Fortifications

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Buildings Fort.gif
Fort
   Wood
 20
   Ore
 20
   Gold
 5000
 
• Village Hall Adds walls to a town
Buildings Citadel.gif
Citadel
       Ore
 5
   Gold
 2500
 
• Fort Adds moat and primary arrow tower to a town. Increases production of creature dwellings by 50%.
Buildings Castle.gif
Castle
   Wood
 10
   Ore
 10
   Gold
 5000
 
• Citadel Adds two secondary arrow towers, standard walls are strengthened to fortified walls. Increases production of creature dwellings by 100%.

As stated in the manual, castles provide increased security for towns. Fort adds wall to town's defenses. The wall is impassable by non-flying enemy creatures (without advanced Teleport spell), but has a drawbridge for defending creatures to pass through, back and forth if needed. Fort is a prerequisite for all creature dwellings. Additionally, building a Fort to a town changes the town's appearance on the adventure map.

The upgrade to Fort is Citadel, which adds primary arrow tower to town's defenses, and also adds a moat in front of the wall. An exception to this are Tower towns, which do not have a moat but instead building a Citadel adds several Land Mines in front of the wall. One of the greatest advantages of the moat is, that ground units end their movement to it, and cannot move further until their next round (see additional features Moat page). Note that this also works for defending creatures trying to get across the moat. Additionally, Citadel increases the creature dwellings' growth by 50%.

The final defense structure is Castle, which adds two more (secondary) arrow towers and strengthens the wall. The two arrow towers have half the strength of the primary tower added by Citadel. Further, production of creature dwellings is increased by another 50% for a total of 100%.

Types of fortifications[edit | edit source]

There are three different types of fortifications:

Fortifications strength[edit | edit source]

With the exception of moat every part of the fortications has a number of hitpoints which enable them to withstand only up to several attacks during a siege. Fortifications can only be damaged by:

The following table shows the number of hitpoints for each type of fortifications:

Fortifications' hitpoints
Buildings Fort.gif
Fort
Buildings Citadel.gif
Citadel
Buildings Castle.gif
Castle
Wall segment (4 segments) 2 2 3
Drawbridge 2 2 2
Keep - 2 2
Secondary Arrow Towers - - 2

Adventure map[edit | edit source]

In Shadow of Death there are just three visual appearances of a town: Village, Fort and Capitol (as a Fort with a flag). But the exact fortification level (fort/citadel/castle) always can be checked by an icon in the rightclick menu (the hall level is visible just for allies).

Horn of the Abyss represents towns accurately to their level of fortification.

Towns on adventure map
Village Hall
Village
Fort
Fort
Citadel
Citadel
Castle
Castle
Capitol
Capitol
Town portrait Castle village small.gif
Castle
Castle
SoD
Adventure Map Castle village.gif Adventure Map Castle fort.gif Adventure Map Castle capitol.gif
Town portrait Castle village small.gif
Castle
Castle
HotA
Adventure Map Castle village.gif Adventure Map Castle fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Castle citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Castle castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Castle capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Rampart village small.gif
Rampart
Rampart
SoD
Adventure Map Rampart village.gif Adventure Map Rampart fort.gif Adventure Map Rampart capitol.gif
Town portrait Rampart village small.gif
Rampart
Rampart
HotA
Adventure Map Rampart village.gif Adventure Map Rampart fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Rampart citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Rampart castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Rampart capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Tower village small.gif
Tower
Tower
SoD
Adventure Map Tower village.gif Adventure Map Tower fort.gif Adventure Map Tower capitol.gif
Town portrait Tower village small.gif
Tower
Tower
HotA
Adventure Map Tower village.gif Adventure Map Tower fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Tower citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Tower castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Tower capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Inferno village small.gif
Inferno
Inferno
SoD
Adventure Map Inferno village.gif Adventure Map Inferno fort.gif Adventure Map Inferno capitol.gif
Town portrait Inferno village small.gif
Inferno
Inferno
HotA
Adventure Map Inferno village (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Necropolis village small.gif
Necropolis
Necropolis
SoD
Adventure Map Necropolis village.gif Adventure Map Necropolis fort.gif Adventure Map Necropolis capitol.gif
Town portrait Necropolis village small.gif
Necropolis
Necropolis
HotA
Adventure Map Necropolis village.gif Adventure Map Necropolis fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Necropolis citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Necropolis castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Necropolis capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Dungeon village small.gif
Dungeon
Dungeon
SoD
Adventure Map Dungeon village.gif Adventure Map Dungeon fort.gif Adventure Map Dungeon capitol.gif
Town portrait Dungeon village small.gif
Dungeon
Dungeon
HotA
Adventure Map Dungeon village.gif Adventure Map Dungeon fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Dungeon citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Dungeon castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Dungeon capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Stronghold village small.gif
Stronghold
Stronghold
SoD
Adventure Map Stronghold village.gif Adventure Map Stronghold fort.gif Adventure Map Stronghold capitol.gif
Town portrait Stronghold village small.gif
Stronghold
Stronghold
HotA
Adventure Map Stronghold village.gif Adventure Map Stronghold fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Stronghold citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Stronghold castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Stronghold capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Fortress village small.gif
Fortress
Fortress
SoD
Adventure Map Fortress village.gif Adventure Map Fortress fort.gif Adventure Map Fortress capitol.gif
Town portrait Fortress village small.gif
Fortress
Fortress
HotA
Adventure Map Fortress village.gif Adventure Map Fortress fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Fortress citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Fortress castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Fortress capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Conflux village small.gif
Conflux
Conflux
SoD
Adventure Map Conflux village.gif Adventure Map Conflux fort.gif Adventure Map Conflux capitol.gif
Town portrait Conflux village small.gif
Conflux
Conflux
HotA
Adventure Map Conflux village (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Cove village small.gif
Cove
Cove
HotA
Adventure Map Cove village (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Factory village small.gif
Factory
Factory
HotA
Adventure Map Factory village (HotA).gif Adventure Map Factory fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Factory citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Factory castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Factory capitol (HotA).gif

In-town appearance[edit | edit source]

Castle Castle Fort large.gif Castle Citadel large.gif Castle Castle large.gif
Rampart Rampart Fort large.gif Rampart Citadel large.gif Rampart Castle large.gif
Tower Tower Fort large.gif Tower Citadel large.gif Tower Castle large.gif
Inferno Inferno Fort large.gif Inferno Citadel large.gif Inferno Castle large.gif
Necropolis Necropolis Fort large.gif Necropolis Citadel large.gif Necropolis Castle large.gif
Dungeon Dungeon Fort large.gif Dungeon Citadel large.gif Dungeon Castle large.gif
Stronghold Stronghold Fort large.gif Stronghold Citadel large.gif Stronghold Castle large.gif
Fortress Fortress Fort large.gif Fortress Citadel large.gif Fortress Castle large.gif
Conflux Conflux Fort large.gif Conflux Citadel large.gif Conflux Castle large.gif
Cove Horn of the Abyss Cove Fort large.gif Cove Citadel large.gif Cove Castle large.gif
Factory Horn of the Abyss Factory Fort large.gif Factory Citadel large.gif Factory Castle large.gif