catherine	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Lord Haart	Knight		Estates		Basic Leadership		Basic Estates
Roland	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Sir Mullich	Knight		Speed		Advanced Leadership
Adela	Cleric		Bless		Basic Wisdom		Basic Diplomacy		Bless
Adelaide	Cleric		Frost Ring		Advanced Wisdom				Frost Ring
Caitlin	Cleric		Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Cure
Cuthbert	Cleric		Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Estates		Weakness
Ingham	Cleric		Monks		Basic Wisdom		Basic Mysticism		Curse
Loynis	Cleric		Prayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Prayer
Rion	Cleric		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Stone Skin
Sanya	Cleric		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Dispel

Castle heroes (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Class		Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Christian	Knight		Ballista		Basic Leadership		Basic Artillery
Edric	Knight		Griffins		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Orrin	Knight		Archery		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Sorsha	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Sylvia	Knight		Navigation		Basic Leadership		Basic Navigation
Tyris	Knight		Cavaliers		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Valeska	Knight		Archers		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Catherine	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Lord Haart	Knight		Estates		Basic Leadership		Basic Estates
Roland	Knight		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Sir Mullich	Knight		Speed		Advanced Leadership
Adela	Cleric		Bless		Basic Wisdom		Basic Diplomacy		Bless
Adelaide	Cleric		Frost Ring		Advanced Wisdom				Frost Ring
Caitlin	Cleric		Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Cure
Cuthbert	Cleric		Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Estates		Weakness
Ingham	Cleric		Monks		Basic Wisdom		Basic Mysticism		Curse
Loynis	Cleric		Prayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Prayer
Rion	Cleric		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Stone Skin
Sanya	Cleric		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Dispel
Beatrice	Knight		Scouting		Basic Leadership		Basic Scouting

Banned secondary skills

Some skills are not available for certain hero classes, which means they can only acquire them from Scholars, Witch Huts (except for Necromancy and Leadership, if not allowed by a map-maker), Seer's Huts, Events or Pandora's Boxes.

Necromancy is not available for knights.

Necromancy and Interference  are not available for clerics.

Creatures

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Castle creatures (Shadow of Death)
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	D-	D+	HP	Spd	Grw	Val	Cost		Special
Pikeman		1	4	5	1	3	10	4	14	80	60		Immune to jousting
Halberdier		1+	6	5	2	3	10	5	14	115	75		Immune to jousting
Archer		2	6	3	2	3	10	4	9	126	100		Ranged (12 shots)
Marksman		2+	6	3	2	3	10	6	9	184	150		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Griffin		3	8	8	3	6	25	6	7	351	200		Flying, Two retaliations
Royal Griffin		3+	9	9	3	6	25	9	7	448	240		Flying, Unlimited retaliations
Swordsman		4	10	12	6	9	35	5	4	445	300
Crusader		4+	12	12	7	10	35	6	4	588	400		Double attack
Monk		5	12	7	10	12	30	5	3	485	400		Ranged (12 shots)
Zealot		5+	12	10	10	12	30	7	3	750	450		Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty
Cavalier		6	15	15	15	25	100	7	2	1946	1000		Jousting
Champion		6+	16	16	20	25	100	9	2	2100	1200		Jousting
Angel		7	20	20	50	50	200	12	1	5019	3000	, 1	Flying, Hates Devils and Arch Devils, Morale +1 to the whole army
Archangel		7+	30	30	50	50	250	18	1	8776	5000	, 3	Flying, Hates Devils and Arch Devils, Resurrection, Morale +1 to the whole army

Castle creatures (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	D-	D+	HP	Spd	Grw	Val	Cost		Special
Pikeman		1	4	5	1	3	10	4	14	80	60		Immune to jousting
Halberdier		1+	6	5	2	3	10	5	14	115	75		Immune to jousting
Archer		2	6	3	2	3	10	4	9	126	100		Ranged (12 shots)
Marksman		2+	6	3	2	3	10	6	9	184	150		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Griffin		3	8	8	3	6	25	6	7	351	200		Flying, Two retaliations
Royal Griffin		3+	9	9	3	6	25	9	7	448	240		Flying, Unlimited retaliations
Swordsman		4	10	12	6	9	35	5	4	445	300
Crusader		4+	12	12	7	10	35	6	4	588	400		Double attack
Monk		5	12	7	10	12	30	5	3	582	400		Ranged (12 shots)
Zealot		5+	12	10	10	12	30	7	3	750	450		Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty
Cavalier		6	15	15	15	25	100	7	2	1946	1000		Jousting
Champion		6+	16	16	20	25	100	9	2	2100	1200		Jousting
Angel		7	20	20	50	50	200	12	1	5019	3000	, 1	Flying, Hates Devils, Morale +1
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.

User commentary

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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. Strategy Guide for Castle from Jolly Joker on Celestial Heavens 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.

See also

• List of creatures
• List of creatures (HotA)
• List of heroes
• List of heroes (HotA)