Townsmen are the residents of towns. They are similar to Farmers in that they can only be recruited from prisoners.
In older versions of Mount&Blade, they used to be recruited from taverns, alongside Farmers. They wielded peasant weapons such as staffs and wore basic equipment such as straw hats. However, since then, they have been removed from the active part of the game. The Townsmen in actual towns are not the same unit, as they do not even have a weapon.
Tactics[]
Townsmen have some of the cheapest and weakest weapons in the game. Their equipment is similar to that of looters, except they wear better armor.
Their only effective tactic is to outnumber the enemy in a swarm or rush them before their opponents gather into a good position, as they have no shields to resist arrow fire and no spears to resist cavalry. It may be better to take your townsmen to a training field, rather than into battle, until they are ready to upgrade if you aren't able to keep them alive through a real fight.
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