Complete List of Mercenaries, Mercs, Mercenarys

[Calahan]

Since this has been asked for several times on the forum, especially by new players to the game, here is a list I've compiled of all (I hope) the Mercenaries available in the vanilla version of the game.

Notes.
- The title of this post is designed to make it as easy as possible to find with the search function.
- I have indicated any extra abilities above the expected norm which I think are useful to know about. eg. "Black Bone's Pirates" Commander has the Sailing Ability. These notes are very limited though, and will be expanded in future versions of this list.
- Any magic paths on a commander will be listed in the (brackets) after the commander unit name.
- I have not yet indicated with a unit id number which exact troop comes with each group. eg. Heavy Infantry could be one of several. This is another job for later versions of the list!
- It would appear that certain mercenaries only appear in certain ages. eg. "Otto the Great" seems to only appear in Early Age. I've marked the mercenaries I think this applies to, although it needs further testing or confirmations to be sure this is the case.

If anyone spots any mistakes (very likely) or if I've left any out (less likely) can they please let me know. Also, if there are any extra abilities which I've left out which I should have considered as important but didn't.


Complete Mercenary List V0.2

1. Agyraspides --- Commander - Hoplite Commander / Troops - 40 x Hoplite.
2. Black Bone's Pirates --- Commander - Captain (Sailing Ability) / Troops - 25 x Pirate.
3. Brave Breakers --- Commander - Captain / Troops - 30 x Heavy Infantry.
4. Burelk's City Guard --- Commander - Commander / Troops - 60 x Militia.
5. Celestial Apostates --- Commander - Celestial Servant / Troops - 10 x Celestial Soldier.
6. Dagan, the Renegade Sage --- Commander - Sage (S1) / Troops - None.
7. Dante's Stingers --- Commander - Captain / Troops - 30 x Heavy Infantry.
8. Elephant Corps --- Commander - Elephant / Troops - 5 x Elephant.
9. Eternal Knights --- Commander - Eternal Knight / Troops - 8 x Eternal Knight. *** Possibly only appears in Late Age ***
10. Farstrikers --- Commander - Captain (Mounted) / Troops - 30 x Longbowman .
11. Ferdinando's Footmen --- Commander - Captain / Troops - 30 x Heavy Infantry.
12. Ferrus, the Iron Wizard --- Commander - Adept of the Iron Order (E2 S2 ?1FAES) / Troops - 5 x Mechanical Man.
13. Fordo Boggit's Elite Warriors --- Commander - Hoburg Champion / Troops - 40 x Borgmeister Guard.
14. God's Enforcers --- Commander - Inquisitor (F1 H2) / Troops - 100 x Pikeneer.
15. God's Justice --- Commander - Inquisitor (F1 H2) / Troops - 50 x Pikeneer.
16. Gote --- Commander - Circle Master (D2 B2) / Troops - 20 x Bone Fiend.
17. Ghoul Father --- Commander - High Magus (F2 E1 S2) / Troops - 50 x Ghoul.
18. Gunter Blukraft's Sonnenkinder --- Commander - Captain / Troops - 30 x Heavy Infantry.
19. Hector's Heavy Horsemen --- Commander - Captain (Mounted) / Troops - 15 x Heavy Cavalry.
20. Helmut's Sappers --- Commander - Siege Engineer / Troops - 20 x Sapper.
21. Istana's Warriors --- Commander - Jade Priestess (N1 H1) / Troops - Amazon (Infantry).
22. Knight Errants --- Commander - Knight Commander / Troops - 12 x Knight.
23. Madam Fortuna --- Commander - Fortune Teller (Fortune Teller(10), 1S 1?SDNB) / Troops - 10 x Slingers. *** Possibly only appears in Late Age ***
24. Magnus's Crossbows --- Commander - Captain / Troops - 20 x Crossbowman.
25. Mamor, the White Wizard --- Commander - Adept of the Silver Order (A2 S2 1?FAES) / Troops - 5 x Heavy Infantry.
26. Master Gibur --- Commander - Hydromancer (W3) / Troops - 1 x Water Elemental.
27. Mighty Pak-ur --- Commander - Ettin / Troops - None *** Possibly only appears in Early Age ***
28. Nergash's Damned Legion --- Commander - Necromancer (D2) / Troops - 80 x Longdead.
29. Obscuro, the Hidden Master --- Commander - Illusionist (A2) / Troops - None.
30. Otto the Great --- Commander - Bandar Warrior / Troops - 75 x Wolf Tribe Warrior (2xDagger) *** Possibly only appears in Early Age ***
31. Reavers of the Deep --- Commander - Ichtyid / Troops - 50 x Ichtyid Warrior.
32. Rexor's Barbarians --- Commander - Barbarian Chief / Troops - 40 x Barbarian.
33. Rozul's Red Raptors --- Commander - Raptor / Troops - 30 x Raptor.
34. Ship Wreckers --- Commander - Consort / Troops - 20 x War Shambler.
35. Skull Smashers --- Commander - Troll / Troops - 10 x Troll.
36. Stroumsa's Freaks --- Commander - Elephant / Troops - 50 x Foul Spawn.
37. The Archers in White --- Commander - Pegasus Rider / Troops - 20 x Amazon (Archers).
38. The Armoured Fist of God --- Commander - Inquisitor (F1 H2) / Troops - 25 x Pikeneer.
39. The Black Fists --- Commander - Captain (Mounted) / Troops - 20 x Heavy Infantry.
40. The Boar Mage --- Commander - Animist (N2) / Troops - 40 x Boar.
41. The Dragon Tamer --- Commander - Beast Trainer / Troops - 4 x Fire Drake.
42. The Feathered Serpent --- Commander - Couatl (S3 N3 H2) / Troops - 50 x Lizard Warrior.
43. The Fishermen --- Commander - Ichtyid Lord / Troops - 25 x Ichtyid.
44. The Green Horde --- Commander - Khan / Troops - 40 x Barbarian Horseman.
45. The Lost Legion --- Commander - Star Child (S1) / Troops - 20 x Lobo Guard.
46. The Master Assassin --- Commander - Assassin / Troops - None.
47. The Master Druid --- Commander - Druid (N1 H1) / Troops - 25 x Vine Man.
48. The Snake Charmer --- Commander - Horned Serpent / Troops - 50 x Militia.
49. The Whispering Legion --- Commander - Spectral Mage (D1 1?WESD 1?WESD) / Troops - 15 x Ghost.
50. The Wind Lord --- Commander - Wind Master (A2) / Troops - 30 x Sylph.
51. Urgek Beast Brother --- Commander - Foul Spawn / Troops - 20 x Foul Spawn.
52. Victor's Villains --- Commander - Villain / Troops - 10 x Villain.
53. Wolfkin Reavers --- Commander - Chief / Troops - 50 x Vaetti.

53 Mercenary Groups in Total.

Many thanks to those who have pointed out errors so far.

[Calahan]

V0.2 Changes

- Added the 4 missing mercs that seem to be specific to Early and Late era.
- Corrected a few spelling mistakes

[DakaSha]

wow awesome thanks

[Tifone]

gj

[archaeolept]

what about that giant ettin? or the 6 Knights Eternal sacred wielding flambeaus? are they not around any more?

edit: i'm sure i've seen the ettin recently. good work definitely, anyways

[vfb]

Very cool!

But missing:
Orion, Eternal Knights
Madam Fortuna
Mighty Pak-ur
Otto the Great

Misnamed:
Frodo -> Fordo in game

[Amhazair]

There's a 'Madam Fortuna' in a game I'm currently playing. Never saw her before either.

[Calahan]

Hhhmmmmm curious

The list was compiled by running 3 test games in MA with max nations until year 15. In all the games the merc lists were empty for the last 3-4 years, and neither the Giant Ettin or the Eternal Knights showed up in any of them. But if they do exist then I guess I need to run some more tests!!

Edit - nor Madam Fortuna.

Will run more test games later today and update the list. Does anyone know if the game era affects which mercs show up? I thought it didn't, but maybe it does.

[archaeolept]

oh yeah, madame fortuna - isn't she 1 astal with 20 slingers? does she have the ability to help ward off bad
luck?

the mechanics of what determines which mercenaries show up are obscure at best. Some, like the eternal knights, are very rare and almost only ever show up late game.

You can try more tests, but anyone else missing should hopefully be mentioned in this thread

[vfb]

Mighty Pak-ur the Ettin shows up in EA for sure.
Orion's Eternal Knights and Madam Fortuna show up in LA.

Otto the Great is a bunch of monkeys I think... EA maybe?