Unicorn

This is about New Lands & Two Crowns.

Unicorn
Stamina	Average
Walk speed	?
Run speed	Average (faster on open land)
Ability	Pooping coins
Unlocked on	5th island in 5th island in 2nd island in Trade Routes
Unlock cost	2 for the in 4 in 6 in Trade Routes
Ride cost	3 in 12 in

The unicorn is a rare mount with an economic ability.

It runs faster than the original horse on open land and has the same stamina.

Cherry tree

#Sakura tree

Sakura tree in Trade Routes

The unicorn's habitat is located deep in the forest. It can be recognized by a large tree with blossoms and mushrooms on the ground, along with a magic-like chiming sound in the background.

While in New Lands the unicorn itself can be spotted right away along with its tree, in Two Crowns it remains invisible until the Monarch unlocks it.

Unlocking

Kingdom: New Lands – The unicorn is unlocked on the fifth island, after which it can be found on any island. For details on how the unlocking process works, see Signpost.

Kingdom Two Crowns – In the regular campaign the unicorn is always on the fifth island on Europe, Shogun and Dead Lands settings. The Monarch must pay four gems at the tree to make its magic inhabitant appear, and twelve coins at the mount to ride it. In the Trade Routes challenge island, which takes place in the Dead Lands setting, it can be found on the summer island (the second land), and it costs six coins to make it appear, and twelve coins to ride.

Pooping coins

Kingdom: New Lands – The unicorn poops out three coins every time it grazes—and it can graze every fifteen seconds (disregard the frequency on the edited GIF).

Kingdom Two Crowns – The unicorn can graze at any time, but will only produce coins after a flashing animation much like that of the warhorse has occurred. This happens roughly every forty-five seconds, which means you're able to produce a maximum of sixteen coins in a full day-night cycle.

Usually, just by letting it on grass, the unicorn can produce coins at a good frequency, without the need of walking, or actively making it tired between one grazing and another. Due to the lack of grass, the unicorn has less value during the winter.

In Trade Routes, the sinister unicorn doesn't need fresh grass to "graze". In fact, if it's not moving, nothing can prevent it from lowering its head and dragging energy from any type of soil. But instead of three, it will only deliver two coins at a time.

Appearance

A kirin followed by a griffin in Shogun.

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Lead your soldiers to battle atop the mythological Kirin.—Raw Fury on the Two Crowns Steam Store page

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Lead your soldiers to battle atop the mythological Kirin.Raw Fury on the Two Crowns Steam Store page

As seen in the infobox gallery on the top of this page:

• The unicorn in Europe has a whitish coat and a light yellow (or golden) mane.
• In Shogun it is a kirin, the Japanese unicorn-like variant of the legendary Chinese quilin. It has similar colors, but it's much taller, and has a flying mane, and a backwards curving horn.
• In Dead Lands (Trade Routes) it's a robust dark purple unicorn with a pink and purple horn.

Tutorial video

The Unicorn (Two Crowns)

The video does not cover the unicorn in the challenge island. For that, check the Trade Routes tutorial.

Speedrun

On April 2021, the unicorn was used as the main mount of the speedrun world record for the five islands in New Lands. It was found on the seaside of the first island, and was kept during the entire run until the departure from the fifth and last island.

History

Back in 2016, when Monarchs could only ride regular horses, a sneak-peek of the unicorn was shown at the very end of the release trailler of Kingdom: New Lands.

Date	Game	Platform	Version	Change
2021-04-20		All	1.1.9	NEW: Introduced with a new skin and ability in Trade Routes.
Change
NEW: Introduced with a new skin and ability in Trade Routes.
2020-11-03		All	1.1.5	FIX: Pooped coins no longer act weird in multiplayer.
FIX: Pooped coins no longer act weird in multiplayer.
2019-02-04		All	1.0.2	FIX: Kirin no longer turns into unicorn when switching islands in Shogun.
FIX: Kirin no longer turns into unicorn when switching islands in Shogun.
2018-12-19		All	1.0.1	BALANCE: Reduced use cost from 15 to 12 coins.
BALANCE: Reduced use cost from 15 to 12 coins.
2018-12-11		All	1.0.0	NEW: Kirin form was introduced in Shogun.
NEW: Kirin form was introduced in Shogun.
2016-08-09		All	1.0.0	NEW: Introduced.
NEW: Introduced.