Equipement to use for hunting

Note than the commanders need the same base items as were used to make the unit (eg spear for cavalry commanders, leather armor for ranged units ...).

The equipment gets especially important when you have Elite divisions when you get double bonus. See Hunting.

TLDR¶

Cavalry¶

Start with a Boar or Plainsman spear and Plainsman for less than 50k total
Upgrade to Moonshatter equipment if you want more flexibility when you have a few millions
Look for a Mancleaver or Torment of Kerberos and for a Plate of Kerberos when you have too much money or resources to craft

Infantry¶

Start with a Plainsman sword and Plainsman for less than 50k total
Upgrade the sword to Silversteel for 500k
Or wait for a Moonshatter Kopesh for great bargain at 2M
Look for a Deathwish Flail, Bane of Kerberos or a Plate of Kerberos when you have too much money or resources to craft

Archers¶

Start with a Plainsman or Hunting bow and Plainsman or Vanguard armor for less than 50k total
Upgrade to Moonshatter equipment if you want more flexibility when you have a few millions
Look for a Heartpiercer and Sadist Surcoat when you have too much money or resources to craft

Spear units¶

Not recommended for hunting, they have better defense than attack.

Tier 1¶

Animal hunting¶

Pretty cheap, around 5k gold and double your commander attack agains animals !

Boar Spear¶

-16% Attack
-4% Spear Def -4% Bow Def, -4% Sword Def
+120% vs Animals

Hunting Bow¶

-4% Attack
-4% Cav Def, -4% Spear Def, -4% Bow Def, -4% Sword Def
+120% vs Animals

Other hunting weapons¶

Serpent's Kiss gives around 115% attack agains animals and other nice bonuses but it's very expensive (over 10-20M) so not worth it compared with other items.

The others (Jeweled Lightblade and Viper Estoc) only give 15-30% bonus and are not really worth it.

Terrain specific equipment.¶

Cheap (10-20k for an item) for +120% on the right case if you have both weapon and armor.

Ex : plainsman spear

-24% on Hills, +60% on Plains, +20% on Mountains, -24% in Forests

Plainsman armor

-24% on Hills, +60% on Plains, +20% on Mountains, -24% in Forests, +40% for Humans

Vanguard armor¶

Also around 10-20k each. More attack, not dependant on terrain, but some acceptable maluses. Only the leather armour version has interesting bonuses !

100% Attack
-12% Cav Def, -12% Spear Def, -12% Bow Def, -12% Sword Def
-10% Move Speed

Tier 2¶

Silversteel Sword¶

around 500k gold

+150% Attack
+50% Cav Def, +25% Spear Def, +75% Sword Def

The Silversteel Spear is not as good with +50% Attack

Moonshatter equipment.¶

More expensive (1-2M per weapon or armor).

Weapons¶

The sword has an incredible attack bonus !

Brandistock - spear¶

+90% Attack
+95% Cav Def, +70% Spear Def, +50% Sword Def
+5% Move Speed, -10% Carry
+11% on Hills, +11% on Plains, +16% on Mountains, -4% in Forests
+8% in Arctic, +8% in Desert, -4% in Jungle
+25% at Night, +40% vs Animals, +40% vs Undead

Khopesh - sword¶

+190% Attack
+70% Cav Def, +50% Spear Def, +95% Sword Defense
+5% Move Speed, -10% Carry
+11% on Hills, +11% on Plains, +16% on Mountains, -4% in Forests
+8% in Arctic, +8% in Desert, -4% in Jungle
+25% at Night, +40% vs Animals, +40% vs Undead

Marksman's Bow¶

+70% Attack
+70% Spear Def, +95% Bow Def, +50% Sword Defense
+5% Move Speed, -10% Carry
+11% on Hills, +11% on Plains, +16% on Mountains, -4% in Forests
+8% in Arctic, +8% in Desert, -4% in Jungle
+25% at Night, +40% vs Animals, +40% vs Undead

Armors¶

Moonshatter Leather has the best attack bonus but is not usable on T2 infantry or cavalry.

Chainmail and Platemail are pretty similar.

Moonshatter Leather¶

+140% Attack
+13% Cav Def, +155% Spear Def, +13% Bow Def, +13% Sword Defense
+5% Move Speed, -10% Carry
+11% on Hills, +11% on Plains, +16% on Mountains, -4% in Forests
+8% in Arctic, +8% in Desert, -4% in Jungle
+25% at Night, +40% vs Animals, +40% vs Undead

Moonshatter Chainmail¶

+75% Attack
+100% Cav Def, +100% Spear Def, +100% Bow Def, +100% Sword Defense
+5% Move Speed, -10% Carry
+11% on Hills, +11% on Plains, +16% on Mountains, -4% in Forests
+8% in Arctic, +8% in Desert, -4% in Jungle
+25% at Night, +40% vs Animals, +40% vs Undead

Moonshatter Platemail¶

+75% Attack
+115% Cav Def, +115% Spear Def, +110% Bow Def, +115% Sword Defense
+5% Move Speed, -10% Carry
+11% on Hills, +11% on Plains, +16% on Mountains, -4% in Forests
+8% in Arctic, +8% in Desert, -4% in Jungle
+25% at Night, +40% vs Animals, +40% vs Undead

Tier 3¶

Weapons¶

170% attack¶

These cost at least 50M on the market - when they're available.

Total 220% on plains !

+170% Attack
+5% Cav Def, +5% Spear Def, +5% Bow Def, +5% Sword Defense
+10% Magic Res
+50% on Plains, +50% in Arctic, +50% in Desert
Mancleaver - spear
Heartpiercer - bow
Deathwish flail - used as a sword by infantry

Kerberos¶

These are hard to find and cost several hundred millions and can go over a billion gold !

They give you +200% attack (250 VS undead) and a few other defense bonus, but is it worth the price for hunting ?

Torments of Kerberos (spear), Hunter of Kerberos (bow) and Bane of Kerberos (sword).

+200% Attack, +125% Cav Def, +100% Spear Def, +50% Bow Def, +75% Sword Def, +50% vs Undead

Soul-forged blade¶

I've not tested it, it's also over 100M gold !

+125% at Night, +250% vs Monsterous, +500% vs Undead

Armors¶

Sadist Surcoat or Deathgiver's Caress or Breastplate of Bedlam¶

Some surcoats (leather) and deathgivers (chainmail) can be found for 50M gold which seems a good bargain for +220% on plains !

+170% Attack
+5% Cav Def, +5% Spear Def, +5% Bow Def, +5% Sword Defense
+10% Magic Res
+50% on Plains, +50% in Arctic, +50% in Desert

Kerberos¶

Only the plate gives a lot of attack. It is currently not available on the market and will probably cost about 1 billion gold (literally !).

Plate of Kerberos¶

+150% Attack
+175% Cav Def, +175% Spear Def, +175% Bow Def, +175% Sword Defense
+50% vs Undead

Hide of Kerberos¶

+30% Attack
+125% Cav Def, +125% Spear Def, +125% Bow Def, +125% Sword Def
+20% on Hills, +20% on Plains, +20% on Mountains, +20% in Forests
+20% in Arctic, +20% in Desert, +20% in Jungle
+50% vs Undead

Scale of Kerberos¶

+30% Attack
+150% Cav Def, +150% Spear Def, +150% Bow Def, +150% Sword Def,
+10% Magic Res
+10% on Hills, +10% on Plains, +10% on Mountains, +10% in Forests
+10% in Arctic, +10% in Desert, +10% in Jungle
+50% vs Undead