Tenant Farmers are a rustic era polearm melee infantry unit.
In-Game Description[]
Tenant farmers are peasants bound to the lands of their overlords, and pay their rent in the form of labour, which includes serving in their lord's armies when called upon. Tenant Farmers have minimal combat potential against any unit stronger than basic militia, but are useful for freeing up better troops for more dangerous or important duties elsewhere on the battlefield, or to act as foragers and wagon drivers during expeditionary campaigns.
Acquisition[]
Tenant Farmers can be obtained for free from the Melee Infantry Unit Tree.
Unit Traits[]
| Trait | In-Game Description |
|---|---|
| ▲ [Feudal Labourers] | This unit is made up of levied peasants, who are skilled at gathering resources. |
| ▲ [Armour Penetration] | This unit has weapons capable of punching through armour. |
| ▲ [Swamp] | Increases damage dealt to cavalry by 26%, and reduces an attacked cavalry unit's movement speed by 30% for 1.5 seconds. |
| [Peasants] | This unit has a low Leadership cost but has very little combat ability. |
Formations[]
| Formation | In-Game Description |
|---|---|
Dispersed
|
The unit spreads out a little to lessen the damage from ranged attacks. |
Unit Orders[]
Tenant Farmers do not possess any unit orders.
Veterancy[]
| Label | Icon | Name | Levels | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Force | 1 | Increases piercing armour penetration by 5%. |
| 2 |  |
Quick Reflex | 1 | increases blocking break by 150%. |
| 3 | |
Force | 1 | Increases armour penetration by 5%. |
| 4 |  |
Cold Blood | 1 | Increases piercing damage by 2%. |
| 5 | |
Assault Training | 1 | Increases minimum damage dealt by 5%. |
| 6 |  |
The Soldier's Life | 1 | Increases health by 3%. |
| 7 | |
Force | 1 | Increases piercing armour penetration by 5%. |
| 8 | |
Assault Training | 1 | Increases minimum damage dealt by 5%. |
| 9 | |
Mustering | 1 | Adds 4 more soldiers to the unit. Notes Changes unit name to Elite Farmer Militia. |
| 10 | |
The Soldier's Life | 1 | Increases health by 3%. |
| 11 | |
Mustering | 1 | Adds 4 more soldiers to the unit. |
| 12 |  |
Toughen Up | 1 | Increases piercing defence by 3%. |
| 13 | |
Bloodbath | 1 | Increases slashing defence by 3%. |
| 14 |  |
Move as One | 1 | Increases movement speed by 5%. |
| 15 | |
Fieldwork | 1 | Increases damage dealt in Field Battles by 5%. Notes Changes unit name to Elite Farmer Militia. Changes unit appearance. |
| 16 | |
Live Off The Land | 1 | Decreases unit food consumption by 20%. |
| 17 | |
Mustering | 1 | Adds 4 more soldiers to the unit. |
| 18 |  |
Harvest Duties | 1 | Increases collected resources by 20%. |
| 19 | |
Open Ground | 1 | Increases damage dealt in Field Battles by 5%. |
| 20 | |
Tenacity | 1 | Increases damage dealt in Field Battles by 5%. |
| 21 | |
New Steel | 1 | Increases collected resources by 20%. |
| 22 | |
Mustering | 1 | Adds 4 more soldiers to the unit. |
| 23 | |
Harvest Duties | 1 | Increases collected resources by 20%. Notes Changes unit name to Elite Farmer Militia. |
Mastery[]
Tenant Farmers do not have mastery.
Unit Tree Upgrades[]
Doctrines[]
Unit Kit[]
Tenant Farmers do not use any kit.
Tips & Trivia[]
- Tenant Farmers, like all rustic era units, deal almost no damage and will lose handily to almost all units in the game. They have some usefulness in battles by pushing siege towers & battering rams (although their capability in this is superseded by Martellatori).
- As Tenant Farmers do not have more labour than Serfs and open world warbands can take duplicates of the same unit, there is little point in using Tenant Farmers for labour.
- Tenant Farmers are available as a retinue for Chevaliers. It is not advised to use them in this role as they are extremely weak compared to other retinue options.