Troop costs and army calculator
Stronghold 4 Units: Costs and Army Calculator
The Stronghold 4 demo shows 10 units: 9 at the barracks and the catapult from the engineer menu. 5 have confirmed costs from the game's own tooltips. Type how many you want and the calculator adds up the gold, honor, weapons and peasants.
Last updated Game version: Pre-launch (demo and official info, October 2026)
Army cost calculator
| Name | Cost each | How many |
|---|---|---|
| Levy | 6 gold, 1 peasant | |
| Archer | 12 gold, 2 honor, 1 bow, 1 peasant | |
| Crossbowman | 12 gold, 5 honor, 1 crossbow, 1 leather armor, 1 peasant | |
| Pikeman | 20 gold, 5 honor, 1 pike, 1 armor, 1 peasant | |
| Spearman | Not confirmed yet | – |
| Maceman | Not confirmed yet | – |
| Swordsman | Not confirmed yet | – |
| Knight | Not confirmed yet | – |
| Engineer | Not confirmed yet | – |
| Catapult | 100 gold, 2 peasants |
Enter how many you plan to see the total.
Rows marked not confirmed are left out of the total.
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Every Stronghold 4 unit in the demo
| Unit | Cost | Good at |
|---|---|---|
| Levy | 6 gold, 1 peasant | Peasants armed only with farm tools: basic fighters, but the cheapest to recruit. |
| Archer | 12 gold, 2 honor, 1 bow, 1 peasant | Shoots arrows at long range and fires quickly, which makes archers good against lightly armored troops. |
| Crossbowman | 12 gold, 5 honor, 1 crossbow, 1 leather armor, 1 peasant | Fires heavy crossbow bolts at medium range: the answer to heavily armored enemies. |
| Pikeman | 20 gold, 5 honor, 1 pike, 1 armor, 1 peasant | Heavily armored and very slow: a strong defensive unit. |
| Spearman | Not confirmed yet | Not confirmed yet |
| Maceman | Not confirmed yet | Not confirmed yet |
| Swordsman | Not confirmed yet | Not confirmed yet |
| Knight | Not confirmed yet | Not confirmed yet |
| Engineer | Not confirmed yet | Not confirmed yet |
| Catapult | 100 gold, 2 peasants | Hurls stones from range to break stone and wooden walls; built from the engineer menu, not the barracks. |
How recruiting works
Troops come from the barracks, and the demo lets you build one. Every soldier takes one peasant from your population and some gold. Most also cost honor, the resource with the crown icon in the top bar, and a weapon. Weapons wait in the armory, which stores them for recruiting; the military menu also has a Fletcher's, a Poleturner's and a Blacksmith's workshop. So an army needs an economy behind it: the Stronghold 4 buildings page lists what each building costs and the food chains that keep your peasants fed and your gold coming in.
What ten of each unit costs
- 10 Levies: 60 gold, 10 peasants
- 10 Archers: 120 gold, 20 honor, 10 bows, 10 peasants
- 10 Crossbowmans: 120 gold, 50 honor, 10 crossbows, 10 leather armor, 10 peasants
- 10 Pikemans: 200 gold, 50 honor, 10 pikes, 10 armor, 10 peasants
The Levy is the cheap option when gold is short and you have peasants to spare. Archers cost the least honor of the trained troops. Crossbowmen and Pikemen need more honor and a second item, leather armor or armor, so build up the armory before you plan a large force.
Siege: the catapult
The Catapult is not recruited at the barracks. It comes from the engineer menu and costs 100 gold, 2 peasants. It throws stones at range and is built to break stone and wooden walls, which makes it the answer to a CPU lord who hides behind a big castle in Skirmish. The free Stronghold 4 demo has Skirmish against three CPU lords if you want to try it.
Units still to confirm
The recruit menu also shows Spearman, Maceman, Swordsman, Knight, Engineer, but no game footage we have checked shows a readable cost for them yet. We add each one as soon as it is confirmed, and check every cost again when Early Access starts on December 7. What is in Early Access and what waits for 1.0 is on the Stronghold 4 Early Access page.
Questions
How much does an archer cost in Stronghold 4?
In the demo, an Archer costs 12 gold, 2 honor, 1 bow, 1 peasant. The bow has to be in your armory before you can recruit.
What is the cheapest unit in Stronghold 4?
The Levy: 6 gold, 1 peasant, with no honor and no weapon needed. Levies are peasants armed with farm tools, so they are weak fighters.
What units are in Stronghold 4?
The demo shows 10 units: Levy, Archer, Crossbowman, Pikeman, Spearman, Maceman, Swordsman, Knight, Engineer at the barracks, and the Catapult from the engineer menu.
Will unit costs change in Stronghold 4 Early Access?
They can. These are demo numbers, and Firefly is still balancing the game. We check every cost again when Early Access starts on December 7, 2026.
Official sources
- Steam store page: Stronghold 4
- Firefly on Steam: Stronghold 4 releases on December 7th 2026 (October 8, 2026)
- Firefly on Steam: Skirmish Mode Demo Update (October 19, 2026)
Last checked October 29, 2026. Before launch this page follows Firefly's own description and the demo; after launch we add what is confirmed in the game.
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