For the faction in Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion, see Saxons (Barbarian Invasion).
For the faction in Medieval II: Total War, see Saxons (Medieval II: Total War).
The Saxons are a playable faction in Total War: Attila.
History[]
Their distance from the heart of the Roman Empire shrouds the Saxons in mystery, granting them the freedom to pillage and conquer as they please.
While other barbarians fight over the scraps of the decaying Western Empire, the Saxons look to its northern provinces, neglected and drained of troops. Britannia is an especially tempting target, having faced Saxon raids before, when the usurper Maximus commandeered its defenders. Since then, the Saxons have continued to be a thorn in Rome’s side. A series of fortresses, the ‘Saxon Shore’, has even been established to guard against them - a minor obstacle to a well-marshalled and determined Saxon kingdom!
While the weather cools, the sun is rising on Saxon fortunes. Their choices for expansion are many, but whichever direction they choose to advance in, these born pillagers are not simple mindless destroyers, and balance profit with destruction in their military conquests.
Faction Traits[]
Cultural Traits[]
New Kingdoms[]
"Nations are merely lines on a map. The true Kingdom is endless."
- +200% conversion cost of the main chain
- +200% conversion time of the main chain
- Building conversion rate: -50%
Faction Traits[]
Saxon Shore[]
"The oceans and the fields will burn, with waves of flame and blades of fire."
- Income: +100 for every 10% damage caused to settlements during a battle.
- Integrity: +4 when raiding
Unit Roster[]
| Melee Infantry | Chieftain with Gedriht • Chosen Warriors • Elite Nordic Warriors • Gesithas • Hearth Guard • Nordic Axe Warband • Nordic Axe Warriors • Nordic Band • Nordic Brigade • Nordic Raid Leader • Nordic Warlord • Nordic Warriors • Warhounds |
|---|---|
| Spear Infantry | Elite Duguth Spearmen • Elite Nordic Spearmen • Nordic Levy • Nordic Spear Masters • Nordic Spearmen • Saxon Spears |
| Pike Infantry | Nordic Pikemen |
| Missile Infantry | Elite Saxon Javelinmen • Geoguth Javelinmen • Nordic Bows • Nordic Brigands • Nordic Hurlers • Nordic Javelinmen • Nordic Skirmishers |
| Melee Cavalry | Heroic Cavalry • Nordic Horse Lords • Nordic Horse Raiders • Nordic Mounted Raiders • Saxon Mounted Warband |
| Shock Cavalry | Saxon Lancers |
| Missile Cavalry | Nordic Raiders |
| Siege Artillery | Onager • Bastion Onager • Large Onager |
Starting Conditions[]
Regions[]
Frisia
- Tulifurdum
| Total War: Attila Factions | |
|---|---|
| Nomadic Factions | Huns • White Huns |
| Roman Factions | Eastern Roman Empire • Western Roman Empire |
| Eastern Factions | Sassanid Empire • Garamantians • Lakhmids • Aksum • Himyar • Tanukhids |
| Barbarian Factions | Visigoths • Vandals • Alans • Saxons • Ostrogoths • Franks • Suebians • Danes • Geats • Jutes • Langobards • Alamans • Burgundians • Ebdanians • Picts • Caledonians • Anteans • Sclavenians • Venedians |
| The Last Roman Factions | Frankish Kingdom • Ostrogothic Kingdom • Roman Expedition • Vandalic Kingdom • Visigothic Kingdom |
| Age Of Charlemagne Factions | Kingdom of Asturias • Kingdom of Charlemagne • Kingdom of the Lombards • Avars • Emirate of Cordoba • Kingdom of Mercia • Kingdom of the Danes • Westphalia |