Learn how battle system works in Bad North. This guide includes basic information on how to fight against vikings and tips to increase the chance of survival.
Basic: How The Battle System Works
How To Fight In 3 Simple Steps
| Step 1 | Select your squad and move the cursor to place your army in right position |
|---|---|
| Step 2 | Your squad fights with viking automatically when enemy gets near. |
| Step 3 | You gain gold according to how many houses you've saved from the vikings |
▲Simply move nearby enemy to attack.
Get Gold By Defending Houses
The goal of the battle is to defeat all the vikings without damaging your houses. At the end of the game, you will be rewarded with how many houses you've saved from being destroyed. The number of rewarded gold will differ according to the size of the house you've saved.
Size Of Houses & Their Rewards
| Size of house | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Small House | 1 Gold |
| Medium House | 2 Golds |
| Large House | 3 Golds |
Viking Always Move Toward Nearest House
When vikings get close to your houses, they try to burn them down. Note that vikings always move toward nearest house. Block their route to defend all of your houses.
Dead Unit Leave Battlefield Permanently
When all of your squads died, it is game over. It's crucial to know that once your squad died in the battle, you cannot revived the dead unit. The dead unit leaves your army permanently.
Advance: Tips On How To Fight Effectively
Learn Each Enemies' Weakness
| Enemy Type | Weakness |
|---|---|
| Sword | Archer Class unit can attack them from afar. |
| Shield | Pikes Class unit can kill them without getting hit. |
| Archer | Infantry Class unit can guard the arrows and kill them with melee attacks. |
Replenish Damaged Units
As I said before, when your troop died in the battle, you will lose that unit permanently. When the number of solider in a troop reduced to less than 3, consider the options below;
Four Ways To Save Lives
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Replenish In House | Heal number of soldier in your by replenish in the house for certain amount of time. Unit cannot be used while being replenished. |
| Use Item "War Horn" | Item War Horn can recover the number of solider in your troop instantly. It can only be used for certain amount of times per battle. |
| Stay Away From Enemy | Move your troop away from enemies and place other troop on the battle front. |
| Flee the island | Get out of battlefield by using enemy's longship. You won't lose your unit but you can't the escaped unit for rest of that battle. |
