Total Annihilation: Kingdoms shipped with four factions. A fifth was added on in the Iron Plague expansion pack. Cavedog released 16 new units after the game's release.
Aramon[]
| Unit | Tier | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Elsin of Aramon (The Mage King) | Strongest monarch in the game, has lightning, meteor, and earthquake attacks, can raise the dead, converting that enemy unit to his side. IMBA. | |
| Wall | 1 | Defensive structure |
| Gate | 1 | Defensive structure, can only face one direction, can be built only by Elsin |
| Lodestone | 1 | Building, harnesses magical energy |
| Watch Tower | 1 | Defensive building, ranged attack, vision |
| Barracks | 1 | Building, produces tier 1 units |
| Swordsman | 1 | Primary melee unit |
| Horseman | 1 | Fast-moving melee cavalry unit |
| Archer | 1 | Primary ranged unit |
| Catapult | 1 | Primary artillery unit, can fire over walls, splash damage |
| Spyhawk | 1 | Scout unit, provides large vision |
| Mage Builder | 1 | Primary builder, builds tier 1 and tier 2 structures, basic ranged attack |
| Stronghold | 2 | Secondary defensive building, stronger artillery attack and vision, has minimum range circumference |
| War Galley | 2 | Navy, transport, range artillery attack, only naval unit pre-expansion |
| Trebuchet | 2 | Long-range artillery weapon, longest range in game. |
| Keep | 2 | Building, produces tier 2 units |
| Barbarian | 3 | Seconday melee unit |
| Mage Archer | 3 | Secondary ranged unit, three magical arrow types |
| Cannoneer | 3 | Secondary ranged unit, cannot shoot over walls |
| Titan | 3 | Strong but slow moving melee unit, has defense buff aura |
| Knight | 3 | Strong, fast moving melee units |
| Assassin | 3 | Ranged unit, ability to cloak, one-hit kill on most Tier 1 units |
| Acolyte of Anu | 3 | Secondary builder for Tier-3 units, has hail, earthquake, and petrifying attacks, healing aura |
| Divine Lodestone | 4 | Building, harnesses more energy than regular lodestone |
| Gold Dragon | 4 | Dragon unit, only one allowed at a time per team. Has firebreath, fire ball and earthen wave attacks |
| Anu: Deity of Aramon | 4 | God unit, takes a long time to build, only one allowed per team, AOE earthquake attacks, requires Acolyte for multiplayer games |
| Ark | 1 | Post-Expansion Unit. Only produced by Aramon's monarch Elsin. Ship with ranged artillery attack, and high carrying capacity. |
| Rolling tower | 3 | Post-Release Unit. Able to hold units inside of it, can release them at elevated areas, ranged attack, powerful against air units, slow but with very high hit points |
| Flying Pegasus | 4 | Post-Release Unit. Flying builder, can build all Mage Builder units, can access areas faster and more easily than Mage Builder |
| Grenadier | 4 | Post-Release Unit. AOE artillery, catapult upgrade, Able to use explosion, stun, or incendiary attacks |
Veruna[]
| Unit | Tier | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Kirenna (The Sea Mage) | Third-strongest monarch, has the water burst, water ball, and water wave attacks. Water ball can fire around obstacles. Also can swim. | |
| Wall | 1 | Defensive structure |
| Gate | 1 | Defensive structure, can only face one direction, can be built only by Kirenna |
| Lodestone | 1 | Building, harnesses energy |
| Guard Tower | 1 | Defensive building, ranged attack, vision, stronger than Watch Tower |
| Enclave | 1 | Building, produces tier 1 units |
| Parrot | 1 | Air unit, scout unit |
| Warrior | 1 | Tier 1 melee unit |
| Crossbowman | 1 | Tier 1 ranged unit |
| Catapult | 1 | Tier 1 artillery, can fire over walls |
| Priestess | 1 | Primary builder, builds Tier-2 units and structures |
| Bastion | 2 | Secondary building, stronger artillery attack and vision, has minimum range circumference |
| Mortar | 2 | Long-range artillery weapon, lesser range than Trebuchet. |
| Sea Fort | 2 | Building, produces ships |
| Flagship | 2 | Basic ranged attack. Can build Enclave, Lodestone, Watch Tower and Floating Tower |
| Skiff | 2 | Fast moving ranged unit, can heal post Expansion |
| Harpoon Ship | 2 | Ranged attack, anti-aerial unit, can transport units |
| Transport Ship | 2 | Naval transport unit, basic ranged attack, durable |
| Man of War | 2 | Ranged artillery attack, cannot hit air units, able to transport units |
| Trebuchet Ship | 2 | Trebuchet on a ship |
| Floating Tower | 2 | Naval defensive building, ranged attack, anti-naval and -aerial |
| Citadel | 2 | Building, produces tier 2 units |
| Musketeer | 3 | Tier 2 long-ranged attack, takes reloading time |
| Berserker | 3 | Fast moving, melee attack, splash and self damage |
| Amazon Knight | 3 | Fast moving, ranged attack |
| Dirigible | 3 | Flying unit, fires arrows at units, bombardment attack on buildings. Great line of sight. |
| Crusader | 3 | Strong melee unit |
| Priest of Lihr | 3 | Builder, builds Tier-4 units, has basic water ball attack, can walk on water |
| Divine Lodestone | 3 | Building, harnesses more energy than regular lodestone |
| Sea Dragon | 3 | Dragon unit, only one allowed at a time per team. Has fire breath, water ball, and tsunami. |
| Pillar of Light | 3 | Building, heals units in a small area around it |
| Lihr: Deity of Veruna | 4 | God unit, takes a long time to build, only one allowed per team, can travel on water, AOE water cyclone attacks, requires Preists for multiplayer games |
| Centaur | 3 | Post-Release Unit. Stronger tier-2 cavalry unit than the Amazon Knight, ranged attack |
| Ballista | 4 | Post-Release Unit. Mobile artillery unit designed primarily for shooting air units, range equals the cannoneers, built by Priest of Lihr |
| Lighthouse | 2 | Post-Release Unit. Defensive building, huge line of sight and visibility, has range stun attack, built by Priestess |
| Mer warrior | 1 | Post-Release Unit. Tier-1 amphibious melee unit |
Zhon[]
| Unit | Tier | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Thirsha (the Huntress) | Fastest monarch, can fly, has the least hit points, has the lightning, ball lightning, and wind wave. | |
| Lodestone | 1 | Building, harnesses energy |
| Sacred Fire | 1 | Building, heals units in a small area around it |
| Death Totem | 2 | Defensive building, medium-range lighting attack |
| Beast Handler | 1 | Primary builder, builds Tier-2 units and structures, basic melee attack |
| Bat | 1 | Air scout unit |
| Hunter | 1 | Primary ranged unit |
| Troll | 1 | Primary melee unit, strongest Tier-1 melee unit |
| Goblin | 1 | Fast moving melee unit, has bonus damage against buildings |
| Beast Tamer | 1 | Builder, produces tier 2 units |
| Gryphon | 2 | Fast moving air unit, ranged attack |
| Harpies | 2 | Air unit, able to turn enemy units for Zhon |
| Basilisk | 2 | Ranged unit, turns enemies to stone |
| Kraken | 2 | Naval underwater unit, ranged attack |
| Beast Lord | 2 | Builder, summons tier-3 units, strong ranged attack |
| Drake | 3 | Air unit, short-range fire breath attack |
| Stone Giant | 3 | Slow artillery unit, great range, extreme durablilty |
| Jungle Orc | 3 | Melee unit, strongest tier-3 melee unit |
| Wisp | 3 | Air unit, ranged attack |
| Roc | 3 | Air unit, transport, no attack |
| Shaman | 3 | Builder, summons tier-4 units, has basic lightning attack |
| Divine Lodestone | 4 | Building, harnesses more energy than regular lodestone |
| Ancient Dragon | 4 | Dragon unit, only one allowed at a time per team. Has fire breath, ball lightning, and shock wave. |
| Tammuz: Deity of Zhon | 4 | God unit, takes a long time to build, only one allowed per team, can fly, has AOE wind cyclone attacks, requires Shaman for multiplayer games |
| Giant orm | 4 | Post-Release Unit. Slow, short-ranged unit, huge damage against buildings |
| Giant barracuda | 4 | Post-Release Unit. Naval anti-ship unit, melee attack only |
| Swamp beast | 1 | Post-Release Unit. Strong amphibious melee unit |
| Spirit Wolf | 2 | Post-Release Unit. Tier-2 fast melee unit, turns corpses into wolves |
Taros[]
| Unit | Tier | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Lokken(the Necromancer) | Second strongest monarch, can indefinitely cloak, has the fireball, tracking fireball and fire wave attacks. Only monarch who build all three tiers of unit-producing buildings of his faction. | |
| Wall | 1 | Defensive structure |
| Gate | 1 | Defensive structure, built only by monarch, facing just one direction |
| Lodestone | 1 | Building, harnesses energy |
| Mage Tower | 1 | Sturdy defensive building, strong ranged attack |
| Caged Demon | 1 | Defensive building, ranged attack |
| Cabal | 1 | Building, produces tier-1 units |
| Zombie | 1 | Weakest and cheapest melee unit, fastest production speed, bonus damage against buildings |
| Gargoyle | 1 | Flying scout unit |
| Executioner | 1 | Tier-1 melee unit, second-strongest |
| Black Knight | 1 | Ranged cavalry unit |
| Ghost Ship | 1 | Ranged unit, can fly over land and water, can go through walls, cannot be damaged by melee units, can transport units |
| Dark Mason | 1 | Primary builder, builds all three tier unit-producing buildings |
| Abyss | 2 | Building, produces tier-2 units |
| Weather Witch | 2 | Primary caster, has Tornado, Thunderbolt, and Ice Storm spells |
| Fire Demon | 2 | Long-range tier-2 unit, fires guided fireball |
| Iron Beak | 2 | Flying unit, bombardment attacks, anti-defense unit |
| Skeleton Archers | 2 | Tier-2 ranged unit |
| Temple | 3 | Building, produces tier three units |
| Blade Demon | 3 | Powerful and very fast melee unit |
| Fire Spouts | 3 | Fire-breathing ranged unit, can cloak |
| Sky Knight | 3 | Fire-breathing air unit |
| Fire Mage | 3 | Secondary caster, has Death Breath, Fire Swirl, and Fire Storm spells |
| Mind Mage | 3 | Tertiary caster with single target or AOE conversion spell |
| Lich | 3 | Short-ranged AOE attack, damage proportional to the number of enemy units |
| Dark Priest | 3 | Builder, builds Tier-4 units, has basic lightning attack, can fly |
| Divine Lodestone | 4 | Building, harnesses more energy than regular lodestone |
| Black Dragon | 4 | Dragon unit, only one allowed at a time per team. Has fire breath, fire ball and fire wave. |
| Beliel - The Deity of Taros | 4 | God unit, takes a long time to build, only one allowed per team, has AOE fire cyclone attacks, requires Shaman for multiplayer games |
| Fallen Angels | 4 | Post-Release Unit. Air unit, has the Death Sword, Meteor, and Hell Storm attacks, built by Dark Priests |
| Kamikaze rat | 3 | Post-Release Unit. Suicidal bombardment unit, can cloak |
| Dark Hand | 2 | Post-Release Unit. Tier-2 melee unit, can turn corpses into Liches |
| Rictus | 2 | Post-Release Unit. Flying ranged unit, can be promoted faster than other units |
Creon[]
| Unit | Tier | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|
| The Sage | Monarch is called "The Sage." Attacks are: Blue Flame (short-range but stronger than other monarchs do), Mortar (long-range lobbing) and AOE Energy Blast. | |
| Wall | 1 | defensive structure |
| Mana Refinery | 1 | harvests energy |
| Gatling Crossbow | 1 | stationary range weapon |
| Gate | 1 | only faction that has a gate that can open to all four directions |
| Smithy | 1 | building, makes tier one units |
| Navy Yard | 1 | Naval building, builds ships |
| Ghost of Garacaius | Only monarch can build, deity to this faction | |
| Barnstormer | 1 | Air unit, scout |
| Automaton | 1 | Melee unit |
| Tortoise | 1 | Long-range direct-fire artillery |
| Fire Wagon | 1 | Fire-breathing contraption |
| Mechanic | 1 | Builder. Has freeze attacks that work on some enemy units. +1 mana production for each one made. |
| Academy | 2 | Building, produces tier 2 units |
| Bomb Sprinkler | 2 | Defensive building, rapidly lobs grenades |
| Prismatic Mirror | 2 | Defensive building, direct-fire long-range beam |
| Neo-Dragon | 2 | Flying unit, able to freeze units with its breath. Three attacks. |
| Shock Trooper | 2 | Zaps lighting at enemy. Often kill each other from friendly fire if grouped together |
| Beast Rider | 2 | range weapon, plus beast claw attack melee attack. |
| Chief Engineer | 2 | Advanced builder, +5 mana production for each one made, can turn corpses into automatons |
| Aerial Juggernaut | 3 | Instead of a dragon, this faction has a large mechanical flying ship that rains bombs down upon its enemy. Also acts as a troop transport able to carry 10 Beast Riders, or a greater number of smaller units. |
| Iron Clad | 2 | Sturdy ship, direct-fire cannon, transport |
| Submersible | 2 | Partially-submersed ship, long-range shell lobbing |
| Stern Wheeler | 2 | Transport ship, is able to attack air and land units |