Town

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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 and HotA's Factory was written by Docent Picolan and Maigret.

Maximum number of towns is 48 on any map.

Towns on the Adventure Map[edit | edit source]

In The Shadow of Death there are just three visual appearances of a town: Village, Fort, and Capitol (as a Fort with a flag), though the exact fortification level (Fort/Citadel/Castle) always can be checked by an icon in the Right Click menu (the hall level is only visible for allies).

In Horn of the Abyss, the level of a town's fortifications is visually represented accurately.

 Horn of the Abyss Shadow of Death Village Hall
Village
Fort
Fort
Citadel
Citadel
Castle
Castle
Capitol
Capitol
Town portrait Castle village small.png
Town portrait Castle small.png
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Town portrait Rampart village small.png
Town portrait Rampart small.png
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Town portrait Tower village small.png
Town portrait Tower small.png
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Town portrait Inferno village small.png
Town portrait Inferno small.png
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Town portrait Necropolis village small.png
Town portrait Necropolis small.png
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Town portrait Dungeon village small.png
Town portrait Dungeon small.png
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Town portrait Stronghold village small.png
Town portrait Stronghold small.png
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Town portrait Fortress village small.png
Town portrait Fortress small.png
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Town portrait Conflux village small.png
Town portrait Conflux small.png
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Town portrait Cove village small.png
Town portrait Cove small.png
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Town portrait Factory village small.png
Town portrait Factory small.png
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Town portrait Bulwark village small.png
Town portrait Bulwark small.png
Adventure Map Bulwark village.webp Adventure Map Bulwark fort.webp Adventure Map Bulwark citadel.webp Adventure Map Bulwark castle.webp Adventure Map Bulwark capitol.webp