5.0 Unit Types

This table summarizes the units which may be created in Freeciv. For each it gives:

• the graphic
• the name
• required advancement
• what unit the unit is obsoleted by
• the unit's cost in production points
• movement points
• attack strength
• defense strength
• hit points
• firepower
• transport capacity (for sea units)
• notes

Once again, this information is a duplicate of that which is contained in the game's built-in help information.

These are the land units. The ones best for defending your cities are those along the path fron Warriors through Riflemen, and those best for attack are those with multiple movement points, from Horsemen through Armor, perhaps aided by Catapult through Howitzer.

Graphic	Name	Advancement	Obsoleted by	Cost	Move	Atk	Def	Hit	Fire
	Settlers	None	Engineers	40	1	0	1	20	1
	Engineers	Explosives		40	2	0	2	20	1
	Explorer	Seafaring	Partisan	30	1	0	1	10	1	Ignore terrain, ZOC
	Warriors	None	Pikemen	10	1	1	1	10	1
	Phalanx	Bronze Working	Pikemen	20	1	1	2	10	1
	Archers	Warrior Code	Musketeers	30	1	3	2	10	1
	Legion	Iron Working	Musketeers	40	1	4	2	10	1
	Pikemen	Feudalism	Musketeers	20	1	1	2	10	1	Defense doubled against horses
	Musketeers	Gunpowder	Riflemen	30	1	3	3	20	1
	Partisan	Guerilla Warfare		50	1	4	4	20	1	Ignore terrain, ZOC
	Alpine Troops	Tactics		50	1	5	5	20	1	Ignore terrain
	Riflemen	Conscription		40	1	5	4	20	1
	Marines	Amphibious Warfare		60	1	8	5	20	1	Can assault from sea
	Mech Inf	Labor Union		50	3	6	6	30	1
	Horsemen	Horseback Riding	Knights	20	2	2	1	10	1
	Chariot	The Wheel	Knights	30	2	3	1	10	1
	Knights	Chivalry	Dragoons	40	2	4	2	10	1
	Dragoons	Leadership	Cavalry	50	2	5	2	20	1
	Cavalry	Tactics	Armor	60	2	8	3	20	1	Not "horses" to Pikemen
	Armor	Mobile Warfare		80	3	10	5	30	1
	Catapult	Mathematics	Cannon	40	1	6	1	10	1
	Cannon	Metallurgy	Artillery	40	1	8	1	20	1
	Artillery	Machine Tools	Howitzer	50	1	10	1	20	2
	Howitzer	Robotics		70	2	12	2	30	2	Ignore City Walls
	Diplomat	Writing	Spy	30	2	0	0	10	1	Ignore ZOC
	Spy	Espionage		30	3	0	0	10	1	Ignore ZOC
	Caravan	Trade	Freight	50	1	0	1	10	1
	Freight	The Corporation		50	2	0	1	10	1

Air units has varying needs for fuel; Fighters must land at a city or Carrier at the end of every turn; Bombers must land at a city or Carrier at the end of every other turn; Cruise Missile and Nuclear must land at a city, Carrier, or Submarine at the end of every turn.

Graphic	Name	Advancement	Obsoleted by	Cost	Move	Atk	Def	Hit	Fire
	Fighter	Flight	Stealth Fighter	60	10	4	3	20	2
	Bomber	Advanced Flight	Stealth Bomber	120	8	12	1	20	2
	Helicopter	Combined Arms		100	6	10	3	20	2
	Stealth Fighter	Stealth		80	14	8	4	20	2
	Stealth Bomber	Stealth		160	12	14	5	20	2
	Cruise Missile	Rocketry		60	12	18	0	10	3
	Nuclear	Rocketry		160	16	99	0	10	1	Manhattan Project must exist.

Sea units.

Graphic	Name	Advancement	Obsoleted by	Cost	Move	Atk	Def	Hit	Fire	Cap
	Trireme	Map Making	Caravel	40	3	1	1	10	1	2	50% chance of being lost away from shore
	Caravel	Navigation	Galleon	40	3	2	1	10	1	3
	Galleon	Magnetism	Transport	40	4	0	2	20	1	4
	Transport	Industrialization		50	5	0	3	30	1	8
	Frigate	Magnetism	Ironclad	50	4	4	2	20	1	2
	Ironclad	Steam Engine	Destroyer	60	4	4	4	30	1	0
	Destroyer	electricity		60	6	4	4	30	1	0
	Cruiser	Steel	Aegis Cruiser	80	5	6	6	30	2	0
	Aegis Cruiser	Rocketry		100	5	8	8	30	2	0
	Battleship	Automobile		160	4	12	12	40	2	0
	Submarine	Combustion		60	3	10	2	30	2	8	Only missiles as passengers, invisible unless adjacent
	Carrier	Advanced Flight		160	5	1	9	40	2	8	Only air units as passengers