Army Templates are here!

What are templates?

1. A template is your complete set of armies, configured however you like.
2. Every player gets 4 templates at level 16 for free
3. The first template will auto-fill with your current armies when you reach level 16
4. Each template can hold as many armies as you have unlocked. So if you have 12 armies now, you can make 4 different configurations of 12 armies. If you unlock a 13th army, all 4 templates can have a 13th army.
5. Each template (set of armies) can use the same Nobles, Banners, Battalion Equipment, Champions and Troops used in any other template. There is no need to craft additional things or train additional troops.

How to create a new template

1. Click the template icon top right of armies
2. Select an empty slot
3. Configure your armies
4. Click the save icon in the top right corner
5. Give the template a name

Restrictions on switching

You can not switch templates if any armies in the currently loaded templates are injured or not home (mining, staged, attacking, traveling).

Warnings when switching

You can get a few warnings when switching between templates.

1. A lack of available troops: This can happen if you have assigned troops to garrisons since you last had that template loaded. If the game fails to find enough troops available to re-create all the armies in the template, it will give you a warning and do the best it can.
2. If you upgrade equipment or banners while the template is not loaded you will need to re-assign the equipment when you next load the template. Like with the missing troops above, if the template is trying to find a level 3 Gravefrost Shield, and you upgraded it to level 4 while the template was not in use, it will fail to find a level 3 to use and give a warning.
3. If a Noble commanding an army in a template is captured, away from home (in a Trade Post or someone else's Keep) or you sacrificed or married them out of your family. You will get a warning when loading the template(s) they commanded armies in. As with the current system, you'll need to remake the impacted army with a different noble if they're not coming home.

None of the above prevent you from switching templates, you'll just find you have some missing troops, equipment, or armies you can not deploy. You can resolve the issues then re-save the template to prevent the warning from showing again.

GL&HF

We hope you enjoy this new feature, and it lets you configure armies for a bunch of different scenarios to reduce the pain of having to disband and remake for specific events or to be efficient at farming certain targets without sacrificing your ability to defend yourself should you get attacked. If you have any issues with templates, please let us know in our Discord, or via the support email, links for both in settings.

Thanks for playing!

TeamKM