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Archers 560

Archery is the art, sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus for bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. A person who participates [URL=/help/unit/infantry:archer][…][/URL]

Ag / St. Skills: Ranged Combat 5/lvl, Melee Combat 2/lvl, Occupation 1/lvl, Looting 1/lvl.

Arquebusiers 3150

An arquebusier is a type of infantry soldier who operates an arquebus, an early firearm with limited range, a precursor to the musket. Arquebusiers are often used in formations to deliver volleys of gunfire [URL=/help/unit/infantry:arquebus][…][/URL]

Ag. Skills: Ranged Combat 4/lvl, Melee Combat 2/lvl, Occupation 1/lvl, Looting 1/lvl.

Coutiliers 845

The coutilier, also known as coustillier or coustilleux in French, is an infantryman armed with a lance and a short sword (a "couteau"), suitable for dispatching the wounded who are not worth a ransom [URL=/help/unit/infantry:coutil][…][/URL]

St / Ag. Skills: Melee Combat 4/lvl, Polearms 3/lvl, Looting 3/lvl, Occupation 1/lvl.

Crossbowmen 760

A crossbowman is an individual carrying a crossbow as a ranged weapon. Crossbows are notoriously easy to use, accurate and easy to reload for an untrained person. Their best use is during sieges where [URL=/help/unit/infantry:cbowman][…][/URL]

Ag / Co. Skills: Ranged Combat 4/lvl, Melee Combat 2/lvl, Occupation 1/lvl, Looting 1/lvl.

Crown Musketeers 50

Veterans of the High Crown’s armies, the Crown Musketeers form an elite corps combining discipline, precision, and pageantry. Armed with muskets and sabres, clad in polished breastplates and crested [URL=/help/unit/infantry:hcmusket][…][/URL]

Ag / St. Skills: Ranged Combat 5/lvl, Melee Combat 5/lvl, Polearms 4/lvl, Occupation 4/lvl.

Dragoons 5065

Dragoons are mounted infantry who travel on horseback but fight on foot. Equipped with muskets and short swords, they use their horses solely for rapid movement, allowing them to seize ground, reinforce [URL=/help/unit/infantry:dragoon][…][/URL]

Ag / St. Skills: Ranged Combat 4/lvl, Melee Combat 3/lvl, Occupation 3/lvl, Polearms 1/lvl.

Fusiliers 55

Infantry equipped with fusils, light flintlock firearms that are easier to carry and reload than heavy muskets. Fusiliers excel in mobile line combat, advancing or repositioning quickly while maintaining [URL=/help/unit/infantry:fusilier][…][/URL]

Ag. Skills: Ranged Combat 4/lvl, Polearms 4/lvl, Occupation 2/lvl, Melee Combat 1/lvl.

Grenadiers 61

Grenadiers are assault infantry trained to use hand grenades in close combat. They advance at the front of an attack, throwing grenades to break formations, clear trenches, and open room for infantry to [URL=/help/unit/infantry:grenad][…][/URL]

In / Ag. Skills: Explosion 4/lvl, Ranged Combat 3/lvl, Polearms 3/lvl, Occupation 2/lvl, Melee Combat 1/lvl.

Halberdiers 1460

A halberdier is the epitome of weaponized multitasking. They are the ultimate problem solvers, capable of chopping, poking, and even giving armoured knights an unexpected fashion makeover. Need to reach [URL=/help/unit/infantry:halberd][…][/URL]

St / Co. Skills: Polearms 3/lvl, Melee Combat 3/lvl, Occupation 2/lvl, Looting 1/lvl.

Janissaries 3578

Janissaries are elite infantry drawn from devoted and highly trained soldiers who serve as the disciplined core of the army. They fight in organised ranks, armed with muskets for decisive volleys and scimitars [URL=/help/unit/infantry:janissar][…][/URL]

Ag / St. Skills: Melee Combat 4/lvl, Ranged Combat 4/lvl, Occupation 3/lvl, Prayer 2/lvl, Polearms 1/lvl.

Landsknechte 2560

Landsknechts are mercenaries who have gained a significant reputation for their effectiveness as well as their brutality. They often behave as soldiers of fortune, as plundering marauders driven by greed, [URL=/help/unit/infantry:lknecht][…][/URL]

St / Co. Skills: Polearms 4/lvl, Looting 4/lvl, Occupation 4/lvl, Melee Combat 3/lvl, Ranged Combat 3/lvl.

Longbowmen 960

The longbow is an evolution of the bow. It is a very powerful bow, about six feet long, very used both for hunting and warfare. The shooting rate is much higher than that of crossbows. The opponent is [URL=/help/unit/infantry:lbowman][…][/URL]

Ag / St. Skills: Ranged Combat 5/lvl, Melee Combat 2/lvl, Occupation 1/lvl.

Monk-soldiers 850

A monk-soldier is the expression consecrated to designate the friar of the military and hospital orders. The term monk-soldiers is commonly used to describe the Templars. It is as singular as it is astonishing [URL=/help/unit/infantry:msoldier][…][/URL]

Wi / St. Skills: Melee Combat 4/lvl, Ranged Combat 3/lvl, Occupation 3/lvl, Prayer 2/lvl, Polearms 1/lvl, Horse Training 1/lvl.

Musketeers 4065

Musketeers are distinguished by their use of muskets, which are capable of firing bullets with greater accuracy and range compared to earlier firearms like the arquebus. These soldiers are typically part [URL=/help/unit/infantry:musket][…][/URL]

Ag / St. Skills: Ranged Combat 4/lvl, Melee Combat 3/lvl, Occupation 3/lvl, Polearms 1/lvl.

Paladins 25

Clad in gleaming armour and guided by unwavering faith, Paladins are the sacred warriors of the Radiant Order. They are not merely soldiers, but living symbols of virtue, justice, and divine light. Trained [URL=/help/unit/infantry:paladin][…][/URL]

St / Wi / Ch. Skills: Melee Combat 5/lvl, Occupation 4/lvl, Prayer 3/lvl, Polearms 2/lvl.

Petardiers 4065

Petardiers operate in small, disciplined teams trained to approach enemy gates under covering fire, set a heavy petard against the timbers or masonry, light the fuse and withdraw. A successful detonation [URL=/help/unit/infantry:petard][…][/URL]

Ag / In. Skills: Destruction 5/lvl, Melee Combat 1/lvl.

Pikemen 665

Pikemen are the defenders of personal space, armed with long spears and stern expression. With unwavering discipline, they protect their comrades and maintain order on the battlefield. Their imposing presence [URL=/help/unit/infantry:pikeman][…][/URL]

St / Co. Skills: Polearms 5/lvl, Melee Combat 3/lvl, Occupation 2/lvl, Looting 1/lvl.

Swordsmen 744

A swordman is originally a man who fights with a sword for his glory, a fencer who searches for duels. Technically, as a military unit, a swordsman is a knight without a horse. [URL=/help/unit/infantry:swrdsman][…][/URL]

St / Ag / Co. Skills: Melee Combat 5/lvl, Occupation 3/lvl, Looting 1/lvl.

Volunteers 65

Volunteers are civilian infantry raised from the population of towns and rural domains, serving as a standing force once the age of feudal levies and medieval militias has passed. They are not elite soldiers, [URL=/help/unit/infantry:volnteer][…][/URL]

Ag / St. Skills: Ranged Combat 3/lvl, Polearms 2/lvl, Occupation 2/lvl, Melee Combat 1/lvl.