| “ | Provides line of sight around your town and lets units garrison inside. Upgrade them to let them fire on enemies. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Crossbow Tower is a powerful tower in Age of Mythology: Retold - Immortal Pillars. It is an upgrade of the Guard Tower and is only available to the Chinese. It has a much higher Rate of Fire than a Guard Tower and can thus deal substantially more damage to enemies, providing excellent defense for Chinese towns.
Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
Fuxi: +300% research speed on Favored Land. (Immortal Pillars)- Nüwa: Foundations placed on Favored Land automatically construct. +1 Favored Land range. Creator's Auspice improves hit points in tiers as the player generates favor.
General technologies[]
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% attack
- Masons: +20% hit points
- Architects: +30% hit points
- Signal Fires ➞ Carrier Pigeons: +6 Line of Sight
- Crenellations: +0.5× damage multiplier vs. cavalry units. +2 range. Fires more accurately at moving targets.
- Ballistics: Fires more accurately at moving targets
- Boiling Oil: Gain a weak melee-range attack
Myth technologies[]
- Advanced Defenses (Houtu): +25% attack, +2 range; can be upgraded from wall corners
Relics[]
- Arrows of the Alfar: +20% attack.
- Blanket of Empress Zoe: -15% crush vulnerability.
- Five Colored Stone of Nüwa: -50% repairing cost.
- Head of Orpheus: +8 Line of Sight.
- Nose of the Sphinx: +15% hit points.
- Texts of Imhotep: -10% construction time.
- Tower of Sestus: +100% attack vs. myth units.
Changelog[]
Immortal Pillars[]
- Initially, Crossbow Towers have a base build time of 50 seconds, 1,500 hit points, 30% hack / 85% pierce resistance, and 7.5 pierce attack. With update 18.33318, Crossbow Towers have a base build time of 60 seconds, 1,200 hit points, 50% hack / 90% pierce resistance, and 12 pierce attack.
History[]
| “ | The crossbow has a history of several thousand years in China. The Chu Ko Nu (or Zhuge Nu) repeating crossbow was known for its simple design and incredible rate of fire. It held a magazine of roughly 10 bolts which it shot in succession, and was operated by grasping the stock in the left hand and working the lever with the right. In that swift movement, a bolt would drop into place, the string would be drawn, and then the bolt would be fired, with another bolt dropping in to take its place. The Chu Ko Nu is first attested in the 4th century BCE, when it was used in combat during the Warring States Period. However, legend holds that it was invented by the renowned ancient Chinese military strategist Zhuge Liang. Regardless of the weapon's actual provenance, an army equipped with them could be a nightmare for enemies." |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Gallery[]
A Crossbow Tower in-game
