Upgrades

Once your army is sufficiently large, you may want to consider upgrading your units to more powerful weaponry or even different types of units altogether. For instance, your Younglings can be upgraded to improved Shock Infantry and eventually Magic Shock Infantry, but they can also be upgraded to Missile Infantry (“Slingers”).

Overview
Upgrading a unit will cost gold and very often Weapons, Armour or Mana, but not additional Supply. Unlike new recruits, upgrades do not require a Hiring Location – if you wish to upgrade in the middle of a field (or even right next to an enemy!), you are welcome to do so!

In order to upgrade, click the yellow button on the unit info panel marked with an anvil. Units that can be upgraded will be marked by a small red flag on this button. A menu will appear showing the path of possible upgrades that the unit has available, with the unit’s current type marked by a pair of crossed swords behind its icon. Potential upgrades are given coloured icons, while unavailable ones are black and white, with the cost of upgrading listed below.

Select one of the unit icons to view details such as weapons, armour and speed on the left-hand side of the panel, and once you have chosen an upgrade you are happy with, click Upgrade. The upgrading will take place immediately, and any costs taken out of your stockpile of resources. If you decide not to upgrade your unit, click the X in the top right corner to close the menu. Once a unit has been upgraded, it may move and attack, continuing its turn as normal.

Limitations

 * Once you have upgraded a unit, you cannot ‘downgrade’ it back to a past unit type, nor can you upgrade it into a different type of unit not marked by a direct line in the upgrade tree.
 * Hero units cannot be upgraded like other units, but acquire Skills that in many ways are quite similar. When a Hero levels up (due to filling up the experience bar), it will gain a Skill Point. By clicking on the star icon when the Hero is selected (it will be in the same place as Upgrade is for other units), you can choose to spend your skill point on a variety of different Skills. Some Skills improve the hero unit (such as “+50 Health”), while others provide bonuses to the entire army (such as “+2 Supply Limit”).

You have collected enough resources to upgrade the selected unit! Open the upgrade tree by clicking on the upgrade button in the skill panel.\n