Building (Chronicles)

This article is about the buildings in Chronicles. For the armor class, see Armor class: Building. For buildings in other games of the series, see Building.

This page lists the buildings in Chronicles. Most constructible buildings in Chronicles are identical to those in the base game, and do not exist as separate buildings in the game files, in many cases sharing the same name and icon as well. A few, namely the Port and Shipyard, have no equivalents. They can be classed according to their purpose, the Age they become available in, and whether they are constructible in standard games, or are exclusive to the Scenario Editor.

Analogous to Age of Empires II, appearance of the buildings is the same for all Chronicles civilizations in the Archaic Age. Starting in the Civic Age, it changes into one of two possible architecture sets (Greek or Persian), depending on the civilization. Buildings change appearance again in the Classical Age, and in the Imperial Age, Town Centers, Markets and Academies update their appearance one last time.

Constructable buildings

Constructable buildings are buildings that can be built in regular games by Villagers. Buildings can be classified according to their purpose. Some buildings fulfill multiple purposes.

Economic

• Town Center
• Mill
• Farm
• Market
• Lumber Camp
• Mining Camp
• Port¹
• Fish Trap (can be constructed on water by Fishing Ships only)

1. The Port also produces one type of military/scouting unit.

Research

• Blacksmith
• Academy

Military production

• Barracks
• Archery Range
• Stable
• Siege Workshop
• Temple
• Fort
• Shipyard

Defensive structures

• Palisade Wall
• Palisade Gate
• Outpost
• Stone Wall → Fortified Wall
• Gate → Fortified Gate
• Watch Tower → Guard Tower → Bastion
• Fort

Miscellaneous

• House
• Wonder

Building pre-requisites

Apart from resources and Age, some buildings have other requirements for construction.

Building	Requirement
Farm	Construction of Mill
Market
Archery Range	Construction of Barracks
Stable
Siege Workshop	Construction of Blacksmith
Fortified Wall	Fortified Wall technology at Academy
Fortified Gate
Guard Tower	Guard Tower technology at Academy
Bastion	Bastion technology at Academy

Comparative table

Building	Age	HP	Ga	Ar	PA	LoS	Wood	Stone	Gold	CT	Sz
Town Center		2,400	15	3/4/5/6	5/6/7/8	8	275	100	0	150	4×4
House		550/750/900/900	0	-2/-1/1/3	7/8/9/10	2	25	0	0	25	2×2
Mill		600/800/1,000/1,000	0	0/1/2/3	7/8/9/10	6	100	0	0	35	2×2
Farm		480	0	0	0	1	60	0	0	15	3×3
Lumber Camp		600/800/1,000/1,000	0	0/1/2/3	7/8/9/10	6	100	0	0	35	2×2
Mining Camp		600/800/1,000/1,000	0	0/1/2/3	7/8/9/10	6	100	0	0	35	2×2
Port		1,800	10	0/1/2/3	7/8/9/10	6	125	0	0	35	3×3
Fish Trap		50	0	0	0	1	100	0	0	40	1×1
Market		1,800/2,100/2,100	10	1/2/3	8/9/10	6	175	0	0	60	4×4
Blacksmith		1,800/2,100/2,100	0	1/2/3	8/9/10	6	150	0	0	40	3×3
Academy		2,100	0	2/3	9/10	6	200	0	0	60	4×4
Temple		2,100	10	2/3	9/10	6	175	0	0	40	3×3
Barracks		1,200/1,500/1,800/2,100	10	0/1/2/3	7/8/9/10	6	175	0	0	50	3×3
Archery Range		1,500/1,800/2,100	10	1/2/3	8/9/10	6	175	0	0	50	3×3
Stable		1,500/1,800/2,100	10	1/2/3	8/9/10	6	175	0	0	50	3×3
Shipyard		1,800	10	1/2/3	8/9/10	6	150	0	0	35	3×3
Siege Workshop		1,500/1,800/2,100	10	1/2/3	8/9/10	6	200	0	0	40	4×4
Fort		4,800	20	8	11	11	0	650	0	200	4×4
Palisade Wall		150/250/250/250	0	2	5	2	3	0	0	6	1×1
Palisade Gate		240/400/400/400	0	2	4	6	20	0	0	30	4×1
Stone Wall		1,080/1,800/1,800	0	8	10	2	0	5	0	10	1×1
Gate		1,650/2,700/2,700	0	6	6	6	0	30	0	70	4×1
Fortified Wall		3,000	0	12	12	2	0	5	0	10	1×1
Fortified Gate		4,000	0	6	6	6	0	30	0	70	4×1
Outpost		500	0	0	0	6/8/10/12	25	5	0	15	1×1
Watch Tower		850/1,020/1,020	5	1	7	10	35	125	0	80	1×1
Guard Tower		1,500	5	2	8	10	35	125	0	80	1×1
Bastion		2,250	5	3	9	10	35	125	0	80	1×1
Wonder		4,800	0	3	10	8	1,000	1,000	1,000	3,500	5×5

Some hit point and armor values change depending on Age. They are described as a series of values, separated by slash /. The first value in the series is that of the age in which the building becomes available and the last value is that of the Imperial Age.

For the buildings which can attack, there is a different table:

Building	Range	Attack of primary projectile	Attack of secondary projectile	Projectiles	Rate of Fire
Town Center	0 - 6		5 pierce, +5 vs Ship, +5 vs Building, +1 vs Camel	0 - 10	2
Watch Tower	1 - 8	5 pierce, +7 vs Ship, +2 vs Spearman	5 pierce, +7 vs Ship, +5 vs Stone Defense	1 - 5	2
Guard Tower	1 - 8	7 pierce, +9 vs Ship, +2 vs Spearman	7 pierce, +9 vs Ship, +5 vs Stone Defense	1 - 5	2
Bastion	1 - 8	8 pierce, +10 vs Ship, +2 vs Spearman	8 pierce, +10 vs Ship, +5 vs Stone Defense	1 - 5	2
Fort	1 - 8	11 pierce, +2 vs Spearman	11 pierce, +11 vs Ship, +11 vs Stone Defense, +1 vs Camel	5 - 21	2

Unconstructable buildings

• Greek Army Tent
• Greek Commander Tent
• Oracle's Temple
• Sapper Tunnel

Improvements

These list do not contain building upgrades.

Generic technologies

Technology	Researched at	Age	Effect
Town Watch	Town Center		+4 Line of Sight, except for Farms and Walls
Town Patrol
Treadmill Crane	Academy		Builders work 20% faster
Masonry	Academy		Buildings (except Farms and Walls) +10% HP, +1/+1 armor, and +3 building armor
Architecture
Hoardings	Fort		Fort +21% hit points
Herbal Medicine	Temple		Garrisoned units heal 6x faster
Hemlock	Temple		Buildings converted by enemy Priestesses collapse instead of falling under enemy control
Exorcism	Temple		Buildings are harder for enemy Priestesses to convert
Fletching	Blacksmith		Defensive structures +1 range (except for Town Centers) and attack
Bodkin Arrow
Bracer
Target Practice	Academy		Defensive structures can track moving targets
Lighthouse	Academy		Towers +125%, and Forts +4 attack against ships
Murder Holes	Academy		Eliminates minimum range of defensive structures
Arrowslits	Academy		Watch Towers/Guard Towers/Bastions +1/+2/+3/+3 attack
Flaming Arrows	Academy		Defensive structures +1 attack
Conscription	Fort		Working rate of Barracks, Archery Ranges, Stables, Shipyards and Forts +33%

Unique technologies

Technology	Age	Civilization	Effect
Peloponnesian League		Spartans	Forts slowly generate gold; warships (at the Shipyard and Port) are created 50% faster

Civilization bonuses

Civilization	Effect
Achaemenids	Town Centers can be individually upgraded to be more powerful starting in the Civic Age. Stable technologies research 50% faster (-33% time taken). Shipyards work 15% faster (-13.04% time taken).
Athenians	Policy style can be changed between Economic, Naval, and Military at the Town Center
Spartans	Town Centers spawn a free Polemarch in the Civic Age and an additional one in the Classical Age

Team bonuses

Civilization	Effect
Achaemenids	Houses are built 100% faster (-50% time taken)
Athenians	Shipyard technologies research 50% faster
Spartans	Barracks technologies research 50% faster