Iron (Total War: Attila)

Description

Iron is only as strong as the hand that forges it.

It seems it was the Hittites who first used iron weapons while fighting the Egyptians, even though iron was not as resilient as bronze. Early iron was of variable quality, and more brittle than bronze, but it was cheaper and abundant; iron, after all, is an elemental material, not an alloy like bronze. Moulds were rarely used in the ancient world to create the weapons. Instead smiths laboriously smelted the ore at high temperature, breaking the iron free from the slag before shaping it during a hard process of firing and hammering. Iron was used for spear and arrow heads, swords and armour. A well-made iron weapon, however, would cut through bronze.

Trade Value

Iron has a value of 6 at the start of the campaign.

Settlements

• Yathrib, Arabia Magna
• Londinium, Britannia Superior
• Romula, Dacia
• Pax Augusta, Lusitania
• Octodurus, Maxima Sequanorum
• Kath, Transcaspia

Building Chain

Tier	Name	Cost	Sanitation	Public order	Resource production	Bonus
1	Iron Smelter	2000	0	0	20
2	Weaponsmith	4000	-2	-1	20	Recruitment cost: -5% for land unitsArmy recruitment capacity: +1
	Toolmaker	3000	-2	-1	40
3	Forge	7000	-4	-2	20	Recruitment cost: -10% for land unitsArmy recruitment capacity: +1
	Ironsmith	5000	-4	-2	80
4	Grand Forge	11500	-6	-4	20	Recruitment cost: -15% for land unitsArmy recruitment capacity: +2
	Foundry	8000	-6	-4	160

Required for building

Eastern

• Armoury
• Royal Armoury
• Weaponsmith
• Royal Weaponsmith
• Slave Market
• Royal Stables
• Royal Barracks
• Militia Compound
• House of the Hagia Makatas
• Dwelling of the Khayyalim
• Abode of Sham’s Champions
• Palace of the Amesha Spenta

Barbarian

• Warlord's Castle
• Slave Market
• Chieftain's Castle
• Bards' Hall
• Smiths' Guild
• Raiders' Hall

Roman

• Armoury
• Royal Armoury
• Weaponsmith
• Master Weaponsmith
• Slave Emporium
• Cavalry Compound
• Infantry Compound
• Skirmisher Compound
• Veteran Garrison Quarters