Siege Tower

Siege

12530s

Available for 23 civilizations

Tall infantry transport with no combat capability. Allows garrisoned infantry to be unloaded directly onto Stone Walls.

High ranged armor

Cannot attack

Slow movement speed

Produced by

Mansa Musofadi Warrior

Naginata Samurai Levy

Spearman Levy

Tanegashima Ashigaru

Tanegashima Ashigaru Levy

Yumi Ashigaru Levy

Amir Warrior

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Civilization bonuses

Abbasid Dynasty

Siege Experts: Infantry can construct Rams, Siege Towers, Springalds, and Mangonels without the need for Siege Engineering technology.

Ayyubids

Siegecraft Masters: infantry can build siege engines in the field without Siege Engineering.
Golden Age Tier 4: siege units cost 20% fewer resources.

Chinese

Yuan Dynasty (only while active): Villagers, Officials, and Military Units gain +15% speed.
Ming Dynasty (only while active): Military units gain +15% health.

Abilities

Unload Garrison
Unloads all squads in garrison at target position.

Holy Roman Empire

InspiredPassive
Military units deal +10% damage and gain +1 armor.

Order of the Dragon

Holy Inspiration1.5s
Villagers' gathering rate increased by 35%

Influences

Medical Centers
Heals nearby units.
Within 5 tiles of Town Center, Keep, Town Center

Abbey Healing
Heals nearby out of combat units by 6 every 1 seconds.
Within 7.5 tiles of Abbey of Kings

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Other technologies that reach this entry

Siege Directive

A focus on upcoming siege warfare is needed, siege weapons gain +20% bonus damage values and are field-constructed +50% faster.

Upgrades

Blacksmith

Military Academy

Age 3

Siege Works (Improved)

Age 4

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.

Siege Works (Improved): New carpentry techniques increase the health of siege engines by +30%. If Siege Works has already been researched, increase their health by +10% instead.

Machine Workshop

Lightweight Frames: Increase the movement speed of siege engines by +10%.

Reinforced Axles: Further increase the movement speed of siege engines by another +10%.

Madrasa

Siege Works

Age 4

Siege Works: New carpentry techniques increase the health of siege units by +20%.

Siege Workshop

Greased Axles (Improved)

Varangian Arsenal

Siege Technology

Other

Siege Crews: Allows all siege engines to be garrisoned by infantry. While garrisoned, attack and setup speed is increased by +25%.

English

Network of Castles
When enemies are nearby, this building sounds an alarm, causing nearby units to get a +20% increase to attack speed.
Within 12.5 tiles of Berkshire Palace, Town Center, Keep, King's Palace, Outpost, Stone Wall Tower, The White Tower, Town Center

Sengoku Daimyo

Ryokan Healing
Nearby units gain a permanent healing buff. The healing buff will heal the unit when out of combat by 4 health every 6 seconds.
Within 8.5 tiles of Ryokan

Greased Axles: Increase the movement speed of siege engines by +15%.

Siege Carpentry: Upon completion, siege units gain access to the Structural Reinforcements ability. Siege units gain +20 melee armor and +5 fire armor for 10 seconds.

Greased Axles (Improved): Increase the movement speed of siege engines by +25%. If Greased Axles has already been researched, increase it by +10% instead.