Gatehouse Watch Towers Forts Buildings Stables ChainĪlmost all cavalry units can be recruited from this chain of buildings. In time these towers can be upgraded both in castles and cities to increase your settlements' defence. When a settlement is upgraded with walls, it's protected by towers at regular intervals across the wall from which the defenders can fire arrows on the assaulting army. Every settlement starts with the first basic level called 'village' & from here on a player can choose in which way he wants to develop it. They also enable the training of certain units.Ĭore buildings differ according to your settlement type, which either could be, castle type or city type. In addition they provide free upkeep unit slots, public order bonus & additional recruitment slots. These upgrade defenses include: upgraded city gates, extra wall defenses. This greatly affects the gameplay as with superior settlements a player can totally dominate his medieval world. These core buildings can be upgraded when a certain amount of population is reached, in its particular level, after which the player gets an option to upgrade its settlements. See each chain for details of how it can be used:-Ĭore buildings are the most essential part of settlement's defense which severely affects the progress of settlement in numerous ways. They also have a range of effects, either on a faction’s economy or on the units and agents they produce. In Medieval II: Total War buildings are used for the recruitment of military units and also subterfuge and religious agents.

Medieval total war building tree