Archer - Stats, Cost & How to Unlock

The Archer unlocks in the Shop for $150 of raid cash — realistic within your first few raids once Swordsmen start clearing waves. It is the second unit most players own, and the correct second purchase: one row of Swordsmen in front, Archers behind, click Attack. That two-unit formation carries you further than any single expensive unit at this stage.

Archers deal steady single-target damage from behind your front line — community estimates put a fresh Archer at roughly 12 damage per shot with about 70 HP and a range several times that of a Swordsman. They are fragile when anything reaches them, which is the whole reason the Swordsman exists. Their damage-per-cash is the best in the Common bracket, and unlike melee units they keep firing safely while your line holds.

Archer upgrades scale damage noticeably faster than health — players report the damage curve staying relevant into the mid-game while the HP pool stays thin. Upgrade Archers before Swordsmen: same cash, more distance. Once the Healer arrives at $800, a healed Archer line survives chip damage long enough to make the investment pay for itself.

The Archer is the backbone of every early and mid-game army and remains cheap filler late. It pairs with everything: Swordsman walls early, Healer sustain mid, Golem walls late. When you are saving $25,000 for a Golem, surplus cash still buys Archers that push distance during the wait. Very few units in Command An Army are worth fielding from minute five to hour fifty — this is one of them.