Barbarian Camps are scattered around the Map along with wildernesses and other players' cities , these camps contain invaders and can be scouted or attacked. When viewing the Map, if you select a barbarian camp, the message displayed is as follows: "Invasions of barbarians have become a threat to this province. Conquer this city and you may receive a trophy!" However, there haven't been any instances of barbarians attacking or pillaging player cities at this time, or indeed any instances of anyone winning a trophy!.
Barbarian Camps restock their troops and resources every hour.
Table of Levels
There are ten levels of Barbarian Camp and the higher the level the more heavily fortified the camp. Higher levels of Barbarian Camp require a larger army to defeat, however the loot that you will be able to plunder is also much greater. As you advance in the game, raiding barbarian camps will become a valuable means of procuring food for your growing army. It can be difficult to maintain supply needs through farming alone.
Note: 1k = 1,000 and 50k = 50,000 etc. ... 1m = 1,000,000
Troop Requirements
Your level in the technologies of fletching, metal alloys, poisoned edge and healing potions as well as your knight's combat skill will affect the performance of your troops in battle. You can raise your level in the different available technologies by going to the Alchemy Lab and getting your alchemists to research the relevant technology.The table belows shows the number of troops used to successfully attack barbarian camps, incurring zero casualities, and their technology levels at the time.
Strategy
April 16th patch: Lucky for us, the barbarian camp change was just a bug, not an update. It has been reverted, so go back to farming barbarian camps with no fears of losing troops!
There are two dominant strategies for attacking Barbarian Camps:
- Attack using archers and supply wagons - you need fewer troops to attack, but you are slowed down by the supply wagons because archers cannot carry all of the loot
- Attack using cavalry - you need more troops to attack, but this is faster because the cavalry can carry all of the loot by themselves
NOTE: Please do not edit numbers posted by others unless they do not work. Add a new line for your numbers instead, please.
Barbarian Camp
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Required Troops
(minimal casualties)
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Fletching
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Metal
Alloys
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Poisoned
Edge
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Healing
Potions
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Knight
Combat
Skill
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="18" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
Level 1
| style="text-align: center;"|
350 Archers
600 Supply Troops
(no loss bring all resources)
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|0
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|0
| style="text-align: center;"|
50
23Aug2010BEE
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|500 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|1
| style="text-align: center;"|0
| style="text-align: center;"|0
| style="text-align: center;"|0
| style="text-align: center;"|50
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|750 Cavalry
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|79
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|77 Ballista
12 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|70
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|140 Ballista
271 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|80
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|648 Pikeman
166 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|74
31May2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|348 Pikeman
10 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|78
31May2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|884 Swordsman
163 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
31May2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|609 Swordsman
9 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
01June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|537 Cavalry + 27 Supply Troop
(538 Cavalry + 26 Supply Troop)
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
01June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|272 Cavalry
7 Supply Wagons
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|66
01June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|537 Heavy Cavalry + 81 Supply Troop
(538 Heavy Cavalry + 80 Supply Troop)
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
01June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|272 Heavy Cavalry
8 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|66
01June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|244 Archer
265 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|66
01June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|233 Archer
11 Supply Wagons
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|66
01June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|1400 Battering Ram
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|71
04 July 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|77 Catapult
11 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|78
14 July 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
555 supply troops
500 Militiamen 150 Archers
1100 cavalry 300 supply troops | style="text-align: center;"| 4
0 | style="text-align: center;"| 1
1 | style="text-align: center;"| 1
1 | style="text-align: center;"| 0
0
| style="text-align: center;"|
55
12/08/2010
55
sept/18/2010
sorry i had to use the slot twice. |- | colspan="1" rowspan="11" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 2 | style="text-align: center;"| 3,000 Archers
(no loss bring all resources)
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|
56
23Aug2010BEE
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
2,250 Archers
1000 Supply Troop
(no loss bring all resourses)
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
23Aug2010BEE
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2250 Swords
875 Archers
10 Supply Wagons
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|6
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|64
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2,750 Cavalry
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|79
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|1613 Cavalry
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
06June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|315 Ballista
22 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|443 Ballista
513 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|855 Archer
20 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
04June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|1475 Heavy Cavalry
(1454 Heavy Cavalry + 1 Supply Wagon)
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
06June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|1200 Archers
750 Supply
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|68
25July2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|7486 Battering Ram
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|78
10June2010
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="11" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 3
| style="text-align: center;"|2,650 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|6
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|55
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
3,000 Archers 30 Supply Wagons
(no loss will bring all resources)
| style="text-align: center;"|6
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|
65
23Aug2010BEE
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2,500 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|55
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|4,200 Cavalry
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|79
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|979 Ballista
29 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|995 Ballista
711 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2341 Archers
24 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
04 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2342 Archer
593 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
06 June2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|3710 Cavalry
WARNING: Using Level 55 Knight will result in losses.
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
06 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2213 Heavy Cavalry
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|67
06 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|20269 Battering Rams
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|78
14 July 2010
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="7" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 4
| style="text-align: center;"|
11,000 Archers
(no loss will bring all resources) | style="text-align: center;"|6 | style="text-align: center;"|5 | style="text-align: center;"|3 | style="text-align: center;"|3 | style="text-align: center;"| 65
24Aug2010BEE
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|7000 Archers
1000 Supply Troops
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|6
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|6
| style="text-align: center;"|68
|-
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|7000 Archers
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|94
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|5493 Archer
494 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
08 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2,286 Ballista
32 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|2370 Ballista
766 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|5949 Archer
18 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|
72
08 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
Low Skills
7100 Archer
2200 Pikes (or 2800 Swords or mix)
(no supply troops to slow attack)
| style="text-align: center;"|6
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|4
| style="text-align: center;"|63
02 Aug 2010
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="8" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 5
| style="text-align: center;"|16,000 Archers
20 Supply Wagons
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|55
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|15704 Archers
5,000 Swordsmen
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|72
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|12,500 Archers
12,500 Militiamen
20 Supply Wagons
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|55
|-
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
14,000 Archers
10,000 Militiamen
20 Supply Wagons | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
7
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
7
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
7
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
7
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
57
|-
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|15000 Archers
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|94
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|11800 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|80
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
9,000 Archers
200 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|
65
10 Aug 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|5,202 Ballista
23 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|70
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|5215 Ballista
563 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|70
29 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|14700 Archers
(No Losses)
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|5
| style="text-align: center;"|3
| style="text-align: center;"|55
09 July 2010
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="6" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 6
| style="text-align: center;"|40,000 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|6
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|7
| style="text-align: center;"|71
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|30,000 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|8
| style="text-align: center;"|76
|-
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|22000 Archers
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|94
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|21,688 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|80
28 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|20,000 Archers
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|86
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|9,640 Ballista
4 Supply Wagon
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|70
29 June 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|9,641 Ballista
83 Supply Troop
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|70
29 June 2010
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;"|
Level 7
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
45000 Archers
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
9
| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|
94
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|13,364 Ballista
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|72
04 June 2010
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 8
| style="text-align: center;"|90,000 Archers
1,000 Catapults
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|85
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|28,000 Ballista
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|100
20 September 2010
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 9
| style="text-align: center;"|53,537 Ballista
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|73
1 July 2010
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|53,454 Ballista
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|9
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|100
1 July 2010
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Level 10
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
| style="text-align: center;"|
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|125000 Catapults
(minimal loss, no loss is impossible)
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|10
| style="text-align: center;"|145
18 July 2010
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- Took out 90k of heavy calv to level 10 does not work
- Took out 100k Archer on a levlel 9
- Took out 30k Archer and 20k Ballista on a lvl 8 - Does not work
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Impossible to attack without loosing troops:
Barbarian Camps Lvl.1 (or higher Lvl): with Militiaman alone or with Supply Troop alone or with Supply Wagons alone or with Scouts alone
Barbarian Camps Lvl.2 (or higher Lvl): with Pikeman alone or with Swordsman alone
Barbarian Camps Lvl.4 (or higher Lvl): with Cavalry alone or with Heavy Cavalry alone
Barbarian Camps Lvl.8 (or higher Lvl): with Archers alone
Barbarian Camps Lvl.10: with anything