Typically, Barbarian units will prioritise attacking or capturing units. Cavalry: An outpost that has a horse resource within 6 tiles will spawn cavalry units.Naval: An outpost that appears on a coast line will periodically spawn naval units.Every time a new outpost appears it will start with 1 Scout and 1 era-dependent melee or anti-cavalry unit (such as a Spearman). Regardless of their position every outpost will spawn melee and ranged units. If the entire world is civilized, the Barbarians will disappear.Īlthough Barbarians can spawn nearly every type unit in the game (dependent on the current era) they will spawn different units depending on where their outpost is located. However, as more territory is acquired, Barbarians will have less land available for their outposts to appear and typically will only be found in snow or tundra terrain as they are less likely to be cities and non-Barbarian units there.

Alternatively, and for purposes such as Gilgamesh's Epic Quests leader bonus, you can keep units as close to your cities as possible to increase the chances of an outpost spawning near you.īarbarians will remain in the game right up until the end. Your cities will also increase their visible range by their cultural borders. To reduce the spawn of Barbarian outposts in your area you can position units on hills, which can allow units to cover an extra tile of sight due to its height advantage, as to maintain the largest possible visible range. When a new outpost is created the game will play a tune to let the player know. Barbarians will spawn at outposts that appear randomly in any tile that is outside of the visible range of any non-Barbarian unit or city (this includes City-States and non-player civilizations).

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