Hovels

In game

Hovels— Vital statistics
Hovels	Used to train and upgrade infantry.
Prereq:	Build time	HP	LOS	Attack	Attack speed
Bronze Age [1]	3.3s (50t)	80	6	12	2.33s (35t)
Cost		Building class	Armour	Weapon range	Specialty
Base	Ramp
: 20 : 10;	: 1	Military	0	Melee	Can garrison up to 10 units. Can be built outside of city radius.

Overall strategy

Peasant Hovels are a good source of "spear fodder" units, provided you actually think such units are good at all. Most of the time, however, these units are too weak and difficult to use, but generally they are very cheap so they can be used to defend against rushes, or by opening the way for one. Peasant Hovels, however, must be constructed near cities, so building too many of these buildings can have a knock-on effect on your early game setup when even the amount of space available to you can tell the difference between victory and defeat.

Notes

While Peasant Hovels can be built early on with no requirements attached, in Rise of the Ancients it is not so - you must first advance one age before you are allowed to build one.

Units trained

Name	Class
Nakwadaz Wataha	Stealth spear infantry
Axemen	Light melee infantry
Slingers	Light missile infantry
Skirmisher Levy	Light missile infantry