Units

Recruiting Armies

Armies and Militias are the primary methods of recruiting and controlling units in Ymir. The in-game tutorial provides a full explanation for how to create, reinforce, and manage them in the worldmap.

As you progress in the game, new unit types automatically become available for recruiting once the complete set of Knowledges for producing their equipment have been researched, such as unlocking Spear and Leathercloth to enable recruiting for Snouts. As a result, advancing to the next tier of military technology often requires researching several different technologies before any new units actually become available.

Where Coin costs are listed, they only apply once players have unlocked the State Treasury

Stats Comparison

Combat in Ymir is entirely AI-controlled, so players often put a great deal of effort into planning the composition and positioning of their troops ahead of possible engagements. As a result, the stat system in Ymir may be more complex than most players have encountered in other games.

While the exact combat formulas are not currently known, the in-game tooltips provide the following summaries for each stat (edited for clarity and additional details where known):

Passive Stats

• Power - A basic measure of Army strength. Affects how much Loyalty is gained from Armies or lost from Militias when units are stationed in a territory.

• Movement - Affects the movement speed of the formation during combat and AP cost of traversing the worldmap (slowest unit defines worldmap speed of an Army). As Armies grow larger, their AP costs can increase even further.

• Carry - The amount of resources this unit can carry. The formation's inventory capacity is the sum of all its units' carrying capacity.

• Pillage - The ability of the unit to participate in offensive Raids or Sacking. Units with 0 Pillage stat will remain passive if they enter these engagements as part of an Army (only relevant for Civilian Units).

Attack Stats

• Attack Rate - (Not shown in-game) Determines the time between re-attacks after units have first engaged an enemy formation.

• Damage - Amount of damage inflicted to the enemy when hit.

• Skill - Provides a bonus to hit enemies in melee proportional to the difference in Skill between the units.

• Reach - Provides a bonus to hit in melee if Reach is higher than the opposing unit. Also provides a bonus to hit against enemies of higher Mass when they are charging.

• Mass - When charging into melee, provides a Damage bonus proportional to current movement speed.

Defensive Stats

• Skill - Provides a chance to evade attacks in melee proportional to the difference in Skill between the units, but does not protect against ranged attacks. Evaded attacks deal no Damage.

• Armor - Gives a chance to deflect any enemy hit, when they are scored successfully. Deflected attacks deal no Damage.

• Cover - Provides temporary, bonus Armor against ranged attacks when a formation is in the lee of a Wall. Each point of Cover provides +1 Armor regardless of whether the units are enemies or allies (the Cover icon will flash above enemy formations who take damage while receiving this bonus during combat).

• Toughness - Capacity of the unit to withstand Damage from any enemy hit, when they are scored successfully and not evaded or deflected. Determines chances for unit to be wounded to killed as a result.

Civilian Units

All civilian units are available from start of the game, since their equipment does not require any knowledges.

Cost and Requirements:

Portrait	Unit Name	Profession	Cost per Recruit (1.0 resources per slot)					Upkeep (Coins)
			Main Hand	Offhand	Chest	Head	Training (Coins)
	Porco	Settler					4	0.9
	Sow	Settler					4	0.9
	Carrier	Settler			Leather		6	0.9
	Piglet*	Settler					*	0.9
	Oldpig*	Settler					*	0.9

* While Armies may contain Piglets and Oldpigs, they can't be recruited voluntarily. Players typically acquire them when starting the game as a Primitive Tribe, from exploration events, or when evacuating a territory.

Battle Statistics:

Unit Name	Power	Movement	Carry	Pillage	Attack Rate	Damage	Skill	Reach	Mass	Armor	Toughness
Porco	< 1	2.0	1	0	1	2	1	0	75	0	1
Sow	< 1	1.8	1	0	1	1	0.5	0	60	0	0.5
Carrier	< 1	1.5	15	0	1	1	1	0	90	0	1
Piglet	< 1	1.5	1	0	1	0.2	0.1	0	40	0	0.2
Oldpig	< 1	1	1	0	1	1	0.5	0	60	0	0.5

Melee Units

Melee units form the core of most Armies in Ymir. Players should decide carefully whether they want to emphasize cheaper cost, added damage, or added armor when choosing which units to recruit.

Cost and Requirements:

Portrait	Unit Name	Profession	Cost per Recruit (1.0 resources per slot)					Upkeep (Coins)
			Main Hand	Offhand	Chest	Head	Training (Coins)
	Warrior	Basic Unit	Wood				2	0.6
	Wolf Warrior		Wood	Flint		Wolf	2	0.7
	Bearserker		Wood	Flint		Bear	3	0.7
	Snout	Basic Unit	Spear		Leathercloth		2	0.7
	Eagle Warrior		Macana		Leathercloth		2	0.7
	Pitsotl		Topilis	Wooden Shield	Leathercloth		2	0.7
	Axepig	Basic Unit	Battleaxes		Leathercloth	Light Helmet	2	0.7
	Swordpig		Short Sword	Wooden Shield	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	4	0.9
	Spearpig		Spear	Wooden Shield	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	4	0.9
	Immortal	Basic Unit	Spear	Wooden Shield	Scale Armor	Light Helmet	6	1.1
	Voulger		Halberd	?	?	?	?	?
	Hoplite		Spear	Metal Shield	Cuirass	Heavy helmets	10	1.5
	Porcus	Basic Unit	Short Sword	Heavy Shield	Laminar Armor	Light Helmet	7	1.2
	Battleswine		Long Sword		Padded Armor Brigandines	Light Helmet	5	1.0
	Swordboar		Short Sword	Wooden Shield	Chainmails Brigandines	Heavy helmets	7	1.2
	Baconeer	Basic Unit	Long Sword	?	Plate Armor	?	?	?
	Warhog		Halberd	?	?	?	?	?
	Martelsnout		Warhammer	?	?	?	?	?

Battle Statistics (all of the following units (including Ranged and Mounted) have 3 Carry and 3 Pillage stat, so they will not be listed separately):

Unit Name	Power	Movement	Attack Rate	Damage	Skill	Reach	Mass	Armor	Toughness
Warrior	6	2.0	1	3	2.5	1	80	0	2
Wolf Warrior	17	3.0	2	4	5	1	80	2	3
Bearserker	25	1.5	1	12	5.5	1	80	3	5
Snout	11	2.0	1	3	3	3.5	80	0	3
Eagle Warrior	12	1.8	0.6	7	4.5	1.8	88	0	3
Pitsotl	14	1.9	1	3.5	2.7	3	90	1	3
Axepig	14	1.9	0.6	6	5	2	?	1	3
Swordpig	23	1.9	1.5	3.5	4.7	1	?	2	4
Spearpig	18	1.9	1	3	2.7	3.5	106	2	4
Immortal	23	1.7	1	3	1.75	3.5	?	4	3
Voulger	28	1.7	0.7	8	3.5	3	?	1	4
Hoplite	24	1.6	1	3	0.9	3.5	?	5.5	2
Porcus	33	1.5	1.5	3.5	2.7	1	?	6.5	3
Battleswine	34	1.8	1	6	4.5	1.75	?	2	5
Swordboar	36	1.7	1.5	3.5	3.75	1	?	5	5.5
Baconeer	50	1.6	1	6	3	1.75	?	7	4
Warhog	55	1.4	0.7	8	2	3	?	7	4
Martelsnout	66	1.2	1	9	2	1.25	?	10	4

Ranged Units

Ranged units are a mainstay of city defense throughout the game, but always perform best when they have either a Wall or melee formation between them and the enemy. While fewer options are available than melee units, each tier increases both the recruiting cost and attack range at which they can engage enemy formations.

Cost and Requirements:

Portrait	Unit Name	Profession	Cost per Recruit (1.0 resources per slot)					Upkeep (Coins)
			Main Hand	Offhand	Chest	Head	Training (Coins)
	Rock Thrower		Stone				0	0.5
	Javelineer		Javelins				1	0.6
	Bowpig		Bow		Leathercloth		2	0.7
	Horsebow		Bow	Horse	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	35	4.0
	Camelbow		Bow	Camel	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	35	4.0
	Longbowpig		Longbow		Padded Armor	Light Helmet	3	0.8
	Crossbowpig		Crossbows		Brigandines	Light Helmet	4	0.9

Ranged units benefit from an alternate set of Attack stats when performing a ranged attack on enemy units, which behave like their melee equivalents with some minor differences:

• Ranged Attack Rate - (Not shown in-game) Determines the time between ranged attacks. Continues for as long as units have ammo remaining.

• Ranged Damage - Amount of damage inflicted to the enemy when hit by a ranged attack.

• Ranged Skill - Provides a bonus to hit enemies based on this unit's Ranged Skill. Does not provide any bonus chance to evade attacks.

• Range - The maximum distance (in terrain tiles) at which a ranged attack can hit enemies. Does not provide any bonus hit chance. If attacked by an enemy unit outside of their available Range, formations will attempt to charge them in melee combat instead.

Battle Statistics:

Unit Name	Power	Movement	Attack Rate	Damage	Skill	Reach	Mass	Armor	Toughness
Rock Thrower	6	1	R. 0.5 1	R. 5 5	R. 2 1	R. 4 1	80	0	2
Javelineer	13	2.3	R. 0.5 1	R. 6 6	R. 3 1	R. 10 1	80	0	2
Bowpig	14	2.1	R. 0.5 1	R. 4 4	R. 3 1	R. 20 1	80	0	3
Horsebow	?	4.1	?	R. 6 6	R. 2.2 1.8	R. 20 2	896	0.5	4
Camelbow	35.8	3.6	?	R. 5.5 5.5	R. 2 2	R. 20 3	696	0.4	4
Longbowpig	30	2	R. 0.5 1	R. 4 4	R. 3 1	R. 26 1	80	1	4
Crossbowpig	45	1.8	?	R. 10 10	R. 5 1	R.16 1	107	3	3

Mounted Units

Mounted units become available at later stages of the game and are best employed as separate Armies to take advantage of their high movement speed (the slowest units in an Army set overall worldmap speed). They are especially useful for skirmishes with smaller Armies and raiding territories for resources, where slower units might be left open to follow-up attacks by enemy forces.

Melee Horse/Camel unlocked by Horseback riding

Ranged Horse/Camel unlocked by Composite bow

Elephant unlocked by Elephant riding

Cost and Requirements:

Portrait	Unit Name	Profession	Cost per Recruit (1.0 resources per slot)						Upkeep (Coins)
			Mount	Main Hand	Offhand	Chest	Head	Training (Coins)
	Horsebow		Horse	Bow		Padded Armor	Light Helmet	35	4.0
	Horsepig		Horse	Spear	Wooden Shield	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	36	4.1
	Cataphract		Horse	Spear	Metal Shield	Scale Armor	Light Helmet	43	4.8
	Pig-at-arms		Horse	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Camelbow		Camel	Bow		Padded Armor	Light Helmet	35	4.0
	Camelpig		Camel	Spear	Wooden Shield	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	36	4.1
	Camephract		Camel	Spear	Metal Shield	Scale Armor	Light Helmet	43	4.8
	Saladin		Camel	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Stomper		Elephant	Spear	Leather	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	323	32.8
	Cubiphant		Elephant	Spear	Leather	Brigandines	Light Helmet	326	33.1
	Crusher		Mammoth	Spear	Leather	Padded Armor	Light Helmet	483	48.8
	Megaphant		Mammoth	Spear	Leather	Brigandines	Light Helmet	?	?

Battle Statistics:

Unit Name	Power	Movement	Attack Rate	Damage	Skill	Reach	Mass	Armor	Toughness
Horsebow	?	4.1	?	R. 6 6	R. 2.2 1.8	R. 20 2	896	0.5	4
Horsepig	?	3.9	?	5	3.4	4.5	906	1	4
Cataphract	48	3.4	?	5	2.8	4.5	936	3.5	4
Camelbow	?	3.6	?	R. 5.5 5.5	R. 2 2	R. 20 3	696	0.4	4
Camelpig	?	3.4	?	4.5	3.7	5.5	706	0.8	4
Camephract	?	2.9	?	4.5	3.1	5.5	736	2.8	4
Stomper	?	2.5	?	13	5	7.5	8096	0.3	11
Cubiphant	?	2.0	?	13	5	7.5	8161	3.7	14
Crusher	?	2.4	?	18	6	8.5	10096	0.3	13
Megaphant	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Pig-at-arms	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Saladin	?	2.7	1	5	4.9	3	757	44.8	2

Tamed Units

Although they're exceptionally rare, players can sometimes obtain Animal units through "taming" exploration events when moving Civilian units. These animals cannot be re-recruited if they are lost or disbanded, but have nearly perfect stats to serve as earlygame scouts.

Unit Name	Power	Movement	Attack Rate	Damage	Skill	Reach	Mass	Armor	Toughness
Wolf	9	3.5	1	3	4	1.2	20	0	2