Slave Militia

A defensive infantry unit of the Egyptians. Every figure below is produced by the same engine behind the calculators, so a stat here and a result there cannot disagree.

Combat
Offence10
Defence vs infantry30
Defence vs cavalry20
Speed7 fields/h
Carry capacity15
Cost
lumber45
clay60
iron30
crop15
Total150
Upkeep and training
Crop consumption1/h
Training time (1x, level 1)0:08:50
Trained inBarracks
Categoryinfantry

What stands out

  • For the price it is the cheapest defence against infantry in the game, at 20.0 per 100 resources, ahead of the Spartan Shieldsman (16.0).
  • At Smithy level 20 its attack rises from 10 to 17.9, a 79% gain - the biggest relative gain any troop gets from upgrades, level with the Teuton Spearman. Each level adds a flat amount tied to upkeep on top of a share of the base stat, so a cheap, low-stat unit gains the most.
  • Trained non-stop in one level 20 Barracks on a 1x world, it adds the most defence per hour of any defender, 1,508, ahead of the Teuton Spearman (1,428).
  • For the price it is the third-cheapest defence against cavalry in the game, at 13.3 per 100 resources.

Smithy upgrades

Each smithy level raises a stat by a fraction of its base plus a term scaled by crop consumption. The crop term is why a unit’s gain is not simply a percentage of its base stat: relative to their stats, high-upkeep units gain the most.

SmithyOffenceDef infDef cav
Level 0103020
Level 5123322
Level 10143525
Level 15163827
Level 20184129

Training time by server speed

At building level 1 with no artefact, helmet or alliance bonus. Higher building levels cut the time by 10% per level, compounding.

Server speedLevel 1Level 10Level 20
1x0:08:500:03:260:01:12
2x0:04:250:01:430:00:36
3x0:02:570:01:090:00:24
5x0:01:460:00:420:00:15
10x0:00:530:00:210:00:08

Hero weapons

A hero carrying one of these fights harder and gives every Slave Militia in the same army extra attack and defence.

Compare with

Units from other tribes filling the same role, closest in offence first.

Plan an army of these

The army calculator works out how many Slave Militia you produce over a day or a week, what they cost, and the crop they will eat.

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Verified against T4.6 · checked 2026-08-31 · confidence sheet-only