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An Army is a large group of soldiers that can be controlled to attack other armies or siege a Holding. Based on its composition an army will be shown having a certain quality.

After an army has completed half of a move order it becomes Movement Locked, meaning that it will not be able to receive orders until it arrives at its destination.

Armies ordered to cross a Sea Zone will embark onto a fleet. Embarking costs Gold proportional to the army size. While embarked army maintenance is raised by +25% and the army will start to lose Supplies after 30 days at sea.

Soldier stats

Each soldier and character that fights has four important stats:

Damage represents how much damage a single soldier is able to inflict on the enemy
Toughness represents how much damage a single soldier can take before being killed or routed
Pursuit increases the amount of damage a single soldier is able to inflict upon the routing opponent
Screen increases the amount of damage a single soldier can take when retreating

Levies

Levies make up the bulk of all armies. They are conscripted peasants that are not very impressive on their own but are used in great numbers to complement more important troops or as a meat shield. A Levy has 10 Damage and Toughness.

Knights

Knights are characters that fight in an army and their combat power is determined by their Prowess skill. Each ruler can only have a small number of Knights. By default Knights are appointed automatically based on their Prowess skill but characters can be manually forced or forbidden to become Knights.

Knights combat stats are based on their Prowess skill. For each point of Prowess Knight receives 100 Damage and 10 Toughness.

If an army loses a Battle each Knight has a 10% chance to be captured and imprisoned and 5% chance to be killed. The chances are increased to 55.3% and 27.6% respectively if the army is defeated in the Early Battle Phase.

Commander

Each army can have one Commander, a character who commands the army and uses its Martial skill to improve an army's Advantage. There are many different Commander traits available, which either have a direct effect on battles or give the Commander bonuses outside of battles.

If an army loses a Battle there is a 10% chance for its Commander to be captured and imprisoned.

Men-at-Arms

Men-at-Arms are trained troops that come in several different regiment types which excel in their given role, all with their own stats and uses. Each type of Men-at-Arms will counter another type, reducing their Damage based on the size of the countering Men-at-Arms. Men-at-Arms regiments are reinforced at a rate of 10% per month. Each realm has a limited number of regiments for Men-at-Arms.

Feudal and Clan Rulers pay for Men-at-Arms with Gold. Tribal Rulers pay twice more with Prestige.

Regular

Regular Men-at-Arms are available to all cultures as long as the other requirements are met.

Regiment	Type	Cost	Soldiers per Size	Damage	Toughness	Pursuit	Screen	Counters	Advantageous terrain	Disadvantageous terrain	Innovation
Bowmen	Archers	75	100	25	10	0	0	Skirmishers	Forest Hills Taiga	None	None
Light Footmen	Skirmishers	50	100	10	16	10	16	Heavy Infantry	Forest Jungle Taiga	None	None
Light Horsemen	Light Cavalry	115	100	30	20	30	30	Archers	Drylands Plains	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains Wetlands	None
Pikemen	Spearmen	100	100	26	24	0	0	Heavy Cavalry Light Cavalry	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	None	None
Armored Footmen	Heavy Infantry	125	100	32	22	0	0	Spearmen	None	None	Quilted Armor
Armored Horsemen	Heavy Cavalry	225	50	100	30	20	0	Archers	Drylands Plains	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains Wetlands	Arched Saddle
Crossbowmen	Archers	112.5	100	42	18	0	0	Heavy Cavalry Heavy Infantry	Hills	Desert Drylands Plains	Advanced Bowmaking

Cultural

Cultural Men-at-Arms are locked behind cultural innovations that are only available to spesific cultures. They tend to be more powerful then their regular counterparts.

Regiment	Type	Cost	Soldiers per Size	Damage	Toughness	Pursuit	Screen	Counters	Advantageous terrain	Disadvantageous terrain	Innovation	Era	Culture
Horse Archers	Skirmishers	150	100	45	20	40	30	Heavy Infantry Skirmishers	Drylands Plains Steppe	Desert Mountains Jungle Mountains Wetlands	Compound Bows	Tribal	All Iranian All Mongolic All Turkic Alan Mogyër
Abudrar	Skirmishers	90	100	20	16	20	10	Heavy Infantry Light Cavalry	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	Desert	Desert Mountain Practices	Early Medieval	Baranis Beja Maghrebi
Bush Hunters	Archers	60	100	30	14	5	0	Skirmishers	Forest Hills Jungle	None	Bush Hunting	Tribal	All Akan All Yoruba
Caballeros	Light Cavalry	126.5	100	30	20	30	50	Archers	Drylands Hills Plains	Desert Mountains Mountains Wetlands	Caballeros	Early Medieval	All Iberian Andalucian
Cataphracts	Heavy Cavalry	292.5	50	120	35	25	10	Archers	Drylands Plains	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains Wetlands	Cataphracts	Early medieval	All Byzantine except Alan
Chasseurs	Light Cavalry	149.5	100	50	20	50	15	Archers	Desert Drylands Plains	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains Wetlands	Desert Tactics	High Medieval	Outremer
Chu-ko-nu Archers	Archers	112.5	100	30	20	0	0	Skirmishers	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	None	Chu-ko-nu	Tribal	Han
Druzhina	Heavy Infantry	162.5	100	40	30	0	30	Spearmen	None	None	Druzhina	Early Medieval	All East Slavic
Gendarmes	Heavy Cavalry	270	50	125	35	20	10	Archers	Drylands Plains	Desert Mountains Hills Jungle Mountains Wetlands	Valets	Late Medieval	Breton French Norman Occita
Goedendag Militia	Skirmishers	50	100	13	18	0	16	Heavy Cavalry Heavy Infantry	None	None	Adaptive Militia	Late Medieval	Dutch
Guinean Uplanders	Skirmishers	60	100	18	14	0	20	Heavy Infantry	Drylands Forest Hills	None	Upland Skirmishing	Tribal	All West African
Hobelars	Light Cavalry	126.5	100	30	20	50	30	Archers	Hills Forest	Desert Mountains Mountains Wetlands	Hobbies	Tribal	All Brythonic Irish
Horn Warriors	Skirmishers	50	100	12	16	0	20	Heavy Infantry	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	None	Mountain Skirmishing	Tribal	Afar Somali Welayta
Huscarls	Heavy Infantry	162.5	100	40	26	0	24	Archers Spearmen	Forest Taiga	None	Hirds	Early Medieval	All North Germanic Anglo-Saxon Frisian Old Saxon
Khandayat	Heavy Infantry	150	100	44	22	0	0	Light Cavalry Spearmen	Jungle	None	Khandayats	Early Medieval	All Dravidian All Indo-Aryan
Konni	Light Cavalry	149.5	100	40	20	60	40	Archers	Drylands Plains	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains Wetlands	Konni Raids	Tribal	All South Slavic Hungarian Polabian Polish Pommeranian
Landsknechts	Spearmen	120	100	30	24	0	0	Heavy Cavalry Light Cavalry Spearmen	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	None	Zweihanders	Late Medieval	All Central Germanic except the dutch
Longbowmen	Archers	90	100	45	14	0	0	Heavy Cavalry Skirmishers	Hills	None	Longbow	Late Medieval	English Welsh
Metsänvartija	Archers	82.5	100	30	14	10	10	Skirmishers	Forest Taiga	None	Forest Wardens	Tribal	All Balto-Finnic All Ugro-Permian All Volga-Finnic
Mountaineers	Heavy Infantry	150	100	40	26	0	0	Spearmen	Desert Mountains Mountains	None	Alpine Supremacy	Early Medieval	All Quiangic All Tibetan
Mubarizun	Heavy Infantry	150	100	45	25	0	0	Heavy Infantry Spearmen	None	None	Mubarizun	Tribal	Bedouin Butr Egyptian Levantine Nubian
Palace Guards	Heavy Infantry	150	100	38	24	0	20	Spearmen	Hills Jungle	None	Royal Army Tradition	Early Medieval	All Burman
Palatini	Heavy Infantry	250	100	60	30	0	20	Spearmen	None	None	Legionnaires	Late Medieval	Roman
Picchieri	Spearmen	130	100	40	24	0	0	Heavy Cavalry Light Cavalry	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	None	Pike Columns	High Medieval	All Latin
Sahel Horsemen	Light Cavalry	126.5	100	30	20	30	30	Archers Heavy Infantry	Desert Drylands Floodplains Oasis	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains Wetlands	Sahel Horsemen	Tribal	All Sahelian All Senegambian All Central African Daju Zaghawa
Sarawit	Heavy Infantry	150	100	32	26	0	10	Light Cavalry	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	Desert Drylands	Sarawit	High Medieval	Ethiopian
Schiltron	Spearmen	150	100	36	28	0	0	Heavy Cavalry Light Cavalry	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains Plains	None	Rectilinear Schiltron	Late Medieval	Gaelic Scots
Shomer	Skirmishers	50	100	10	24	0	40	Heavy Infantry	None	None	Defensive Tactics	Tribal	All Israelite
Zbrojnosh	Heavy Infantry	137.5	100	34	20	0	10	Archers Spearmen	Forest Hills Mountains	Wetlands	Zbrojnosh	Tribal	Czech Slovien

Regional

Regional Men-at-Arms are made available through regional innovations.

Regiment	Type	Cost	Soldiers per Size	Damage	Toughness	Pursuit	Screen	Counters	Advantageous terrain	Disadvantageous terrain	Innovation	Region
Camel Riders	Light Cavalry	115	100	30	20	30	30	Archers	Desert Drylands Floodplains Plains	Desert Mountains Hills Mountains	War Camels Tribal Era	The Middle East Persia North Africa
War Elephants	Heavy Cavalry	550	25	250	50	0	0	Heavy Infantry Skirmishers	Jungle	Desert Mountains Mountains Wetlands	Elephantry Tribal Era	India South East Asia

Special

Special Men-at-Arms are only available under special circumstances.

Regiment	Type	Cost	Soldiers per Size	Damage	Toughness	Pursuit	Screen	Counters	Advantageous terrain	Disadvantageous terrain	Requirements
House Guard	Heavy Infantry	50	100	40	30	0	24	Spearmen	None	None	Finishing the Warfare dynasty legacy Only one regiment can be created at a time
Order Knights	Heavy Infantry	125	100	36	26	0	0	Spearmen	None	None	Christian Holy Order

Siege Weapons

Siege Weapons are man-at-arms regiments that cannot fight in battle but will greatly increase Siege Progress when attacking Holdings. They are unlocked by discovering the innovation with the same name.

Regiment	Daily Siege Progress	Max Fort Level	Feudal / Clan cost	Tribal cost	Description
Onager	+0.3	9	80	160	These small torsion catapults can tear down enemy fortification by hurling stone projectiles over a distance.
Mangonels	+0.6	15	88	176	The traction-powered mangonel is easier to operate than the onager while also boasting a faster rate-of-fire.
Trebuchets	+1.0	21	104	208	The counterweight trebuchet can hurl large projectiles with much greater force than mangonels or onagers.
Bombards	+1.5	29	128	256	No longer constrained by the limits of levers and pulleys, these cannons can blast through fortifications with ease.

Supply

All armies carry an amount of Supply with them. Supply is consumed whenever armies are in a Barony with a lower Supply Limit than the army size and gained whenever armies are in an allied territory up to the current Barony's Supply Limit. Low Supply will cause Advantage penalties in battles. If an army runs out of Supply it will take Attrition damage.

Supply is increased by +25% in coastal Baronies.

Attrition

Attrition is a loss of Levies and Men-at-Arms that is caused when an army is out of Supply, is besieging a Fortified Holding or is located in a hostile County that is only bordering other hostile Counties and is not coastal.

Special Soldiers

Special Soldiers are maintenance free armies that belong to historical Rulers and do not reinforce.

Army	Ruler	Year
1400 Levies 100 Armored Footmen	Hæsteinn of Montaigu	867
1400 Levies 100 Armored Footmen	Hæsteinn of Montaigu	867
1250 Levies	Halfdan of the Jórvík	867
1250 Levies	Halfdan of the Jórvík	867
1250 Levies	Halfdan of the Jórvík	867
1250 Levies	Halfdan of the Jórvík	867
1250 Levies	Ivar of the Suđreyjar	867
1250 Levies	Ivar of the Suđreyjar	867
1250 Levies	Ivar of the Suđreyjar	867
1250 Levies	Ivar of the Suđreyjar	867
1200 Levies	Hummay of Bilma	1066
1200 Levies	Hummay of Bilma	1066
1200 Levies	Hummay of Bilma	1066
1075 Levies	Vijayabahu of Rohana	1066
1075 Levies	Vijayabahu of Rohana	1066
1075 Levies	Vijayabahu of Rohana	1066
1075 Levies	Vijayabahu of Rohana	1066
800 Levies	William II of Normandy	1066
800 Levies	William II of Normandy	1066
800 Levies	William II of Normandy	1066
800 Levies 200 Armored Footmen	William II of Normandy	1066
1000 Levies	William II of Normandy	1066
1000 Levies	Harald IV of Norway	1066
1000 Levies	Harald IV of Norway	1066
700 Levies	Harold II Godwineson of England	1066
700 Levies	Harold II Godwineson of England	1066
1410 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
1410 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
1700 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
1700 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
1700 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
1700 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
2000 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
2000 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
2000 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066
2000 Levies	Al-Muazzam Alp Arslan Chagri-Begoglu of Seljuk	1066