Armed Serf

Armed Serf Troop Information Culture Muscovite Tsardom Wages 4 thalers Acquired from... Commander or Prisoners Upgrades to... Battle Serf (veteran) Armed Serfs are low-level light cavalry fielded by the Muscovite Tsardom. As their name suggests, these cavalrymen are probably serfs from a boyar's land, encouraged to take up arms for their lord and their Tsar. Given a Sumpter Horse and a reasonable assortment of arms and armor, these Serfs should not be too relied upon in battle. Battle Serfs, upgrades of the Armed Serfs, are armed with somewhat better bows and arrows, and are somewhat better trained. Tactics[] Armed Serfs are very light and slow cavalrymen, armed with sovnyas and bows and arrows, and armored with tegilai, old boots, and paper caps or iron caps. Riding into battle with humble Sumpter Horses, they are rather poor cavalrymen. Nevertheless, they are useful as horse archers, peppering the enemy from afar, moving clear of infantry retaliation, and charging in for the kill with their sovnyas. Little more than mounted infantry, if and when they lose their mounts, they are formidable medium infantry. 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. Armed Serf - Default Stats and Equipment Attributes Stat Points Level 7 Strength 9 Agility 6 Intelligence 0 Charisma 0 Health 46 Armor Head Cap, Paper Cap, Iron Cap Body Tegilai Hand None Foot Bast Shoes, Village Boots Skills Skill Points Ironflesh 1 Power Strike 0 Grenade Throwing 0 Power Draw 1 Weapon Master 0 Shield 0 Athletics 0 Riding 3 Shooting from Horseback 3 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 1 Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons 95 Two Handed Weapons 75 Polearms 85 Archery 60 Firearms 0 Throwing 0 Weapons Melee Sovnya, Simple Saber Ranged Longbow, Arrows Shield None Mount Sumpter Horse Gallery[] An Armed Serf on watchArmed Serf stats and equipment Wikipedia has an article on this subject at:Kholop Troops of the Muscovites Village Recruits Staff Militiaman Garrison Militia Lance Militiaman (veteran) Posad Marksman (veteran) Regular Infantry Staff Militiaman Marksman (veteran) Marksman Spearman (veteran) Guard Infantry New Order Marksman (veteran) New Order Spearman (veteran) Regular Cavalry Armed Serf (veteran) Heavy Cavalry Moscow Reiter (veteran) Gentry Cavalryman (veteran) Personal Guard Cavalry Noble Guard (veteran) Camp Mercenaries(southwest of Moscow) Muscovite Mercenary Infantryman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Muscovite Mercenary Rifleman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Muscovite Mercenary Cavalryman (recruit) (experienced) (veteran) (elite) Regional Mercenaries(Cherkassk Izum Fortress) Village Cossack (veteran) National Mercenaries Kalmyk (veteran) German Infantry Pikeman (veteran) German Infantry Musketeer (veteran) Unrecruitable Tsar Bodyguard