Castle

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

Fully built Castle as seen on the adventure map in Shadow of Death  Fully built Castle as seen on the adventure map in Horn of the Abyss	Towns
	Castle
	Rampart
	Tower
	Inferno
	Necropolis
	Dungeon
	Stronghold
	Fortress
	Conflux
	Cove
	Factory

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.

Castle creature dwellings

• Guardhouse
• Archers' Tower
• Griffin Tower
• Barracks
• Monastery
• Training Grounds
• Portal of Glory

Castle specific 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)

Castle buiding tree

Fully upgraded Castle

Resource	Basic	Upgrades	All
	46000	29000	110000
	60	17	137
	50	22	122
	12	17	47
	12	12	42
	12	12	42
	12	12	42
Troop cost/week:		29580 + 6

Common buildings

Halls		Fortifications		Miscellaneous		Mage Guilds		Banned spells
Village Hall	Village Hall (existing)	Fort	Fort 20 20 5000	Tavern	Tavern   5             500	Mage Guild level 1	Mage Guild level 1   5     5         2000
File:Town Hall large.gif	Town Hall 2500	Citadel	Citadel 5 2500	Marketplace	Marketplace   5             500	Mage Guild level 2	Mage Guild level 2   5   4   5   4   4   4   1000
City Hall	City Hall 5000	Castle	Castle 10 10 5000	Resource Silo	Resource Silo ()       5         5000	Mage Guild level 3	Mage Guild level 3   5   6   5   6   6   6   1000
Capitol	Capitol 10000			Blacksmith	Blacksmith 5 1000 link={{{smith}}} link={{{smith}}}	Mage Guild level 4	Mage Guild level 4   5   8   5   8   8   8   1000
						Mage Guild level 5	Mage Guild level 5   5   10   5   10   10   10   1000
Total Common Buildings:					45     40         37000	Total Mage Guild:	15   10   15   10   10   10   4000   20   18   20   18   18   18   5000   25   28   25   28   28   28   6000

Heroes

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

Castle heroes (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Class			Specialty		Skill 1		Skill 2		Spell
Christian	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Ballista		Basic Leadership		Basic Artillery
Edric	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Griffins		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Orrin	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Archery		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Sorsha	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Sylvia	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Navigation		Basic Leadership		Basic Navigation
Valeska	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Archers		Basic Leadership		Basic Archery
Tyris	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Cavaliers		Basic Leadership		Basic Tactics
Lord Haart	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Estates		Basic Leadership		Basic Estates
Catherine	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Offense
Roland	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Swordsmen		Basic Leadership		Basic Armorer
Sir Mullich	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Speed		Advanced Leadership
Adela	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Bless		Basic Wisdom		Basic Diplomacy		Bless
Adelaide	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Frost Ring		Advanced Wisdom				Frost Ring
Caitlin	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Gold		Basic Wisdom		Basic Intelligence		Cure
Cuthbert	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Weakness		Basic Wisdom		Basic Estates		Weakness
Ingham	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Monks		Basic Wisdom		Basic Mysticism		Curse
Loynis	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Prayer		Basic Wisdom		Basic Learning		Prayer
Rion	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		First Aid		Basic Wisdom		Basic First Aid		Stone Skin
Sanya	Cleric	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		Eagle Eye		Basic Wisdom		Basic Eagle Eye		Dispel
Beatrice	Knight	{{{{{exp}}} map icon}}		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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+ colspan = 14 style="background-color:#Template:Blue 0; font-size: 120%; color:white; height:28px;" | Castle creatures (Shadow of Death)
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		Immune to jousting
Halberdier  Halberdier		1+	6	5	2	3	10	5	14	115	75		Immune to jousting
Archer  Archer		2	6	3	2	3	10	4	9	126	100		Ranged (12 shots)
Marksman  Marksman		2+	6	3	2	3	10	6	9	184	150		Ranged (24 shots), Double attack
Griffin  Griffin		3	8	8	3	6	25	6	7	351	200		Flying, Two retaliations
Royal Griffin  Royal Griffin		3+	9	9	3	6	25	9	7	448	240		Flying, Unlimited retaliations
Swordsman  Swordsman		4	10	12	6	9	35	5	4	445	300
Crusader  Crusader		4+	12	12	7	10	35	6	4	588	400		Double attack
Monk  Monk		5	12	7	10	12	30	5	3	582 485	400		Ranged (12 shots)
Zealot  Zealot		5+	12	10	10	12	30	7	3	750	450		Ranged (24 shots), No melee penalty
Cavalier  Cavalier		6	15	15	15	25	100	7	2	1946	1000		Jousting
Champion  Champion		6+	16	16	20	25	100	9	2	2100	1200		Jousting
Angel  Angel		7	20	20	50	50	200	12	1	5019	3000	1	Flying, Hates Devils , Morale +1
Archangel  Archangel		7+	30	30	50	50	250	18	1	8776	5000	3	Flying, Hates Devils, Resurrection, Morale +1

+ colspan = 14 style="background-color:#Template:Blue 0; font-size: 120%; color:white; height:28px;" | Castle creatures (Horn of the Abyss)
Name	Town	Lvl	Att	Def	Dmg-	Dmg+	HP	Spd	Grw	AI Val	Cost		Special

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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, without a pond or Tower town with a Resource Silo providing them.
• 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.

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See also

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