Siege Weapons men-at-arms

Torch-Bearers

Damage: 20
Toughness: 12
Pursuit: 0
Screen: 0

torch_bearers

On the boundless steppe, there's no need for siege towers or catapults — just a blazing torch and a swift horse, enough to set every yurt aflame.

Counters

Countering cuts the countered regiment's damage by up to 90%: full effect at 2 effective countering sub-regiments per countered one (NCombat defines).

Torch-Bearers counters

Nothing.

Countered by (Siege Weapons)

No regiment lists Siege Weapons among its counters.

Put Torch-Bearers in the counters calculator →

How to get it

Special conditions — see the recruit trigger below

Government condition in the trigger: government_is_nomadic

The game's recruit condition (can_recruit)

government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic

Upgrades

Bonuses in the files that raise this regiment or every Siege Weapons regiment.

building · Castle (top level: Fortress)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+25%

building · Siege Works (top level: Cannon Foundries)

Siege Weapon Recruitment Cost-45%
Siege Weapon Maintenance-45%
Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+40%
Stationed Siege Weapon Toughness+15

building · Alhambra (top level: Royal Palace of Alhambra)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+15%

building · Citadel of Aleppo (top level: Reconstructed Citadel of Aleppo)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+15%

building · The Tower of London (top level: The Tower of London)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+15%

building · Hotin Fortification (top level: Hotin Fortress)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+15%

building · Aljafería (top level: Aljafería)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+15%

building · Alcázar of Segovia (top level: Alcázar of Segovia)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+15%

building · Falak-ol-Aflak (top level: Falak-ol-Aflak)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+15%

building · Gongsanseong Fortress (top level: Gongsanseong Fortress)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+10%

building · Copper Mines (top level: Copper Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Silver Mines (top level: Silver Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Gold Mines (top level: Gold Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Rammelsberg Mines (top level: Rammelsberg Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Kutná Hora Mine (top level: Kutná Hora Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Baofeng Silver Mines (top level: Baofeng Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Kremnica Mines (top level: Kremnica Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Zijinshan Mines (top level: Zijinshan Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Jiaodong Mines (top level: Jiaodong Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Falun Mines (top level: Falun Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Schwaz Mine (top level: Schwaz Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Liangzhe Mines (top level: Liangzhe Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Argentiera Mine (top level: Argentiera Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Kollur Mines (top level: Kollur Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Siderokausia Mines (top level: Siderokausia Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Gold Mines of Mali (top level: Gold Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Konasamudram Mines (top level: Konasamudram Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Mines of the Forest of Dean (top level: Forest of Dean Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Mines of Phnom Dek (top level: Phnom Dek Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Mines of Hanxing (top level: Hanxing Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Chihu Iron Mines (top level: Chihu Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Zawar Mines (top level: Zawar Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Takkeda Mines (top level: Takkeda Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Khetri Copper Mines (top level: Khetri Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Taghaza Salt Pan (top level: Taghaza Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Ijil Salt Mines (top level: Ijil Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Torda Salt Mines (top level: Torda Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Ziliujing & Gongjing Salt Wells (top level: Ziliujing & Gongjing Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Phocaea Alum Mines (top level: Phocaea Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Pansjhir Mines (top level: Pansjhir Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Trepča Mines (top level: Trepča Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Rudnik Mines (top level: Rudnik Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Cévennes Mines (top level: Cévennes Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Guiyang Mines (top level: Guiyang Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Kaibao Mines (top level: Guiyang Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Khotan Mines (top level: Khotan Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Dushan Mines (top level: Dushan Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Xiuyan Jade Mines (top level: Xiuyan Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Itoigawa Jade Mines (top level: Itoigawa Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Lantian Jade Mines (top level: Lantian Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Fengtian Jade Mines (top level: Large Fengtian Mine)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+30%

building · Hpakant Jade Mines (top level: Hpakant Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Wadi al-Allaq Mines (top level: Wadi al-Allaq Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Verespatak Mines (top level: Verespatak Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Suvarnadvipa Mines (top level: Suvarnadvipa Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Nishapur Mines (top level: Nishapur Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Srebrenica Mine (top level: Srebrenica Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Ratnapura Mines (top level: Ratnapura Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Sar-i Sang Mines (top level: Sar-i Sang Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · The Mogok Valley Mines (top level: Mogok Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Kinka Gold Mine (top level: Kinka Gold Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Tsushima Silver Mine (top level: Tsushima Silver Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Sado Gold Mine (top level: Sado Gold Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Tada Copper Mine (top level: Tada Copper Mining Complex)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+38%

building · Gunpowder Manufacturer (top level: Hand Cannon Facility)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+45%

building · Workshops (top level: Powderhouses)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+45%

building · Temple (top level: Grand Temple)

Stationed Siege Weapon Effectiveness+13%

Source: game/common/men_at_arms_types/09_mpo_maa_types.txt, game/common/script_values/00_men_at_arms_values.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.