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Wooden Wall that is cheap and easy to build. Slows down your enemies and warns you of their approach.
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The Palisade Wall is a wall in Age of Empires II. It is rather fragile but cheap and useful for early defense and tactical maneuvers.

Tactics and placement[]

Palisade Walls are helpful to perform a turtling strategy in the early game or to counter a Militia rush. Later on, they will fall off in utility and should be replaced with the much more effective Stone Walls if the player wishes to maintain their defenses. Palisade Walls do not cost any stone, which can greatly help the player get their first Castle or more Town Centers up quickly, as well as making them less committal.

Many rushing tactics can be improved if the player sends some Villagers to support the rush and builds Palisade Walls around critically important resources (like gold), blocking them from the enemy Villagers, though this comes with the risk of the Villager getting killed by the enemy's military. If the player performs a tower rush, Palisade Walls can become a useful tool to complement it by surrounding and protecting the rushing towers as they have minimum range before Murder Holes is researched that can be exploited by Feudal Age melee units such as Men-at-Arms. Palisade Walls may also be used to surround opponent's military production buildings, such as Barracks or Archery Ranges, to prevent those buildings from releasing their units outside.

Players with good micro skills use Palisade Walls for "quickwalling", which consists of defending Villagers that are away from the Town Center and being attacked by melee raiders by quickly placing Palisade Wall foundations and building each one up slightly, in order to make an enclosure that will either protect the Villager or trap the attackers in an enclosure of buildings. Preemptively making the fewest necessary number of walls around Villagers near resources and drop-off sites, such as Gold Mines and Mining Camps respectively, to counter melee raids, is also common to make the most efficient use of resources and time, and is called "small walling".

On densely forested maps, most prominently Black Forest, narrow paths divide the teams. Therefore, players often try to build Palisade Walls in the narrow points very early on in the game, sometimes driving the early game into a "walling war".

Further statistics[]

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs. Nothing
Weak vs. Everything except Monks
Technologies
Hit points UniqueTechCastle-DE Great Wall (+30%, Chinese only)
Construction speed TreadmillCraneDE Treadmill Crane (+20%)

Civilization bonuses[]

  • Byzantines AoE2 Byzantines: Palisade Walls have +10%/+20%/+30%/+40% hit points in the Dark/Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age.
  • Chinese AoE2 Chinese: Technologies that benefit Palisade Walls are 10%/15% cheaper in the Castle/Imperial Age.
  • Italians AoE2 Italians: Treadmill Crane is 33% cheaper.
  • Georgians AoE2 Georgians: Palisade Walls receive -20% damage (-40% instead of -25%) when fighting from higher elevation.
  • Romans AoE2 Romans: Palisade Walls are built and repaired 5% faster.
  • Sicilians AoE2 Sicilians: Palisade Walls are built 50% faster.
  • Spanish AoE2 Spanish: Palisade Walls are built 30% faster. Receive 20 gold after researching Treadmill Crane.

Team bonuses[]

  • Cumans AoE2 Cumans: Palisade Walls have +33% hit points.
  • Georgians AoE2 Georgians: Repairing Palisade Walls costs 25% fewer resources.
  • Malians AoE2 Malians: Researching Treadmill Crane is 80% faster.
  • Mayans AoE2 Mayans: Palisade Walls are 50% cheaper (rounded up to 2 wood per segment).
  • Portuguese AoE2 Portuguese: Technologies that benefit Palisade Walls are researched 25% faster.

Changelog[]

AoE2-DLCicon-0 The Age of Kings[]

  • Palisade Walls take 5 seconds to build.
  • Palisade Walls have 2 pierce armor.
  • Palisade Walls have 250 hit points regardless of the Age.
  • Palisade Walls cost 2 wood.
  • Palisade Walls under construction have same armor as fully constructed Palisade Walls.

AoE2-DLCicon-1 The Conquerors[]

  • With patch 1.0b, Palisade Walls have 5 pierce armor.

AoE2-DLCicon-2 The Forgotten[]

AoEIIDE icon Definitive Edition[]

  • Cumans AoE2 Cumans: Team bonus: Palisade Walls have +50% hit points.
  • Koreans AoE2 Koreans: Palisade Walls are no longer built 33% faster.
  • With update 42848, Palisade Walls take 7 seconds to build.
  • With update 42848, Palisade Walls under construction have 0/5 armor.
  • With update 44725, Palisade Walls have 150 hit points before the Feudal Age.

AoE2Icon-LordsWest Lords of the West[]

Dawn of the Dukes icon Dawn of the Dukes[]

History[]

Barbarian tribes were migrating across Europe during the Dark Ages, being displaced by other migrations from the East and searching for land to settle. Warrior bands roamed the landscape seeking plunder. In these turbulent times, defensive precautions were taken. Villages were fortified with palisades --- walls built of wood. Although stone walls were preferable, wood was abundant and easy to use, and a palisade could be erected in a fraction of the time a stone wall would take. At night the villagers would bring all their livestock, goods, and tools inside the palisade for protection.

Trivia[]

  • A piece of Palisade Wall has two appearances. The default appearance of a wall piece changes to a middle section wall piece if that piece is joined by another Palisade Wall piece/Palisade Gate on the opposite sides.
  • The cut technology Revetments upgraded Palisade Walls into Fortified Palisade Walls.

Gallery[]

Buildings in Age of Empires II
Civilian buildings
EconomicTowncenter aoe2DE Town Center · Dock aoe2de Dock · Fish trap aoe2DE Fish Trap · Mill aoe2de Mill · FarmDE Farm · Market aoe2DE Market · Lumber camp aoe2de Lumber Camp · Mining camp aoe2de Mining Camp · Feitoria aoe2DE Feitoria · Folwark Folwark · Ao2de caravanserai icon Caravanserai · AoE2 MuleCart Mule Cart
ResearchBlacksmith aoe2de Blacksmith · University AoE2 DE University
ReligiousAoE2 FortifiedChurch Fortified Church · MonasteryAoe2DE Monastery
MiscellaneousHouse aoe2DE House · Wonder aoe2DE Wonder
Military buildings
ProductionBarracks aoe2DE Barracks · Archery range aoe2DE Archery Range · Stable aoe2DE Stable · Siege workshop aoe2DE Siege Workshop · Dock aoe2de Dock
Fortified productionCastle aoe2DE Castle · Harbor aoe2de Harbor · Krepost icon updated Krepost · Aoe2-icon-donjon Donjon
TowerTowncenter aoe2DE Town Center · AoE2 FortifiedChurch Fortified Church · Outpost aoe2de Outpost · Watch Tower icon AoE2DE Watch Tower · Guard Tower icon AoE2DE Guard Tower · Keep icon AoE2DE Keep · Bombard tower aoe2DE Bombard Tower
WallPalisade wall aoe2de Palisade Wall · Palisade gate aoe2DE Palisade Gate · Stone wall aoe2de Stone Wall · Gate aoe2de Gate · Fortified wall aoe2de Fortified Wall · Gate aoe2de Fortified Gate
Scenario Editor buildings
AoE2-DLCicon-0 The Age of KingsBridge · MonasteryAoe2DE Cathedral · Wonder aoe2DE Dome of the Rock · Pyramid aoe2DE Great Pyramid · MonasteryAoe2DE Mosque · Pavilion big icon AoE2DE Pavilion · Pyramid aoe2DE Pyramid · Accursed tower aoe2DE The Accursed Tower · Accursed tower aoe2DE The Tower of Flies · Market aoe2DE Trade Workshop · Yurt thatch big aoe2DE Yurt
AoE2-DLCicon-1 The ConquerorsWonder aoe2DE Monument · SeaGateDE Sea Gate · Watch Tower icon AoE2DE Sea Tower · Sea Wall icon AoE2DE Sea Wall
AoE2-DLCicon-2 The ForgottenAmphitheatre aoe2DE Amphitheatre · Aqueduct aoe2DE Aqueduct · Wonder aoe2DE Arch of Constantine · Fortified wall aoe2de City Wall · Amphitheatre aoe2DE Colosseum · Keep icon AoE2DE Fire Tower · Palisade wall aoe2de Fortified Palisade Wall · Castle aoe2DE Fortress · Castle aoe2DE Poenari Castle · Wonder aoe2DE Quimper Cathedral · MonasteryAoe2DE Temple of Heaven · Wooden Bridge
AoE2-DLCicon-3 The African KingdomsBarricade aoe2DE Barricade · Fence aoe2DE Fence · Accursed tower aoe2DEScenario tower orie aoe2deScenario tower east aoe2deScenario tower asia aoe2deScenario tower meso aoe2deScenario tower medi aoe2deScenario tower slav aoe2deScenario tower indi aoe2deScenario tower afri aoe2deScenario tower seas aoe2deScenario tower ceas aoe2de Fortified Tower · 2de granary new icon Granary · Hut small aoe2DE Hut · Wondericon Palace (removed) · Aoe2de storage icon new Storage · Tent small aoe2DE Tent
AoE2-DLCicon-4 Rise of the RajasTent army small aoe2DE Army Tent · Wonder aoe2DE Gol Gumbaz · Wonder aoe2DE Sanchi Stupa
AoE2-DLCicon-5 The Last KhansWonder aoe2DE Aachen Cathedral · Chain aoe2DE Chain · Gate aoe2de City Gate · Wonder aoe2DE Dormition Cathedral · Wonder aoe2DE Rock Church · Wonder aoe2DE Sankore Madrasah · MonasteryAoe2DE Shrine · Wonder aoe2DE Tower of London
Dawn of the Dukes icon Dawn of the DukesAoe2de pagan shrine icon Pagan Shrine
AoE2Icon-DynastiesIndia Dynasties of IndiaWonder aoe2DE Minaret of Jam
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