Noob question about Spartiates and Elephants.

Hi, i wanna know how do you recruit these two units? i searched the forums and read something about a MIC but i dont even know what that is?? and for elephants since there is no elephant resource how would you know where they can be recruited?
help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advanced.

oh and i also have a suggestion, i took a look at the Artwork on the main site and it looks brilliant, in my opinion those would be great to go into the game as loading screens instead of the 3d models and it would mean they wouldnt be waisted as such.

Only the KH can get Spartans in Sparta. You need MIC level 5 to get them.


For the elephants they can be recruited deep in Africa (where Carthege is) or by India. not sure what provinces though.

An MIC is a Military-Industrial Complex (I think?), that is to say, it represents the system of recruitment, training, and providing weaponry for the troops. In vanilla this was represented by the barracks, stables, and archeries, usual RTS fare; in EB it is represented by two "buildings" per city: one for factional units (look for "barracks-like" buildings in your building menu, the building descriptions should provide you with all the details you need) and another for "regional" units. The government type in that province, and the location of that province, will dictate what units you can recruit in those MIC's. Building a "factional" MIC in a faraway "Alliances" province is an exercise in futility, and likewise for "regional" MIC's in the capital.

Like Neospartan said, only the Koinon Hellenon faction can get Spartans and only at the factional MIC level 5 built in Sparta. They don't come cheap.

I'm not sure about elephants, but I've seen them around Africa and the Indus provinces (easternmost in the map). Never used them much in EB really, waaaay too expensive. I save my precious for the ships.

Hello there,

if you want to recruit Elephants and not play Carthage or AS or Baktria, then take a look at Epiros. They can recruit Elephants in their capital (> 10,000 mnai ).
BTW, they start with one unit of them and that unit eats about 20-30 % of your military expences.
But they are VERY valuable, if you want to "blitz" Macedonia ...

I wonder if elephants are regionals for all factions or not..... they should be

Originally Posted by Spoofa

I wonder if elephants are regionals for all factions or not..... they should be

The Epirote's ones are recruited via the Faction-MIC.
I forgot: the Ptolemaii can recruit Elephants, in Egypt I'd guess.

no, i meant so anybody can recruit them with regional barracks in correct provinces.

Originally Posted by Spoofa

no, i meant so anybody can recruit them with regional barracks in correct provinces.

Ehm, I understood you ... but I just wanted to point out the Epirote's 'situation'.
BTW, take a look at the "unit recruitment data file" (or what ever it is called). It should be in the AAR / Guides subforum, in the upper half of the first page.

No, elephants are not regionals for everybody. Ptolemai, Seleucia, Baktria, Carthage, Sabyn, and Epirus can get them. Rome can get simple African elephants and Makedonia (& I wouldn't be surprised if KH too) can get simple Indian elephants.

The places you can recruit them vary somewhat from faction to faction. Indian one in the three Indus provinces, plus some others like the Baktria province. African Forest Elephants west of (and not including) the city of Carthage. Bush Elephants in Meroe, Axum, and Pt. Theron.