Manhunter

For full troop tree, see Manhunters.

Manhunter
Troop Information
Culture	Manhunters
Wages	9-5 denars
Acquired from...	Prisoner
Upgrades to...	Slave Driver
Upgrade Cost	20 denars
XP for Kill	80 xp
Ransom Value	66 denars

The Manhunter is the most basic bounty hunter unit. They spawn in groups of 9 to 40.

Since Manhunters never upgrade themselves, upgrading a recruited Manhunter is the only way to get higher-tier manhunter troops. This is because Manhunters belong to the "manhunter" faction, while the higher tiers belong to the "slaver" faction and troops cannot switch factions without player intervention.

Every 5.7 hours, a new Manhunter party will be created at a randomly chosen town if less than 4 manhunter parties exist. This means only 4 manhunter parties can exist at any time, though they replenish relatively quickly when wiped out, and can reach the max of 4 manhunter parties in just under 1 day.

Tactics

Manhunters can only be recruited from a prisoner pool. An effective way to accumulate Manhunters is to travel to Rivacheg at the coast and find some Sea Raiders with Manhunters as prisoners. If you have enough troops, you will easily defeat them and gain the freed Manhunters. Another good location for finding Manhunters is the Sarranid desert, as stronger groups of the fast, mounted Desert Bandits are able to run down and capture the small bands of Manhunters they come across.

These units have no notable tactics. Their cavalry usually rushes to the battlefield and are swarmed. The infantry is little better than farmers with large maces.

Manhunters and their upgrades all exclusively carry blunt weapons for knocking enemies unconscious and capturing them. Combined with a high Prisoner Management skill, a company of manhunter variants can make any engagement very profitable, provided you can win. Being cavalry, they also have a high movement rating on the map, which helps offset the large numbers of prisoners anyone who commands them may accumulate.

Stats and equipment

Note: Troops have a set of default stats; at the beginning of a new game, these stats are randomly adjusted for each type of troop. The following is the default set for this troop as seen within the game code and may not reflect the specific stats you will see during actual gameplay. For more information, see troop stats.

Manhunter - Default Stats and Equipment

Attributes Stat Points Level 10 Strength 7 Agility 5 Intelligence 4 Charisma 4 Health 42 Armor Head Nasal Helmet Body Aketon, Padded Cloth Hand ? Foot Nomad Boots, Wrapping Boots Skills Skill Points Ironflesh 0 Power Strike 0 Power Throw 0 Power Draw 0 Weapon Master 0 Shield 0 Athletics 0 Riding 1 Horse Archery 0 Looting 0 Trainer 0 Tracking 0 Tactics 0 Path-finding 0 Spotting 0 Inventory Management 2 Wound Treatment 0 Surgery 0 First Aid 0 Engineer 0 Persuasion 0 Prisoner Management 1 Leadership 1 Trade 2 Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons 50 Two Handed Weapons 50 Polearms 50 Archery 50 Crossbows 50 Throwing 50 Weapons Melee Spiked Mace, Flanged Mace Ranged ? Shield Wooden Shield Mount Sumpter Horse