diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_hoplite.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_hoplite.xml
index eaf9edded5..13e00c457a 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_hoplite.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_hoplite.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Entity parent="template_unit_champion_infantry_spearman">
+  <Cost>
+    <Resources>
+      <food>0</food>
+      <metal op="mul">2</metal>
+    </Resources>
+  </Cost>
   <Identity>
     <Civ>pers</Civ>
     <GenericName>Cardaces Hoplite</GenericName>
     <SpecificName>Hoplites Kardakes</SpecificName>
     <Icon>units/pers_kardakes.png</Icon>
     <History>The Kardakes were the Persian answer to the Greek hoplite. They were fielded in large numbers by Darius III in a bid to resist Alexander the Great's invasion.</History>
+    <VisibleClasses datatype="tokens">Mercenary</VisibleClasses>
   </Identity>
   <VisualActor>
     <Actor>units/persians/kardakes_hoplite.xml</Actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_skirmisher.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_skirmisher.xml
index d1cf62c5f0..a3f2e0f047 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_skirmisher.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units/pers_kardakes_skirmisher.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Entity parent="template_unit_champion_infantry_javelinist">
+  <Cost>
+    <Resources>
+      <food>0</food>
+      <metal op="mul">2</metal>
+    </Resources>
+  </Cost>
   <Identity>
     <Civ>pers</Civ>
     <GenericName>Cardaces Skirmisher</GenericName>
     <SpecificName>Peltastes Kardakes</SpecificName>
     <Icon>units/pers_kardakes_skirmisher.png</Icon>
     <History>The Kardakes were the Persian answer to the Greek hoplite. They were fielded in large numbers by Darius III in a bid to resist Alexander the Great's invasion.</History>
+    <VisibleClasses datatype="tokens">Mercenary</VisibleClasses>
   </Identity>
   <VisualActor>
     <Actor>units/persians/kardakes_skirmisher.xml</Actor>