Ironclads are swifter and faster-firing Monitors with diminished range, Line of Sight, and hit points (versus a fully upgraded Monitor). They are a mixture between the Frigate and the Monitor; as a result, they are merely average at both roles. Both ships outperform the Ironclad in their specific roles. Its reduced range puts it within firing range of Culverins, Light Cannons, and Hand Mortars along a shoreline, along with the usual Mortars and Morutaru artillery units. The Ironclad, like the Monitor, will be helpless in naval warfare unless supported by other ships as even a few Caravels or Privateers can severely damage the vessel.
Though it is fast for what it is, the Ironclad is still much slower than the majority of other warships and will have a hard time catching fleeing ships. This weakness can easily be exploited by an enemy who constantly rotates cheaper, lower hit point vessels back and forth from Docks (for purposes of repairs) while fighting the ironclad and its support fleet.
Special abilities[]
Long-range Bombardment Attack: Fires a single mortar shell to the target from a range of 80 which does 200 (×5.0 against buildings, ×0.5 against artillery, ×0.2 against villagers, Docks, and Ports) siege damage in an Area of Effect of 6. 60 seconds cooldown.
Block (passive; requires the "Hulks" Home City Card for the United States): Gives the Ironclad a 25% chance to block an incoming attack, causing it to deal no damage.
Upgrades[]
The Ironclad upgrade is only available to the United States and Mexicans.
Ships 1 Inquisitor; all units get +10 Line of Sight
10
Armada
Warships get +20% hit points and +2 Line of Sight; Caravels can now train infantry units; Frigates can now train cavalry and artillery units; Monitors can now train Mortars; Battleships can now train infantry, cavalry and artillery units
Ships 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game including this one; unit train time (except Heavy Cannons), technology research time, and age-up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Annapolis Naval Academy
Ships 1 Sloop with 6 Minutemen; Sloops, Steamers, Frigates, and Ironclads get +10% ranged attack per garrisoned Minutemen (6 max.)
Connecticut Shipwrights
Artillery train time -25%, building build time -35%, and warships' train time -50%
Although it is not listed in the patch notes, with update 23511, Ironclads cost 500 wood, 600 coin, give 110 XP when trained or killed, and have a train limit of 1.
Although it is not listed in the patch notes, since update 23511, the Long-range Bombardment Attack does 100 siege damage against artillery.
Since hotfix 24632, the Long-range Bombardment Attack does 200 siege damage against Docks and Ports and 40 against villagers.
With the introduction of the United States, it has also become trainable from Docks by them and later by the Mexicans.
It can be sent as a shipment from the Home City by some revolting civilizations.
Around the middle of the nineteenth century, warships armored with iron plates emerged as the dominant naval vessel during conflicts across the globe. In the U.S. Civil War, the Monitor class of steam-powered warships was developed.
In March 1862, the legendary first battle of true Ironclads occurred, pitting the U.S.-built Monitor against the Confederacy's Merrimack. After a four-hour struggle, the battle ended inconclusively with the Merrimack withdrawing to deeper water. Even though neither ship emerged victorious, this day heralded the end of the age of wooden warships.
Long-range Bombardment Attack: Fires a single mortar shell to the target from a range of 80 which does 200 (×5.0 against buildings, ×0.5 against artillery, ×0.2 against villagers, Docks, and Ports) siege damage in an Area of Effect of 6. 60 seconds cooldown.
Ship's Howitzers
Imperial Floating Batteries
Armor Plating (+50%)
Byzantine Legacy (+15%)
Tar Kilns (+10%)
Carronade (+25%)
Somali Ajuran Engineers (+20% multiplier vs. Frontier fortification)
Town Watch (+3)
Immigrants (-10%)
New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only)
Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost)
Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost)
Expeditionary Fleet (ships 1 Ironclad; Indians and Japanese only)
Meritocracy (-20% upgrade cost)
Öresund Customs (generates 0.55 coin/sec.)
Coffee Trade (-10% speed; Dutch only)
Advanced Dock
Improved Warships
TEAM Improved Warships
Naval Gunners
Offshore Support
European Cannons
Admiralty
2 Ironclads
Rhode Island Militia
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics
TEAM Sengoku
TEAM Knights of the Round Table
TEAM Mariachi
Colegio de San Nicolás
National Servant
Tehuantepec Route
1 Ironclad
1 Ironclad
1 Ironclad + 1 Steamer
Texas Navy
Naval Infantry
TEAM Cold Water Port
TEAM Spanish Inquisition
Armada
Hulks
Corliss Steam Engine
Indiana Mobilization
Annapolis Naval Academy
Connecticut Shipwrights
Bushnell's Sapper Corps
