Archers are lightly armoured artillery units. They reinforce troops during attacks by keeping the enemy defenders at bay with a hail of arrows.

Unit: Archer

Compare:

Speed:  8.3 minutes per field
Carrying capacity: 16.0 wood, stone or ore
Unit type:Artillery
Cost: 27 wood
 12 stone
 39 ore
  1 subject
Attack strength
vs artillery: 20
vs infantry: 60
vs cavalry: 10
Defence strength
vs artilery: 14
vs infantry: 31
vs cavalry: 12

Attack and defense can be improved by the following enhancements:

(+5% attack)
(+5% defence)
(+5% defence for infantry)
(+5% defence for artillery)
(+5% defense for cavalry)
(+5% attack for infantry)
(+5% attack for artillery)
(cavalry: +5% attack)
(+5% defence)
(+5% speed)
Fortifications: (defence bonus)