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This article refers to the town. For the town structure named Castle, see Fortifications.

Fully upgraded Castle (HotA)

Castle is a Good alignment town, home to the Knight and Cleric hero classes.

Castle represents Erathia.

The native terrain of Castle is Grass.

"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." Restoration of Erathia Manual

Castle Buildings[edit | hide]

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Castle Building Tree
Building Category
Cost Horn of the Abyss
Common Buildings

37000

45

40

-

-

-

-

Mage Guild

5000

20

20

18

18

18

18

Dwellings

61500

47

52

24

24

29

24

Unique Buildings

7500

35

10

-

-

-

-

Total Building Cost

111000

147

122

42

42

47

42

Weekly Troop Cost

29580

-

-

-

-

-

6

Common Buildings[edit | hide]

Halls
Village Hall

-

Town Hall

2500

City Hall

5000

Capitol

10000

Fortifications
Fort

5000

20

20

Citadel

2500

-

5

Castle

5000

10

10

Miscellaneous Buildings
Tavern

500

5

-

Marketplace

500

5

-

Resource Silo

5000

-

5

Blacksmith

1000

5

-

Mage Guild
Mage Guild Level 1

2000

5

-

Mage Guild Level 2

1000

5

4

Mage Guild Level 3

1000

5

6

Mage Guild Level 4

1000

5

8

Banned Spells

Creature Dwellings[edit | hide]

Building
Cost Horn of the Abyss
Creature
Max/Wk
Cost/Wk
Guardhouse
Upg. Guardhouse
Archers' Tower
Upg. Archers' Tower
Griffin Tower
Upg. Griffin Tower
Barracks
Upg. Barracks
Monastery
Upg. Monastery
Training Grounds
Upg. Training Grounds
Portal of Glory
Upg. Portal of Glory

500

-

10

-

-

-

-

1000

-

5

-

-

-

-

1000

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

5

5

-

-

-

-

1000

-

5

-

-

-

-

1000

-

5

-

-

-

-

2000

-

5

-

-

-

-

2000

-

5

-

-

5

-

3000

5

5

2

2

2

2

1000

2

2

2

2

2

2

5000

20

-

-

-

-

-

3000

10

-

-

-

-

-

20000

-

-

10

10

10

10

20000

-

-

10

10

10

10

28
18
17
8
6
4
2
1680
2100
1800
2700
3400
4080
2400
3200
2400
2700
4000
4800
6000
3
10000
6

Unique Buildings[edit | hide]

Building
Cost Horn of the Abyss
Description
Brotherhood of the Sword
Shipyard
Lighthouse
Stables
Griffin Bastion
Colossus

500

5

-

-

-

-

-

2000

20

-

-

-

-

-

2000

-

10

-

-

-

-

2000

10

-

-

-

-

-

1000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gives a garrisoned hero +2 Morale while defending in siege combat.
Allows the player to purchase boats if the town is next to water.
Gives all allied heroes +500 movement while at sea. Effect is cumulative.
Gives visiting allied heroes +300 Horn of the Abyss movement until the end of the week.
Horde Building. +3 Griffin and Royal Griffin growth per week.
Grail Structure. +5000 Gold/day. +50% creature growth. Gives all allied heroes +2 Morale.

Heroes[edit | hide]

Name Class Expansion Source Specialty Skill 1 Skill 2 Spell
Orrin Orrin    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Archery Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Archery  Basic Archery  
Valeska Valeska    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Archers Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Archery  Basic Archery  
Edric Edric    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Griffins Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Armorer  Basic Armorer  
Sylvia Sylvia    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Navigation Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Navigation  Basic Navigation 
Beatrice Beatrice    Knight Knight   4 - Horn of the Abyss  Scouting Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Scouting  Basic Scouting  
Lord Haart Lord Haart    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Estates Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Estates  Basic Estates  
Sorsha Sorsha    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Swordsmen Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Offense  Basic Offense  
Christian Christian    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Ballista Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Artillery  Basic Artillery  
Tyris Tyris    Knight Knight   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Cavaliers Basic Leadership  Basic Leadership   Basic Tactics  Basic Tactics  
Sir Mullich Sir Mullich Horn of the Abyss (Campaign/Custom)   Knight Knight   2 - Armageddon's Blade  Speed Advanced Leadership  Advanced Leadership   
Adela Adela    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Bless Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Diplomacy  Basic Diplomacy    Bless 
Cuthbert Cuthbert    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Weakness Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Estates  Basic Estates    Weakness 
Adelaide Adelaide    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Frost Ring Advanced Wisdom  Advanced Wisdom      Frost Ring 
Ingham Ingham    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Monks Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Mysticism  Basic Mysticism    Curse 
Sanya Sanya    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Eagle Eye Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Eagle Eye  Basic Eagle Eye    Dispel 
Loynis Loynis    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Prayer Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Learning  Basic Learning    Prayer 
Caitlin Caitlin    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  Gold Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic Intelligence  Basic Intelligence   Cure 
Rion Rion    Cleric Cleric   1 - Restoration of Erathia  First Aid Basic Wisdom  Basic Wisdom   Basic First Aid  Basic First Aid    Stone Skin 

Creatures[edit | hide]

 Name   Town   Lvl   Att   Def   Dmg-   Dmg+   HP   Spd   Grw   AI Val   Cost   Special 














Pikeman Pikeman   1 4 5 1 3 10 4 14 80 60 Gold   Immune to jousting 
Halberdier Halberdier   1+ 6 5 2 3 10 5 14 115 75 Gold   Immune to jousting 
Archer Archer   2 6 3 2 3 10 4 9 126 100 Gold   Ranged (12 shots) 
Marksman Marksman   2+ 6 3 2 3 10 6 9 184 150 Gold   Ranged (24 shots), Double attack 
Griffin Griffin   3 8 8 3 6 25 6 7 351 200 Gold   Flying, Two retaliations 
Royal Griffin Royal Griffin   3+ 9 9 3 6 25 9 7 448 240 Gold   Flying, Unlimited retaliations 
Swordsman Swordsman   4 10 12 6 9 35 5 4 445 300 Gold    
Crusader Crusader   4+ 12 12 7 10 35 6 4 588 400 Gold   Double attack 
Monk Monk   5 12 7 10 12 30 5 3 582 Horn of the Abyss 400 Gold   Ranged (12 shots) 
Zealot Zealot   5+ 12 10 10 12 30 7 3 750 450 Gold   Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty 
Cavalier Cavalier   6 15 15 15 25 100 7 2 1946 1000 Gold   Jousting 
Champion Champion   6+ 16 16 20 25 100 9 2 2100 1200 Gold   Jousting 
Angel Angel   7 20 20 50 50 200 12 1 5019 3000 Gold 1 Gem   Flying, Hates Devils , Morale +1
Archangel Archangel   7+ 30 30 50 50 250 18 1 8776 5000 Gold 3 Gem   Flying, Hates Devils, Resurrection, Morale +1 

Town Names[edit | hide]

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.

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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.
  • 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.

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 Wood.
  • 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[edit | hide]
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