Basics of Combat

Building an army
Armies in the Settlers Online are used to combat bandit camps and various NPC enemies in the game. When you first start out, your island is infested with bandits and you must clear them in order to access the hidden resources in the zone. Once all bandit camps in a zone have been defeated, you can build a storehouse in the territory to claim it as your own. Armies also play a vital role in adventures as you are tasked with clearing enemy NPCs from adventure zones.

There are nine different types of basic military units, which you create with the Barracks building. You can access your Barracks menu by either clicking on the Barracks building or using the shortcut (hitting the B key on your keyboard). To build an army you will first need to have a Barracks. A Barracks is used to train your troops. In order to be created, these troops will require certain resources during the training phase, such as Brew and Bronze Swords. Each unit you train will have a base build time. This is the amount of time it takes to train 1 unit. For example, recruits have a base build time of 3 minutes in a level 1 Barracks. You can bypass this by using gems to instantly create any unit.

Once your troops are finished training you will need to add them to a general so that they can be used in battle. To add units to a general simply click on the General’s  camp, this will cause a pop up window to appear.