Retraining

[hmaravelas]

When I right click on a unit that has lost men, it gives information including a cost for retraining the unit. But I cannot figure out how to execute the retraining action. Anyone know how?

[Ruldra]

The unit must be in a region that has the appropriate dojo. Then open the training screen and drag the unit icon to the training slot.

Keep in mind that you'll be adding a bunch of recruits to the unit so it will dilute its honor. On the other hand you can add weapon and armor upgrades to it at no cost.

[mltnschroeder]

You can also combine wounded units into a single unit for free iirc (haven't played this version in years). Drag and drop the unit icon onto the one you want it to merge with. It has to be the same unit type. This is a way to merge veterans w/ veterans, so that the veteran status of your merged unit stays comparatively unscathed. This technique also allows you to make 'field upgrades' by merging units w/ lesser equipment upgrades into ones that have greater upgrades w/o needing to use a dojo.

[lefuet]

retraining not only adds weapon and armor upgrades but all upgrades that are present in the province. e.g. Drill dojo, Palace.

if you have a full troop of honor 1 Samurai Archers and retrain them in Totomi (+1 honor archers) in a famous Archery Dojo (+1 honor) each man will have its honor improved to 2 so the whole troop will have a honor of at least 2 (the average honor of the individual men) + any boni of existing other upgrades (armor, weapon, drill, palace).

in the beginning when I have my first armory I try to circle my troops through so all can get the bonus. Also retraining only takes 1 turn. I try to replenish my troops to save time in training.