Training men

Nobles may be accompanied by different kinds of men. Men may be peasants obtained with the recruit order, or peasants who have been trained into other kinds of men such as sailors, soldiers or workers.

The different kinds of men:

• peasant [10]
• worker [11]
• soldier [12]
• archer [13]
• knight [14]
• elite guard [15]
• pikeman [16]
• blessed soldier [17]
• sailor [19]
• swordsman [20]
• crossbowman [21]
• elite archer [22]
• pirate [24]

A peasant may be trained into a soldier, sailor, worker, or crossbowman. Soldiers may be given further training to become pikemen, swordsmen, or archers. More advanced fighters may be trained from swordsmen and archers.

     +--- sailor ------- pirate
    +---- worker
   +----- crossbowman
  /
peasant ------ soldier ------ swordsman --- knight ----- elite guard
                  \
                   +---- archer ------ elite archer
                    +--- pikeman
                     +-- blessed soldier

Training a man may require that the noble have a certain skill, or possess some item. For instance, training soldiers into swordsmen requires a longsword [74] for each swordsman produced. The training character must also know Combat [610].

Some men may only be trained in certain kinds of locations. Elite guard and elite archers, for instance, may only be trained in castles. Blessed soldiers may only be trained in temples.

Training takes one day per man. Training five archers into five elite archers would take five days, for example. Training ten peasants into ten crossbowmen would take 10 days.

num  kind            skill  input man       input item        where
---  -----------     -----  --------------  ----------------  ------
 11  worker           none  peasant [10]
 12  soldier           610  peasant [10]
 13  archer            615  soldier [12]    longbow [72]
 14  knight            616  swordsman [20]  warmount [53]
 15  elite guard       616  knight [14]     plate armor [73]  castle
 16  pikeman           610  soldier [12]    pike [75]
 17  blessed soldier   750  soldier [12]                      temple
 19  sailor            601  peasant [10]
 20  swordsman         616  soldier [12]    longsword [74]
 21  crossbowman       610  peasant [10]    crossbow [85]
 22  elite archer      615  archer [13]                       castle
 24  pirate            616  sailor [19]     longsword [74]    ship

• A character needs no skills to train a worker.
• To train a sailor requires Sailing [601], a subskill of Shipcraft [600].
• Training archers and elite archers requires Archery [615], a subskill of Combat [610].
• Training swordsmen, knights and elite guard requires Swordplay [616], a subskill of Combat [610].

For more information and examples, see the train order.