Ninja

*This is about Kingdom Two Crowns.*

* Fighter
* Fisher

**Ninja** or **shinobi**, like a pikeman in other settings, is a temporary military and economic subject, that can be hired in Shogun to
fish during the day, and
ambush the Greed in the bamboo during nighttime.

## Dojo

### Operated by

Ninjas

The dojo is required to hire **ninjas**.
It is unlocked at the town center fifth tier, the stone fortifications.
Once unlocked, it appears toward the outer wall, usually before the siege workshop.
There can be one dojo per side of the kingdom; and the ninjas trained on one side will perform all their activities on that side.

A ninja kit (fishing pole, shurikens, ninjato and uniform) can be purchased at the banner with a shuriken for two coins each.
Up to four ninjatos—each one representing a ninja kit—can be waiting on the weapon stand at a time.
If a villager picks up a ninjato, he is assigned to being a ninja.

**Trivia:**
there is a small patch of grass under where the *sensei* is sitting, but the mounts won't graze on it.

## Fishing

Ninjas start each day by changing their clothes and equipment at the dojo. Then they wander around the town in a casual look, occasionally casting their rods and catching fish, which they sell for one coin each. The coin will drop onto the ground, able to be picked up by the ninja, other subjects, or the Monarch.

As fish do not disappear during winter, all fishing activity can be carried on during this season.

## Ambushing

Ninjas trained on one side of the kingdom do not cross the town to defend the other side. Hiring a large group of ninjas, all on one side, will make them all ambush the Greed in the same forest section.

In the evening they go in the bamboo forest to hide and wait for the greed to attack and then, at night, they fight them from behind. They have a katana for melee attacks and shurikens for low-range attacks.

## Ninjato durability

Once they've killed enough Greed or if they are attacked and lose their weapons they disappear in a puff of smoke and reappear at the dojo as villagers.

A group of ten ninjas heading to the bamboo at the sunset during the winter.

## Immunity to plague

On Plague Island they do not get infected when attacked by greedlings. They do receive damage and escape back to town when their weapons are gone, but without ever becoming a greed-citizen. This turns out to be a great advantage over all other types of military subjects on this island.

## History

The ninja was designed to somewhat replace the pikeman from the European biome. The fact that he didn't used to generate any sort of income in the release version, while his counterpart did it even during the scarcity of winter, provoked some negative reactions on players and made devs tweak this subject a couple of times, before finally giving him the ability to fish during the day.

Ninjas were the first military unit that could fight the greed outside the walls during nightly waves.
Until the introduction of Norse Lands, they were the only unit with that ability.

## References

1. ↑ Gordon van Dyke's interview (3′32″). *Game Reactor*. 12 November 2018.
2. ↑ Ninjas destroying portals?—asked a user on *Reddit*, to which developer Gordon replied: **“***The Ninja should be stealth defense and never offense***”**. 22 April 2021.
3. ↑ I thought this ninja would destroy this portal XD (video). *Reddit*. 22 April 2021.
4. ↑ Are the ninjas meant to be this OP?. *Reddit*. 23 April 2021.
5. ↑ Group of ninja in action (video). *Reddit*. 18 May 2021.