| “ | Fires a long range hand cannon and adds arrowslits while garrisoned. Can be upgraded with weaponry and offers vision into Stealth Forests. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Barbican of the Sun is a defensive landmark available to the Chinese in Age of Empires IV in the Dark Age. It possesses a long range handcannon emplacement by default and adds arrow slits while garrisoned. In later ages, it can also be upgraded with Emplacements. Like Outposts, it also provides vision into stealth forests. This landmark cannot be built within 8 tiles of enemy capitol Town Centers. The Barbican of the Sun also acts as a tax drop-off site.
Special ability[]
Extra Materials (passive, requires unlock): Automatically repair damaged walls and gates within a 4-tile radius. A single section is repaired at a time for 20 hit points per second.
Available technologies[]
Generic emplacements[]
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
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 Hit points
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 Court Architects (+30%)
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| Attack |  Steeled Arrow (+1) Balanced Projectiles (+1) Platecutter Point (+1)
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| Additional projectiles |  Springald Emplacement Cannon Emplacement
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Changelog[]
- Originally, the Barbican of the Sun had a Line of Sight of 6.7 tiles. With the Season One Update, the Line of Sight was increased by 100% to match the Outpost.
- With Season Two Update 17718, the Barbican of the Sun can now purchase Springald and Cannon Emplacements.
- Originally, the Barbican of the Sun dealt +25 bonus damage vs Ships. With update 24916, this was reduced to +10.
- Originally, the Barbican of the Sun could garrison 10 units. With Server-Side Patch 5.1.148.1, it can garrison 8 units.
- With update 7.0.5861, the Barbican of the Sun cannot be built within 8 tiles of enemy capitol Town Centers.
- With update 10.0.576, the Barbican of the Sun is a tax drop-off site.
- With patch 11.1.1201, the Barbican of the Sun benefits from the Extra Materials upgrade.
Trivia[]
- Its real life counterpart is the Zhengyangmen (literally gate of the zenith sun) barbican gatehouse in Beijing, before the walls were removed in the 1910s.
Gallery[]
The Barbican of the Sun
