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Building · Discovery Age

Watch Tower

Watch Tower (proto ID deUniqueTower) is a building in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309 from the Discovery Age: 2,000 hit points, ranged 30 every 3 s at range 24 (×1.5 vs Cavalry, ×1.5 vs Light Infantry). 24 civilizations have it.

Quick answers (2)
Which civilizations have Watch Tower?
British, Chinese, United States, Danes, Ethiopians, Hausa, Inca, Italians, Maltese, Mexicans, Poles, Swedes, Dutch, French, Germans, Indians, Japanese, Ottomans, Portuguese, Russians, Spanish, Aztecs, Haudenosaunee and Lakota.
What is the proto ID of Watch Tower?
deUniqueTower — the name scenario triggers, AI scripts and mods use.
Hit points
2,000
Cost
free
Build time
14 s
Line of sight
32

Watch Tower that can be used to defend the border.

Siege resist
0%
Available from
IDiscovery
XP when killed
70
Game ID
deUniqueTower

Attacks

AttackDamageEveryRangeMultipliers
Ranged30 ranged3 s24×1.5 vs Cavalry×1.5 vs Light Infantry×0.5 vs Siege Trooper×0.25 vs Villager
Anti-ship100 siege3 s40×0.5 vs Siege Trooper
Cannonarea 360 siege3 s24×1.5 vs Cavalry×1.5 vs Light Infantry×0.5 vs Siege Trooper×0.25 vs Villager

Trains and researches

Every unit and technology the game lists at this building; each civilization sees only its own.

Civilizations

BritishChineseUnited StatesDanesEthiopiansHausaIncaItaliansMalteseMexicansPolesSwedesDutchFrenchGermansIndiansJapaneseOttomansPortugueseRussiansSpanishAztecsHaudenosauneeLakota

Cards and technologies that change it

Baltic Sea Tradeauto gather oldenburg rate set to 0.25
Bayajidda EpicBuilding: XP for building set to 0
Branicki ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +5%
Byzantine LegacyBuilding: hit points +15%
Camp MovementsBuilding: build time −25%
Chipotle TacticsBuilding: resources back when killed set to 0.2; Frontier Fortification: resources back when killed set to 0.28
Code NapoleonBuilding: Coin cost +25%, Wood cost +25%, Food cost +25%
End RelationsBuilding: line of sight −7
End RelationsBuilding: Food cost +15%, Wood cost +15%
Gas LightingBuilding: line of sight +4
Gondarine ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%
Heated ShotBuilding: damage bonus against Ship +50%
Huanka SupportBuilding: build time −15%
Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +40%
Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +40%
Industrial AgeBuilding: line of sight +4
Land ReformsBuilding: XP for building +100%
Land ReformsBuilding: XP for building +100%
LantakasBuilding: damage +15%
Maya ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +30%
Mazepa ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%
Monumental ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +30%
Mughal ArchitectureBuilding: Wood cost −20%, build time −30%
Ottoman AlliesBuilding: line of sight +7
Portuguese AlliesBuilding: Wood cost −15%, Food cost −15%
Radvila ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%
State ConstitutionsBuilding: hit points +25%
TEAM Coastal DefensesBuilding: damage bonus against Ship +0.8
TEAM Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +25%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%
WampumBuilding: XP for building +35%
Winter CountsBuilding: XP for building +20%
Zamojski ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +15%
Extensive FortificationsFrontier Fortification: hit points +25%
Extensive FortificationsFrontier Fortification: hit points +25%

…and 8 more that change every Fort.

Source: protoy.xml and techtreey.xml, AoE3: DE 100.19.18309 (build 25040513).