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Wondering where to recruit all the special units like the Templar Knights or Roman Infantry? This guide shows which provinces have them, allowing you to search by unit or province.
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Special Units Guide
You’re trying to recruit an army with some basic archers and swordsmen, but all of a sudden your enemy comes at you with Templar Knights! How did they get these powerful units and why can’t you?
Wonder no more, since this guide will detail where you can find all these special units and how much they cost.
What is a special unit? Basically, a unit that’s only available for certain kingdoms or provinces. There isn’t yet a good tool in-game to let you see which provinces have these units available unfortunately, so you have to manually scroll through each province looking to see what’s available. But you can’t do this with enemy provinces so there’s no way to know where a unit can be recruited if it’s not available to you.
Special Units List
The following table lists the special units in KoH2:Sovereign plus the costs to recruit them. Special units can only be recruited in certain provinces, which are specified further below in another section.
Special Unit | Gold | Workers | Food | Levies | Upkeep (food) |
Boyar Cavalry | 2400 | 4 | 80 | 700 | 4 |
Camel Archers | 550 | 3 | 60 | 200 | 2 |
Camel Cavalry | 550 | 3 | 60 | 200 | 2 |
Cataphracts | 3000 | 4 | 100 | 750 | 5 |
Crossbowmen | 700 | 2 | 40 | 250 | 2 |
Feudal Knights | 2400 | 4 | 100 | 700 | 5 |
Flemish Pikemen | 1600 | 2 | 40 | 600 | 2 |
Ghulam Cavalry | 2000 | 4 | 80 | 700 | 4 |
Halberdiers | 2400 | 2 | 40 | 700 | 2 |
Highlanders | 300 | 2 | 40 | 250 | 2 |
Hobelar Cavalry | 550 | 3 | 60 | 250 | 3 |
Jenissaries | 700 | 2 | 40 | 300 | 2 |
Jinetes Cavalry | 550 | 3 | 60 | 250 | 3 |
Longbowmen | 2000 | 2 | 20 | 400 | 1 |
Mamluk Cavalry | 650 | 3 | 60 | 600 | 3 |
Men at Arms | 2000 | 2 | 40 | 600 | 2 |
Mongol Heavy Lancers | 2400 | 4 | 60 | 750 | 3 |
Mongol Ranged Cavalry | 650 | 3 | 60 | 600 | 3 |
Norman Cavalry | 2400 | 4 | 80 | 700 | 4 |
Pavise Crossbowmen | 2400 | 2 | 40 | 500 | 2 |
Pronoia Cavalry | 2000 | 4 | 80 | 700 | 4 |
Roman Infantry | 1500 | 2 | 40 | 600 | 2 |
Saracen Warriors | 300 | 2 | 20 | 250 | 1 |
Sipahi Cavalry | 2400 | 4 | 80 | 700 | 4 |
Slavic Axemen | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Templar Knight Cavalry | 3500 | 4 | 100 | 800 | 5 |
Templar Knight Infantry | 2800 | 2 | 60 | 750 | 3 |
Teutonic Knight Cavalry | 3000 | 4 | 100 | 750 | 5 |
Teutonic Knight Infantry | 2400 | 2 | 60 | 700 | 3 |
Varangian Guards | 600 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 3 |
Vikings | 400 | 2 | 60 | 250 | 3 |
Where to Recruit Them
The table below shows the Kingdoms and Provinces where each special unit may be recruited. Note that some kingdoms must be unlocked through a Unite Quest, such as Bulgarian Empire.
Some units are only available in certain periods. If this is the case, the kingdom or province will have the following letters next to its name:
E – Early
M – Mid
L – Late
Table is broken up into two sections, “A-M” and “N-Z” to avoid character length limit.
⠀ A-M
Special Unit | Kingdoms | Provinces |
Boyar Cavalry | Bulgaria Bulgarian Empire Chernigov (E) Galitch-Mer Halych-Volhynia Karvuna (L) Kyiv Lithuania (L) Moldavia (L) Mologa (L) Muscovy (L) Novgorod Novgorod-Seversk Pereyaslavl (E) Polotsk (E,M) Pskov (L) Rostov-Suzdal Russia Ryazan (M,L) Serbia (L) Smolensk (M,L) Transylvania (L) Tver (L) Vidin (L) Vladimir (M) Volga Bulgaria Volhynia (E) Vytebsk (E,M) Wallachia (L) Yaroslavl (M,L) Zeta | Bdin (M,L) Berestia Chernigov Grodno (L) Halychyna Karvuna (M,L) Kazan (E,M) Kyiv Minsk Muscovy Nis (L) Nizhniy Novgorod (E,M) Novgorod (M,L) Ohrid (M,L) Pereyaslavl Polesia Polotsk Pskov (E) Raska Rostov Ruthenia Ryazan Smolensk Sredets (M,L) Suzdal Taman (E) Tarnovo (M,L) Turov Tver Uglich (L) Vladimir Volodymyr Vologda Voronezh (E,M) Vyatka (E,M) Vytebsk Yaroslavl Zhytomyr |
Camel Archers | Aleppo Alodia Ayyubids Daju Damascus (E) Fatimids Kanem Makuria Mali Mallorca (E) Mecca | Al-Khanafah (E,M) Al-Maqqah Al-Wahran Alodia Aqaba (E,M) Ascalon (E) Aydhab (E,M) Darfur Dongola Faras Hoggar Homs (M) Kaouar (L) Sawakin Sinai (E,M) Taghaza Taoudenni (E,L) Tlemcen Transjordania (E,M) Yathrib (E,M) |
Camel Cavalry | Abbasids Almohads Almoravids Alodia Aydin Candar Daju Danishmends Dulkadir Eretna Germiyan Granada (L) Hafsids Kakuyids Kanem Karaman Khwarazm Makuria Mali Mamluks Marinids Murcia (E) Oman Ottoman Empire Ottomans Shaddadids Shirvan Teke Tlemcen Yemen Zirids | Al-Wahran Alodia Aydhab (E,M) Darfur Hoggar Taghaza Tlemcen |
Cataphracts | Alania (E) Byzantine Empire Byzantium (E) Cilician Armenia Epirus (M) Nicaea (M) Rhodes (M) Trebizond (M) | Achaea (E,M) Alania (E,M) Attica (E,M) Chaldia (E,M) Cilicia Constantinopolis (E,M) Crimea (E,M) Cyprus (E,M) Epirus (E) Hayastan (M,L) Izmir (E) Lycia (E) Manych (E,M) Menteshe (E) Nicaea (E) Pontos (E) Rhodes (E,M) Sardis (E) Strymon (E) |
Crossbowmen | Achaea (M) Almoravids Anjou (E) Athens Champagne (E,M) Cyprus (M,L) France Genoa Germany Granada (L) Italy Jerusalem Latin Empire Lorraine Mallorca (E) Murcia (E) Naples (L) Poland Provence (M) Serbia (L) | Anjou (M,L) Champagne (L) Granada (L) Ile de France Liguria Lombardy Lyonnais (L) Orleannais Poitou (E,M) |
Feudal Knights | Achaea (M) Anjou (E) Aragon Athens Austria (M,L) Brandenburg (M,L) Brittany (L) Burgundy Castile Champagne (E,M) Cyprus (M,L) Edessa (E) England Flanders France Georgia Germany Gwynedd (M) Holland Hungary Latin Empire Leon (M) Lorraine Luxembourg Meissen Naples (L) Navarra (M,L) Poland Poland-Lithuania Portugal (M,L) Savoy (L) Saxony (M,L) Scotland (M,L) Spain Swabia (E,M) Tyrol (M) | Alsace Andalucia (L) Anjou (M,L) Asturia Austria Auvergne Bremen Burgos Cordoba (L) Devon East Flanders (L) Extremadura (L) Hamburg Hampshire Holland (M,L) Ile de France Kent Leon London Luxembourg Lyonnais (L) Murcia (L) Navarra Northumberland (E,M) Nottinghamshire Orleannais Pfalz Poitou (E,M) Rhineland Salamanca Sardinia (L) Swabia Thuringia Toledo Trondheim (M,L) Tyrol Warwickshire West Flanders Yorkshire Zaragoza |
Flemish Pikemen | Flanders (L) | East Flanders (L) West Flanders (L) |
Ghulam Cavalry | Abbasids Ottoman Empire Ottomans | Adiyaman Amasya (L) Ankara (M) Cappadocia Erzurum Konya (L) Melitene (M,L) Menteshe (M) |
Halberdiers | Burgundy (L) Switzerland | Bern (L) Zurich (L) |
Highlanders | Aberdeenshire Sutherland | |
Hobelar Cavalry | Connaught (M) England (L) Ireland | Connaught (M,L) Leinster (M,L) Munster (M,L) Northumberland (L) Ulster (M,L) |
Jenissaries | Ottoman Empire Ottomans | Bursa (L) Nicaea (L) |
Jinetes Cavalry | Aragon Castile Galicia (E) Leon (M) Navarra (M) Portugal Sicily (L) Spain | Algarve (L) Andalucia (L) Asturia Burgos Catalonia Cordoba (L) Estremadura (M,L) Extremadura (L) Galicia Leon Mallorca (M,L) Murcia (L) Navarra Porto Provence Salamanca Toledo Valencia (L) Zaragoza |
Longbowmen | England Gwynedd (E,M) Powys (E) | Devon Glamorgan Gwynedd Hampshire Kent London Northumberland Nottinghamshire Warwickshire Yorkshire |
Mamluk Cavalry | Mamluks | Alexandria (L) Antioch (L) Aqaba (L) Aydhab (L) Cairo (L) Cyrenaica (L) Damascus (L) Dumyat (L) Homs (L) Matrouh (L) Palestine (L) Qena (L) Sinai (L) Transjordania (L) |
Men at Arms | Achaea (M) Anjou (E) Athens Austria (M,L) Brandenburg (M,L) Brittany (L) Burgundy Castile Champagne (E,M) Cyprus (M,L) Edessa (E) England Flanders France Germany Holland Latin Empire Lorraine Luxembourg Meissen Naples (L) Savoy (L) Saxony (M,L) Scotland (L) Spain Swabia (E,M) Tyrol (M) | Alsace Andalucia (L) Anjou (M,L) Apulia (L) Asturia Bremen Burgos Campania (L) Champagne (L) Cordoba (L) Corsica (L) Devon Emilia (L) Extremadura (L) Hamburg Hampshire Ile de France Kent Latium (L) Leon Lombardy London Luxembourg Lyonnais (L) Murcia (L) Northumberland Nottinghamshire Orleannais Pfalz Poitou (E,M) Rhineland Salamanca Sardinia (L) Savoy Swabia Thuringia Toledo Tuscany (L) Warwickshire Yorkshire |
Mongol Heavy Lancers | Golden Horde Jalayirids Mongols | Al-Jadid (L) Al-Maqhrus (L) Astrakhan (L) Ukek (L) |
Mongol Ranged Cavalry | Bulgaria (L) Golden Horde Jalayirids Mongols Vidin (L) | Al-Jadid (L) Al-Maqhrus (L) Astrakhan (L) Ukek (L) |
⠀ N-Z
Special Unit | Kingdoms | Provinces |
Norman Cavalry | Antioch (E,M) Knights of Rhodes Sicily (E) | Champagne (L) Edessa (E) Lebanon (M) Normandy |
Pavise Crossbowmen | Genoa Italy | Liguria Lombardy |
Pronoia Cavalry | Byzantine Empire Byzantium Epirus (M) Morea Naples (E) Nicaea (M) Trebizond | Achaea (E,M) Attica (E) Chaldia Constantinopolis Crimea (E,M) Cyprus (E,M) Epirus (E) Izmir (E,M) Lycia (E) Menteshe (E) Nicaea (E,M) Pontos (E) Rhodes (E,M) Sardis (E,M) Strymon (E) |
Roman Infantry | Byzantine Empire Byzantium Epirus (M) Morea Naples (E) Nicaea (M) Trebizond | Achaea (E) Attica (E) Constantinopolis Epirus (E) Nicaea (E) Strymon (E) Thrace (E) |
Saracen Warriors | Aleppo Ayyubids Damascus (E) Fatimids Mallorca (E) Mecca | Al-Khanafah (E,M) Al-Maqqah Aqaba (E,M) Ascalon (E,L) Homs (M) Mallorca (E) Malta Rabat (E) Sinai (E,M) Transjordania (E,M) Yathrib (E,M) |
Sipahi Cavalry | Artuqids Ottoman Empire Ottomans Rum Saltuqids Seljuks | Ankara (L) Bursa (L) Ispahan (E) Konya (E,M) Nicaea (L) |
Slavic Axemen | Bulgaria Bulgarian Empire Chernigov (E) Galitch-Mer Halych-Volhynia Karvuna (L) Kyiv Moldavia (L) Mologa (L) Muscovy (L) Novgorod Novgorod-Seversk Pereyaslavl (E) Polotsk (E,M) Pskov (L) Rostov-Suzdal Russia Ryazan (M,L) Serbia (L) Smolensk (M,L) Transylvania (L) Tver (L) Vidin (L) Vladimir (M) Volhynia (E) Vytebsk (E,M) Wallachia (L) Yaroslavl (M,L) Zeta | |
Templar Knight Cavalry | Antioch (M) Jerusalem Papal States (M) | Acre (M) Latium (M) Lebanon (M) Palestine (E) |
Templar Knight Infantry | Antioch (M) Jerusalem Papal States (M) | Acre (M) Latium (M) Lebanon (M) Palestine (E) |
Teutonic Knight Cavalry | Germany (M) Jerusalem (E) Livonian Order Teutonic Order | Acre (M) Kashubia (L) Kuyava (L) Livonia (M,L) Pomerelia (L) Prussia (L) Riga (M,L) Transylvania (M) Zemaitija (L) |
Teutonic Knight Infantry | Germany (M) Jerusalem (E) Livonian Order Teutonic Order | Acre (M) Kashubia (L) Kuyava (L) Livonia (M,L) Pomerelia (L) Prussia (L) Riga (M,L) Transylvania (M) Zemaitija (L) |
Varangian Guards | Byzantine Empire Byzantium Nicaea (M) | Attica (M,L) Constantinopolis Nicaea (M) Strymon (M) |
Vikings | Agder (E) Agnafit (E) Gotland (E) Halland (E) Hordaland (E) Jutland (E) Leinster (E) Ostergotland (E) Schleswig (E) Smaland (E) Svealand (E) Trondheim (E) Uppland (E) Vastermanland (E) Viken (E) Zealand (E) |
To see a more detailed version of the guide, you can take a look at the original version: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2905202861