How to unlock unit tiers in Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin - large winged purple monster holding a staff and sword fights against men in gold armour
Credit: Frontier Developments

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin - large winged purple monster holding a staff and sword fights against men in gold armour
Credit: Frontier Developments

Every faction in Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin has its own unique units, each with different abilities and stats. You'll start the game with only Tier 1 units, so knowing how to unlock better unit tiers is vital if you're to succeed in the game's multiplayer game mode.

In this guide, we'll be explaining how to unlock different unit tiers in Realms of Ruin, and whether it's worth doing. Plus, we'll also be giving all the information on how to build top-quality units, including the resources you'll need to do so.

For more Realms of Ruin guides like this one, why not check out all the different unit types in the game to find out all the different classifications of units? Alternatively, we've got all the status effects in Realms of Ruin, to help you better understand your unit's abilities.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin - man in gold armour on the back of a giant winged lizard
expand image
Credit: Frontier Developments

How do you unlock different unit tiers in Realms of Ruin?

Unlike other RTS games, there's little to no base building in Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin. Traditionally, constructing new buildings will give access to new units, however, Realms of Ruin adopts a different process for unlocking higher-quality tiers of units.

To unlock higher unit tiers in Realms of Ruin, you simply need to upgrade your Command Post's level. Each time you do this, you'll unlock the next tier of units for your faction to summon.

However, as you unlock higher tiers of units, their costs to summon will start to increase. In order to unlock the top tiers, you'll need to have a reserve of Realmstone as well as Command if you're to build any of them. However, building the highest tier of units ensures you'll have the most powerful units at your disposal.

That's all there is to know about unlocking unit tiers in Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin. For more guides like this one, check out the minimum and recommended PC requirements for Realms of Ruin, to see whether your PC is capable of running the latest Warhammer RTS. Also, we've got complete lists of all the units for the Stormcast Eternals and Nighthaunt, with all their upgrades and abilities as well.