Province Types

Learn about Strongholds, Special Bonus Provinces like Spaceport and Fury, and Normal Provinces in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

Strongholds

Strongholds are the Headquarters (HQ) provinces for each of the seven races in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and are vital to the success of an army on Kronus. Successfully attacking an enemy stronghold will drive that race from Kronus, regardless of what other provinces they may still hold. Conquering all six enemy strongholds will result in victory and the completion of the campaign. However, if you are defeated at your stronghold, you will fail the campaign and must reload a previous save or restart.

Special Bonus Provinces

There are six provinces on Kronus which provide unique special bonuses for the faction which controls them:

• Pavonis - Spaceport: This allows you to launch an attack on any enemy province, excluding strongholds, regardless of where your army is.
• The Eres Badlands - Fury: This allows you to move or attack twice in a single turn, which is a potent ability, as you will amass planetary requisition and honour guard units more quickly than everyone else. Note that with Fury and Spaceport you can attack an enemy stronghold from anywhere, by first moving to an adjacent province to the stronghold, and then attacking it with your second move.
• The Aceria Forests - Increased Manpower: This increases the population caps for all of your battles, allowing you to field more troops.
• The Hyperion Peaks - Forward Base: This allows you to use planetary requisition to have certain structures dropped with your HQ building when the battle begins.
• The Ariel Highlands - Bulwark: This reduces the amount of planetary requisition needed to garrison troops at a province, as well as the amount of requisition returned when troops are withdrawn.
• The Vandean Coast - Industrial Production: This allows you to start every battle with additional resources.

Normal Provinces

Normal provinces are standard provinces in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. They have no special bonus and an average amount of requisition, although they do add a unit to your honour guard, but you still have to spend the planetary requisition to train them.