Town

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Towns
Castle Castle
Rampart Rampart
Tower Tower
Inferno Inferno
Necropolis Necropolis
Dungeon Dungeon
Stronghold Stronghold
Fortress Fortress
Conflux Conflux Armageddon's Blade
Cove Cove Horn of the Abyss
Factory Factory Horn of the Abyss

Town typically refers to a structure on an Adventure Map, where heroes can recruit troops, replenish their spell points, and learn new spells. More generally, it can refer to one of the nine different town types, that can be seen in the table on the right. In Restoration of Erathia, there were only eight different town types, but Armageddon's Blade expansion added Conflux. Moreover, unofficial Horn of the Abyss expansion added Cove and Factory. Every player must own at least one town, so as to remain in contention for any amount of time until winning or losing the scenario. If a player loses the control of his last town, or if a player starts with no towns, he has time for seven days to conquer at least one town, otherwise being eliminated from the game. A map without towns is therefore largely undesirable, though not fully unplayable.

Towns are also important source of gold with hall buildings producing it every day for the kingdom. If a town has a marketplace, a player may trade surplus resources for needed ones, and Resource Silo produces resources daily (but not gold). Towns have horde buildings which increase units' growth. Buildings unique to each of the town types can provide additional strengths and abilities for heroes and units, produce resources, or support the gameplay on the adventure map.

Town with fort, citadel or castle have walls surrounding them, and can be defended by heroes in a siege battle. Other town defending structures that come with the fortifications are arrow towers and moat. Heroes can be located inside the town and inside the walls to protect the town. If a non-fortified town is sieged, a traditional battlefield is shown, as if the combat were not in a town.

Each town has its own musical theme. Nine common towns have themes written by Paul Romero, while music for HotA's Cove is written by Docent Picolan.

Maximum number of towns is 48 on any map.

Towns on 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