Heavy Transport

The Heavy Transport is an improved version of the Light Transport in Age of Empires. This upgrade doubles the carrying capacity and adds +50 additional hit points as well as slightly increasing its movement speed. Depending on the type of map, the upgrade may not be needed in most games, but if played on sea maps with many island chains, it is strongly recommended. The Heavy Transport is available to all civilizations.

Civilization bonuses Edit

• Yamato: Heavy Transports have 25% more HP.
• Carthaginian: Heavy Transports are 25% faster.
• Minoan: Heavy Transports cost 30% less wood.
• Macedonian: Heavy Transports are four times more resistant to conversion.

Dock Tree
Stone Age Dock Fishing Boat Trade Boat Tool Age Light Transport Scout Ship Bronze Age Fishing Ship War Galley Merchant Ship Iron Age Heavy Transport Fire Galley Trireme Catapult Trireme Juggernaught

Changelog Edit

Original Edit

• The Heavy Transport is not available to the Assyrians, Babylonians, Choson, Hittites, Palmyrans, Shang, and Sumerians.

Definitive Edition Edit

• Now every civilization has access to the Heavy Transport.

History Edit

"Ships built for carrying military units replaced smaller galleys when armies grew larger and targets became more valuable and better defended. It became necessary to move ever-larger armies for invasion, and to bring siege engines and supplies along for extended sieges of coastal cities. The Heavy Transport represents a larger sailing ship, something like a Merchant Ship, built mainly for capacity at the expense of speed."

—The Age of Empires manual

Units in Age of Empires
Age of Empires
Priest · Villager · Trade Boat · Merchant Ship · Fishing Boat · Fishing Ship · Light Transport · Heavy Transport
Infantry	Clubman · Axeman · Short Swordsman · Broad Swordsman · Long Swordsmen · Legion · Bowman · Improved Bowman · Composite Bowman · Hoplite · Phalanx · Centurion
Cavalry	Scout · Cavalry · Heavy Cavalry · Cataphract · Chariot · Chariot Archer · Elephant Archer · Horse Archer · Heavy Horse Archer · War Elephant
Siege	Stone Thrower · Catapult · Heavy Catapult · Ballista · Helepolis
Navy	Scout Ship · War Galley · Trireme · Catapult Trireme · Juggernaught
The Rise of Rome
Armored Elephant · Camel Rider · Fire Galley · Scythe Chariot · Slinger
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