Babylon is a major playable Mesopotamian faction in Total War: Pharaoh. It starts the campaign in the Mat-Tamti, located near Babylon. Babylon’s starting deities are Marduk, Inshushinak, and Ninurta.
This faction has unique roster: Native Mat-Tamti units.
Base Unit Roster[]
- Tier I
- Siluhlu Spears
- Siluhlu Swords
- Siluhlu Silngers
- Tier II
- Babylonian Chariots
- Tier III
- Armoured Siluhlu Spears
- Armoured Siluhlu Swords
- Siraku Levies
- Siraku Archers
- Tier IV
- Babylonian Archers
- Tier V
- Babylonian Royal Guard
- Babylonian Nobles
Faction Buildings[]
Palace of Pleasures
- +6 Happiness (this province)
- +10% Replenishment (own armies in this province)
- +1 Influence (this province)
- +9 Workforce Growth (this province)
- +2 Administration Berden (this region)
- High Influence Bonus
- +1 Happiness (this province)
- +1 Happiness (adjacent provinces)
- Resources cost: 640 stone, 140 wood, 4 idle
There are much more…. Creative ways to express divine devotion than by offering gold.
House of Astrologers
- +20% Movement on Land (own armies in this province)
- +6 Influence (this province)
- -30% Construction Cost (this province)
- Building type: All outposts
- -1 Construction Time (this province)
- Building type: All outposts
- +2 Administration Burden (this region)
- High Influence Bonus
- +10% Movement on Land (own armies in this province)
- +2 Happiness (this province)
- Resources cost: 615 stone, 105 wood, 80 gold, 4 idle
“Beware a red eclipse in du’uzu, for it heralds misfortune in the fields!”
Royal Scribal Archives
- +4 Legitimacy
- +7 Influence (this province)
- +20% Production (all resources) (this region)
- -2 Happiness (this province)
- +2 Administration Burden (this region)
- High Influence Bonus
- +2 Influence (adjacent provinces)
- Resources cost: 160 gold, 970 stone, 135 wood, 5 idle
With great power comes impeccable administration.
Foreign Envoys’ Residence
- +1 Diplomatic Relations
- With: All factions
- +10 Gold Income (this region)
- Source: Buildings
- High Influence Bonus
- +5 Gold Income (this region)
- Source: Buildings
- +5 Gold Income (this region)
- Resources cost: 500 stone, 90s wood, 3 idle
The war of diplomacy is waged far from the battlefield.
Campaign[]
Adad-shuma is concerned with protecting Babylon and its legacy above all else. Given his background as a merchant, he favours diplomacy as a way of settling problems, yet he will go to war without hesitation if this serves his plans better. Persistent opportunist, he will take advantage of any of his opponents' mistakes, be they political, economic, or military. His idea of expansion is one of deliberate development, not eager conquest. This does not make his passive; to the contrary, he will do anything to ensure Babylon is still standing when the dust finally settles.
At the start of the campaign, Adad-Shuma-Usur controls two regions — the major city of Babylon and a minor settlement to the east. Babylon is unusual, as it is a one-city province (it is the only city in the province of Kan-Digirak), and because it has more than the usual number of building slots (Babylon has 10). Your starting regions are near the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, which provide fast movement and good sources of food from farming and fishing. Babylon's starting regions provide food and wood, but not stone, bronze or gold.
As well as your limited resources at the start of the campaign, the nearest settlement owned by your initial enemy is a major, walled city. The faction units which you can recruit at the start are poorly trained, so they are not well-suited to the task of taking a walled city.
Babylon is fairly close to the eastern edge of the campaign map, so expanding east to the map edge could be useful, allowing you to focus on defending your western border.
Character: Adad-Shuma-Usur
Starting situation: Normal
Other Languages[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Babylon |
| French | Babylone |
| German | Babylon |
| Italian | Babilonia |
| Spanish | Babilonia |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Babilônia |
| Polish | Babilon |
| Czech | Babylón |
| Turkish | Babil |
| Simplified Chinese | 巴比伦 |
| Traditional Chinese | 巴比倫 |
| Korean | 바빌론 |
Trivia[]
In a poll conducted after the release of the Dynasties update, it ranked first in popularity among factions. Although Hanigalbat has a better performance, it seems to be due to the value of Babylon's name. It was even chosen as the cover model for the Dynasties update campaign.
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