Neutral Guards

Neutral Guards are predefined sets of units that defend Neutral Provinces or Locations within provinces, or attack you during events.

Each guard type has four different tiers where higher tiers consist of more powerful armies.

When neutral guards are assigned, the type of the guard is first randomized (for example, either Giants or Cult of the Titan in Titan Fortress), and then the tier of the chosen guard is determined based on strength and ring.

Parameters[]

Strength[]

General number to describe the strength of each tier. Determines the occurrence of the units. Depending on the distance from the closest Stronghold (known as rings), guard tier with appropriate strength is assigned to guard provinces or locations when they are generated:

Ring	Strength Level
1	1
2	3–5
3	5–9
4	7–13
5	9–17
6	11–20

The maximum strength of province guards can be modified in random map creation settings using the Independents slider:

Worthless: 1
Harmless: 4
Weak: 8
Limited: 12
Common: No maximum

If no guard tier with matching strength exists, the guard tier with the closest match is picked. For example, the lowest possible strength of Wild Gryphons is 6, which means that you may sometimes face Gryphons guarding a second ring Empty Hills province, even though second ring provinces are normally guarded by guards with strength level between 3 and 5. This is because there exists no tier with strength between 3 and 5 for Wild Gryphons.

Another example, if there's a Dragon's Lair in a first ring province, the only possible guard type is Dragons and the lowest possible strength of Dragons is 10, so it will always be guarded by Tier I Dragons. This information can be used to your advantage: if you know that the province ring level is clearly below the lowest possible strength for the guard type in question, you know for certain that the province or a location is guarded by the tier 1 guard. However, note that the maximum allowed strength of location guards can be slightly higher if the location is discovered on high exploration percentages.

Strength also affects the level of items discovered from the location being guarded. However, note that any items gained directly as spoils of battle from the corpses of the enemy are unaffected by the strength value. They are randomly picked from the individual unit loot tables of all the defeated units.

Minimum Units[]

How many of which units will always be in the guard. Sometimes the number is 0, which means that the particular unit does not appear by default but may be added randomly as an additional unit.

If the unit is part of Allied Forces DLC but you don't have it installed, it will be a basic unit of the race instead, sometimes significantly reducing the difficulty of the guards. For example, a Lizardman Turtleback will be just a Lizardman.

The vanilla game tends to be better balanced without the DLC, and Lizardmen provinces in particular, can be very difficult to conquer early in the game if you're using the DLC. You may also use the Genesis Mode of Fixers Vanilla Patch to revert the guard types to their more balanced versions while still keeping the DLC units in the game.

Average Level[]

The average level of each unit type. There's always a variation of 5, meaning, for example, with average level of 10 the unit may have a level between 7 and 12.

+ Units[]

How many additional units may be randomly assigned to the guard.

+ Factor[]

The possibility factor of each unit type being added as an extra unit. For example a unit with possibility factor of 6 has a triple chance to be added compared to a unit with a possibility factor of 2. If a unit has a factor of 0, then it will never be added as an additional unit.

Initiative[]

Since guards lack heroes, they don't gain Initiative from anywhere, but it's determined here. Initiative determines who acts first in battle. Most guards have random variation in their initiative.

Item-%[]

The chance of gaining items as spoils of battle. This can be increased with Looting skill. Note that this is different from the loot you discover from the location itself.

Max Items[]

How many items can be gained as spoils of battle. However, note that due to a bug, no more than 1 item may ever be gained as spoils of battle even if max Items value is more than 1. This is fixed by Fixers Vanilla Patch

Militia[]

Provinces: Free Settlement
Locations: Abandoned Farm, Old Windmill

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Item-%	Max Items
1	1	2 Militiaman 1 Slinger 1 Spearman	3 3 3	+2	3 2 1	10%	1
2	3	2 Militiaman 2 Slinger 1 Spearman 1 Bowman 1 Pikeman	6 6 6 6 4	+3	3 2 1 1 1	11%	1
3	5	2 Militiaman 2 Slinger 2 Spearman 1 Bowman 1 Pikeman 1 Swordsman	10 10 10 10 8 7	+4	3 2 1 1 1 1	12%	1
4	7	2 Militiaman 2 Slinger 2 Spearman 1 Bowman 1 Pikeman 1 Swordsman 1 Crossbowman	15 15 15 15 10 10 10	+5	3 2 2 1 1 1 1	14%	1

Brigands[]

Provinces: Brigand Outlaws
Locations: Red Oakwood, Ancient Ruins, Ruined Tower, Abandoned Farm, Primeval Thicket, Old Keep, Ghost Town, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	1	2 Brigand 1 Thief 1 Bowman	3 3 3	+1	2 1 1	1–2	15%	1
2	4	2 Brigand 2 Thief 1 Bowman 0 Slinger 1 Assassin	6 6 6 6 3	+3	3 2 1 1 1	1–3	16%	2
3	6	2 Brigand 2 Thief 1 Bowman 1 Slinger 1 Assassin 1 Thug	10 10 10 10 6 6	+4	3 2 1 1 1 1	2–4	17%	2
4	8	3 Brigand 2 Thief 2 Bowman 1 Slinger 1 Assassin 1 Thug	15 15 15 15 10 10	+5	3 2 2 1 1 1	3–6	18%	2

Barbarians[]

Provinces: Barbarian Tribes
Locations: Horse Herd, Unholy Shrine

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	1	2 Barbarian 1 Shaman	3 3	+1	2 0	1	10%	1
2	4	4 Barbarian 1 Shaman 1 Thug	6 6 6	+3	3 1 1	1	11%	1
3	7	5 Barbarian 1 Shaman 2 Thug	10 10 10	+4	3 1 1	2–3	13%	1
4	9	6 Barbarian 2 Shaman 2 Thug	15 15 15	+5	3 1 2	2–4	15%	2

Goblins[]

Provinces: Goblin Lands
Locations: Mandrake Glade, Shimmering Bogs, Ancient Ruins, Ruined Tower, Abandoned Farm, Old Windmill, Enchanted Pool

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	1	3 Goblin 1 Goblin Spitter	3 3	+2	1 1	1–2	8%	1
2	4	2 Goblin 1 Goblin Spitter 1 Goblin Alchemist 1 Basilisk 1 Giant Slug	6 6 6 3 3	+3	3 3 3 1 1	1–3	9%	1
3	6	2 Goblin 2 Goblin Spitter 2 Goblin Alchemist 1 Giant Slug 1 Troll	10 9 9 6 6	+4	3 3 3 1 0	2–4	10%	1
4	8	2 Goblin 2 Goblin Spitter 2 Goblin Alchemist 2 Basilisk 2 Giant Slug 1 Troll	15 15 15 10 10 6	+5	4 4 4 2 2 1	3–5	12%	1

Undead[]

Provinces: Land of the Dead
Locations: Ancient Crypt, Ancient Ruins, Abandoned Farm, Abandoned Temple, Monolith, Sanctuary, Forlorn Manor, Desecrated Cemetery, Old Keep, Ghost Town, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	2 Skeleton 2 Zombie	3 3	+2	2 1	5%	1
2	4	3 Skeleton 2 Zombie 1 Ghoul	6 6 3	+3	3 2 1	7%	1
3	7	3 Skeleton 2 Zombie 2 Ghoul 1 Ghost	9 9 6 3	+4	3 2 2 1	9%	1
4	10	3 Skeleton 3 Zombie 2 Ghoul 1 Ghost 1 Vampire	12 12 9 6 3	+5	3 2 2 1 1	11%	1

Orcs[]

Provinces: Orcish Tribes
Locations: Iron Deposit, Marble Deposit, Ancient Ruins, Ruined Tower, Abandoned Farm, Silver Mine, Gold Vein, Gemstones, Dark Cave, Weapon Store, Unholy Shrine

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Item-%	Max Items
1	1	2 Orc 1 Orc Clubthrower 1 Orc Witchdoctor	3 3 3	+1	1 1 1	11%	1
2	3	3 Orc 2 Orc Clubthrower 2 Orc Witchdoctor	7 6 6	+3	1 1 1	13%	1
3	6	3 Orc 2 Orc Clubthrower 2 Orc Witchdoctor 1 Ogre	10 9 9 3	+3	1 1 1 0	15%	1
4	9	4 Orc 2 Orc Clubthrower 2 Orc Witchdoctor 2 Ogre 1 Cyclops	15 12 12 6 6	+4	3 3 3 2 1	16%	1

Halflings[]

Provinces: Halfling Village
Locations: Abandoned Farm, Old Windmill, Tanner Store, Tailor Store

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	1 Halfling 1 Halfling Forager 1 Halfling Scout 1 Dwarf	3 3 3 3	+2	3 3 3 1	0–1	10%	1
2	4	3 Halfling 1 Halfling Forager 1 Halfling Scout 1 Dwarf	6 6 6 6	+3	3 3 3 1	1–2	12%	1
3	6	2 Halfling 2 Halfling Forager 2 Halfling Scout 1 Dwarf 1 Dwarf Guardsman	10 9 9 10 9	+4	3 3 3 2 1	1–3	13%	1
4	7	2 Halfling 2 Halfling Forager 2 Halfling Scout 2 Dwarf 2 Dwarf Guardsman	15 12 12 15 12	+5	3 2 2 1 1	2–4	15%	1

Elves[]

Provinces: Elven Forest
Locations: Dionite Thicket, Primeval Thicket, Archery Store, Sorcery Store, Tailor Store, Jewelry Store

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	2 Elf 1 Elf Ranger 1 Fairy	3 3 3	+1	3 3 3	2–3	10%	1
2	5	1 Elf 1 Elf Ranger 1 Fairy 1 Elf Druid 1 Dryad 1 Pegasus	6 5 6 5 3 3	+2	3 3 3 3 2 1	2–5	12%	1
3	8	2 Elf 1 Elf Ranger 1 Fairy 1 Elf Druid 1 Dryad 1 Pegasus 1 Unicorn	10 9 10 9 6 6 3	+3	3 3 3 3 2 2 1	3–6	14%	1
4	11	2 Elf 2 Elf Ranger 1 Fairy 2 Elf Druid 1 Dryad 1 Pegasus 1 Unicorn 1 Treant	15 12 15 12 10 10 6 3	+4	3 3 1 3 2 2 1 1	4–8	16%	2

Dwarves[]

Provinces: Dwarven Hills
Locations: Marble Deposit, Mithril Deposit, Silver Mine, Gold Vein, Gemstones, Tanner Store, Weapon Store, Chain Mail Armory, Plate Armory, Jewelry Store

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	1 Dwarf 1 Dwarf Engineer 1 Ballista	3 3 3	+1	2 2 1	0–1	14%	1
2	5	2 Dwarf 1 Dwarf Engineer 1 Ballista 1 Dwarf Guardsman	6 5 5 5	+2	3 3 3 2	0–2	16%	2
3	8	2 Dwarf 1 Dwarf Engineer 2 Ballista 1 Dwarf Guardsman 1 Catapult	10 9 7 9 3	+3	3 3 2 3 1	1–3	18%	2
4	9	2 Dwarf 1 Dwarf Engineer 2 Ballista 2 Dwarf Guardsman 2 Catapult	15 12 10 12 6	+4	3 3 3 2 2	1–4	20%	2

Retinue[]

Provinces: Prince's Lands
Locations: Old Keep, Tanner Store, Weapon Store, Archery Store, Sorcery Store, Chain Mail Armory, Plate Armory, Tailor Store, Jewelry Store, Knowledge Store

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	1 Swordsman 1 Pikeman 1 Bowman 1 Crossbowman	3 3 3 3	+2	3 3 2 2	1–2	10%	1
2	5	1 Swordsman 1 Pikeman 1 Bowman 1 Crossbowman 1 Guardsman 1 Horseman	6 6 6 6 3 3	+3	4 4 3 3 2 2	1–3	11%	1
3	8	1 Swordsman 2 Pikeman 1 Bowman 1 Crossbowman 1 Guardsman 1 Horseman 1 Knight	10 10 10 10 6 6 3	+4	4 3 3 3 2 2 1	2–4	12%	1
4	10	2 Swordsman 2 Pikeman 1 Bowman 2 Crossbowman 1 Guardsman 2 Horseman 1 Knight	15 12 15 12 10 10 7	+5	3 3 3 3 3 3 3	2–5	13%	1

Giant Spiders[]

Provinces: Savage Wood
Locations: Ancient Crypt, Ancient Ruins, Primeval Thicket, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	3 Giant Spider	3	+2	3	1–3	5%	1
2	6	5 Giant Spider	6	+3	3	2–5	6%	1
3	7	6 Giant Spider 1 Black Widow	10 3	+4	3 2	3–6	7%	1
4	10	8 Giant Spider 1 Black Widow	13 6	+5	3 3	4–7	8%	2

Swamp Creatures[]

Provinces: Deadly Swamps
Locations: Shimmering Bogs, Black Lotus Marsh, Enchanted Pool

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	2 Basilisk 1 Giant Slug	3 3	+1	2 4	0–1	5%	1
2	6	3 Basilisk 2 Giant Slug	6 6	+2	3 4	0–2	6%	1
3	7	4 Basilisk 3 Giant Slug	10 10	+3	2 4	1–2	7%	1
4	12	4 Basilisk 4 Giant Slug 1 Hydra	13 13 3	+4	3 3 1	1–3	8%	2

Winged Creatures[]

Provinces: Empty Hills
Locations: Dark Cave, Harpy Nests

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	3 Harpy	3	+1	3	1–3	5%	1
2	6	5 Harpy	6	+2	3	2–4	6%	1
3	8	6 Harpy 1 Gryphon	10 3	+3	3 1	2–5	7%	1
4	10	7 Harpy 2 Gryphon	13 6	+4	3 2	3–6	8%	2

Demons[]

Provinces: Lands of Chaos
Locations: Black Lotus Marsh, Ancient Ruins, Ruined Tower, Old Windmill, Abandoned Temple, Dark Cave, Monolith, Sanctuary, Bare Mountain, Unholy Shrine, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	4 Imp	3	+2	3	0–2	5%	1
2	5	3 Imp 1 Fiend 1 Hellhound 1 Succubus	6 3 3 1	+3	3 2 2 1	1–3	6%	1
3	8	2 Imp 2 Fiend 1 Hellhound 1 Succubus 1 Demon 1 Ice Demon	10 6 6 3 3 3	+4	3 2 2 1 1 1	2–5	7%	1
4	11	2 Imp 2 Fiend 1 Hellhound 1 Succubus 1 Demon 1 Ice Demon 1 Devil	15 10 10 6 6 6 3	+5	2 2 2 2 2 2 2	3–6	8%	1

Forest Guards[]

Provinces: Magical Forest
Locations: Dionite Thicket, Primeval Thicket, Fairy Tree

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	3 Fairy 1 Dryad	4 3	+2	2 2	1–2	5%	1
2	5	4 Fairy 2 Dryad	8 5	+3	2 2	1–3	6%	1
3	8	5 Fairy 2 Dryad 1 Unicorn	12 8 3	+4	3 3 1	2–4	7%	1
4	11	5 Fairy 3 Dryad 1 Unicorn 1 Treant	16 12 6 3	+5	3 3 3 2	2–5	8%	1

Nomads[]

Provinces: Nomad Steppes
Locations: Oasis, Archery Store

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	2 Horse Archer 1 Horseman	3 3	+1	2 2	2–4	10%	1
2	6	3 Horse Archer 2 Horseman	6 6	+3	2 2	2–5	12%	1
3	7	4 Horse Archer 3 Horseman	10 10	+5	2 2	3–6	14%	1
4	8	5 Horse Archer 4 Horseman	15 15	+6	2 2	4–7	16%	2

Centaurs[]

Provinces: Centaur Lands
Locations: Ancient Ruins, Primeval Thicket

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	2 Centaur 1 Centaur Huntsman	3 3	+1	2 2	2–4	7%	1
2	6	3 Centaur 1 Centaur Huntsman 1 Centaur Chief	6 5 5	+3	2 2 2	2–5	8%	1
3	8	3 Centaur 2 Centaur Huntsman 2 Centaur Chief	10 9 9	+4	2 2 2	2–4	9%	1
4	9	4 Centaur 3 Centaur Huntsman 2 Centaur Chief	15 12 12	+5	2 2 2	2–4	10%	1

Giants[]

Provinces: Giant Lands
Locations: Ancient Ruins, Gemstones, Dark Cave, Titan Fortress

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Item-%	Max Items
1	5	2 Ogre	3	+1	3	5%	1
2	8	3 Ogre 1 Giant	6 3	+2	3 1	6%	1
3	12	3 Ogre 2 Giant 1 Cyclops	10 6 6	+3	3 1 1	7%	1
4	15	4 Ogre 2 Giant 1 Cyclops 1 Fire Giant	16 12 6 3	+4	3 2 2 2	8%	1

Battlemages[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Ruined Tower, Mages Tower, Monolith, Sorcery Store, Knowledge Store, Ghost Town, Bare Mountain, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	3	3 Shaman 1 Sorcerer	5 3	+1	3 1	1–2	10%	1
2	5	3 Shaman 1 Sorcerer 1 Gargoyle 1 Crystal Gargoyle	8 5 5 5	+3	3 2 2 2	1–3	12%	1
3	9	1 Shaman 1 Sorcerer 1 Gargoyle 1 Crystal Gargoyle 1 Obsidian Gargoyle 1 Magician 1 Stone Golem 1 Clay Golem	12 8 8 8 8 3 3 3	+4	2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2	2–4	14%	1
4	13	1 Shaman 1 Sorcerer 1 Gargoyle 1 Crystal Gargoyle 1 Obsidian Gargoyle 1 Magician 1 Stone Golem 1 Clay Golem 1 Crystal Golem 1 Obsidian Golem 1 Warlock 1 Phoenix	15 12 12 12 12 6 6 6 6 6 3 3	+3	2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1	2–5	16%	2

Clerics[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Abandoned Temple, Monolith, Temple of Light, Sanctuary, Monastery

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	2 Swordsman 1 Healer 1 Monk	5 5 3	+2	3 3 1	1–2	10%	1
2	4	2 Swordsman 2 Healer 2 Monk	8 8 6	+3	3 3 2	1–3	12%	1
3	6	2 Swordsman 2 Healer 2 Monk 1 Guardsman 1 Cleric	12 12 9 9 5	+4	3 3 3 3 1	2–4	14%	1
4	8	2 Swordsman 2 Healer 2 Monk 2 Guardsman 1 Cleric 1 White Wizard	15 15 12 12 8 5	+5	3 3 3 3 3 1	2–5	16%	2

Bandits[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Lair of Bandits, Thieves Guild, Ghost Town

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	3	2 Brigand 1 Thief 1 Bowman 1 Assassin	6 6 6 3	+2	2 1 1 1	1–3	15%	1
2	5	2 Brigand 1 Thief 1 Bowman 1 Assassin 1 Thug 1 Ballista	9 9 9 6 6 6	+4	3 2 2 1 2 2	2–4	17%	2
3	7	2 Brigand 1 Thief 1 Bowman 2 Assassin 1 Thug 1 Ballista 1 Executioner	12 12 12 9 9 12 6	+5	3 2 2 2 2 2 2	3–5	19%	3
4	9	2 Brigand 1 Thief 1 Bowman 2 Assassin 2 Thug 1 Ballista 1 Executioner 1 Catapult	15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9	+5	3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2	3–7	20%	3

Army of Chaos[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Gates of Chaos

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	2 Imp 1 Fiend 1 Hellhound 1 Succubus	6 3 3 1	+3	3 2 2 1	1–3	10%	1
2	7	2 Imp 2 Fiend 2 Hellhound 1 Succubus 1 Demon 1 Ice Demon	10 6 6 3 3 3	+4	3 2 2 2 2 2	2–4	11%	1
3	11	2 Imp 2 Fiend 2 Hellhound 1 Succubus 1 Demon 1 Ice Demon 1 Devil	15 10 10 9 6 6 3	+5	2 2 2 2 2 2 2	3–6	12%	1
4	12	2 Imp 2 Fiend 2 Hellhound 1 Succubus 2 Demon 1 Ice Demon 2 Devil	18 13 13 13 10 10 6	+4	2 2 2 2 2 2 2	4–7	13%	1

Dragons[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Dark Cave, Dragon's Lair, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	10	1 Dragon	3	0	1	2–4	15%	1
2	14	1 Storm Dragon	6	0	1	2–4	17%	2
3	17	1 Fire Dragon	9	+2	3	3–5	19%	3
4	19	1 Dragon 1 Storm Dragon 1 Fire Dragon	12 12 12	+4	3 2 2	4–7	22%	3

Minotaurs[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Ruined Tower, Dark Cave, Labyrinth, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	5	2 Minotaur	3	+1	1	1–2	10%	1
2	8	4 Minotaur	6	+2	1	1–3	12%	1
3	10	6 Minotaur	9	+3	1	2–4	14%	1
4	12	9 Minotaur	12	+4	1	2–3	16%	2

Necromancers[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Ancient Crypt, Mages Tower, Monolith, Altar of Death, Knowledge Manor, Forlorn Manor, Necromancer's Dungeon, Desecrated Cemetery, Ghost Town, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	3	2 Skeleton 1 Zombie 1 Ghoul 1 Sorcerer	5 5 3 6	+3	2 1 1 1	0–1	10%	1
2	7	2 Skeleton 2 Zombie 1 Ghoul 1 Sorcerer 1 Black Wizard	8 8 6 10 3	+4	2 1 1 1 1	1–2	13%	1
3	10	2 Skeleton 2 Zombie 1 Ghoul 1 Sorcerer 1 Black Wizard 1 Ghost 1 Warlock	12 12 9 12 9 5 3	+5	2 2 2 2 1 1 1	1–3	15%	1
4	14	2 Skeleton 2 Zombie 1 Ghoul 1 Sorcerer 2 Black Wizard 1 Ghost 1 Warlock 1 Vampire	15 15 12 16 10 8 6 6	+5	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	2–4	17%	2

Dark Druids[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Shimmering Bogs, Dionite Thicket, Black Lotus Marsh, Mages Tower, Primeval Thicket, Monolith, Enchanted Pool, Bare Mountain, Unholy Shrine

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	1 Sorcerer 1 Basilisk 1 Giant Spider 0 Giant Slug	5 3 3 3	+1	1 1 1 4	1–2	10%	1
2	6	1 Sorcerer 1 Basilisk 2 Giant Spider 1 Giant Slug 1 Black Widow	8 6 6 6 3	+3	1 1 1 1 1	2–3	12%	1
3	8	1 Sorcerer 1 Basilisk 2 Giant Spider 1 Giant Slug 1 Black Widow 1 Black Wizard 1 Manticore	12 10 10 10 6 7 5	+5	1 1 1 1 1 1 1	2–4	14%	1
4	13	1 Sorcerer 1 Basilisk 2 Giant Spider 1 Giant Slug 1 Black Widow 1 Black Wizard 1 Manticore 1 Warlock 1 Hydra	15 13 13 13 9 10 8 7 5	+6	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	2–5	16%	2

Adventurers[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Ancient Crypt, Ancient Ruins, Abandoned Farm, Old Windmill, Desecrated Cemetery, Old Keep, Ghost Town, Dark Dungeon

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	1 Elf 1 Dwarf 1 Halfling 0 Healer 0 Thief 0 Shaman 0 Lizardman	3 3 3 3 5 3 3	+1	0 0 0 1 1 1 1	0–1	12%	1
2	5	1 Elf 1 Dwarf 1 Halfling 1 Monk 0 Thief 1 Sorcerer 0 Lizardman	6 6 6 3 7 3 6	+2	1 1 1 3 1 1 3	1–2	14%	1
3	7	1 Elf 1 Dwarf 1 Halfling 1 Monk 1 Thief 1 Sorcerer 0 Lizardman 1 Fairy 0 Guardsman	10 10 10 6 12 6 10 10 6	+3	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2	1–3	16%	2
4	8	1 Elf 1 Dwarf 1 Halfling 1 Monk 1 Thief 1 Sorcerer 0 Lizardman 1 Fairy 1 Guardsman 1 Assassin 0 Thug	15 15 15 10 17 10 15 15 10 10 10	+5	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2	2–4	18%	3

Knightly Order[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Ruined Tower, Abandoned Temple, Chain Mail Armory, Plate Armory, Sanctuary, Old Keep

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	1 Knight 1 Pikeman 1 Crossbowman 0 Swordsman 0 Healer	3 3 3 3 3	+2	0 1 0 0 1	1–2	12%	1
2	7	2 Knight 1 Pikeman 1 Crossbowman 1 Swordsman 0 Healer 1 Monk 0 Guardsman	6 6 6 6 6 3 3	+3	0 1 1 1 2 1 2	1–3	14%	2
3	10	3 Knight 1 Pikeman 1 Crossbowman 0 Swordsman 0 Healer 1 Monk 1 Guardsman 1 Cleric 1 Paladin	10 10 10 10 10 6 6 5 5	+5	0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0	2–4	16%	3
4	12	3 Knight 1 Pikeman 1 Crossbowman 1 Swordsman 0 Healer 1 Monk 1 Guardsman 1 Cleric 2 Paladin 2 White Wizard	15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 7	+4	0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0	2–5	18%	3

Wild Gryphons[]

Provinces: Empty Hills
Locations: Dark Cave

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%
1	6	2 Gryphon	3	+1	3	2–4	0%
2	8	4 Gryphon	6	+2	3	2–5	0%
3	10	6 Gryphon	10	+3	3	3–6	0%
4	12	8 Gryphon	14	+4	3	3–7	0%

Trolls[]

Provinces: Troll Swamps
Locations: Ruined Tower, Dark Cave, Troll Lair, Enchanted Pool

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%
1	5	2 Troll	3	+1	3	0	0%
2	7	4 Troll	6	+2	3	0–1	0%
3	9	6 Troll	10	+3	3	1–2	0%
4	11	8 Troll	14	+4	3	1–3	0%

Inquisitors[]

Provinces: Holy Lands
Locations: Abandoned Temple, Monolith, Sanctuary

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	1 Executioner 1 Healer 1 Pikeman 0 Swordsman 0 Crossbowman	3 3 3 3 3	+2	0 0 0 1 1	1–2	12%	1
2	5	1 Executioner 0 Healer 1 Pikeman 1 Swordsman 1 Crossbowman 1 Monk	6 6 6 6 6 6	+3	0 1 0 1 1 0	1–3	15%	1
3	8	2 Executioner 0 Healer 1 Pikeman 1 Swordsman 1 Crossbowman 1 Monk 1 Cleric	10 10 10 10 10 10 6	+5	1 1 2 2 2 1 1	2–4	17%	1
4	10	3 Executioner 0 Healer 1 Pikeman 1 Swordsman 1 Crossbowman 1 Monk 1 Cleric 1 Paladin	15 15 15 15 15 15 10 6	+6	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	2–5	19%	2

Wild Pegasi[]

Provinces: Savage Wood
Locations: Primeval Thicket

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%
1	3	2 Pegasi	3	+1	3	2–4	0%
2	5	4 Pegasi	6	+2	3	2–5	0%
3	7	6 Pegasi	11	+4	3	3–6	0%
4	9	8 Pegasi	17	+6	3	3–7	0%

Demonologists[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Black Lotus Marsh, Ancient Ruins, Abandoned Temple, Mages Tower, Monolith, Gates of Chaos, Sanctuary, Old Keep, Bare Mountain, Unholy Shrine

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	3 Imp 1 Shaman	3 3	+2	3 3	0–2	5%	1
2	5	2 Imp 1 Shaman 1 Fiend 1 Hellhound 1 Sorcerer 1 Succubus	6 6 3 3 3 3	+3	3 3 2 2 2 3	1–3	6%	1
3	8	2 Imp 1 Shaman 1 Fiend 1 Hellhound 1 Sorcerer 1 Succubus 1 Demon 1 Black Wizard	10 10 6 6 6 6 3 3	+4	3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2	2–5	7%	1
4	12	2 Imp 1 Shaman 1 Fiend 1 Hellhound 1 Sorcerer 1 Succubus 1 Demon 1 Black Wizard 1 Ice Demon 1 Devil 1 Warlock	15 15 10 10 10 10 6 6 3 3 3	+6	2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2	3–6	8%	2

Druids[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Dionite Thicket, Abandoned Temple, Primeval Thicket, Monolith, Sanctuary

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	3	2 Elf Druid 1 Fairy 1 Pegasus 0 Dryad	5 3 3 3	+2	3 3 1 3	1–2	10%	1
2	5	1 Elf Druid 1 Fairy 1 Pegasus 1 Dryad 1 Monk 1 Giant Spider 0 Basilisk	6 6 5 5 5 3 3	+3	3 3 1 1 2 1 3	2–3	12%	1
3	8	1 Elf Druid 1 Fairy 1 Pegasus 1 Dryad 1 Monk 1 Giant Spider 1 Basilisk 1 Manticore 1 Gryphon 1 White Wizard	15 10 7 9 7 6 7 3 3 7	+4	3 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3	2–4	14%	1
4	11	1 Elf Druid 1 Fairy 1 Pegasus 1 Dryad 1 Monk 1 Giant Spider 1 Basilisk 1 Manticore 1 Gryphon 1 White Wizard 1 Hydra	20 15 10 12 10 10 10 6 6 10 5	+5	3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2	2–5	16%	2

Gargoyles[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Marble Deposit, Ruined Tower, Mages Tower, Monolith, Sorcery Store, Knowledge Store, Ghost Town

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%
1	3	2 Gargoyle 0 Crystal Gargoyle 0 Obsidian Gargoyle	3 3 3	+1	3 3 3	2–4	0%
2	5	2 Gargoyle 1 Crystal Gargoyle 1 Obsidian Gargoyle	6 6 6	+2	3 3 3	2–5	0%
3	7	2 Gargoyle 2 Crystal Gargoyle 2 Obsidian Gargoyle	11 11 11	+4	3 3 3	3–6	0%
4	9	3 Gargoyle 3 Crystal Gargoyle 3 Obsidian Gargoyle	17 17 17	+6	3 3 3	3–7	0%

Medusas[]

Provinces: Medusa Swamps
Locations: Shimmering Bogs, Black Lotus Marsh, Ancient Ruins, Sanctuary, Enchanted Pool, Garden of Stone

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	5	2 Medusa	3	+1	3	0–1	8%	1
2	7	4 Medusa	6	+2	3	1–2	9%	1
3	9	6 Medusa	11	+4	3	2–3	10%	2
4	11	8 Medusa	17	+6	3	2–4	12%	2

Slugs[]

Provinces: Deadly Swamps
Locations: Shimmering Bogs, Ancient Crypt, Ancient Ruins, Ruined Tower, Abandoned Farm, Enchanted Pool, Oasis

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	4	3 Giant Slug	3	+1	3	0–1	5%	1
2	6	5 Giant Slug	6	+2	3	1–2	6%	1
3	7	7 Giant Slug	10	+3	3	2–3	7%	1
4	9	9 Giant Slug	13	+4	3	2–4	8%	2

Lizardmen[]

Provinces: Lizardman Lands
Locations: Ancient Ruins, Ruined Tower, Enchanted Pool

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	1	2 Lizardman 1 Lizardman Turtleback 1 Lizardman Priest	3 3 3	+1	1 1 1	1–2	8%	1
2	4	4 Lizardman 1 Lizardman Turtleback 1 Lizardman Priest 1 Basilisk	6 6 6 3	+2	3 3 3 1	1–3	9%	1
3	7	2 Lizardman 1 Lizardman Turtleback 1 Lizardman Priest 2 Basilisk 2 Medusa	10 9 9 6 3	+3	3 3 3 2 1	2–4	10%	1
4	11	2 Lizardman 1 Lizardman Turtleback 1 Lizardman Priest 3 Basilisk 3 Medusa 1 Hydra	15 13 13 10 6 3	+4	4 4 4 3 2 1	3–5	12%	1

Guards of the Ancients[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Ancient Ruins, Cache of the Ancients, Tomb of the Ancients

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	9	2 Ballista 1 Catapult 1 Stone Golem 2 Clay Golem	4 4 4 4	+1	3 3 3 3	1–3	8%	1
2	12	3 Ballista 2 Catapult 1 Stone Golem 1 Clay Golem 1 Crystal Golem 1 Obsidian Golem	8 8 8 8 8 8	+2	3 3 3 3 3 3	1–3	9%	1
3	14	4 Ballista 3 Catapult 2 Stone Golem 1 Clay Golem 1 Crystal Golem 1 Obsidian Golem	12 12 12 12 12 12	+2	3 3 3 3 3 3	1–3	10%	2
4	15	5 Ballista 4 Catapult 2 Stone Golem 2 Clay Golem 1 Crystal Golem 1 Obsidian Golem	16 16 16 16 16 16	+0	3 3 3 3 3 3	1–3	12%	2

Vampires[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Forlorn Manor, Desecrated Cemetery, Old Keep

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	5	1 Vampire	5	+0	1	3–6	10%	2
2	7	2 Vampire	8	+0	1	4–7	11%	2
3	9	3 Vampire	12	+1	1	5–8	12%	2
4	13	5 Vampire	16	+2	1	6–9	14%	2

Lost Souls[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Forlorn Manor, Desecrated Cemetery, Old Keep

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	5	2 Ghost	5	+0	1	2–4	10%	2
2	7	3 Ghost	8	+1	1	3–5	11%	2
3	9	5 Ghost	12	+2	1	4–6	12%	2
4	15	10 Ghost	16	+3	1	5–7	14%	2

Tomb Guardians[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Tomb of the Ancients

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	3 Skeleton 1 Gargoyle 0 Crystal Gargoyle 0 Obsidian Gargoyle	5 3 3 3	+2	3 1 1 1	1–2	9%	1
2	5	3 Skeleton 2 Gargoyle 0 Crystal Gargoyle 0 Obsidian Gargoyle 1 Stone Golem 0 Clay Golem	8 6 6 6 4 4	+2	3 1 1 1 0 1	2–3	10%	1
3	7	4 Skeleton 2 Gargoyle 0 Crystal Gargoyle 0 Obsidian Gargoyle 1 Stone Golem 0 Clay Golem 0 Crystal Golem 0 Obsidian Golem 1 Ghost	11 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7	+3	3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 3	3–4	11%	1
4	10	3 Skeleton 3 Gargoyle 0 Crystal Gargoyle 0 Obsidian Gargoyle 2 Stone Golem 0 Clay Golem 0 Crystal Golem 0 Obsidian Golem 2 Ghost	14 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10	+5	2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 3	4–5	13%	2

Southerners[]

Provinces: Desert
Locations: Oasis

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	1 Slinger 2 Spearman 1 Horse Archer	3 3 3	+2	3 3 1	1–2	10%	1
2	4	2 Slinger 2 Spearman 2 Horse Archer	6 6 6	+3	3 3 3	2–3	11%	1
3	6	2 Slinger 3 Spearman 2 Horse Archer 1 Gryphon	9 9 9 6	+4	3 3 3 2	3–4	12%	1
4	9	2 Slinger 3 Spearman 2 Horse Archer 2 Gryphon 1 War Elephant	12 12 12 9 6	+5	3 3 3 3 2	4–5	14%	2

Restless Guardians[]

Provinces: Land of the Dead, Desert
Locations: Ghost Town, Tomb of the Ancients

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	2	2 Skeleton 2 Zombie 1 Ballista	6 6 3	+2	3 3 2	0–1	9%	1
2	4	3 Skeleton 2 Zombie 2 Ballista	9 9 6	+3	3 3 2	1–2	11%	1
3	7	3 Skeleton 3 Zombie 2 Ballista 1 Ghost	12 12 9 6	+4	3 3 3 2	2–3	12%	2
4	11	3 Skeleton 3 Zombie 2 Ballista 2 Ghost 1 Catapult	15 15 12 9 9	+5	3 3 3 3 3	3–4	14%	2

Desert Trolls[]

Provinces: Desert
Locations: Oasis, Troll Lair

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%
1	5	2 Desert Troll	3	+1	3	0	0%
2	7	4 Desert Troll	6	+2	3	0–1	0%
3	9	6 Desert Troll	10	+3	3	1–2	0%
4	11	8 Desert Troll	14	+4	3	1–3	0%

Tainted Ones[]

Provinces: Lands of Chaos
Locations: Unholy Shrine

Tier	Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
1	5	2 Tainted Unicorn 2 Zombie 1 Ghoul	1 6 3	+2	0 2 1	1	7%	1
2	6	2 Tainted Unicorn 3 Zombie 2 Ghoul	3 9 6	+3	0 3 2	2	9%	1
3	9	2 Tainted Unicorn 3 Zombie 2 Ghoul 1 Dark Treant	6 12 9 3	+4	1 2 1 0	3	11%	1
4	13	2 Tainted Unicorn 3 Zombie 2 Ghoul 1 Dark Treant 1 Cursed Dragon	9 15 12 6 6	+5	1 2 1 0 0	4	13%	2

Cult of the Hydra[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Abandoned Temple, Sanctuary, Bare Mountain, Garden of Stone

Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
11	2 Goblin 1 Goblin Spitter 1 Goblin Alchemist 3 Shaman 1 Sorcerer 1 Black Wizard 2 Medusa 1 Hydra	15 15 15 15 12 10 10 20	+4	3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0	3–5	12%	1

Cult of the Titan[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Abandoned Temple, Sanctuary, Bare Mountain, Titan Fortress

Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
11	2 Orc 1 Orc Clubthrower 2 Orc Witchdoctor 2 Shaman 2 Sorcerer 2 Stone Golem 1 Giant 0 Fire Giant	15 15 15 15 12 10 20 20	+4	3 3 3 3 2 1 0 2	3–5	11%	1

Cult of the Phoenix[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Abandoned Temple, Sanctuary, Bare Mountain

Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
13	2 Elf 1 Elf Ranger 1 Elf Druid 3 Monk 1 Cleric 1 White Wizard 2 Unicorn 1 Phoenix	15 15 15 15 12 12 10 20	+4	3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0	3–5	12%	1

Cult of the Dragon[]

Provinces: None
Locations: Abandoned Temple, Sanctuary, Bare Mountain

Strength	Minimum Units	Avg Lvl	+ Units	+ Factor	Initiative	Item-%	Max Items
17	2 Lizardman 1 Lizardman Turtleback 1 Lizardman Priest 3 Monk 2 Cleric 2 Gryphon 1 Fire Dragon	15 15 15 15 12 10 20	+4	3 3 3 3 2 1 0	3–5	12%	1