Prestige is the cleanest way to make a unit stronger in Tabletop Tavern without throwing it away and recruiting something new. Instead of replacing weaker troops, you fold matching duplicates together to push a unit up a tier, raising its stats and freeing space in your army at the same time.
Quick answer: Hold three units of the same type at the same rank, then combine them. The three units merge into one unit at the next tier (Tier 1 to Tier 2), and the duplicate slots are returned to you.
Prestige requirement to upgrade a unit one tier
The system only triggers when two conditions are met together. The units must be the exact same type, and they must share the same rank or tier. Three Tier 1 copies of one unit line combine into a single Tier 2 version of that unit.
You cannot mix different unit types, and you cannot combine units that sit at different tiers. If one of your three copies has already been prestiged and the other two have not, the combine will not be available until all three match.
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Matching type | All three must be the same unit line |
| Matching rank | All three must sit at the same tier |
| Quantity | Three copies are needed for one upgrade |
| Result | One unit at the next tier, plus reclaimed army slots |
How to prestige a unit from Tier 1 to Tier 2
What you gain from prestige
The upgrade does more than bump a number. A higher tier unit hits harder, survives longer, and occupies the army more efficiently than the three separate copies did.
- Higher unit rank for the merged troop.
- Stronger overall stats.
- More efficient use of army slots, since three units become one.
Note: This is usually a better path than dismissing weaker troops. Rather than discarding duplicates, feed them into a unit line you already trust to build a smaller roster of stronger troops.
How to confirm the upgrade worked
You know prestige succeeded when the three duplicates disappear and one unit remains at the next tier with higher stats. Reaching Silver Tier on any unit also unlocks the Second Star achievement, which makes that first Tier 2 upgrade easy to verify. Continuing to combine the same unit line eventually reaches Gold Tier, tracked by the Triple Crown achievement.
If the combine option will not trigger, the cause is almost always one of two things. Either you are short of three copies, or one of the copies is at a different tier than the rest. Line up three identical units at the same rank and the upgrade becomes available.
Some factions make this routine far smoother. The Sanguine Court, for example, naturally produces duplicate units through its recruitment advantages, so prestige stacks form on their own and let you rebuild army strength after losses without heavy roster juggling.
