Races

A player can pick one of four races to play or choose Random. Each race has unique Buildings and Units and different playstyles. The races are:

Human
Characteristics
Well-rounded units
Buildings can be built anywhere
Peasants can become Militia at the main Town Hall
Multiple workers can be used to construct buildings faster

Orc
Characteristics
Very beefy and expensive units
Burrows coupled with Peons are used as a defense
Orc peons are immune while constructing buildings
Several orc units can be upgraded to salvage gold and lumber when attacking enemy buildings

Night Elf
Characteristics
Several buildings (called "Ancients") can uproot to move and attack land units
Night elf units have improved vision during nighttime after researching Ultravision
Wisps are immune while harvesting gold and can harvest lumber anywhere without needing to return their resources
Wisps sacrifice themselves when building Ancients

Undead
Characteristics
Can use corpses as a resource
Buildings must be built upon Blight
Acolytes only need to begin a building's summoning
Acolytes can harvest gold at Haunted Gold Mines without returning their resources