Barbarians

Barbarians are a neutral unit which is first encountered during the tutorial shortly after the city is founded. They can be found throughout the kingdom and will never attack armies or cities unless they are attacked first. Barbarians also live in Barbarian Forts.

Governors can spend action points to attack barbarians. Killing them a set amount of commander experience and 2-5 resource items which may include additional commander experience items. Immediately after the city is founded, only level 1 barbarians are able to be attacked. Upon first defeating a level 1 barbarian, level 2 barbarians will be available for search and attack from the map UI. If you attempt to manually locate and attack barbarians more than 1 level above the highest you have ever defeated, you will receive an error message.

When the kingdom is first opened, only barbarians level 1-12 will spawn on the map. Higher level barbarians will be unlocked kingdom-wide incrementally over the subsequent days. When searching for barbarians using the map UI, barbarians level 11 and below will instantly spawn beside your city if they are not located in the immediate vicinity. Barbarians level 12 and above only spawn at specific intervals in random locations, sometimes requiring a long march to reach if the neighborhood around your city has been sufficient cleared out.

Multiple armies, and later multiple commanders per army, can be sent to attack the same set of barbarians. Each commanders that dealt a blow to the barbarian will receive the full EXP amount and each army will receive the full set of resources.