Fortified Wall (Age of Empires)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires. For other buildings with the same name, see Fortified Wall.

Fortified Wall
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Type	Wall
Civilization	All except Carthaginians, Macedonians, Minoans, and Yamato.
Age	Iron Age
Construction
Stone	5
Build time	7 seconds
Statistics
Size	1×1 tiles
Hit points	400
Melee armor	0
Pierce armor	5
Armor classes	Buildings Towers and Walls Towers and Walls and Archers
Line of Sight	3
Building evolution
Upgrades from	Medium Wall

“	Upgrade of the Medium Wall. The Fortified Wall has more hit points and is the ultimate wall.	”
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition

The Fortified Wall (named Fortification before the Definitive Edition) is a wall in Age of Empires.

The infobox uses "O" as the shorthand of "original" for the original icon. Moreover it uses the following shorthands for different architecture sets:

• G - Greek
• A - East Asian
• E - Egyptian
• M - Mesopotamian
• R - Roman

Gameplay

It is an upgrade of the Medium Wall which increases hit points by 100. It can be upgraded at Granary once the Iron Age is reached. Like all buildings, when Architecture is researched, its hit points increases (totaling up to 480) and build time is reduced.

Fortified Walls are not available for Carthaginians, Macedonians, Minoans, and Yamato.

Further statistics

Bronze Age

• Architecture increases hit points by 20% and reduces build time by 33%.

Civilization bonuses

• Babylonians and Shang: Fortified Walls have +60% hit points.
• Persians: Fortified Walls cost -20%.*

Team bonuses

• Babylonians: Fortified Walls are built 10% faster.
• Choson: Fortified Walls have +2 Line of Sight.
• Palmyrans: Technologies which benefit Fortified Walls are researched 30% faster.

Changelog

Age of Empires

• The building is called Fortification and has 4 pierce armor.

Definitive Edition

• The building is called Fortified Wall and has 5 pierce armor.

Return of Rome

• Team bonuses added:
  • Babylonians: Fortified Walls are built 10% faster.
  • Choson: Fortified Walls have +4 Line of Sight.
  • Palmyrans: Technologies which benefit Fortified Walls are researched 30% faster.
• Persians: Fortified Walls cost -20%.
• Choson (team bonus): With update 93001, Fortified Walls have +2 Line of Sight.

Trivia

• In the Age of Empires beta, Fortified Walls and other Walls catch fire when they were damaged, just like every other building in the final game.

History

“	The great civilizations of ancient times built ever larger fortifications to protect their important cities and frontiers. Herodotus reported that the walls of Babylon were sufficiently thick that a chariot could be driven on them around the city. Archaeology indicates that large walls were not invulnerable – every great ancient city appears to have been stormed eventually – but only a large and well-equipped army could surmount them.	”
—Age of Empires manual

Gallery

Screenshot showing a burning Fortification in the Age of Empires beta

Fortified Walls in the Definitive Edition. Top row: Egyptian, Greek. Middle: Roman. Bottom row: Mesopotamian, East Asian.

Fortified Walls in the original game. Clockwise from left: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, East Asian, Mesopotamian.

Buildings in Age of Empires
Stone Age Starting Tool Age Bronze Age Additional Iron Age