Knight (Warcraft I)

For lore about knights, see Knight.

Knight
Race	Human
Statistics
Hit Points	90
Armor	5 7 (1 upgrade) 9 (all upgrades)
Basic Damage	13 15 (1 upgrade) 17 (all upgrades)
Piercing Damage	1
Range	melee
Cooldown	40
Speed	8 9 (1 upgrade) 10 (all upgrades)
Sight	3
Priority	45
Decay Rate	N/A
Production Related
Gold	850
Lumber	0
Produced at	Barracks
Requires	Stables and Blacksmith
Build time	800
Campaign
Unlocked in	The Forest of Elwynn

This article contains lore or information taken from Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and/or its manual.

Knights are the fighting elite in his Majesty's service. Using the difficult skills required for mounted combat, these warriors wield huge maces in order to crush their opponent's skulls. Their warhorses make them fast and deadly, as they can maneuver much more quickly than an unmounted foe. Knights are well respected throughout the realm, and the tales of their fighting prowess are known far and wide.

Information

Knights are the main melee attacking unit. They are extremely useful as they have a good amount of HP and five points of armour. Their main usefulness is the fact that they are the fastest unit, and can also be upgraded to become even faster, making them useful in luring the enemy into a barrage of arrows. They are also very useful against Catapults and spell casters; Catapults aren't able to hit a Knight due to the former's slow attack speed and a spell caster is only useful from afar.

Upgrades

Upgrade Sword Strength

Increases the basic attack damage of Footmen, Knights, Clerics, Conjurers, Scorpions, Water Elementals and Lothar by 2

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
750	Blacksmith	120

Upgrade Sword Strength

Further increases the basic attack damage of Footmen, Knights, Clerics, Conjurers, Scorpions, Water Elementals and Lothar by 2

A Knight as seen in the Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Manual.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
1500	Blacksmith	120

Upgrade Shield Strength

Increases the armor of all your units and buildings by 2

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
750	Blacksmith	120

Upgrade Shield Strength

Further increases the armor of all your units and buildings by 2

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
1500	Blacksmith	120

Breed Faster Horses

Increases the speed of Knights by 1

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
750	Stables	140

Breed Faster Horses

Further increases the speed of Knights by 1

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
1500	Stables	140

Trivia

• The manual describes them as using maces, but the weapon depicted in-game is more properly called a flail.

Quotes

• See Warcraft I human quotes

See also

• Knight (Warcraft II)
• Knight (Warcraft III)