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Thracians

Infantry civilization
Infantry

Civilization bonuses

  • Elite Skirmisher upgrade is free
  • Skirmishers regenerate 5/10 HP per minute in Civic/Classical Age
  • Battle Drills is available in the Classical Age
  • All buildings except Town Centers can be built on any elevation
  • Forts and Towers increase the workrate of nearby Miners and Lumberjacks, and serve as resource dropsites
  • Shepherds and Hunters slowly generate gold while gathering from animals
  • Odomantian Raiders (Infantry and cavalry gain gold from killing enemies)
  • Dii Plunderers (Spearman-line, Levy/Hoplite-line, and Rhomphaia Warriors gain wood/food/gold respectively from damaging enemy buildings)
  • Bessian Metalworking (Levy line, Lancer line, and Rhomphaia Warriors strip armour from targets when attacking)
  • Peltasts (Skirmishers deal pass-through damage)

Team bonus

Buildings have +3 line of sight

Unique unit

Unique technologies

Ming Guang Armor

600 food, 450 gold · 65s

Research Ming Guang Armor (Mounted Units +4 melee armor)

Tuntian

250 food, 300 wood · 40s

Research Tuntian (Soldiers passively produce food)

Tech tree

Thracians can build 116 of 523 tech-tree options

Every unit, building and technology in the game — solid chips are what Thracians can build and research, greyed-out and struck-through entries are what they can't. Hover any item for details.

Town Center

Dark Age

Feudal Age

Imperial Age

Barracks

Archery Range

Stable

Siege Workshop

Blacksmith

Monastery

Dark Age

—

Feudal Age

—

Castle Age

Imperial Age

University

Castle

Dark Age

—

Feudal Age

—

Imperial Age

Dock

Shipyard

Mill

Lumber Camp

Dark Age

—

Feudal Age

Castle Age

Imperial Age

Mining Camp

Dark Age

—

Imperial Age

—

Market

Dark Age

—

Feudal Age

  • Trade Cart

Castle Age

Imperial Age

Port