
Available for 5 civilizations
Hired as a mercenary by Byzantines, Macedonian Dynasty
Innovative field weapon capable of firing a barrage of rockets to damage defensive positions and clumped enemy troops.
Weapons
Repairs nearby siege engines for 2 health every second.
Within 4.5 tiles of Machine Workshop
Astronomical Clocktower
Greased Axles: Increase the movement speed of siege engines by +15%.
Additional Barrels: Nest of Bees receive 3 additional Rocket Arrows.
Blacksmith
Military Academy: Increase the production speed of infantry, cavalry, siege, and transport units at buildings by 33%. Does not affect religious units or other support units.
Machine Workshop
Siege Workshop
Adjustable Crossbars: Increases Mangonel range by +1, blast radius by +75%, and adds +1 projectile to attacks.
Prolonged Siege: Siege units will deal 10% additional damage for every 10 seconds they are set up - to a maximum of 50%.
University
Siege Works: New carpentry techniques increase the health of siege units by +20%.
Varangian Arsenal
Siege Technology
Lightweight Frames: Increase the movement speed of siege engines by +10%.
Porcupine Defense: Reinforce Nest of Bees with pointy Fire Lances which deal 10 damage back to melee attackers.
Reinforced Axles: Further increase the movement speed of siege engines by another +10%.
Pili Pao: Explosive Grenades hurled by Trebuchets and Nest of Bees smoke out enemy defenders, reducing attacked building damage by 20% for 8 seconds. Trebuchets and Nest of Bees gain +1 range.
Increase the health of all siege units by 5%.