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.
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
Barbarian Camp |
Required Troops (minimal casualties) |
Fletching |
Metal Alloys |
Poisoned Edge |
Healing Potions |
Knight Combat Skill |
Level 1 | 180 Archers 555 Supply Troops |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
500 Archers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |
750 Cavalry | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 79 | |
77 Ballista 12 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
70
| |
140 Ballista 271 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
648 Pikeman 166 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
74
| |
348 Pikeman 10 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
78
| |
884 Swordsman 163 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
72
| |
609 Swordsman 9 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
72
| |
536 Cavalry 51 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
79
| |
272 Cavalry 8 Supply Wagons |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
78
| |
536 Heavy Cavalry 105 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
271 Heavy Cavalry 9 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
154 Archer 300 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
118 Archer 13 Supply Wagons |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
Level 2 | 2,100 Archers | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 56 |
858 Archers 531 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
2250 Swords 875 Archers 10 Supply Wagons |
7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 64 | |
2,750 Cavalry | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 79 | |
1611 Cavalry | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
315 Ballista 22 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 70 | |
443 Ballista 560 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
855 Archer 22 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
1594 Heavy Cavalry | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
Level 3 | 3,450 Archers | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 65 |
2,500 Archers | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 55 | |
4,200 Cavalry | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 79 | |
979 Ballista 32 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 70 | |
995 Ballista 782 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
2341 Archers 27 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
2342 Archer 664 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
3710 Cavalry | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
2391 Heavy Cavalry | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
80
| |
Level 4 | 7,500 Archers | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 61 |
7000 Archers 1000 Supply Troops |
7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 68 | |
5493 Archer
|
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
81
| |
2,286 Ballista 35 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 70 | |
2370 Ballista 860 Supply Troop |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
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Level 4 |
5949 Archer
|
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
81
|
Level 5 | 16,000 Archers 20 Supply Wagons |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 55 |
12,500 Archers 12,500 Militiamen 20 Supply Wagons |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 55 | |
10,500 Archers 200 Supply Troops |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 80 | |
5,202 Ballista 28 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
71
| |
Level 6 | 40,000 Archers | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 71 |
30,000 Archers | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 76 | |
21,000 Archers | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 80 | |
9,640 Ballista 10 Supply Wagon |
9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 71 | |
Level 7 | 40,000 Archers | 9/10 | 9 | 9 | 7/9 | 97/87 |
43,000 Archers | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 82 | |
13,364 Ballista | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 71 | |
Level 8 | 90,000 Archers 1,000 Catapults |
10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 85 |
26,238 Ballista | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 72 | |
Level 9 | unknown | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Level 10 | UNKNOWN | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
- took out 90k of heavy calv to level 10 does not work
- most recent edit was to correct table formatting only.
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Impossible to attack without loosing troops:
Barbarian Camps Lvl.1 (or higher Lvl): with Militiaman
Barbarian Camps Lvl.2 (or higher Lvl): with Pikeman or with Swordsman
Barbarian Camps Lvl.4 (or higher Lvl): with Cavalry