Cord

Orc Male

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1. Basics

 

Name	Short Explanation
Research	For Infantry everything from Conscription to Elite Guards For Cavalry everything from Call to arms to Elite Squadron 5 commanders: Military tree > Conscription (2nd), Call to Arms (3rd), Standing Army (4th), Warcraft (5th)
Troop type	Cavalry for plains and small hills Infantry for every other terrains
Commander	T2 infantry or T2 cavalry to match troops, and all commanders same type
Commander points	10 points in Heroism
Army set up	5 divisions, 5 commanders, 61 T2 troops (57/1/1/1/1)
Gear	Terrain gear on commanders only (cheap and works well) Moonshatter gear on commanders only

And you are good to go! (at least in most cases :)

If you want more details on why, check the rest of the guide.

 

 

2. Commanders

With the research in the Military tree you can have up to 5 commanders alive per town (no limit on dead/retire ones).

Since we are all about attack power, T2 commanders are a must as they have the highest attack output. My hunting armies attack output comes mostly from the commanders (~90% of the total attack power), so we'll be focusing on them first.

When you kill NPCs or other player troops, your commanders earn experience points. The calculation is rather simple: each troop have a experience value attached to it, you multiply that by the number you killed and you got the total experience earnt. You then devide that by the number of commanders, and you'll get the experience each commander earnt. You can then assign those points to different traits in the commander page.

Note: Some people in GC mentioned that Division Bonus is better than Heroism for newer player. As show on that spreadsheet that is wrong for any reasonnable player, take heroism first (ALWAYS).

 

Heroism

Let's start by mentioning the most important bonus for attack: Heroism. Each level your commander has, will add the attack of the troop he is based on 6 times.

Commander attack multiplier with 10 heroism:

(10 x 6) + 1 = 61

61 times the base attack. In the case of Human T2 cavalry , the attack is:

65 x 61 = 3,965

To activate the full power of heroism, you need at least the same power in troops in your army, so you'll need 61 knigts or 108 charioteers (3965/37= 107.1, the 37 is the base attack power of charioteers ).

You are free to distribute these troops along the different divisions of your army, but do not break the Elite bonus for your division. Also at least 1 troop need to be under each commander. I usually do:

5 commanders: 57/1/1/1/1 (57 in first division and 1 in each other)
4 commanders: 58/1/1/1
3 commanders: 59/1/1
2 commanders: 60/1

 

Division Attack Bonus

For pure attack bonus, the second important commander trait is the Division attack bonus.

Troop Type	Division attack bonus
Spears	Close Quarter Penetration: increase the attack of spear commander & troops in the division by 10% (T1 com) or 15% (T2 com)
Infantry	Bloodlust: increase the attack of sword commander & troops in the division by 10% (T1 com) or 15% (T2 com)
Ranged	Concentrated Fire: increase the attack of bow commander & troops in the division by 10% (T1 com) or 15% (T2 com)
Cavalry	Charge: increase the attack of cavalry commander & troops in the division by 10% (T1 com) or 15% (T2 com)

 

Other Traits

For hunting the other bonuses are purely for convinience.

If you plan on hunting often with the same Army, you can spend some points into Vitality & Accelerated Healing. That will help maintaining the commanders alive, and reduce the chance to have the troops coming back with their dead bodies.

If you hunt a bit far from your town, you can spend some points into Forced March (up to 50% bonus speed for commander and troops in the division).

Be aware that the higher level is your commander, the longer and more expensive it costs to revive it, affecting your capabilities of hunting in case of casualities.

 

Elite Divisions

In Illyriad their are 2 types of division: Normal Division and Elite Division. Commanders and troops in Elite division, receive a double bonus from the equipment they are wearing.

In general for hunting you want to have the maximum possible number of Elite Divisions, as that improve greatly the power of our Heroic Commanders.

A division becomes Elite when you put less than the maximum number of same type troop under a commander. Here are the numbers:

Troop Type	Max Troop in Division for Elite
Spears	200
Infantry	150
Ranged	100
Cavalry	60

You can see if your divisions are elites here and check if the star light up (Elite: yellow , not Elite: grey).

 

Commanders & Gear

Now that we have our commanders operational with heroism activated, let's talk about equiping them. To simplify the explaination here, I'm gonna take the case of hunting with terrain specific gear. If you want to calculate with different equipment, just change the gear attack bonus in the following calculations.

Let's calculate our bonus with Plainsman's Spear, Plainsman's Chainmail and Heavy Warhorse 

60% + 60% + 5% = 125%

Since we are hunting in elite division, the total bonus is

125% x 2 = 250% = 2.5

The attack bonus is therefore:

3,965 x 2.5 = 9,912.5

and the total attack:

3,965 + 9,912.5 = 13,877.5

 

Commanders, Terrain & other bonuses

Our commanders are now geared and with 10 points in Heroism, so let's calculate our final attack score by incorporating the remaining bonuses we can have: Terrain, Division attack, Biome & Prestige.

I put 15 point in charge, I'm attacking on plain, not using prestige and no biome bonus:

15% + 30% + 0% + 0% = 45% = 0.45

That correspond to:

13,877.5 x 0.45 = 6,244.875 attack

The grand total attack for our Elite commander is:

13,877.5 + 6,244.5 = 20,122.375

 

Commanders Summary

I went through the whole calculation previously but you can simplify it with this formula:

Elite: ([base atk] x 61) x (1 + 2 x ([equip bonus])) x (1 + [other bonuses])
Not Elite: ([base atk] x 61) x (1 + [equip bonus]) x (1 + [other bonuses])

You can verify that by plugging in the values used previously:

Elite: (65 x 61) x (1 + (2 x 1.25)) x (1 + 0.45) = 3,965 x 3.5 x 1.45 = 20,122.375
Not Elite: (65 x 61) x (1 + 1.25) x (1 + 0.45) = 3,965 x 2.25 x 1.45 = 12,935.81

 

 

3. Army Attack Score

Let's start by calculating our troops output, I'll take again the same example, 61 T2 human cavalry, no gear. We got:

61 x (65 x 1.45) = 61 x 94.25 = 5749.25 attack

So now we can calculate our total army attack output

5 commanders: (5 x 20122.375) + 5749.25 = 106,361.125 (94.5% from com)
4 commanders: (4 x 20122.375) + 5749.25 = 86,238.75 (93.3% from com)
3 commanders: (3 x 20122.375) + 5749.25 = 61,116.375 (91.3% from com)
2 commanders: (2 x 20122.375) + 5749.25 = 45,994 (87.5% from com)

As you can see, the large majority of the total army attack comes from the commanders alone, and equiping troops will not improve the total output by much, but considerably increase the cost of hunting.

 

 

4. NPCs Defense (against one type of attacking troops)

Now that we understand how the attack of our army is calculated, we can evaluate the defense of the army we are attacking. Most NPCs have 4 level of divisions (up to 8 for Underworlders).

We'll start by the simplest case: Commanders & Troops are of the same type for all the attacking army.

We calculate the defense for each division of the defensive army, and then add them together:

[nb of NPCs] x [base def against troop type] x (1 + [terrain def bonus])

Let's do it with an example:

Type:	Unit:	Quantity:
Army: Legion of Giant Rats
Troops:	Ratlings	3000
Troops:	Rats	2000
Troops:	Diseased Rats	1000
Troops:	Elder bucks	500

We get:

Division 1: 3000 x 6 x (1 + (-0.15)) = 15,300
Division 2: 2000 x 8 x (1 + (-0.15)) = 13,600
Division 3: 1000 x 12 x (1 + (-0.15)) = 10,200
Division 4: 500 x 16 x (1 + (-0.15)) = 6,800

Total: 15,300 + 13,600 + 10,200 + 6,800 = 45,900 defense against cavalry on plains

So 3 of our Elite T2 commanders properly geared should be enough to clear that group of NPCs.

 

 

5. Fight

Loss = Defense / Attack

Let's evaluate the loss for out previous army of 5 knights on plain (section 3.) against the legion of rats (section 4.) :

Defense = 45,900      Attack = 106,361.125
Loss = Def/Atck = 45,900/106,361.125 = 0.43 = 43%

The commanders will loose a fixed amount of health, independant of their max health:

Com: 100 x 0.43 = 43 points of health loss

The troop loss will then be calculated

61 knigths loss: 61 x 0.43 = 26.3 ~ 26

 

 

6. Tools

With that, you are now able to understand the Mathematics behind the hunting and combat in Illyriad.

Luckily for us, [M.d] already put all this formulas into a spreadsheet that you can use as Calculator. It will indicates how many troops are required to clear your scouted group of NPCs:

[Original] Marauder's Calculator by Whack

[2020/05] Marauder's Calculator (Bolism Version) : that one simplify the integration of NPCs data entry.

[2022/09] Marauder's Calculator (Bolism Version) Version 2 : that one has a list of the current gear in game (doesn't include day/night bonuses, or undead/monstrous/vs animal bonuses).

 

A list of tools that I developped as needed, along the way while learning the game:

• Thieves Tools: a tool that let you evaluate the number, the race and type of thieves sent at you
• Updated Marauder Calculator: An updated version of the great Marauder calculator to integrate the 8 divisions army of Underworlds, and automatic NPC data loading
• IllyCombat: python scripts to evaluate and graph various aspects of combats in Illy.
• Alliance Inventory: a spreadsheet to manage the inventory for an alliance (What I was using in RoFC)
• Heroism vs Division Bonus: a spreadsheet to show the vastly better option on taking heroism for hunting

 

 

7. Harvesting

In Illyriad there are 4 main classes of harvestable: Basic Ressources, Herbs & Rare herbs, Minerals & Rare Minerals and Hides & Animals parts.

• Caravans harvest the basic ressources (food, wood, clay, iron & stone)
• Cotters harvest Herbs, Minerals, Hides & Skysplinters.
• Miners harvest Rare Minerals.
• Herbalists harvest Rare Herbs.
• Skinners harvest Animals parts.

 

It is possible to harvest parts on some squares marqued as Impassable. For that just copy the following line and edit the X and Y coordinates corresponding to the square you want to send your harvesters to:

elgea.illyriad.co.uk/#/Trade/Orders/X/Y?ActionTypeID=2

Note: you can access that page by clicking on some harvestable on the map and then right click "harvest resources" then "open in new tab".

 

Tensmoor collected information on drop rates from killing NPCs. You can find the results of the data here.

 

 

8. Harvestable Parts

 

#	Part	Items
Skyfallen Stones
	Skysplinter
Rare Minerals
	Aeghris
	Almhurin
	Amar Shards
	Arterium
	Claristrine
	Daera
	Deepsilver
	Earthblood
	Elven Tears
	Flektrine
	Goldstone
	Iceheart
	Night Diamond
	Obsidian
	Pyrestone
	Rainbowstone
	Silversoil
	Silversteel
	Svelaugh Sand
	Trove
Rare Herbs
	Ancient Oak
	Baleberries
	Berbane Leaves
	Brascan Seeds
	Brownback Moss
	Desert Flame
	Dyallom Gall
	Ebony Wood
	Furzion Seedpod
	Giant Palm Leaves
	Ironstem Root
	Larken Wood
	Lemonwood Bough
	Mabri Fruit
	Miner's Bane
	Pale Cedar Wood
	Punfruit
	Queen's Hair Leaves
	Rahan Palm Wood
	Rockweed Root
	Sharproot
	Silverthorn
	Snowbell Flowers
	Spidertree Leaves
	Suntree Haft
	Toadcap Fungus
	Vistrok Flower
	Warpwood Shoot
	Ysanberries
Exotic/Elemental
	Heart of Darkness
	Air Salt
	Earth Salt
	Fire Salt
	Water Salt
Animal Parts
	Hides
	Alligator Heart
	Alligator Skull
	Alligator Entrail
	Alligator Vertebra
	Anaconda Heart
	Anaconda Fang
	Anaconda Skin
	Arctic Wolf Heart
	Arctic Wolf Entrail
	Arctic Wolf Fur
	Arctic Wolf Tooth
	Baboon Heart	None
	Baboon Entrail
	Baboon Fur
	Black Bear Heart
	Black Bear Tooth
	Black Bear Fur
	Black Bear Vertebra
	Black Panther Heart
	Black Panther Vertebra
	Black Panther Fur
	Brown Bear Heart
	Brown Bear Fur
	Brown Bear Vertebra
	Cobra Heart
	Cobra Brain
	Coral Snake Heart
	Coral Snake Brain
	Cyclops Heart
	Cyclops Entrail
	Elephant Heart
	Elephant Hide
	Elephant Rib
	Elephant Vertebra
	Fire Salamander Heart
	Fire Salamander Entrail
	Fire Salamander Skin
	Gharial Heart
	Gharial Tooth
	Giant Beetle Heart
	Giant Beetle Carapace
	Giant Rat Heart
	Giant Rat Rib
	Giant Rat Fur
	Giant Scorpion Heart
	Giant Scorpion Exoskeleton
	Giant Scorpion Stinger
	Giant Scuttler Heart
	Giant Scuttler Exoskeleton
	Giant Snake Heart
	Giant Snake Vertebra
	Giant Snake Fang
	Giant Spider Heart
	Giant Spider Fangs
	Golden Monkey Heart
	Golden Monkey Entrail
	Golden Monkey Fur
	Ice Salamander Heart
	Ice Salamander Entrail
	Ice Salamander Skin
	Jaguar Heart
	Jaguar Fur
	Jaguar Vertebra
	Leopard Heart
	Leopard Entrail
	Leopard Vertebra
	Lion Heart
	Lion Skull	None
	Lion Tooth
	Lion Vertebra
	Mammoth Heart
	Mammoth Rib
	Mammoth Tusk
	Mammoth Vertebra
	Massive Scarab Heart
	Massive Scarab Carapace
	Poisonous Crawler Heart
	Poisonous Crawler Exoskeleton
	Poisonous Crawler Mandible
	Polar Bear Heart
	Polar Bear Fur
	Puma Heart
	Puma Rib
	Puma Vertebra
	Puma Fur
	Rhinoceros Heart
	Rhinoceros Rib
	Rhinoceros Hide
	Salamander Heart
	Salamander Entrail
	Salamander Fang
	Saurian Heart
	Saurian Entrail
	Saurian Rib
	Saurian Vertebra
	Scaled Charger Heart
	Scaled Charger Scale
	Scaled Charger Vertebra
	Scritcher Heart
	Scritcher Carapace
	Simien Wolf Heart
	Simien Wolf Fur
	Snow Leopard Heart
	Snow Leopard Fur
	Snow Leopard Vertebra	None
	Tiger Heart
	Tiger Tooth
	Tiger Skull
	White Tiger Heart
	White Tiger Vertebra
	Wild Dog Heart
	Wild Dog Bone
	Wild Dog Entrail
	Wild Dog Fur
	Wolf Heart
	Wolf Entrail
	Wolf Tooth
	Wolf Fur

 

 

9. Crafts

A list of all the craftable items:

Mounts

Spears

Swords

Bows

Leather Armors

Chainmail Armors

Plate Armors

Magic

Prestige

 

Skystone Crafts

Those craftable gear (2019/12) seems to have been added to compensate for the really high cost and less used Magical Crafts. Each of the item required some Dyallom Gal herb and skysplinters to craft. They come in 3 levels, each higher level requiring the previous one crafted:

T1	T2	T3	Total Required Items for T3
			1   1   1   65   1900
			1   1   4   1   65   1900
			1   1   1   65   1900
			1   1   2   1   65   1900
			1   1   1   65   1900
			1   1   1   65   1900

 

Magic Crafts

With the 2018 October Update, some Magic Crafts have been added

#	Name	Parts Required
Basic
	Lesser Mana Crystal	1 1,100
	Mana Crystal	2 10,070
	Greater Mana Crystal	3 105,000
Shards base: 1 3 1
	Shard of Nightfall	1 10 10 1 1 2
	Shard of Dawn	1 10 1 1 2
	Shard of Putrescence	1 1 1 8 1 2
	Shard of Life	1 1 1 8 1 2
	Shard of Haste	1 2 10 1 1 1 1
	Shard of Ferocity	1 1 1 2 10 5 2 1
	Shard of Fortitude	1 1 1 2 8 5 2 1
Esssences base: 2 1 3
	Essence of Twilight	4 15 15 3 2 1
	Essence of Daybreak	15 4 2 3 1
	Essence of Necrosis	3 3 12 13 1
	Essence of Anima	1 3 3 12 3 1
	Esssence of Alacrity	15 3 4 3 2 2 2
	Essence of Brutality	2 2 15 4 10 2 4 2
	Essence of Protection	4 10 2 2 2 12 4 2

 

					1		3
							1					1
			1			1		3
								1				1
					3		1
					1							1
						3		1
						1						1
	1								2	1	1
									1			1
				1					1	2	1
										1		1 *
		1							1	1	2
											1	1 **

* : Not required for 

**: Not required for  and 

 

 

10. Hearts of Darkness

If you hunt Underworlds for the current event, you'll likely come accross some Hearts of Darkness (HoD). They can be valuable for crafting, and hunting the underworlds can bring some nice experience for your commanders. Further more you can receive and update a medal:

# Title Required HoD Total HoD in a town Annihilator Annihilator of Kerberos V     Annihilator of Kerberos IV     Annihilator of Kerberos III     Annihilator of Kerberos II 832,038 317,811 Annihilator of Kerberos I 514,227 196,418 Dominator Dominator of Kerberos V 317,809 121,393 Dominator of Kerberos IV 196,416 75,025 Dominator of Kerberos III 121,391 46,368 Dominator of Kerberos II 75,023 28,657 Dominator of Kerberos I 46,366 17,711 Vanquisher Vanquisher of Kerberos V 28,655 10,946 Vanquisher of Kerberos IV 17,709 6,765 Vanquisher of Kerberos III 10,944 4,181 Vanquisher of Kerberos II 6,763 2,584 Vanquisher of Kerberos I 4,179 1,597

# Title Required HoD Total HoD in a town Queller Queller of Kerberos V 2,582 947 Queller of Kerberos IV 1,595 610 Queller of Kerberos III 985 377 Queller of Kerberos II 608 233 Queller of Kerberos I 375 144 Punisher Punisher of Kerberos V 231 89 Punisher of Kerberos IV 142 55 Punisher of Kerberos III 87 34 Punisher of Kerberos II 53 21 Punisher of Kerberos I 32 13 Slayer Slayer of Kerberos V 19 8 Slayer of Kerberos IV 11 5 Slayer of Kerberos III 6 3 Slayer of Kerberos II 3 2 Slayer of Kerberos I 1 1

 

 

11. Data

 

Troops Table

Race	Cavalry		Spears		Infantry		Ranged
	T1	T2	T1	T2	T1	T2	T1	T2
Human
Dwarf
Elf
Orc

 

 

Attack & Defense Tables

Attack Modifiers				Terrain	Defense Modifiers
Cavalry	Spears	Infantry	Ranged		Cavalry	Spears	Infantry	Ranged
-50%	+20%	+40%	+5%	Buildings	-45%	+25%	+30%	+15%
-15%	+5%	+30%	-20%	Large Forest	-15%	+5%	+25%	-20%
-15%	0%	+10%	+10%	Large Hill	-10%	+10%	+5%	+15%
-30%	0%	+15%	+15%	Large Mountain	-30%	+20%	+5%	+30%
+30%	-15%	0%	0%	Plains	+25%	-15%	0%	0%
-10%	+10%	+30%	-10%	Small Forest	-10%	+10%	+30%	-10%
0%	0%	0%	0%	Small Hill	0%	+5%	+5%	+5%
-20%	0%	+5%	+10%	Small Mountain	-15%	+15%	+5%	+15%

 

 

NPCs Sizes

Size	# Min	# Max
Few	1	3
Handful	4	8
Several	9	21
Pack	22	81
Many	82	128
Gathering	129	227
Horde	228	462
Throng	463	815
Host	816	2,500
Legion	2,501	9,999
Myriad	10,000	24,999
Sea	25,000	49,999
Cornucopia	50,000	...

 

 

PCs Table

MDQ is a ratio trying to evaluate the strength of figthing NPCs. It was develop by Manannan, and you can check the forum post about it here. Unfortunately, to my knowledge he never detailed the exact calculation.

Name	MDQ	Troops
Alligators	2.350
Anacondas	2.425
Arctic Wolves	2.275
Baboons	1.875
Black Bears	2.000
Black Panthers	3.100
Brown Bears	2.150
Cobras	2.450
Coral Snakes	2.225
Elementals
Elephants	12.750
Fire Salamanders	3.000
Gharials	2.200
Giant Beetles	1.425
Giant Rats	1.200
Giant Scorpions	3.025
Giant Scuttlers	3.250
Giant Snakes	3.100
Giant Spiders	2.700
Golden Monkeys	1.300
Ice Salamanders	2.575
Jaguars	2.200
Leopards	2.575
Lions	2.825
Mammoths	18.100
Massive Scarabs	2.050
Poisonous Crawlers	2.875
Polar Bears	2.550
Pumas	2.425
Rhinos	7.275
Salamanders	2.825
Saurians	19.250
Scaled Chargers	3.225
Scritchers	2.525
Simien Wolves	2.075
Snow Leopards	2.250
Tigers	3.300
Underworlds
White Tigers	3.575
Wild Dogs	0.700
Wolves	1.540

 

 

Commanders Table

Note: this is focused on hunting, hence only mentioning Cavalry and Infantry. Of course you can hunt with different troop type, but the result would be less efficient regardless of race or terrain.

Some examples of commanders with equipment on different terrain to help quickly calculate the attack output, with no prestige bonus, no biome bonus, but with division bonus (15%):

Com	Equipment	Terrain	Com Total Atk
			Not Elite	Elite
Human
		plains (+30%)	32,195.80	58,642.35
		plains (+30%)	16,787.81*	27,826.37*
		plains (+30%)	12,935.81	20,122.37
		small hills (+0%)	10,031.45	15,503.15
		plains (+0%)	7,611.28	12,727.30
		small hills (+0%)	7,611.28	12,727.30
		large hills (+10%)	8,273.13	13,877.50
		small mountains (+5%)	7,942.20	13,322.40
		large montains (+15%)	8,604.05	14,432.60
		forest (+30%)	9,596.83	16,097.90
		buildings (+40%)	8,273.13	13,237.00
Dwarf
		plains (+30%)	11,343.71	17,645.77
		small hills (+0%)	8,796.81	13,595.07
		plains (+0%)	9,785.92	16,415.10
		small hills (+0%)	9,785.92	16,415.10
		large hills (+10%)	10,636.87	17,842.50
		small mountains (+5%)	10,211.40	17,218.80
		large montains (+15%)	11,062.35	18,556.20
		forest (+30%)	12,338.77	20,697.30
		buildings (+40%)	10,636.88	17,019.00
Orc
		plains (+30%)	11,741.74	18,264.93
		small hills (+0%)	9,933.24	15,727.63
		plains (+0%)	7,828.74	13,132.08
		small hills (+0%)	7,828.74	13,132.08
		large hills (+10%)	8,509.50	14,274.00
		small mountains (+5%)	8,169.12	13,703.04
		large montains (+15%)	8,849.88	14,844.96
		forest (+30%)	9,871.02	16,577.84
		buildings (+40%)	8,509.50	13,615.20
Elf
		plains (+30%)	11,741.74	18,264.93
		small hills (+0%)	9,105.47	14,072.09
		plains (+0%)	7,176.35	12,037.74
		small hills (+0%)	7,176.35	12,037.74
		large hills (+10%)	7,800.38	13,084.50
		small mountains (+5%)	7,488.36	12,561.12
		large montains (+15%)	8,112.39	13,607.88
		forest (+30%)	9,048.44	15,178.02
		buildings (+40%)	7,800.38	12,480.60

*: those items include many different bonuses, I just took the base attack bonus and the terrain bonus if available.

 

 

Commander Heroism Activation

As mentioned previously you need a certain number of troops in your army to activate the full power of Heroism 10. I summurized those number in the following table.

Commander	Human				Elf				Dwarf				Orc
	#	Atk	T1	T2	#	Atk	T1	T2	#	Atk	T1	T2	#	Atk	T1	T2
Cavalry
T1		2,257	61	35		2,196	61	38		1,952	61	35		2,074	61	36
T2		3,965	108	61		3,599	100	61		3,477	109	61		3,599	106	61
Infantry
T1		1,342	61	39		1,281	61	39		1,769	61	40		1,342	61	37
T2		2,135	98	61		2,013	96	61		2,745	95	61		2,196	100	61
Ranged
T1		976	61	41		1,220	61	39		915	61	36		1,037	61	40
T2		1,464	92	61		1,952	98	61		1,586	105	61		1,586	100	61
Spear
T1		427	61	27		366	61	39		427	61	36		549	61	29
T2		976	140	61		915	153	61		976	140	61		1,159	129	61

Example: let's say I want to know how many troops are required to activate my T2 Sword Dwarf commander: I check the row for Infantry, T2 and check the values for Dwarf. In this example I would need 61 T2 (logic concidering how Heroism works) or 95 T1 infantry units in my army.

 

 

Visual Representation of Army attack

I tried to represent the Total army attack output depending on troops number in the divisions/army, taking into account different parameters (terrain, commanders, etc.). You can find it here: Spreadsheet.

Example: 5 humans T2 Cavalry commanders, equiped like previously (plain spears/plain chainmail/heavy warhorse), attacking on plains with 10/10 heroism and 15% of division bonus.

We can notice 2 importants point in the graph: the first one is at coordinate 61, it represents the moment when the commanders have their heroism fully activated, and so adding more troop from now on would just add the units attack to the army. The second point at 300 and represent the transition between the maximum numbers of elite divisions to the point where we loose one elite commander bonus (5 divisions of 60 = 300 cavalry max).

This graph help me to add the number of troops I need in my army to defeat some hunting prey. Calculate the defense against cavalry from the scout report, (to win: army attack > defense score) and I retrieve the rough estimate of troops I need. If I need more precision, I use Marauder's calculator :P

 

 

12. Others

 

Profiles

A list of Illyriad player profiles that contain a lot of information on different aspects of the Game:

• Ellania's profile
• Lupia's profile
• Marquesta's profile
• Helmsman's profile
• Tensmoor's profile
• Reference [INFO] alliance profile