Buildings (Age of Empires II)

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

The constructable buildings of Age of Empires II are best divided into the Age where they become available or by use. Some buildings are unconstructable, and are only found in the Scenario Editor or provided beforehand in a scenario, and cannot be built by the player in any regular game.

Most buildings will change design once advancing to a different age.

Constructable buildings[]

Constructable buildings are buildings that can be built in regular games by Villagers.

Categorization by Age[]

Dark Age[]

The following buildings are always available from the Dark Age on.

*A Town Center can only be built if the initial Town Center is destroyed or the game is started without a Town Center (e.g. Nomad). It is not possible to build a second Town Center until the Castle Age is reached.

Feudal Age[]

The following buildings can be built once the Feudal Age is reached.

*The Fish Trap can only be built in the water (by Fishing Ships). It is the only building that can be constructed there.

Castle Age[]

The following buildings can be built once the Castle Age is reached.

Imperial Age[]

The following buildings can be built once the Imperial Age is reached.

Categorization by use[]

Economic[]

Research[]

Military[]

Defensive structures[]

Miscellaneous[]

Comparative table[]

Marked with yellow background are unique buildings.

Building	HP	Ga	Ar	PA	LOS	Ra	At	W	S	G	CT	Sz	Ci
Town Center	2,400	15	6	8	8	6	5	275	100	0	150	4×4	All
House	900	0	3	10	2	0	0	25	0	0	25	2×2	38
Dock	1,800	10	3	10	6	0	0	150	0	0	35	3×3	All
Fish Trap	50	0	0	0	1	0	0	100	0	0	40	1×1	All
Mill	1,000	0	3	10	6	0	0	100	0	0	35	2×2	38
Farm	480	0	0	0	1	0	0	60	0	0	15	3×3	All
Market	2,100	0	3	10	6	0	0	175	0	0	60	4×4	All
Lumber Camp	1,000	0	3	10	6	0	0	100	0	0	35	2×2	All
Mining Camp	1,000	0	3	10	6	0	0	100	0	0	35	2×2	All
Barracks	2,100	10	3	10	6	0	0	175	0	0	50	3×3	All
Archery Range	2,100	10	3	10	6	0	0	175	0	0	50	3×3	All
Stable	2,100	10	3	10	6	0	0	175	0	0	50	3×3	36
Blacksmith	2,100	0	3	10	6	0	0	150	0	0	40	3×3	All
Siege Workshop	2,100	10	3	10	6	0	0	200	0	0	40	4×4	All
Monastery	2,100	10	3	10	6	0	0	175	0	0	40	3×3	All
University	2,100	0	3	10	6	0	0	200	0	0	60	4×4	All
Castle	4,800	20	8	11	11	8	11	0	650	0	200	4×4	All
Palisade Wall	250	0	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	1×1	All
Palisade Gate	400	0	2	2	6	0	0	20	0	0	30	4×1	All
Stone Wall	1,800	0	8	10	2	0	0	0	5	0	10	1×1	37
Gate	2,750	0	6	6	6	0	0	0	30	0	70	4×1	37
Fortified Wall	3,000	0	12	12	2	0	0	0	5	0	10	1×1	31
Gate (Fortified)	4,000	0	6	6	6	0	0	0	30	0	70	4×1	31
Outpost	500	0	0	0	12	0	0	25	5	0	15	1×1	All
Watch Tower	1,020	5	1	7	10	8	5	50	125	0	80	1×1	38
Guard Tower	1,500	5	2	8	10	8	7	50	125	0	80	1×1	35
Keep	2,250	5	3	9	10	8	8	50	125	0	80	1×1	25
Bombard Tower	2,220	5	3	9	10	8	120	0	125	100	80	1×1	15
Wonder	4,800	0	3	10	8	0	0	1,000	1,000	1,000	3,500	5×5	All
Harbor	2,000	10	3	10	10	7	6	150	0	0	35	3×3	1
Feitoria	5,200	0	3	10	6	0	0	0	250	250	120	5×5	1
Krepost	2,600	20	8	11	10	7	9	0	350	0	150	3×3	1
Donjon	2,250	10	3	9	10	8	5	75	175	0	90	2×2	1
Folwark	1,400	0	3	10	6	0	0	125	0	0	40	3×3	1

Note that the table shows the values for the Imperial Age only. Some values (usually HP and armor) increase upon Age advancement for certain buildings and thus are lower in earlier Ages. The values for earlier Ages are visible in the table as mouseovers.

Unconstructable buildings[]

Unconstructable buildings can only be placed when a map is created in the Scenario Editor and are not available in random map games.

Technologies[]

Listed below are all technologies that benefit buildings. Marked with yellow background are unique technologies. This list does not contain building upgrades.

Technology	Researched at	Age	Civilization	Effect
Town Watch	Town Center	II	All	+4 LOS
Town Patrol	Town Center	III	All	+4 LOS
Treadmill Crane	University	III	20	Villagers build 20% faster
Masonry	University	III	28	Buildings +10% HP, +1/+1 armor, and +3 building armor
Architecture	University	IV	16	Buildings +10% HP, +1/+1 armor, and +3 building armor
Hoardings	Castle	IV	21	Castle +21% HP
Herbal Medicine	Monastery	III	26	Garrisoned units heal 6x faster
Heresy	Monastery	III	19	Buildings converted by enemy Monks collapse instead of changing color
Faith	Monastery	IV	28	Buildings are harder for enemy Monks to convert
Fletching	Blacksmith	II	All	Castles and towers +1 range and attack; Town Centers +1 attack
Bodkin Arrow	Blacksmith	III	All	Castles and towers +1 range and attack; Town Centers +1 attack
Bracer	Blacksmith	IV	25	Castles and towers +1 range and attack; Town Centers +1 attack
Ballistics	University	III	All	Castles, towers, and Town Centers fire more accurately at moving targets
Heated Shot	University	III	23	Towers +125% and Castles +25% attack against ships
Murder Holes	University	III	All	Eliminates minimum range of all buildings
Arrowslits	University	IV	17	Watch Towers/Guard Towers/Keeps +1/+2/+3 attack
Chemistry	University	IV	All	Castles and towers +1 attack
Conscription	Castle	IV	All	Working rate of Barracks, Archery Ranges, Stables, and Castles +33%
Shipwright	Dock	IV	18	Ships cost -20% wood and are built 54% faster
Kasbah	Castle	III	Berbers	Working speed of Castles increased by 25% for the entire team
Yeomen	Castle	III	Britons	Tower attack increased by +2
Stronghold	Castle	III	Celts	Castles and towers fire 25% faster
Great Wall	Castle	III	Chinese	Hit points of walls and towers increased by +30%
Perfusion	Castle	IV	Goths	Barracks work 100% faster
Chivalry	Castle	IV	Franks	Stables work 40% faster
Yasama	Castle	III	Japanese	Towers fire two extra arrows
Eupseong	Castle	III	Koreans	Towers (except Bombard Towers) +2 range
Hill Forts	Castle	III	Lithuanians	Town Centers +3 range
Thalassocracy	Castle	III	Malay	Turns Docks into Harbors
Tigui	Castle	III	Malians	Town Centers fire arrows even without garrisoned units
Nomads	Castle	III	Mongols	Population is retained even if Houses are destroyed
Crenellations	Castle	IV	Teutons	Castle range increased by +3, and garrisoned infantry now fires arrows
Artillery	Castle	IV	Turks	Bombard Tower range increased by +2

Civilizations[]

The Byzantines, Chinese, Italians, Koreans, and Turks arguably are the civilizations with the strongest and best equipped buildings.

Civilization bonuses[]

The following civilizations have bonuses that specifically benefit buildings:

Bohemians: Blacksmiths, Monasteries, and Universities cost -100 wood. Mining Camp technologies are free.
Britons: Town Centers cost -50% wood (starting in the Castle Age).
Bulgarians: Town Centers cost -50% stone. Blacksmith and Siege Workshop technologies cost -50% food. Can build Krepost.
Burgundians: Stable technologies cost -50%.
Burmese: Lumber Camp technologies are free. Monastery technologies cost -50%.
Byzantines: Buildings have +10%/+20%/30%/+40% HP in the Dark/Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age. Town Watch and Town Patrol are free.
Chinese: Town Centers support 10 population and have +5 Line of Sight.
Cumans: Can build an additional Town Center in the Feudal Age. Siege Workshop available in the Feudal Age. Archery Ranges and Stables cost -100 wood.
Franks: Castles are 25% cheaper. Mill technologies are free.
Incas: Houses support 10 population. Buildings cost -15% stone.
Italians: Dock and University technologies cost -33%.
Japanese: Mills, Lumber Camps, and Mining Camps are 50% cheaper.
Khmer: Houses can garrison Villagers. No buildings required to advance to the next age or to unlock other buildings.
Koreans: Tower upgrades are free (Bombard Tower requires Chemistry).
Malay: Fish Traps cost -33% and provide three times more food.
Malians: Buildings cost -15% wood.
Persians: Town Centers and Docks have double HP and their work rate is increased by 10%/15%/20% in the Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age.
Portuguese: Feitoria available in the Imperial Age.
Saracens: Markets cost -100 wood and Market trade costs only 5%.
Sicilians: Castles and Town Centers are constructed 100% faster. Farm upgrades provide +100% additional food to Farms before they need to be reseeded.
Spanish: Builders work 30% faster (20% for Wonders). Blacksmith upgrades cost no gold.
Tatars: New Town Centers spawn two sheep starting in the Castle Age.
Teutons: Towers have double garrison capacity. Murder Holes and Herbal Medicine are free. Farms are 40% cheaper. Town Centers can garrison +10 units.
Turks: Researching Bombard Tower costs -50%. Chemistry is free.

Team bonuses[]

The following civilizations have team bonuses that specifically benefit buildings:

Bohemians: Markets work 80% faster.
Britons: Archery Ranges work 20% faster.
Bulgarians: Blacksmiths work 80% faster.
Celts: Siege Workshops work 20% faster.
Chinese: Farms provide +10% food.
Cumans: Palisade Walls and Gates have +33% hit points.
Ethiopians: Towers have +3 Line of Sight.
Goths: Barracks work 20% faster.
Huns: Stables work 20% faster.
Incas: Farms are built 100% faster.
Lithuanians: Monasteries work 20% faster.
Malay: Docks have double LOS.
Malians: Universities work 80% faster.
Mayans: Walls are 50% cheaper.
Slavs: Military buildings provide +5 population.
Vikings: Docks are 15% cheaper.

Architecture sets[]

In the original Age of Empires II, there were four different architecture sets, each one used by either three or four of the overall 13 civilizations. Ever since, every single of the four expansions introduced at least one new set, and with the release of Dawn of the Dukes, there are eleven different architecture sets for 39 civilizations .