城鎮
Castle 城堡
Rampart 堡壘
Tower 塔樓
Inferno 地獄
Necropolis 墓園
Dungeon 地下城
Stronghold 據點
Fortress 要塞
Conflux 元素城 Armageddon's Blade
Cove 港口 Horn of the Abyss

Town typically refers to a structure on an Adventure Map, where heroes can recruit troops, replenish their spell points, and learn new spells. More generally, it can refer to one of the nine different town types, that can be seen in the table on the right. In 埃拉西亞的光復, there were only eight different town types, but 末日之刃 expansion added Conflux. Moreover, unofficial Horn of the Abyss expansion added Cove. Every player must own at least one town, so as to remain in contention for any amount of time until winning or losing the scenario. If a player loses the control of his last town, or if a player starts with no towns, he has time for seven days to conquer at least one town, otherwise being eliminated from the game. A map without towns is therefore largely undesirable, though not fully unplayable.

Towns are also important source of gold with hall buildings producing it every day for the kingdom. If a town has a marketplace, a player may trade surplus resources for needed ones, and Resource Silo produces resources daily (but not gold). Towns have horde buildings which increase units' growth. Buildings unique to each of the town types can provide additional strengths and abilities for heroes and units, produce resources, or support the gameplay on the adventure map.

Town with fort, citadel or castle have walls surrounding them, and can be defended by heroes in a siege battle. Other town defending structures that come with the fortifications are arrow towers and moat. Heroes can be located inside the town and inside the walls to protect the town. If a non-fortified town is sieged, a traditional battlefield is shown, as if the combat were not in a town.

Each town has its own musical theme. Nine common towns have themes written by Paul Romero, while music for HotA's Cove is written by Docent Picolan.

Maximum number of towns is 48 on any map.

Towns on adventure map

In 死亡陰影 there are just three visual appearances of a town: Village, Fort and Capitol (as a Fort with a flag). But the exact fortification level (fort/citadel/castle) always can be checked by an icon in the rightclick menu (the hall level is visible just for allies).

Horn of the Abyss represents towns accurately to their level of fortification.

探險地圖上的城鎮
Village Hall
議事堂
Fort
堡壘
Citadel
大本營
Castle
城堡
Capitol
國會
Town portrait Castle village small.gif
Castle
城堡
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Castle village.gif Adventure Map Castle fort.gif Adventure Map Castle capitol.gif
Town portrait Castle village small.gif
Castle
城堡
深淵號角
Adventure Map Castle village.gif Adventure Map Castle fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Castle citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Castle castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Castle capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Rampart village small.gif
Rampart
堡壘
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Rampart village.gif Adventure Map Rampart fort.gif Adventure Map Rampart capitol.gif
Town portrait Rampart village small.gif
Rampart
堡壘
深淵號角
Adventure Map Rampart village.gif Adventure Map Rampart fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Rampart citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Rampart castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Rampart capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Tower village small.gif
Tower
塔樓
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Tower village.gif Adventure Map Tower fort.gif Adventure Map Tower capitol.gif
Town portrait Tower village small.gif
Tower
塔樓
深淵號角
Adventure Map Tower village.gif Adventure Map Tower fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Tower citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Tower castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Tower capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Inferno village small.gif
Inferno
地獄
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Inferno village.gif Adventure Map Inferno fort.gif Adventure Map Inferno capitol.gif
Town portrait Inferno village small.gif
Inferno
地獄
深淵號角
Adventure Map Inferno village (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Inferno capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Necropolis village small.gif
Necropolis
墓園
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Necropolis village.gif Adventure Map Necropolis fort.gif Adventure Map Necropolis capitol.gif
Town portrait Necropolis village small.gif
Necropolis
墓園
深淵號角
Adventure Map Necropolis village.gif Adventure Map Necropolis fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Necropolis citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Necropolis castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Necropolis capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Dungeon village small.gif
Dungeon
地下城
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Dungeon village.gif Adventure Map Dungeon fort.gif Adventure Map Dungeon capitol.gif
Town portrait Dungeon village small.gif
Dungeon
地下城
深淵號角
Adventure Map Dungeon village.gif Adventure Map Dungeon fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Dungeon citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Dungeon castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Dungeon capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Stronghold village small.gif
Stronghold
據點
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Stronghold village.gif Adventure Map Stronghold fort.gif Adventure Map Stronghold capitol.gif
Town portrait Stronghold village small.gif
Stronghold
據點
深淵號角
Adventure Map Stronghold village.gif Adventure Map Stronghold fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Stronghold citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Stronghold castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Stronghold capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Fortress village small.gif
Fortress
要塞
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Fortress village.gif Adventure Map Fortress fort.gif Adventure Map Fortress capitol.gif
Town portrait Fortress village small.gif
Fortress
要塞
深淵號角
Adventure Map Fortress village.gif Adventure Map Fortress fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Fortress citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Fortress castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Fortress capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Conflux village small.gif
Conflux
元素城
死亡陰影
Adventure Map Conflux village.gif Adventure Map Conflux fort.gif Adventure Map Conflux capitol.gif
Town portrait Conflux village small.gif
Conflux
元素城
深淵號角
Adventure Map Conflux village (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Conflux capitol (HotA).gif
Town portrait Cove village small.gif
Cove
港口
深淵號角
Adventure Map Cove village (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove fort (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove citadel (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove castle (HotA).gif Adventure Map Cove capitol (HotA).gif