Guide to Heroes
Heroes are really important in Evony, they give you better production and faster building time and troop training as well as attack bonuses. In this guide I’ll take a look at hero management and what type of heroes you should look for.
There are three types of heroes, the politics hero, the attack hero and the intelligence hero. Don’t mix them, focus on one attribute for each hero and change back and forth between them as needed. Even a high level hero will only be decent at best if you try to make him master of everything.
Politics.
The politcs hero should be the first one you get when you start on a new server. Politics gives you faster building speed and higher resource production. You will have a politcs hero as major of each of your villages, you only change to other heroes when you start science research or troop training.
Attack.
This is the most important hero in my opinion, and you need a few heroes with high attack power. You send this hero with your troops on attacks as it gives you bonuses to the troops stats, and you also use this hero when you are starting the training of troops. You just go to your feasting hall, make this hero major, go to your barracks and start the troop training and then go back to feasting hall to switch back to the politics hero. When you’ve started the training with an attack hero as major, the troops will train much faster. The higher the attack, the faster the traning is.
Intelligence.
The least important hero I think, but still usefull to have a few of them. You use these to accompany your troops on scouting missions. You also use them as major when starting on research projects, as it will lower the research time.
The other stats heroes have are loyalty, salary and level. Salary goes up with their level, but even high level heroes don’t earn that much. Loyalty goes down if you loose battles with your heroes, and the lower it is the higher the chance of loosing them is, so make sure you increase this with medals if it drops too low.
Try to hire low level heroes with one of the attributes being really high, anything above 60 is good. The reason you want to hire a low level hero is that they level up much faster, and each time they level up you can increase their stats by one. Always increase their highest stat then.
Usually you want to have at least 3 heroes in each village, one attack, one politcs and one intelligence. It’s also possible to send the heroes from village to village if you’d like. Your politics hero that is your major will level as you build things, but making him fight a few battles is a good way to speed up his leveling process. Feel free to leave questions or comments here.
i recruited an good hero at lvl 1 with high stats.
his name: Gale
his stats: 52 politics, 67 attack, 28 intelligence.
this will be an good attacker =D and hes just lvl 1.
an player....
23 May 09 at 11:41 am
forgotten 1 thing.
if u only can find high lvl hero’s in ur inn, then make an inn in a new city, there u will find almost only lvl 1’s and 2’s xd
an player....
23 May 09 at 11:42 am
What positions can one put there heros in, other than mayor.
a player
25 May 09 at 3:58 pm
i want to know if we can pillage resources from valleys?or not.if yes, how to do it
mysole
26 May 09 at 7:11 am
what kind of hero guide doesn’t mention anything about mayor – what it does, who you should appoint, etc.
dude
6 Jun 09 at 9:02 pm
It does mention the mayor, figured how to appoint one as a mayor was pretty easy to figure out
Iwind
8 Jun 09 at 2:30 pm
There is an attribute slot on the Hero’s stats page. One of mine has 2 one has 1 and the other two have 0. 2 questions: What is an attribute? How do I get them up?
phil
11 Jun 09 at 1:06 am
The attributes are Political-Attack-Inelligence. You want to distribute your attributes points to whichever category your hero is strongest in. Before that, if you have not already done so, you should use some Holy Water on the hero to enhance his major attribute. If you do this wisely, you can have hero attributes in the 90’s !!
ruinator
15 Jun 09 at 10:21 am
Good summary, I agree with all that you have said.
Do you know (I have been struggling to find out) exactly what difference your hero’s attack level makes during a battle i.e. does a level 60 attack hero increase your troops total attack by 60%, or is it not that simple?
Cheers
jugs
1 Jul 09 at 11:32 am
is it possible to increase politics? other than when they lvl up?
as
4 Jul 09 at 1:15 am
What does the ‘Redistribute’ button on the hero menu do? Does it make it so that you can put ALL his points in the three areas again, or only the ones you gave him?
L1GHT
7 Jul 09 at 7:22 pm
I got a Mayor with 103 politics
103% resources bonus
Shadow
25 Jul 09 at 4:30 pm
He does mention who to choose as mayor.
As he say, think to your self, what you need. Like, if you going to research alot, pick one with high intelligense. keep the one you have with high attack and the one with high politics.
appoint hero(high intelligense) as mayor, and start your research, then appoint hero(high attack) and start training your army, then appoint hero(high politics) as he should be appointet all the time, he raises resources income.
Arthonor
28 Jul 09 at 12:06 pm
If you like heroes good at more things. and what redistribute does.
A hero have have some basic points, and he have 1 point per lvl.
If you hit redistribute, you will remove his lvl points.
eks. I have Hero(lvl 10), (53 politics, 57 attack, 30 int) I use redistribute and now,
he is like lvl 0 in points. (50 politics, 50 attack, 30 int) This is his basic points, I now put his 10 points into attack.
When you look in your inn, and want a guy good ad many things, you should know that after lvl 10, it takes quite some time for him to raise lvl, if he is just mayor. and you can put 1 point per lvl.
so pretty soon, he either lack at all the things compared to other heros’ 1 thing same lvl hero, or you put all lvl points in 1 thing, and the others is not needed.
What to use it for then…
if your hero with politics and the one with intelligense, are left home, couse your attackers are out in war, and these heroes, also have a decent attack. you have a better change of protecting your town.
or if you are training your politics hero through battle. it’s good your attack hero have decent politics.
A hero is compared by his basic number. add number politics, attack and intelligense, and substract his lvl.
I my example above, his number is 130 = 53 + 57 + 30 – 10
I have a 143 hero. lvl 12, his highest is politics 76 points.
I have a 138 hero lvl 7, his highest is attack 74 points.
if I redistribute those, I could proberly get some more points into their primary funktion.
Hope any can use this
Arthonor
28 Jul 09 at 12:36 pm
u can only loot valleys if u dont have more conquering slots
edward chan
30 Jul 09 at 8:41 pm
‘is it possible to increase politics? other than when they lvl up?’ -
Yes just remove him as mayor and use him in attacks against npcs(gives most exp) or on attacks where you know you will gain great exp…
me
3 Aug 09 at 5:05 pm
Some important things to think about.
The general concensus says that a high intelligence hero is more likelly to get medals. I have found this to be true since I started using higher int hero as farm for medals.
Medals are the hardest part about advancing in evony. If you don’t plan on spending your money on evony then it is extremelly important to get int based hero to farm medals. That being said you need some attack as well if your planning on winning these battles. I look for low level heros with both attack and int in the 60s. Use them to hit valleys or npc and farm medals. I have over 20 heros now most attack/int based and this is how I do it. Not saying a hero with one really high stat isn’t needed just saying the int/attack hero is better for farming and very useful.
Once again medals are so hard to get do not ever give a medal to a hero to raise his loyalty. If you have low level medals and you no longer need them for advanced titles/ranks then it’s ok but giving them to a hero to raise moral is crazy when gold is so much easier to get. Please don’t make the mistake of giving all your medals to your heros and then having to take weeks or even months to get the medals you need to advance. You’ll be trapped with 1 village for a very long time.
Keltry
6 Sep 09 at 10:36 am
there is no mention of loyalty level either and what it’s effects are…. good except for that….
Cryspy Rotissuer
17 Sep 09 at 12:27 am
thx , rly helped me ^^
koska
19 Sep 09 at 3:29 pm
If you have a city being attacked do you need to put your high attack hero in as Mayor or does it automagically use your highest attack hero?
Anonymous
1 Oct 09 at 12:26 am
I’m trying to do a quest that requires me to upgrade my hero. Unfortunately the upgrade button is grayed out. Any suggestions?
Shaun
1 Oct 09 at 8:03 am
shaun: this is what i did. go into feasting hall, click view on the hero to upgrade, if its greyed out just click save and it should say you have upgraded it when you havent, and you complete quest. to get upgrade not greyed out, get the experience higher: appoint him as mayor and build stuff or leave him as idle and attack with him.
TravzDevil69
3 Oct 09 at 10:02 am
To confirm about the level of heros – is pretty much the only difference between their levels their salary. For example, if there were 2 heros with identical attack, intelligence & politics but they were different levels – which one should I choose?
Vern
24 Oct 09 at 5:09 pm
High int = higher chance of getting medals
WRONG!!!!
The lower a heroes attack the higher chance you have of getting medals, also the harder and closer the battle the higher the chance of getting medals ie: you have to earn them not just walk over your enemy.
The reason people believe high int = medals is because unless you have an uber hero you have intentionally made his int high though picking a hero with high int to start with and then increasing his int… ie you have left him will a low attack…
Get your rally spot and feasting hall up high (in 2 cities if you can) and hire low level heroes, send them attacking everything low level around you and you will soon (hopefully) be rolling in medals.
Aussieguy2000
6 Nov 09 at 2:48 pm
I would like to know how much exp does Mayor earn with every single upgrade or build?? Pst me as fast as u can… Advance tnx
pefy
1 Dec 09 at 9:00 pm
TIP
~When attacking an NPC city or player, if the gates are open, ie,
loyalty = 0, sending a mob of scouts will eliminate the enemy’s archers, entirely. This does require a mass bombardment of attacks to bring down the loyalty of the city, but its good to know if you dont want to have your armies diminished due to archers.
enjoy.
Guilius~ srv, 86
BongRolla
5 Dec 09 at 11:56 am
Is there a chance of getting medals when fighting NPC’s?
BongRolla
5 Dec 09 at 11:59 am
Lol, the best heroes are from plate helm of lancelot.
You need a hero that starts with at least 60 on one attribute at lvl one (oe)
I got a hero lvl 32 with 111 politics which means she started out as 80 at lvl 1!!!
111% production increase!!!
AdamR
9 Dec 09 at 11:27 pm
Where does the heroes salary come from. I have heard two different things. One, I heard that salaries just come from your gold in the bank. Two, I heard salary only comes from tax income and that you need tax income to be green/positive. Which is it? This makes a big difference since without a positive tax income it force your heroes loyalty down in the second scenario.
benaiah
16 Dec 09 at 5:43 pm
i think high level heroes are better even if they have low stats use some holy water on a lvl 48 hero and boom you instantly have a high politics or whatever hero
someone
29 Dec 09 at 9:45 am
When attacked, the game automaticaly picks your heroe with hightest attact attribute for defence.
For medals, honor plays a role more you have, more chances of a drop, always send warriors to take some losses when hitting a a valley you will have more drops that way and get more prestige.
Lou
13 Jan 10 at 5:57 pm
I have a level 2 with 70 attack, woot!
ME, of course!
21 Jan 10 at 4:27 am
Hey there is a hero on my server with attack 271 base it’s level 731 how did they do that anyone know ? Also intel does without a doubt increases the chan e of drops but longer battles with higher level Herod in valleys increase the chance of medals
Shane
23 Jan 10 at 10:00 am
Replying to some of the comments – You guys are weak sauce! When you find a hero in the INN his base stat MUST be either 69 or the max 70. The guide isn’t wrong when he says anything above 60 is good, however that means its not great. The formula to find the base stat of a hero is (Highest Stat Point)MINUS(Hero Current LvL MINUS 1). Ex. LvL 2 Hero 27Pol 71Attk 13Int. His Base Stat would be 70Attk. And that would be a Great Hero. Another Tip, ALWAYS Leave your Inn at LvL 1 so you can destroy and rebuild OR recruit and dismiss to find new heroes faster.
Tommy
25 Jan 10 at 5:11 pm
The max from an inn is not 70! I just got a lvl 4 with 75 attack which means his base is 72. However, to get him I hired and fired a couple hundred heroes.
Josh
26 Jan 10 at 10:37 am
I should note that I just used a holy water on my new lvl 4 hero and increased his attack from 75 to 78. This definately disproves the idea that base 70 is the best from an inn.
Josh
26 Jan 10 at 10:53 am
How do i transport things between my villages….???
Djurgården
26 Jan 10 at 2:57 pm
I’m guessing those are the extremely rare ones that I’ve never found. You are very lucky to have come across such a hero. The max maybe 80 then.
Tommy
29 Jan 10 at 9:57 pm
Shane- its only a 70 base they rewarded it with the art of war.
Tommy- there are higher than 80 but its extremely rare and u have to be lucky with holy water.
BongRolla- there is a chance of medals from npc’s
anon
6 Feb 10 at 10:04 am
lol, you are all fighting, yes politics fastens build speed and attack well…
yeh, I only dont know what Intelligence
i got a lv1 wid 69 intelligence, i dunno what he can do???
Alastair
8 Mar 10 at 8:57 pm