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Watch Tower
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| Age: |
Tool |
| Prerequisites: |
Build Town
Center, build Granary, research
Watch Tower. |
| Upgrade Cost: |
- - - |
| Research Cost: |
50 food |
| Cost: |
150 stone |
| Hit Points: |
100 |
| Attack: |
3 |
| Armor: |
- - - |
| Range: |
5 |
| Upgrade of: |
- - - |
| Special: |
Fire rate once/1.5
seconds. |
Description:
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| The Watch Tower
is the weakest of the towers. Upgrades include the Sentry
Tower, Guard Tower, and Ballista Tower. You can research
and upgrade towers at the Granary. |
| Towers are a defensive
structures that fire missiles at enemy villagers and military
within range. |
| Researching Architecture
increases hit points and decreases construction time.
Alchemy increases attack strength. Ballistics increases
accuracy. Woodworking, Artisanship, and Craftsmanship
increase range. |
History
The tower discovered on the wall at the ancient site of
Jericho served several purposes. It extended the visual
range of look-outs that would be watching for the approach
of raiders and other visitors. An early warning might
have been the difference between a successful defense
and the fall of the town. The tower was a superior firing
position for archery. Bowmen shooting down had an advantage
in range and penetration power of arrows versus enemies
shooting up. Enemies sheltering at the bottom of the wall
may have remained visible to archers in the tower. The
tower itself was an independent bastion that could serve
as the defensive position of last resort if the wall was
carried. The Watch Tower was a simple tower, easily built,
and intended mainly to give early warning.
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