Newly captured castles don't give free upkeep

**waldopbarnstormer** · September 22, 2007, 03:51 AM

I am playing a campaign as france and I have just captured the castle at Bern. I stationed my force in the castle and when I checked the garrison screen after the next turn I noticed that non of my infantry units where receiving the free upkeep for being in a castle.

why is this and how do I get free upkeep for my units, do I need to build something or is it a bug?

**IIyamaXP** · September 22, 2007, 04:05 AM

You simply have to build first the corresponding barracks/stables/... to produce the units you wish to garrison

If what I noticed is true

**Socal_infidel** · September 23, 2007, 07:48 AM

IIyamaXP is right, once you take a settlement outside your home region, you will have to subdue the locals/integrate them into your empire. This means you can't recruit your own units let alone local levy units until you've built up the infrastructure.

Auxiliary Barracks - no recruitment; increased happiness, public order
Levy Barracks - regional levy troops
Town Watch - requires Town Hall, allows recruitment of militia units

Who said conquering would be easy?

Cheers!

**88cali** · September 25, 2007, 10:59 AM

I think Waldo is talking about *Free* upkeep. I also noticed by building up the infrastructure, recruits become available but was it *Free* upkeep?

**Socal_infidel** · September 25, 2007, 11:07 AM

You only get free upkeep if the settlement has the building necessary to produce that free upkeep unit. With the AOR system, each faction has their own line of Military Buildings.

So if France captures a German settlement, even though the German settlement may have a Barracks there, it is not a French Barracks. So that settlement does not yet have the requisite Barracks to produce that unit. So France needs to build up its line of Military Buildings there.

Whew...that was a lot of "So"s

**88cali** · October 01, 2007, 10:50 AM

hmm...so if frances catches a german settlement and built up its own barrack and recruit its own units. will those units get free upkeep if they are upkeepable? it seems not so when I was playing turkish and captured byzantine settlements..:hmmm: anyone played turk to confirm this?

**Socal_infidel** · October 01, 2007, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by 88cali

hmm...so if frances catches a german settlement and built up its own barrack and recruit its own units. will those units get free upkeep if they are upkeepable? it seems not so when I was playing turkish and captured byzantine settlements..:hmmm: anyone played turk to confirm this?

The units still need to be free upkeep units (i.e. militia units), but yeah, they should be able to get free upkeep.