[Guide] Military Buildings and Units

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This guide, in the form it is presented at the time of posting, has been created by -Vanguard.- from the DE market and updated by byeordie from the EN and BETA market. Immense thanks for their work on it!
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The previous version of the guide was created by our very own HaekelHansi and it can still be found on our forum (though it is outdated at this time): CLICK HERE

Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
25 / 25 170 / 110 / 26	3*3	50 / 50 100 / 100
60 / 15 430 / 280 / 34	2*3	100 / 100 300 / 200
24 / 100 640 / 420 / 56	3*3	200 / 100 400 / 300
160 / 0 850 / 560 / 47	3*3	200 / 100 600 / 400
0 / 180 1,070 / 700 / 56	3*3	300 / 200 700 / 500
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
100 / 100 1,410 / 1,010 / 79	3*2	400 / 300 900 / 700
170 / 40 2,820 / 2,020 / 105	2*2	700 / 500 1,900 / 1,300
40 / 180 4,220 / 3,030 / 170	3*4	1,100 / 800 2,800 / 2,000
230 / 0 5,630 / 4,040 / 144	3*3	1,400 / 1,000 3,800 / 2,700
0 / 250 7,040 / 5,050 / 170	4*3	1,800 / 1,300 4,700 / 3,400
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
150 / 150 7,360 / 5,710 / 155	3*3	1,800 / 1,400 4,900 / 3,800
260 / 60 11,050 / 8,570 / 206	3*4	2,800 / 2,100 7,400 / 5,700
70 / 260 14,730 / 11,420 / 355	3*4	3,700 / 2,900 9,800 / 7,600
340 / 0 16,570 / 12,850 / 284	3*3	4,100 / 3,200 11,000 / 8,600
0 / 350 18,410 / 14,280 / 335	3*3	4,600 / 3,600 12,300 / 9,500
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
200 / 200 21,720 / 18,130 / 260	3*3	5,400 / 4,500 14,500 / 12,100
340 / 80 27,160 / 22,660 / 346	3*3	6,800 / 5,700 18,100 / 15,100
80 / 340 32,590 / 27,190 / 563	3*4	8,100 / 6,800 21,700 / 18,100
430 / 0 38,020 / 31,720 / 476	3*3	9,500 / 7,900 25,300 / 21,100
0 / 450 43,450 / 36,250 / 563	3*3	10,900 / 9,100 29,000 / 24,200
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
250 / 250 48,300 / 43,310 / 391	3*3	12,100 / 10,800 32,200 / 28,900
420 / 100 60,370 / 54,130 / 521	3*3	15,100 / 13,500 40,200 / 36,100
110 / 430 72,440 / 64,960 / 846	4*4	18,100 / 16,200 48,300 / 43,300
560 / 0 84,520 / 75,780 / 716	3*4	21,100 / 18,900 56,300 / 50,500
0 / 580 96,590 / 86,610 / 846	3*4	24,100 / 21,700 64,400 / 57,700
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
580 / 140 84,200 / 80,200 / 829	4*2	21,100 / 20,100 56,100 / 53,500
350 / 350 76,500 / 72,900 / 737	5*3	19,100 / 18,200 51,000 / 48,600
150 / 590 91,800 / 87,500 / 921	4*3	23,000 / 21,900 61,200 / 58,300
760 / 0 99,500 / 94,800 / 1,013	4*3	24,900 / 23,700 66,300 / 63,200
0 / 780 107,100 / 102,100 / 1,105	3*4	26,800 / 25,500 71,400 / 68,100
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
830 / 210 115,000 / 117,000 / 1,104	3*3	28,800 / 29,300 76,700 / 78,000
500 / 500 105,000 / 106,000 / 982	3*3	26,300 / 26,500 70,000 / 70,700
220 / 860 126,000 / 128,000 / 1,227	4*3	31,500 / 32,000 84,000 / 85,300
1,120 / 0 136,000 / 138,000 / 1,350	4*3	34,000 / 34,500 90,700 / 92,000
0 / 1,160 147,000 / 149,000 / 1,472	3*5	36,800 / 37,300 98,000 / 99,300
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
1,120 / 280 151,000 / 162,000 / 1,420	5*4	37,800 / 40,500 100,700 / 108,000
740 / 740 137,000 / 147,000 / 1,260	6*3	34,300 / 36,800 91,300 / 98,000
310 / 1,250 164,000 / 176,000 / 1,580	5*4	41,000 / 44,000 109,300 / 117,300
1,640 / 0 178,000 / 181,000 / 1,740	4*5	44,500 / 47,800 118,700 / 127,300
0 / 1,720 192,000 / 206,000 / 1,890	4*5	48,000 / 51,500 128,000 / 137,300
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
250 / 250 183,000 / 194,000 / 1,570	4*4	45,800 / 48,500 122,000 / 129,300
420 / 100 201,000 / 213,000 / 1,760	5*3	50,300 / 53,300 134,000 / 142,000
110 / 430 219,000 / 233,000 / 1,960	5*4	54,800 / 58,300 146,000 / 155,300
560 / 0 238,000 / 252,000 / 2,160	4*6	59,500 / 63,000 158,700 / 168,000
0 / 580 256,000 / 271,000 / 2,350	5*4	64,000 / 67,800 170,700 / 180,700
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
250 / 250 236,000 / 248,000 / 1,900	4*4	59,000 / 62,000 157,300 / 165,300
420 / 100 259,000 / 272,000 / 2,100	3*7	64,800 / 68,000 172,700 / 181,300
110 / 430 283,000 / 297,000 / 2,400	4*5	70,800 / 74,300 188,700 / 198,000
560 / 0 306,000 / 322,000 / 2,600	4*6	76,500 / 80,500 204,000 / 214,700
0 / 580 330,000 / 347,000 / 2,800	6*3	82,500 / 86,800 220,000 / 231,300
Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
-	Bonus (%)*	Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
Strike Team Center	4% Att.	2,500 / 2,500 312,000 / 327,000 / 2,100	4*3	78,000 / 81,800 208,000 / 218,000
Air Defense Factory ==	4% Def.	4,000 / 1,000 343,000 / 359,000 / 2,600	4*5	85,800 / 89,800 228,700 / 239,300
Attack Helicopter Base ==	4% Att.	1,000 / 4,000 375,000 / 392,000 / 2,800	5*4	93,800 / 98,000 250,000 / 261,300
Assault Tank Factory ==	-	5,000 / 0 406,000 / 425,000 / 2,400	7*4	101,500 / 106,300 270,700 / 283,300
Missile Site ==	4% Def.	0 / 5,000 437,000 / 457,000 / 3,100	3*6	109,300 / 114,300 291,300 / 304,700
-	Bonus (%)	Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
Ultra AP Factory ==	4% Att.	0 / 5,200 486,000 / 462,000 / 3,500	4*4	121,500 / 115,500 324,000 / 308,000
Anti-Materiel Range	4% Def.	5,200 / 0 527,000 / 504,000 / 3,300	3*5	131,800 / 126,000 351,300 / 336,000
Combat Drone Base ==	-	4,160 / 1,040 446,000 / 546,000 / 3,000	4*3	111,500 / 136,500 297,300 / 364,000
Stealth Tank Factory ==	4% Att.	2,600 / 2,600 365,000 / 420,000 / 2,700	4*6	91,300 / 105,000 243,300 / 280,000
Microwave Gun Factory ==	4% Def.	1,040 / 4,160 405,000 / 378,000 / 2,400	5*5	101,300 / 94,500 270,000 / 252,000
-	Bonus (%)	Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
Exoskeleton Factory	5% Att.	1,800 / 4,200 740,000 / 729,000 / 6,300	4*5	185,000 / 182,300 493,300 / 486,000
Satellite Uplink Center ==	5% Def.	4,800 / 1,200 635,000 / 625,000 / 5,900	5*5	158,800 / 156,300 423,300 / 416,700
Drone Swarm Hub ==	-	5,400 / 600 529,000 / 521,000 / 4,500	4*4	132,300 / 130,300 352,700 / 347,300
Hover Tank Base ==	5% Att.	3,000 / 3,000 582,000 / 573,000 / 5,000	6*5	145,500 / 143,300 388,000 / 382,000
Rail Gun Range ==	5% Def.	0 / 6,000 687,000 / 677,000 / 5,400	6*3	171,800 / 169,300 458,000 / 451,300
-	Bonus (%)	Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot
Surrogate Assembly	-	3,750 / 3,750 708,000 / 692,000 / 5,800	4*4	177,000 / 173,000 472,000 / 461,300
Recon Raider Garage ==	-	4,500 / 3,000 544,000 / 532,000 / 4,500	3*6	136,000 / 133,000 362,700 / 354,700
Building	Bonus*	Unit costs Building costs	Size	3rd slot 4th slot

Military
Buildings BRONZE AGE | Recruiting time: 1h (Spears 20s) | 5th slot: 30 Spearfigher Barracks Slinger Range Horseman Stable Warrior Barracks Thrower Camp IRON AGE | Recruiting time: 2h | 5th slot: 50 - Soldier Barracks Archery Range Mounted Warrior Stable Legionnaire Barracks Ballista Camp EARLY MIDDLE AGE | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 100 - Mercenary Barracks Mounted Archer Range Heavy Cavalry Stable Armored Infantry Barracks Catapult Camp HIGH MIDDLE AGE | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 100 - Berserker Barracks Crossbow Range Knight Stable Heavy Infantry Barracks Trebuchet Camp LATE MIDDLE AGE | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 - Great Sword Warrior Barracks Longbow Archer Range Heavy Knight Stable Imperial Guard Barracks Cannon Camp COLONIAL AGE | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 - Ranger Encampment Musket Range Dragoon Stable Grenadier Barracks Field Gun Camp INDUSTRIAL AGE | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 - Jaeger Encampment Rifleman Range Lancer Stables Howitzer Factory Breach Loader Factory PROGRESSIVE ERA | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 - Conscription Office Sniper Camp Armored Car Factory
== Tank Factory
== Ordinance Factory MODERN ERA | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 - Heavy Weapons Center Paratrooper Camp Mechanized Infantry Barracks
== Battle Tank Factory
== Mechanized Artillery Factory
== POSTMODERN ERA | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 - Commando Camp Machinegun Range IFV Factory
== Universal Tank Factory
== Rocket Artillery Factory
== - CONTEMPORARY ERA | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 TOMORROW | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 THE FUTURE | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 ARCTIC FUTURE | Recruiting time: 4h | 5th slot: 120 == - Needs two-lane roads

*Each building with this bonus will boost either the attack for the attacking army or
the defense of the defending army.

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[DeletedUser2145]

Unit Overview


Units of a certain type receive a bonus in attack and defense against a certain other type. Some may also get a terrain bonus which could affect their attack, defense, or both. As the game progresses, certain units even gain special bonuses that can have effects that may not just be reflective of a boost to the attack or defense These are included in this table, but there's another nice visualisation and descriptions in the next post.

On the first few sets (ages) of units:
- Light units increase their defense on forests/bushes and get a bonus against fast units
- Ranged units get stronger attack on rocks and an advantage against heavy units
- Fast units are great against ranged units
- Heavy units gain a boost in defense on the plains and are mighty useful against light units
- Artillery units gain an attack and defense boost against heavy units as well

Regarding the table below:

Spoiler

The headers for each age show (the age ) and the time it takes to recruit a unit and this time also will reflect the time it would take for a unit to fully heal. The each column shows:
- The name of the unit, as well as a picture of it's avatar with it's type next to it
- The attack of the unit
- The defense of the unit
- The range of the unit
- The movement/speed of the unit
- The bonus the unit has against another (unit) type
- The bonus the unit has when placed in a specific terrain (forest, bushes, rocks, etc.)
- The special bonus the unit has
- The points the units gives when defeated (if the battle is won). The number in parenthesis is the base, but most players have a delighted city which multiplies this value by 1.2, the value above the parenthesis

*The order of the units move depends on their speed (highest to lowest). Normally the movement = speed, but this does not seem to be the case for the Recon Raider and Surrogate Soldier (or units with Rapid Deployment of course ).

 

[DeletedUser2145]

Unit bonuses

1. Bonus against other units

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2. Terrain-bonus

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3. Special Bonuses

Units will eventually start to get special bonuses which have different effects in special ways:

Blast - Applicable to Howitzers, Microwave Blasters, and Exoskeleton Soldiers. Attack increases for each space closer to the target and ignores stealth. PE (and above) scaled map doesn't affect the original spaces the blast starts to work from (so when you're actually in range, you already gain some attack from blast).

Call of Duty - Applicable to Champions only. When a unit with this bonus dies in battle, the rest of the units' attack and defense increase, but this is only applicable once per battle (no matter how many other units have this bonus).

Chivalry - Applicable to Knights, Heavy Knights, and Champions. When there is only one unit with this type of bonus in battle, it gains an attack and defensive boost.

Close Quarters - Applicable to Conscripts, Commandos, Exoskeleton Soldiers, and Surrogate Soldiers. When directly next to a unit, this unit gains an increase in attack; this also means that if an opponent stands next to this unit and attacks him, the retaliation (if any) from our this unit will include the bonus and will do extra damage.

Contact - Applicable to MG Teams, Anti-Aircraft Vehicles, and Ultre AP. Will always retaliate if the opponent is within its range. This retaliation negates stealth (while non-retaliation attacks do not negate stealth).

Dug In - Applicable to Cannons, Field Guns, Breech Loaders, Snipers, Rapid Fire Cannons, Bazooka Teams, MG Teams, Anti-Aircraft Vehicles, Anti-Materiel Snipers, and Recon Raiders. If the opponent attacks from two or more spaces away, this unit will gain a defensive boost.

Flying - Applicable to Attack Helicopters, Combat Drones, and Drone Swarms. Unit cannot be harmed using artillery attacks. The different terrain type (even water) will not have an increased movement cost for this unit.

Heat - Applicable to Microwave Blasters and Satellite Spotters. Reduces the attack of the target by a percentage. Percentage stacks, so a unit will become harmless if it is attacked enough times by this unit. (I.E. a Microwave Blaster (has a 20% heat bonus) will make a unit have 0 attack with 5 shots if it does not have an attack boost.)

Hides in Forest (Stealth) - Applicable to Rangers, Jaeger Infantries, Paratroopers, and Commandos. When in forest terrain, this unit cannot be attacked unless the opponent is standing directly next to it (with the exceptions of units with the Blast bonus and retaliation from units with the Contact bonus).

Hides on Plains (Stealth) - Applicable to Stealth Tanks Hover Tanks, and Surrogate Soldiers. when on the plains, this unit cannot be attacked unless the opponent is standing directly next to it (with the exceptions of units with Blast and retaliation from Contact).

Last Stand - Applicable to Barbarians, Barbarians Slingers, Brave Warriors, and Mounted Braves (units we currently cannot control). When a unit with this bonus dies, the other units with this bonus will gain an attack and defensive boost. This boost will continue to increase the more units with this bonus die.

Morale - Applicable to Military Drummers only. Gives all units some bonus health at the beginning of the battle. Having more than one of this unit in battle does not add more health. (Units may have over 10 health with this bonus).

MIRV - Applicable to Missile Artilleries only. The unit will attack an additional 1-3 units (number chosen randomly) within the unit's range in addition to the unit already targeted.

One-Shot - Applicable to Missile Artilleries only. The unit will be removed from battle after it attacks, and the unit will be "killed" if the battle is surrendered or lost.

Power Shot - Applicable to Rail Guns only. Can attack any unit and does not regard any of their defensive skills (i.e. it can attack stealth and flying units, reactive armor does not limit its attack, etc.). Also does not regard the opposing unit's defensive terrain bonus either. It's attack will only factor in the unit's base defense (+ military boost) and unit bonuses against it.

Rally - Applicable to Military Drummers and Color Guards. Gives all of your units an attack and defense percentage boost at the beginning of the battle. Having more than one of this unit in battle does not boost the percentage further (though another type of unit with this boost will).

Rapid Deployment - Applicable to Paratroopers, Strike Teams, Ultra AP, and Drone Swarms. Units with this bonus will always start first in battle.

Reactive Armor - Applicable to Assault Tanks and Hover Tanks. Limits the max amount of damage the unit can take per attack (for example in an assault tank's case, it can only lose up to 4 HP per attack).

Recharge - Applicable to Rail Guns only. Attacks every other turn (attacks first turn, all other units move and skips the second turn, all other units move and attacks third turn, skips fourth, etc.).

Secret Identity - Applicable to Rogues only. This unit can transform into any of its living allies when it is hit. Then it will copy all of the stats from that unit. If there are only units with this bonus remaining or no other living allies when it is hit, it will die immediately (regardless of how much attack the enemy unit has). The Rogue does not inherit the special bonuses of other units until that turn is over (example: a rogue is in forest terrain, but it is hit and it turns into a Ranger --- it will not obtain the 'Stealth' ability right away, but only after it takes a turn as a Ranger).

 

[DeletedUser2145]

PvP Towers

Towers open on Monday morning at around 6 am EST, but the time is not set in stone (so it can be slightly earlier or later than 6 am EST).

To check whether a tower is open or not, the best way is to visit the tower itself through the Continent Map and check to see if it says when the current tournament started and when it ends, or if it still just says when the last tournament ended (the latter means it's still closed).

Towers close on Sunday evening at around 4 pm EST.

-	BA	IA	EMA	HMA	LMA	COL	InA	PE	ME	PME	CE	TE	FE	AF
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	10 5 3 2 1 - - - - -	25 15 8 4 2 - - - - -	50 25 15 8 4 - - - - -	100 50 25 15 8 4 - - - -	175 125 75 50 40 30 20 10 5 -	300 150 80 60 50 40 30 20 10 -	500 300 200 100 80 60 50 40 20 10	750 500 300 200 100 80 60 50 40 20	1100 750 500 300 200 100 80 60 50 40	1500 1000 750 500 300 200 100 80 60 50	2000 1500 1000 750 500 300 200 100 80 60	2750 1750 1250 900 600 400 250 150 100 80	3600 2250 1750 1250 900 600 400 250 150 100	4,500 2,800 2,250 1,600 1,250 800 550 350 200 125

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[DeletedUser]

Very nice^2! Just browsed through this before work. Thank you!

 

[DeletedUser2145]

Fixed, thanks!

 

[Bigal73]

What produceses gatling guns in the industrial age?

 

[DeletedUser2145]

On the right side of the quest requirement you should see something like this: [!] a small square with an exclamation mark. If you hover over it, it will tell you the building you're looking for. I do believe you're looking for the Gunsmith, which is a supply production building.

 

[Bigal73]

Thank you and you were correct in the small square. I just forgot about it.

 

[DeletedUser]

Icon standardization

Thanks, this is brilliant. The only other way to get this info is to already own such a unit or to find a continental opponent who has one.
Would it be possible to standardize the icons?
For instance, a shield is used to show fast units under attacking bonuses but light units under defense bonuses, except when sometimes the double-arrows are used.
I know it's a lot of work but it would make a great tool even more fantastic.

 

[DeletedUser9404]

Great info!..Can you give a break down for new and old GB levels above 10?

 

[DeletedUser8796]

Thanks for the info Phantom this will help allot

 

[DeletedUser2145]

@dandrim: I believe what you're looking for is already in the Great Buildings Encyclopedia. Trayk and I collected the info to level 25 for each GB a while back. If I got you wrong and you were looking for something else, let me know.

@TheMcDoogle: Can't promise anything, but we can try. Though it will likely have to wait for some other guides to be created or borrowed from EN.

 

[DeletedUser]

what do these hieroglyphs next to the units mean? I believe they stand for what the units are strong vs. but I don't know what unit it refers to.

 

[DeletedUser2145]

There are quite a lot of things next to the units, not sure which ones you're referring to. Some show the unit type, which should be fairly easy to recognize as they can be seen in the army management window; some show the terrain bonuses, these are the ones that resemble terrain; some show attack/defense bonus or special bonuses, which can be seen if one hovers over a unit with those same bonuses.

All the graphics are taken from the game itself and most of them can be seen either in the army management window or during a battle when hovering over units.

 

[DeletedUser]

the ones that looks like a tomahawk crossing a mace and the running guy.

 

[DeletedUser2145]

The running guy means the unit (which you're viewing in that same line) has a bonus attack/defense against fast units.

The other one means the unit (which you're viewing in that same line) has a bonus against heavy units.

 

[DeletedUser]

thats the bomb. thanks

 

[DeletedUser]

Im sorry, but I have been playing this game for a while now and find these guides confusing. I can just imagine what a noobie would be thinking. You failed to address the new player and just expect people to know what you mean by the icons and numbers. I preferred the old guide better. Yes it may have had some faults but i found it way easier to use. I am trying to figure out what type of troop is best against Howitzers and after seeing the guide I still have no clue

 

[DeletedUser2145]

The old guide's still there and anyone is feel free to use it if they prefer it:
http://forum.us.forgeofempires.com/showthread.php?40-Military-Buildings-and-their-Units

No one is forcing you to use any guide. In fact, if someone believes they can update that existing guide I encourage them to do so. The more the merrier. But as it stands that one is hella outdated and is missing too much information to be useful to any older player.