Miners are a small sized unit that is beefy and a strong frontline unit. It boasts a very high base stat and high scaling for stat increases. The bonus trait of the miner is Concussive blow, which on hit has a chance to deal bonus damage and stun the enemy if said enemy is not a giant unit. This ability is very handy if you manage to get lucky, you may find that a theme of the dwarf race, they need luck to survive.

The miner counters any other small sized unit such as spearmen or skeletons, but is heavily countered by any large/giant unit. Such as Cavalry.

Research for the miner is unlocked at academy level 1

Tier 1: Fitness Training – bonus flat health, leads to silver miners.
Tier 2: Combat Training – bonus flat damage increase, Leads to +15% critical strike chance.
Tier 3: Advanced Survival Training: Reduces damage miners take by a x%, leads to +10% dodge chance upgrade
Tier 4: Basic Fitness Training – Bonus +% health, leads to Gold Miners
Tier 5: Convalescence – reduces healing time for miners by x%, leads to faster healing time for garrisoned miners by 40%
Tier 6: Advanced Fitness Training – +% health, leads to +1 second to stun from concussive blow
Tier 7: Garrison training – Increases health and damage by x% while stationed in the garrison. Leads to Field Training Tundra, +20% health and damage while fighting on snowy battlefields.
Tier 8: Training Discipline – Reduces cost to produce miners by x%, leads to Brutal efficiency which reduces the cost of crystals by 20% when producing miners.
Tier 9: Elite Combat Training – +% damage, leads to +20% damage upgrade
Tier 10: Advanced convalescence – more reduction for healing, leads to even more reduction for healing while garrisoned for a total of 100% reduction for garrison troops.
Tier 11: Elite Survival Training – Reduces damage miners take by x%, leads to lightning reflexes which provides +20% dodge chance for miners.
Tier 12: Elite Fitness Training – More +% health, leads to Regroup which increases the troop size of miners by 2 (12 to 14 for a legion of miners)