Barbarians are a neutral unit which is first encountered during the tutorial, shortly after the city is founded. They can be found throughout the kingdom and will never attack armies or cities unless they are attacked first. Barbarians also live in Barbarian Forts.
Attacking barbarians will cost 50 action points. This amount is reduced by 2 action points each time barbarians are attacked without the commander returning to the city (these may be reduced even further, by up to 10 action points, if the leading commander has the 'Insight' talent). Barbarians will also attack you if they are hit by an active skill of your commander in a battle closeby; this way no action points will be spent.
Killing barbarians will reward a set amount of commander experience to both primary and secondary commanders, as well as 3 or 4 items. One of the items will always be a set amount of 1,000 Food, 1,000 Wood, 750 Stone, 500 Gold or Lvl. 1 Resource Pack. Another of the items will always be a set amount of Tome of Knowledge, totaling the same amount of experience as the base experience received by the Commanders. The third items will always be a set amount of Universal Speedup (1m) or Training Speedup (5m). The fourth item, when given, may include a set amount of Arrow of Resistance, 10 Gems, Obsolete Starlight Sculpturex1 or Ordinary Starlight Sculpturex1.
Immediately after the city is founded, only level 1 barbarians are able to be attacked. Subsequent levels will be unlocked by winning a battle against the previous level barbarians. Additionally, the barbarian level range that can be searched is limited to kingdom-wide values and no other barbarians will spawn on the map. When the kingdom is first opened, only barbarians level 1-6 will spawn on the map and higher level barbarians will be unlocked, kingdom-wide, incrementally over the subsequent days. When searching for barbarians using the map UI, barbarians level 12 and below will instantly spawn beside your city if they are not located in the immediate vicinity. Barbarians level 13 and above only spawn at specific intervals in random locations, sometimes requiring a long march to reach if the neighborhood around your city has been sufficiently cleared out.
Multiple armies, and later multiple commanders per army, can be sent to attack the same set of barbarians. Each commander that dealt a blow to the barbarian will receive the full EXP amount and each army will receive the full set of resources.
Difficulty, EXP, Enemy Line-Up, and Loot[]
Barbarian Quests[]
There are two quest lines which offer rewards for defeating barbarians.
First 3 Kills[]
The first barbarian quest line rewards the first 3 kills each level.
| Requirement | Reward |
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| Defeat Level 1 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 2 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 3 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 4 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 5 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 6 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 7 Barbarians on the map |  Basic Action Point Recovery x1
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| Defeat Level 8 Barbarians on the map |  Lv.2 Tome of Knowledge x1
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| Defeat Level 9 Barbarians on the map | Basic Action Point Recovery x1
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| Defeat Level 10 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 11 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 12 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 13 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 14 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 15 Barbarians on the map | Basic Action Point Recovery x1
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| Defeat Level 16 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 17 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 18 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 19 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 20 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 21 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 22 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 23 Barbarians on the map | |
| Defeat Level 24 Barbarians on the map | Lv.2 Tome of Knowledge (500 EXP) x15
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| Defeat Level 25 Barbarians on the map | Intermediate Action Point Recovery (500 AP) x1
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Overall Barbarian Kills[]
The second barbarian quest line rewards after a total number of barbarian kills.
| Requirement | Reward |
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| Defeat 1 Barbarian troops on the map |  1,000  1,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 2 Barbarian troops on the map | 2,000 2,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 3 Barbarian troops on the map | 3,000 3,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 5 Barbarian troops on the map | 4,000 4,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 8 Barbarian troops on the map | 5,000 5,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 10 Barbarian troops on the map | 6,000 6,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 15 Barbarian troops on the map | 7,000 7,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 20 Barbarian troops on the map | 8,000 8,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 25 Barbarian troops on the map | 9,000 9,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 30 Barbarian troops on the map | 10,000 10,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 60 Barbarian troops on the map | 20,000 20,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 900 Barbarian troops on the map | 50,000 50,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 2,000 Barbarian troops on the map | 50,000 50,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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| Defeat 4,000 Barbarian troops on the map | 50,000 50,000 Basic Action Point Recovery (100 AP) x1
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