The Freeman is the basic infantry unit available at the Levy/Militia Quarters. It is the weakest unit of the Militia Line, but fast to train. The Freeman can be upgraded to the Town Militia.
Upgrades[]
| Hit points | Popular Assembly (+5) |
| Attack | Powered Bloomery (+1) Stamp Mill (+1) Blast Furnace (+2) Militia Guilds (+2) Dannebrog (+4, Denmark only) |
| Armour | Hauberk (+1/+1) Brigandine (+1/+2) Cuirass (+1/+2) Militia Guilds (+2/+1) |
| Speed | Squires (+10%) |
| Sight | Tracking (+2) |
| Conversion defense | Faith Heresy |
| Creation speed | Indenture (+33%) |
| Train cost | Landesaufgebot (-40%, Bavaria only) |
| Upgrades | Town Militia |
Civilization bonuses[]
- Denmark: +4 attack, -10 HP.
Commentary/Strategy[]
This makes an infantry rush, as known from Age of Kings, even more effective: you can either send your units earlier and/or even more of them to harrass your enemy's economy. Additionally, you can already upgrade your Freemen to the Town Militia in the first age. What more do you need?
It can often be a good idea to produce many Freemen before upgrading, to take advantage of the lower price. Freemen, however, are still not the strongest units in combat.
Before the 1.82 update, this unit was the cheapest unit in Chivalry that requires florins. Unlike the AoK counterpart, the "Militia", it only costed half the price of upgraded militia units without sacrificing any stats (unless civ-specific) and could therefore easily be amassed before upgrading to the Town Militia.