

Undead: The Undead are vulnerable to fire, impact, and arcane attacks, but have high resistance against blade, pierce and especially cold damage.Units often achieve higher mobility when crossing hills. Most units require little XP to advance levels. Their focus is on cheap recruiting, brute force, and close combat, fighting much better at night. Northerners: A faction of Orcs and Goblins, along with Trolls, and Naga allies.They are the most diverse faction, with more units than any other faction except the Knalgan Alliance.


Rebels: Consist mostly of Elvish units, with ent-like Woses, Merfolk, and mages.User-contributed graphic of a Lich in Wesnoth, incorporated in-game. The Battle for Wesnoth currently has six default factions to choose from: This etymology is explained in the campaign The Rise of Wesnoth. When the project became larger and more elaborate, the developers created a fictional etymology for the name: the inhabitants of the land of Wesnoth came from the West and North, giving Westnorth, which eventually evolved to Wesnoth. The name Wesnoth was originally developed by the game's creator as a combination of syllables that he thought would sound good as a name for a fantasy land. This includes many custom made races, as anyone can customize the game. The Battle for Wesnoth is set in a fantasy environment, in which players build armies made up of units from races such as humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, trolls, and more.
