Southron Settlement

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Southron Settlement
An Umbar village.
A Coast Southron village.
Basic Information
Biomes	Umbar, Southron Coasts
Inhabitants	Umbar: Umbarians, soldiers, archers Coast: Coast Southrons, warriors, archers
Treasure chests	Several situated in individual structures
Traders
Trader	Umbar: bazaar traders, bartender Coast: bazaar traders, bartender
Unit Trader	Umbar: captain, farmer Coast: warlord, farmer
History
Added in	Update 34
designed by	?

Southron settlements are built throughout Near Harad. Besides some camps, that can also be found here, there are currently five sub-factions of Near Harad and their bigger settlements in the game:

• Nomad settlements in the half-desert.
• Harnedor settlements in Harnedor.
• Gulfing settlements in the Gulf of Harad.

Those three are described on separate pages. Please follow the links above. The two next are so similar to each other, that they are described on one shared page in the following:

• Umbar settlements in Umbar.
• Coast Southron settlements in the Southron Coasts.

As both biomes share a common border, both variants may even be found side by each there. Both are very large structures respectively in Umbar or the Southron Coasts. They can occasionally be found throughout the biome, and generate in a similar fashion to vanilla villages, with varying structures. Small, rural villages are the most common, with fortifications being rarer, and towns being the largest and rarest.

Near Harad players will definitely want to visit those settlements, as there's lots of loot to be found in them, and they offer plenty of questing opportunities. Most settlements have a name, and a date that they were founded, which was sometime in the Third Age.

Differences between Umbar and Coast Southron variants

The most obvious difference between the variants is, that the Umbarians use the dark Númenórean brick and red/grey/brown tiled roofs for their buildings, whereas the Coastlings build out of the white Haradric brick, whith reed and red tiled roofs.

In addition, the settlements are of course populated by members of the related people and guarded by their respective warriors.

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Types of settlements

Fortifications

Umbar fortifications

Coast Southron fortifications

Fortifications are squarish, medium sized structures and more militaristic in style. They are proctected by an outer wall, which can be entered via a gate. In the center, there's a fortress protected by an inner wall. In each corner of the outer wall, there's a watchtower. The inside of the outer wall features in addition two barracks, some farms and pastures, two stables, and a training ground between them.

Village

Umbar village

Coast Southron village

Ordinary, rural villages are medium sized, and built in a square. The well is the very center of them. A signpost there shows name and founding date of the village. The main building to one side of the well is a tavern, or rather an inn, as it offers also accomodation for the night. The three other inner spots around the well are occupied by mansions.

Two of the outer sides of the square are made up by farms, pastures and hay bales. The other two sides are a mixture of ordinary houses, stables and smithies.

Town

Umbar town

Coast Southron town

Towns are the really huge settlements. Together with Gondor towns, they are among the biggest structures in the Mod. They hold around forty buildings and are entirely surrounded by a rectangular wall, which is reinforced by corner towers. It's easy to loose ones way inside. Thieves have an easy game here.

Maybe the most important part for a weary traveller is the one long side of the town, which holds the gatehouse. It always has a smithy left of the entrance, and a tavern (or rather an inn) right of it, which is followed by stables and more town decorations.

The center of the town is always a bazaar, flanked on the two long sides by four mansions each. The short sides near the bazaar hold wells and flower beds. If you walk towards the walls, those are followed by ordinary houses, smithies, a statue, planted trees, more wells, and a long row of ordinary houses towards the imressive town wall. Lamp-posts illuminate the whole town.

Finding settlements

As with all the Mod's settlements, those settlements need a large amount of flat land to spawn. That means that the first rule of thumb when searching for settlements is to look for an area of flat land. Then, keep on looking, as settlements don't spawn very frequently. Note, that they do no longer spawn in scrubland (since Update 34.3). They're well worth finding, however, owing to their plentiful loot and questing opportunities.

Structures

The following structures can be found in those settlements:

• Barracks
• Bazaar
• Farm
• Fortification Gate
• Fortress
• Hay Bales
• Gatehouse
• House
• Lamp-post
• Mansion
• Pasture
• Smithy
• Stables
• Statue
• Tavern
• Town Corner
• Town Flowers
• Town Tree
• Town Wall
• Training Ground
• Village Signpost
• Wall
• Well
• Watchtower

Besides of those structures above, normal Near Harad landscape features may accidentally spawn inside the settlements as well. Those are not described here. They may sometimes hinder, certain features to be included in the settlement:

• Boulders
• Trees
• Camps (normally not in unwalled settlements)
• Small stone ruins
• etc.