Raiders

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The Captain's Patrol Raider is currently the highest level of Raider available in the game.

“These raiders quickly go straight for the enemy's resources, and deal bonus damage against them.”

Raiders is the third type of troop to use for the player in DomiNations. Raiders are excellent against resource buildings but are weak against other buildings such as defensive buildings. They're unlocked in the Bronze Age.

General Information

The standard Raider's A.I. is to attack the closest resource building. They do 400% more damage to a resource building and are extremely fast. They can also hold up against infantry. However, their disadvantages are that they do low damage to non-resource buildings and defensive buildings.

There are no unique unit versions of the Raiders yet.

Raiders takes up 3 spaces in a barracks. They are trained in 2 minutes & 30 seconds. They have a range of 1.5.

Visuals

Horse Raider

Heavy Horse Rider

Cavalry Raider

Heavy Cavalry Raider

Dragoon Raider

Carabineer Raider

Motorcycle Raider

Heavy Motorcycle Raider

Veteran Motorcycle Raider

Elite Motorcycle Raider

Valiant Motorcycle Raider

Honored Motorcycle Raider

Desert Patrol Raider

Spearhead Patrol Raider

Captain's Patrol Raider

Statistics

Strength	Deals 3x damage vs. resource buildings → Deals 6x damage vs. resource buildings(Level 7+)
Weakness	Vulnerable to heavy defenses
Favourite target	Resource buildings
Range	1.5
Troop space	3
Training Time	2m 30s

Level	Name	Age	HP	DPS	DPS vs. Resource Buildings	Cost	Cost	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	XP Gain
1	Horse Raider	Bronze Age	660	32	128	90	N/A	14,000	2h	135
2	Heavy Horse Raider	Iron Age	720	36	144	110		50,000	4h	195
3	Cavalry Raider	Classical Age	840	86	344	200		200,000	12h	355
4	Heavy Cavalry Raider	Medieval Age	860	90	360	300		600,000	1d	520
5	Dragoon Raider	Gunpowder Age	880	116	464	465		1,800,000	2d	760
6	Carabineer Raider	Enlightenment Age	900	120	480	660		4,000,000	4d	1,115
7	Motorcycle Raider	Industrial Age	1,500	306	1,840	N/A	35	4,500,000	8d	1,630
8	Heavy Motorcycle Raider	Global Age	1,725	336	2,016		38	5,750,000	10d	1,845
9	Veteran Motorcycle Raider	Atomic Age	2,505	384	2,304		41	6,900,000	12d	2,040
10	Elite Motorcycle Raider	Cold War Age	2,655	464	2,784		47	10,100,000	13d	2,130
11	Valiant Motorcycle Raider	Space Age	2,789	516	3,096		54	12,200,000	14d	2,220
12	Honored Motorcycle Raider	Digital Age	2,995	613	3,680		60	14,500,000	15d	2,200?
13	Desert Patrol Raider	Information Age	3,104	674	4,048		66	17,400,000	16d	2,270?
14	Spearhead Patrol Raider	Drone Age	3,380	797	4,784		72	18,000,000	17d?	2,350
15	Captain's Patrol Raider	Automation Age	3,630	925			98	20,000,000	17d 12h	2,500

Boosts

Council Committees

• Washington's Revolution
  • Barracks Troop Damage

Council Councilors

• Itzcoatl
  • Invading Raider Damage
• Ching Shih
  • Raider Damage

Library Technology

• Cast Iron
  • Ch. 3 = Increases Raider attack by 20%
• Standing Army
  • Ch. 4 = +10% Barracks Troops' attack (or Healing) and health
• Microprocessor
  • Ch. 3 = Reduce unit's training time by 10%
  • Ch. 4 = Reduces the research time of Armory research by 5%

University

• Mansa Musa
  • Raiders Damage: +6% Raiders damage (5 levels)

Wonders

• The Versailles wonder confers these bonuses to the Raiders:
  • Hitpoint boost to both your attacking and defending troops: 10%
  • The Heritage at the Library Chapter 1 increases the hitpoint bonus from +10% to +11%.
• Notre Dame
  • Unit Upgrade Discount: 10%
  • The Heritage at the Library Chapter 2 increases the discount bonus from +10% to +11%.

VIP Bonuses

• Barracks Troop Training Time
  • Level 6: 10%
  • Level 10: 15%
  • Level 13: 20%
  • Level 15: 25%

Parliament Laws

• Military Funding: Barracks
  • Reduces all Barracks Troop upgrade costs by 5,000 - 500,000 Food to a minimum of free

Others

• The French get a 20% reduction to training time.
• Barracks
  • Expertise Boosts

Attacking Strategies

• If a base has full resource producers such as farms or caravans, use raiders against them so you can reap all of its resources.
• If resource storage buildings such as the mill or market has a lot of loot, try bring in an army composition of raiders.
• Surprisingly, Raiders are strong against enemy infantry and can hold up in a fight.

Defensive Strategy

• Raiders make good alliance troops. When the enemy spawns troops, Raiders will rush to the scene to deal with them. Their high hitpoints keep them in the fight longer than infantry units.

Trivia

• Lightly-armed mounted soldiers, called scouts, are often the first to see combat. They often take advantage of an unprepared enemy, raiding weakpoints and destroying valuable resources and equipment. They also provide valuable information to their commander.
• As of update March 15 2022, Raiders received complete rework, and cost oil to build