Prince — Wiki · Kings By Dawn

Role and stats #

Royal commander: targeted last; survives victories. A winning player land attack reduces morale by 25 points; capture consumes one Prince. These are base stats before researched bonuses.

Role: Royal commander: targeted last; survives victories. A winning player land attack reduces morale by 25 points; capture consumes one Prince.
Branch: Infantry
Recruit at: Castle level 1
Cost per unit: 100,000 Food, 50,000 Wood, 25,000 Metal
Base training: 12h
Health / Armor / Damage: 100 / 5 / 10
Counters: No branch-specific counter multiplier
Armor ignored: 0%
PvP cargo capacity: 0

Princes are limited to five per account, including training and deployed. A surviving Prince is required for morale damage and conquest.

Recruitment unlock: No separate unlock research. Castle details.

Training at each facility level #

One batch is active per facility; additional batches wait in order. Times below are per unit, before active VIP; lower facility levels cannot recruit this unit.

Prince training times, before VIP
Facility level	Time per unit	Change from base
1	12h	−0%
2	11h 45m 36s	−2%
3	11h 31m 12s	−4%
4	11h 16m 48s	−6%
5	11h 2m 24s	−8%
6	10h 48m	−10%
7	10h 33m 36s	−12%
8	10h 19m 12s	−14%
9	10h 4m 48s	−16%
10	9h 50m 24s	−18%
11	9h 36m	−20%
12	9h 21m 36s	−22%
13	9h 7m 12s	−24%
14	8h 52m 48s	−26%
15	8h 38m 24s	−28%
16	8h 24m	−30%
17	8h 9m 36s	−32%
18	7h 55m 12s	−34%
19	7h 40m 48s	−36%
20	7h 26m 24s	−38%
21	7h 12m	−40%
22	6h 57m 36s	−42%
23	6h 43m 12s	−44%
24	6h 28m 48s	−46%
25	6h 14m 24s	−48%

Every research upgrade #

Each rank gives another 5% to its own stat; ranks I–V total +25% per stat. Research is account-wide, permanent, and completes offline.

This unit has no individual Health, Armor, or Damage research tracks in the current build.

Veteran and Elite improvements #

This unit has no Veteran or Elite equipment conversion.

Learn the system #

Planning an army? Add Prince to the Army Planner to total costs, training time and cargo for a whole force.

Rules reference. Values come from the game rules at revision 999310651f (snapshot e5f090b681, checked 5 October 2026). Base values exclude conditional bonuses such as VIP and active monuments. Numbers can change between playtest updates.