Catapult (Age of Empires)


 * For the Age of Mythology variant, see Catapult (Age of Mythology)

In Age of Empires, the Catapult is slow lumbering device used to eliminate buildings and defenses. It features medium splash area in which all units are damaged, whether if the unit is a friend or foe. They are fairly expensive and more effective than the Stone Thrower but less so than the Heavy Catapult. They also have a minimum range of 2. The Choson, Carthaginians, Egyptians, Macedonians, Phoenicians and Yamato cannot build Catapults. To upgrade a catapult to a heavy catapult, Siegecraft must be fully researched beforehand. The Catapult is the succesor of the Stone Thrower and predecessor of the Heavy Catapult.

Upgrades
Iron Age
 * Alchemy increases attack by one point.
 * Ballistics increases the accuracy.
 * Engineering increases the range by 2 points.
 * The Catapult can be upgraded into Heavy Catapult.

Civilization Bonuses

 * If played as the Hittites, the hit points increases from 75 to 150 hit points.
 * If played as the Sumerians, the rate of fire doubles (same rate of fire as a Ballista).