Tower

Building Overview

Technologies

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History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing +100% damage vs Naval Units.

Tower
Military Building
Ancient Tower, North European/Mediterranean style.
Base cost	30 Wealth 50 Metal
Ramping cost	10 Wealth 25 Metal
Build time	67 seconds (1000 frames)
Hit points	750
Armor	4
Attack strength	12
Attack range	10 tiles
Attack speed	30 frames
Maximum garrison	5
Maximum garrison power	3
Line of sight	10 tiles
Plunder amount	40 Metal
Prerequisites	Military 1 (The Art of War)
Upgrades to	Keep
Hotkey	T

This article is about the Ancient Age building. For general information on Tower-type buildings, see Towers.

The Tower is the first Tower-type building, available once Military 1 (The Art of War) is researched. It is automatically upgraded to Keep at the Medieval Age once Military 2 (Mercenaries) is researched.

Trivia

• The Tower, unlike the majority of buildings, does not benefit from the Hit points bonus granted by Large and Major Cities.
• After reaching the Gunpowder / Enlightenment / Modern Ages, the Tower would automatically use the Keep / Stockade / Bunker models, even if the required Military technology was not researched yet. However, such a change would only be visual, as the name and the stats of the building would remain unchanged (except for Romans, whose Tower-type structures would actually upgrade without meeting their standard Military research prerequisites, which is granted by the undocumented feature of the Power of Caesar).