Unit-ship:Spearman

Spearman
Units
Requirements
Barracks Level 1
Cost
30 1 1

See also: Unit, Battle, Unit upgrades and Barracks

Description

Spearmen are conscripts from the rural population, that go into battle with light armour and basic spears. They do not usually have a chance against professional soldiers.

During battle, Spearmen deploy to the flanks, unless they are needed to fill the front battle line.
30 Spearmen fill the flank battlefield space of the Mini, Small and Medium battlefields.
40 Spearmen fill the flank battlefield space of the Large battlefield.
50 Spearmen fill the flank battlefield space of the Big, the largest, battlefield for a maximum of 350 Spearmen.

Attack Sequence

Flanks → Long-range weapons battle line → Artillery → Front battle line

Statistics

Hit points	Armour	Size	Cargo Weight	Class	Type	Speed
13	-	1	3	Human	Light Infantry	60
Cost	Cost	Cost	Upkeep	Build	Barracks	Generals
1	30	-	1	1m	1	0.6

Weapons

Rank	Weapon	Damage	Accuracy	Munition
- First Class	Spear	4	70%	-

Spearman upgrades

	Defense	Effect				Workshop
Spearman	Offense	Effect				Workshop
	- Bronze Spear	Damage +1	1,500	1,000	1h	1
	- Iron Spear	Damage +2	4,500	3,000	2h	2
	- Steel Spear	Damage +3	12,000	8,000	3h	3
	- Leather Clothing	Armour +1	750	500	1h	1
	- Reinforced Leather Clothing	Armour +2	1,500	1,000	2h	2
	- Studded Leather Clothing	Armour +3	6,000	4,000	3h	3

Training times


$ { Spearman \ Training \ time \ = \ 0.95 \ ^ \left ( Current \ Barracks \ level \ - \ Minimum \ Barracks \ level \ for \ the \ Unit \right ) \times \ 60 \ seconds } $

**Spearman** Training times per Barracks Level
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Levels 1 - 14
1 m	57 s	54 s	51 s	48 s	46 s	44 s	41 s	39 s	37 s	35 s	34 s	32 s	30 s

Levels 15 - 28
15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29 s	27 s	26 s	23 s	22 s	21 s	20 s	19 s	18 s	17 s	16 s	15 s	15 s

Levels 29 - 42
29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
14 s	13 s	12 s	12 s	11 s	11 s	10 s	9 s	9 s	8 s	8 s	8 s	7 s	7 s

Levels 43 - 54
43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
6 s	6 s	6 s	5 s	5 s	5 s	5 s	4 s	4 s	4 s	4 s	3 s	3 s	3 s

Other Uses

While citizens cannot be transported, Spearmen can, and relatively inexpensively. Dismissing a Spearman adds to the population in the town where he is dismissed. You can take advantage of this to achieve various objectives:

You can transport workers to a new colony.
You can store citizens temporarily, i.e. to avoid losing them if you run out of .
If preparing for a large, long-term war, you might start out by recruiting as many spearmen as possible, then begin recruiting your main forces. This drastically increases the satisfaction level, which helps your population grow faster. After you've recruited most of your main forces, you can dismiss your Spearmen and your population should be near their maximum again.

Just remember that Spearmen can be killed; citizens can not.

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