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Kislev · Immortal Empires · Realm of Chaos

Daughters of the Forest

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Comes with Shadows of Change - Kislev(Warhammer III)

Daughters of the Forest is a playable Kislev faction in Total War: Warhammer III, led by Mother Ostankya. In Immortal Empires it starts in Bleak Hold Fortress with 1 region. It is also playable in Realm of Chaos. It comes with Shadows of Change - Kislev. Faction key wh3_dlc24_ksl_daughters_of_the_forest. Patch 9.0.4, from the game's data tables.

Start here

Immortal Empires, patch 9.0.4: facts from the game's data, each linking to the full section.

Start and neighbours

Starts at Bleak Hold Fortress (The Bleak Coast)

  1. 1.Drackla Coven — Hag Hall · near (2.4%) · minor faction
  2. 2.Cult of Pleasure — Ancient City of Quintex · near (2.4%)
  3. 3.Heralds of Ariel — The Witchwood · near (3.7%)
  4. 4.Bleak Holds — Arnheim · medium (4.7%) · minor faction
  5. 5.Exiles of Nehek — Clarak Spire · medium (5.7%)

Nearest starting capitals, measured on the game's minimap as a share of its width: near ≤ 4%, medium ≤ 10%, far beyond. See it on the full map

Climate at a glance

5 suitable · 4 unpleasant · 3 uninhabitable · 3 climates differ from the race

Every climate below · what each level does

Victory at a glance

Short victory: 4 objectives · long victory: 5

  • Obtain 3 Forbidden Hexes.
  • Unlock 9 Ingredients for the Witch's Hut.
  • Get 3 Hag Witches to rank 10.

All objectives and rewards below

Leader's quests

The quest battles

Key units and where they are recruited

COMPUTED — per role, the Kislev unit that tops the role's cost list on best units by the numbers (base stats, multiplayer cost; the race's standard roster — units it has only with Unit caps off, the extended roster, are left out). Recruitment: the first building level that unlocks it (building_units_allowed).

Faction leader

Mother Ostankya

Mother Ostankya

Daughters of the Forest

Spirits of the Forest
  • Melee attack: +8 when fighting against armies that spread corruption (all armies)
  • Melee defence: +10 for Spider Hatchlings and Giant Spiders units (all armies)
  • Global recruitment duration: -1 turn for Incarnate Elemental of Beasts units
  • Winds of Magic power reserve capacity: +1 for each resource-producing building

Faction effects

  • Unlocks Hero recruitment: Frost Maiden
  • Allowed +1 greater Tier difference in Support for the Ice Court before penalties are applied
  • Allowed +1 greater Tier difference in Support for the Orthodoxy before penalties are applied
  • Seductive influence: +250 required for complete seduction
  • Seductive influence: -5 per turn from race

Victory conditions

Immortal Empires, from the campaign script (victory_objectives_config.lua) in the game's own words. All factions

Short Campaign Victory

  1. Obtain 3 Forbidden Hexes.
  2. Unlock 9 Ingredients for the Witch's Hut.
  3. Get 3 Hag Witches to rank 10.
  4. Construct landmark: Ostankya's Hut

REWARDS

It comes from the Woods
  • Spirit Essence from Magical Forests: +100% per turn
The Motherland’s Embrace
  • Construction time: -1 for Animal Den buildings (factionwide)

Long Campaign Victory

  1. Achieve the Short Victory conditions.
  2. Unlock all Ingredients for the Witch's Hut.
  3. Create 20 incantations of any combination.
  4. Obtain 5 Forbidden Hexes.
  5. Perform the final hex the Malediction of Ruin

REWARDS

Conscription
  • Global recruitment duration: -1 turn for all units (all armies)
  • Global recruitment capacity: +2

Ice Court Boons: +2

Orthodoxy Boons: +2

Plan a co-op campaign with Daughters of the Forest — partners by start distance, climate and victory conditions. Its start next to the race's other factions: best Kislev factions.

Climate

Suitable

  • Frozen
  • Magical Forest(race: Uninhabitable)
  • Mountain
  • Temperate
  • Wasteland(race: Unpleasant)

Unpleasant

  • Chaotic Wasteland(race: Uninhabitable)
  • Temperate Island
  • Jungle
  • Savannah

Uninhabitable

  • Desert
  • Ocean
  • Undead Wasteland

How settling Daughters of the Forest fares in each climate (campaign_group_racial_suitability_effects and its member criteria). What each level does, for every race.

Source: factions, start_pos_factions and start_pos_regions (campaigns wh3_main_combi and wh3_main_chaos), frontend_faction_leaders and faction_groups, patch 9.0.4.