Infantry unit (Chronicles)

This article is about the infantry units in Chronicles. For the armor class, see Armor class: Infantry. For infantry units in other games of the series, see infantry.

Infantry in Chronicles are one of the general types of military units, the others being archers, cavalry, siege weapons, and ships.

Infantry deal melee damage, usually at melee range, although some have a non-projectile short range. They are slower than cavalry, and often archers too. They are generally meant to be frontline troops rather than backline troops or raiding troops. Most are general-purpose, while others fill specific niches such as countering cavalry or other infantry. Most infantry are also good against buildings. The slower speed and lower hit points of infantry units (compared to cavalry units) makes archers a good counter for them.

From the Civic Age onwards, all infantry units gain +2 Line of Sight, which is the free remnant effect of the former technology Tracking.

List of infantry units[]

Unique units are marked with a yellow background.

Unit	Building	Civilizations	Trait
Levy	Barracks	All
Maceman		All
Swordsman		All
Paragon		All except Achaemenids
Spearman		All	Anti-cavalry unit
Guardsman		All
Elite Guardsman		All
Hoplite		Athenians Spartans	Grants melee armor to nearby Hoplites
Elite Hoplite		Athenians Spartans	Grants melee armor to nearby Hoplites
Immortal (Melee)	Fort	Achaemenids	Can switch to ranged mode and back
Strategos		Athenians	Increases attack of nearby units
Hippeus		Spartans
Polemarch	Town Center	Spartans	Hero Increases attributes of nearby units

Scenario Editor[]

The following infantry units are only available in the Scenario Editor:

Unit	Trait
Ekdromos	Charged attack
Lysander's Raider	Charged attack
Mercenary Hoplite	Charged attack Grants melee armor to nearby Hoplites and Mercenary Hoplites
Sakan Axeman	Charged attack Damages armor of enemy unit
Sickle Warrior
Sparabara	Grants pierce armor to nearby units

Technologies[]

Listed below are all technologies that benefit infantry units, with unique technologies marked with a yellow background. This list does not contain unit upgrades.

Technology	Researched at	Civilization	Effect
Supplies	Barracks	All	Levy-line -15 food cost
Baggage Carriers		All	+10% speed
Arson		All	+2 attack vs standard buildings
Battle Drills		Spartans	Levy-line +3 attack, +2 vs Eagle Warrior, +1 vs buildings, +1 LoS
Forging	Blacksmith	All	+1 attack
Iron Casting		All	+1 attack
Blast Furnace		All	+2 attack
Scale Mail Armor		All	+1/+1 armor
Chain Mail Armor		All	+1/+1 armor
Plate Mail Armor		Athenians Spartans	+1/+2 armor
Herbal Medicine	Temple	Achaemenids Athenians	6× healing when garrisoned
Hemlock		Athenians Spartans	Die instead of getting converted
Exorcism		All	Increased conversion resistance
Conscription	Fort	All	+33% training speed
Sparabaras		Achaemenids	Spearman line grant +1 pierce armor to nearby units
Karda		Achaemenids	+15% hit points
Taxiarchs		Athenians	Strategos increased aura effect and radius
Eisphora		Athenians	Hoplite line 33% gold cost converted to food cost
Helot Levies		Spartans	Spearman line +50% training speed
Xyphos			Hoplite line increased attack when near enemies
Krypteia			-33% bonus damage received
Ephorate	Town Center		Polemarch +4 aura radius, nearby military units regenerate
Morai			Polemarch +4 aura radius, nearby military units move faster
Skeuophoroi			Polemarch +2 attack, gain projectile shield
Hippagretai			Polemarch +50 hit points, train 33% faster

Civilizations[]

The Spartans are the most infantry-focused civilization, with infantry unique units, civilization bonuses and unique technologies benefiting infantry, and having a wide variety of infantry options and their technologies, while limited options in the other types.

Availability grid[]

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Civilization
Achaemenids
Athenians
Spartans

Civilization bonuses[]

Athenians: Hoplites move 15% faster.
Spartans: Elite Hoplite available in the Classical Age.

Team bonuses[]

Spartans: Barracks technologies (except the Paragon upgrade) research 50% faster (-33.33% time taken). Paragon is researched in 61.67 seconds.

Trivia[]

All three civilizations in Battle for Greece have infantry unique units.

Gallery[]

Notes[]

↑ The effect on the Paragon upgrade is a reduction by 23.33 seconds resulting in 61.67 seconds (37.83% faster), rather than the expected reduction by 28.33 seconds which would have resulted in 56.67 seconds (50% faster). Due to not being described in the in-game team bonus as such, this is likely a bug.

v • d • e Units in Chronicles
Non-combat	Villager · Trade Cart · Fishing Ship · Merchant Ship · Transport Ship · King
Religious	Priestess
Infantry	Levy → Maceman → Swordsman → Paragon Spearman → Guardsman → Elite Guardsman
Archer	Bowman → Laminated Bowman → Recurve Bowman Skirmisher → Elite Skirmisher Cavalry Archer → Heavy Cavalry Archer Gastraphetoros
Cavalry	Scout Cavalry → Light Cavalry → Raider Lancer → Shock Cavalry → Imperial Cavalry
Siege	Battering Ram → Capped Ram → Siege Ram Mangonel → Onager Scorpion → Heavy Scorpion Siege Tower / Palintonon
Warship	Lembos → War Lembos → Heavy Lembos → Elite Lembos Monoreme → Bireme → Trireme Galley → War Galley → Elite Galley Incendiary Raft → Incendiary Ship → Heavy Incendiary Ship Catapult Ship → Onager Ship Leviathan
Regional units
Infantry	Hoplite → Elite Hoplite
Cavalry	War Chariot → Elite War Chariot
Unique
	/ Immortal · Strategos · Polemarch* · Hippeus
Heroes
	Aristagoras · Aristides · Artaphernes · Artemisia · Brasidas · Cleon · Darius · Datis · Dionysius · Leonidas · Lysander · Miltiades · Polycritus · Themistocles (Warship)
Untrainable
	Bactrian Archer · Camel Raider · Cretan Archer · Ekdromos · Goat (Unconvertible) · Greek Noble Cavalry · Lysander's Raider · Mercenary Hoplite · Mercenary Peltast · Rhodian Slinger · Sakan Axeman · Scythian Axe Cavalry · Sickle Warrior · Sparabara · Tarantine Cavalry

[1] The effect on the Paragon upgrade is a reduction by 23.33 seconds resulting in 61.67 seconds (37.83% faster), rather than the expected reduction by 28.33 seconds which would have resulted in 56.67 seconds (50% faster). Due to not being described in the in-game team bonus as such, this is likely a bug.