The Training Camp is a type of improvement chain building in Fall of the Samurai.
Description[]
The army that does not train neglects its duties.
A training camp reduces the expense of recruiting new units. Men can be efficiently trained, and cannot desert quite so readily from a well-ordered camp. All armies need to train men in weapons handling, and toughen them for the rigours of campaign. Modern weaponry in particular can be intimidating to peasants unused to anything more complicated than the plough or the sickle. Gaining even rudimentary familiarity with something as alien as a foreign-built rifle takes time. On the other hand, such men are often quite hardy because they have lived a life outside, toiling in the fields. They need to learn, but their backs are already strong! They will be able to bear the burdens of soldiering.
General Information[]
Cost: 1600, 3 turns, empty town slot, Domain and Realm art.
- -10% to the cost of recruiting land units in this province
Training camps built in provinces specialized for recruiting units can save money quickly. Even the cheapest units cost over 500 on higher difficulties, and more expensive ones are worth over 1000, so training a couple of dozen units justifies the cost of building a training camp. On the other hand, there's little point to building training camps outside of recruitment hubs as they offer no other direct economic benefits. The exception to this rule is for training camps that are built to be upgraded to military hospitals in frontier regions, which massively increase replenishment rate.
Training camps can be upgraded to drill schools, firing ranges, general staff headquarters, jujutsu halls, or military hospitals, all of which aid units in some way. Training camps are considered military buildings, and therefore benefit from events that reduce the construction times and costs of upgrading them.