Guard Tower
Tower with a ranged attack. Units can garrison inside for protection. Ranged Soldiers and Villagers shoot additional projectiles. Strong vs. Ranged Soldiers. Weak vs. units at close range, especially rams. Upgrades: line of sight (Town Center); attack, range (Blacksmith); attack, HP, armor, ship attack; to Keep (University).
Stats
| HP | Attack | Range | Melee armor | Pierce / ranged armor | Line of sight | Reload (s) | Garrison | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 80s | 125 Stone 35 Wood |
Available to
Armenians Aztecs Bengalis Berbers Bohemians Britons Bulgarians Burgundians Burmese Byzantines Celts Chinese Danes Dravidians Ethiopians Franks Georgians Gurjaras Hindustanis Inca Italians Japanese Jurchens Khitans Khmer Koreans Lithuanians Magyars Malay Malians Maya Mongols Muisca Persians Poles Portuguese Romans Saracens Saxons Shu Slavs Spanish Tatars Teutons Tupi Turks Varangians Vietnamese Vikings Wei Wu
Data from aoe2techtree (SiegeEngineers)
(MIT (code); game data under Microsoft's Game Content Usage Rules), imported 2026-10-03.
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