Academy (H4)

For the faction in other games, see Academy.

Academy
Faction information
Classes	Lord (might) Mage (magic)
Campaign heroes	Emilia Tharj Gavin Magnus Bohb Mysterio
Grail building	Great library
Alignment	Good
Spell schools	Order Death Life
Kingdom	Bracada Great Arcan Qassar

The Academy is the town type associated with Order in Heroes of Might and Magic IV. It is the clean and well-organized home of Order. The ruler-straight streets divide white walls within which dwell its staunch defenders. The natural terrain for the Academy and its creatures is the pure and driven snow.

Lore

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Classes

Lord (might)

Mage (magic)

Creatures

• Standard lineup
• External lineup

Dwarf	Halfling	Gold golem	Mage
Naga	Genie	Dragon golem	Titan

Evil sorceress

Buildings

Basic

Village hall	Town hall	City hall	Tavern	Prison
Provides 500 gold per day. It is required before you can build any other town structure.	Provides 750 gold per day.	Provides 1000 gold per day.	Allows the recruitment of heroes	Holds captured enemy heroes.*
Requires: N/A	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 2500 gold	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 5 gems 5 crystals 2500 gold Town hall	Requires: 2 wood 500 gold	Requires: N/A
Fort	Citadel	Castle	Caravan	Shipyard
Builds a level one city wall. It is required to build 1st level creature dwellings.	Builds a moat and level two city wall.	Builds a keep and level three city wall.	Sends heroes and creatures to remote locations. Travel time is computed using a high (30 move / day) movement rate.	Builds ships, and allows caravans to travel across bodies of water.
Requires: 20 wood 20 ore 5000 gold	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 7500 gold Fort	Requires: 10 wood 10 ore 7500 gold Citadel	Requires: 10 wood 4000 gold Fort	Requires: 20 wood 2000 gold Fort

Other

University	Treasury	Alchemist's shop	Great Library
Teaches the basic level of 4 skills for 2000 gold each. Skills are chosen from the secondary skills for Nobility, Scouting, Life Magic, Order Magic, and Death Magic.	Provides an extra 10% gold per week.	Sells Telescope, Mage's Staff, Chainmail, and Potions of Restoration, Immortality, Cold, Fire Resistance, and Binding Liquid.	Provides 3000 gold per day. Also, the strength of all Order Magic spells are increased by 50%. All Institutes of Magic for this player contain spells as if they were Level 5. A hero who stays in a town with an Institute of Magic can exceed his/her normal spell point limit by 25% for every level over a Level 1 Institute of Magic.
Requires: 5 wood 5 ore 2 sulfur 2 gems 5750 gold Fort	Requires: 5 wood 10 ore 6000 gold Town hall Fort	Requires: 4 wood 4 ore 1 mercury 1 sulfur 1 gem 1 crystal 3000 gold	Requires: Grail

Mage guild

Institute of Magic level 1	Institute of Magic level 2	Institute of Magic level 3	Institute of Magic level 4	Institute of Magic level 5
Teaches 3 Level One Order Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 35% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 3 Level Two Order Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 50% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 2 Level Three Order Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 65% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 2 Level Four Order Magic spells. Heroes who visit regain up to 80% of their spell points. Heroes who spend the night recover all of their spell points.	Teaches 1 Level Five Order Magic spell. Heroes who visit or spend the night recover 100% of their spell points.
Requires: 2 wood 2 ore 1 gem 1000 gold	Requires: 1 gem 1000 gold Institute of Magic level 1	Requires: 1 gem 1000 gold Institute of Magic level 2	Requires: 1 gem 1000 gold Institute of Magic level 3	Requires: 1 gem 1000 gold Institute of Magic level 4
Clerical library	Necromantic library
Teaches Life Magic spells. Depending on the level of the mage guild, it teaches 2 spells for Level One, Two and Three and 1 spell each for Levels Four and Five.	Teaches Death Magic spells. Depending on the level of the mage guild, it teaches 2 spells for Level One, Two and Three and 1 spell each for Levels Four and Five.
Requires: 4 wood 4 ore 2500 gold Institute of Magic level 1	Requires: 2 wood 2 ore 2 sulfur 2500 gold Institute of Magic level 1

Creature production

Dwarven mines	Halfling burrow	Golem factory	Mage tower	Golden pavilion
Generates Dwarves.	Generates Halflings.	Generates Gold Golems. Building the Golem Factory prevents the construction of the Mage Tower.	Generates Mages. Building the Mage Tower prevents the construction of the Golem Factory.	Generates Naga. Building the Golden Pavilion prevents the construction of the Altar of Wishes.
Requires: 1500 gold Fort	Requires: 1500 gold Fort	Requires: 6 ore 3000 gold Insitute of Magic level 1 Dwarven mines or halfling burrow	Requires: 1 gem 1 crystal 1 sulfur 1 mercury 2750 gold Insitute of Magic level 1 Dwarven mines or halfling burrow	Requires: 8 wood 8 ore 4 crystals 6250 gold Treasury Mage tower or golem factory
Altar of Wishes	Dragon factory	Cloud castle
Generates Genies. Building the Altar of Wishes prevents the construction of the Golden Pavilion.	Generates Dragon Golems. Building the Dragon Factory prevents the construction of the Cloud Castle.	Generates Titans. Building the Cloud Castle prevents the construction of the Dragon Factory.
Requires: 12 gems 6250 gold Clerical library Mage tower or golem factory	Requires: 12 wood 30 ore 4 sulfur 4 crystals 4 gems 4 mercury 14000 gold Alchemist's shop University Altar of Wishes or golden pavilion	Requires: 16 wood 16 ore 20 gems 14000 gold Castle Altar of Wishes or golden pavilion

Gallery

Academy towns (without Fort (west), Fort (north), Citadel (east), Castle (south).