Rampart

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

Rampart is a good alignment town with the ranger and druid hero classes. Rampart represents AvLee.

"The Druid and Ranger hero classes are native to Ramparts, which are built by creatures in allied defense of the unspoiled wilderness regions of Erathia. With two slow unit types, Dwarves and Dendroids, Rampart armies may be best suited to defensive tactics. Most of these creatures, however, have enemy hampering abilities that can be used to turn the tide against many opponents — especially those dependent on magical attacks." ^{RoE manual}

Rampart's native terrain is grass.

Rampart creature dwellings

• Centaur Stables
• Dwarf Cottage
• Homestead
• Enchanted Spring
• Dendroid Arches
• Unicorn Glade
• Dragon Cliffs

Rampart specific buildings

• Dendroid Saplings - (Dendroid horde building, +2/week)
• Treasury - (unique building, increases the amount of gold you have at the beginning of each week by 10%)
• Fountain of Fortune - (unique building, +2 luck to garrisoned heroes)
• Miners' Guild - (Dwarf horde building, +4/week)
• Mystic Pond - (unique building, produces 1–4 of a random resource except gold on the first day of every week)
• Spirit Guardian - (Grail building for the Rampart, +2 luck of all own heroes on the map, 5000 gold each day, 50% additional creature growth)

Rampart building tree

Fully upgraded Rampart

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	35000	31000	109000
	50	25	127
	60	35	142
	34	31	95
	14	11	45
	4	6	30
	4	6	30
Troop cost/week:		26620 + 4

Common buildings

Halls		Fortifications		Tavern, Marketplace & Resource Silo		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
	Village Hall		Fort		Tavern		Mage Guild level 1
	Town Hall		Citadel		Marketplace		Mage Guild level 2
	City Hall		Castle		Resource Silo Produces +1		Mage Guild level 3
	Capitol				Blacksmith		Mage Guild level 4
							Mage Guild level 5

Heroes

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Rampart heroes (Shadow of Death)
Name	Class		Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Clancy	Ranger		Unicorns		Basic Resistance		Basic Pathfinding
Ivor	Ranger		Elves		Basic Archery		Basic Offense
Jenova	Ranger		Gold		Advanced Archery
Kyrre	Ranger		Logistics		Basic Archery		Basic Logistics
Mephala	Ranger		Armorer		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Ryland	Ranger		Dendroids		Basic Leadership		Basic Diplomacy
Thorgrim	Ranger		Resistance		Advanced Resistance
Ufretin	Ranger		Dwarves		Basic Resistance		Basic Luck
Gelu	Ranger		Sharpshooters		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Aeris	Druid		Pegasi		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scouting		Protection from Air
Alagar	Druid		Ice Bolt		Basic Wisdom		Basic Sorcery		Ice Bolt
Coronius	Druid		Slayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scholar		Slayer
Elleshar	Druid		Intelligence		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Curse
Gem	Druid		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Summon Boat
Malcom	Druid		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Magic Arrow
Melodia	Druid		Fortune		Basic Wisdom		Basic Luck		Fortune
Uland	Druid		Cure		Advanced Wisdom		Basic Ballistics		Cure

Rampart heroes (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Class		Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Clancy	Ranger		Unicorns		Basic Interference		Basic Pathfinding
Ivor	Ranger		Elves		Basic Archery		Basic Offense
Jenova	Ranger		Gold		Advanced Archery
Kyrre	Ranger		Logistics		Basic Archery		Basic Logistics
Mephala	Ranger		Armorer		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Ryland	Ranger		Dendroids		Basic Leadership		Basic Diplomacy
Thorgrim	Ranger		Resistance		Advanced Resistance
Ufretin	Ranger		Dwarves		Basic Interference		Basic Luck
Gelu	Ranger		Sharpshooters		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Aeris	Druid		Pegasi		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scouting		Protection from Air
Alagar	Druid		Ice Bolt		Basic Wisdom		Basic Sorcery		Ice Bolt
Coronius	Druid		Slayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Scholar		Slayer
Elleshar	Druid		Intelligence		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Curse
Gem	Druid		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Summon Boat
Malcom	Druid		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Magic Arrow
Melodia	Druid		Fortune		Basic Wisdom		Basic Luck		Fortune
Uland	Druid		Cure		Basic Wisdom		Basic Ballistics		Cure
Giselle	Ranger		Interference		Advanced Interference

Notes:

• Gem's starting  Summon Boat is replaced by  Bless on maps without water.
• Thorgrim is banned by default for having Resistance specialty, being replaced with Giselle, as Resistance is also banned by default.

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 and Fire Magic are not available for rangers.

Necromancy and Interference  are not available for druids.

Creatures

Rampart creatures
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	D-	D+	HP	Spd	Grw	Val	Cost		Special
Centaur		1	5	3	2	3	8	6	14	100	70
Centaur Captain		1+	6	3	2	3	10	8	14	138	90
Dwarf		2	6	7	2	4	20	3	8	138	120		Resistance +20%
Battle Dwarf		2+	7	7	2	4	20	5	8	209	150		Resistance +40%
Wood Elf		3	9	5	3	5	15	6	7	234	200		Ranged (24 shots)
Grand Elf		3+	9	5	3	5	15	7	7	331	225		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Pegasus		4	9	8	5	9	30	8	5	518	250		Flying, Magic damper
Silver Pegasus		4+	9	10	5	9	30	12	5	532	275		Flying, Magic damper
Dendroid Guard		5	9	12	10	14	55	3	3	517	350		Binding
Dendroid Soldier		5+	9	12	10	14	65	4	3	803	425		Binding
Unicorn		6	15	14	18	22	90	7	2	1806	850		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
War Unicorn		6+	15	14	18	22	110	9	2	2030	950		Blind, Aura of Resistance +20%
Green Dragon		7	18	18	40	50	180	10	1	4872	2400	, 1	Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-3 lvl spells immunity
Gold Dragon		7+	27	27	40	50	250	16	1	8613	4000	, 2	Dragon, Flying, Breath attack, 1-4 lvl spells immunity

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With two slow creature types, dwarves and dendroids, rampart armies may be best suited to defensive tactics. Most of Rampart creatures, however, have enemy hampering abilities that can be used to turn the tide against many opponents, especially those dependent on magical attacks. Silver Pegasi are among the fastest creatures in the game, which often offers chance to act first in combat. However, they are quite fragile and should be used with caution. Gold Dragons' spell immunity is a double-edged sword, their skills cannot be enhanced but nor can they be diminished. Beware of Green and Gold Dragons' breath attack which can damage your own troops. Having only Gold Dragons in your army and having learnt Armageddon spell somewhere, you may rush through the map with Dragogeddon manoeuvre. Green Dragons cannot be used for Dragogeddon as they are susceptible to 4-5 level spells. Dwarves and Dendroids are tough and useful in shielding Elves (or other shooters). The Grand Elf is a nice shooter, but is often blinded or damaged through spells. Thus, protecting this ranged attacker with Double attack by anti magic spells like Anti-Magic (4th or 5th level spells only, up to spell immunity) or Magic Mirror (20% to 40% chance of reflecting spells back to the enemy and then target a random stack) can be useful. It is beneficial to build and upgrade Homestead prior to all the other dwellings. Defending a town, it is possible to use Dendroids to bind enemies in the moats. Try to build Treasury as soon as possible. Having a Treasury, don't spend money on Days 5-7 if it isn't necessary, and try to sell resources for gold at a Marketplace or Trading Post. You will earn interest when the new week begins. Strategy Guide for Rampart von Jolly Joker on Celestial Heavens Pros Centaurs and Centaur Captains are among the best 1st level creatures. Several Treasuries can become extremely powerful in longer games as every treasury's 10% bonus is cumulative. Grand Elves are fast ranged units that can be acquired early in the game and, what is even more important, shoot twice. Several units with high speed rating can form a very potent force in the late game. Rampart produces the most hit points per week of all towns. Many anti-magic abilities of creatures. This includes Dwarves' resistance, ability of Pegasi to increase cost of a spell casted by the enemy hero, Unicorns' aura of resistance, and finally Green and Gold Dragons' immunity to the majority of spells (Gold Dragons can be part of Dragogeddon). Unicorns are versatile high-level warriors, useful in both attack and defense. After being upgraded, they become one of the fastest creatures unable to fly, and have brilliant health. Moreover, they are very cheap, as Scorpicores and Wyvern Monarchs have higher price and lower stats than War Unicorns (while being quite faster than the latter and able to fly). Cons Only 1 shooter (The Wood Elf/Grand Elf) which is only 3 lvl and has low hit points. Dendroid Guards/Dendroid Soldiers and Dwarves/Battle Dwarves slow armies down. Gold Dragons can not be resurrected, but unlike Black Dragons can be killed by Implosion. Gold Dragons are very fast, but they are immune to Haste and Prayer. Therefore, Necropolis and Fortress have an opportunity to overtake Rampart by top speed since they both have creatures faster than Silver Pegasi. Pegasi are very fragile and not very strong, having the lowest HP among 4th-level melee units and no combat abilities like Crusaders' double attack or Basilisks' petrification. Moreover, their dwelling requires high amount of Crystals, and without it you will never get Unicorns and Dragons. Unlike Dungeon, Rampart cannot have Armageddon in the Mage Guild, decreasing the possibility of Dragogeddon. Moreover, Rangers cannot learn Fire Magic, which disallows them to use Armageddon spell in the most effective way. On the other hand, Prayer spell is allowed in Rampart and banned in Dungeon, and it strongly buffs Green Dragons (but not Gold Dragons). Grass which is Rampart'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)