Siege Workshop (Age of Empires)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires. For the building in other games of the series, see Siege Workshop.

Siege Workshop
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Type	Military
Civilization	All civilizations
Age	Bronze Age
Use	Trains and upgrades siege units
Construction
Requires	Archery Range
Wood	200 wood
Construction time	40 seconds
Statistics
Size	3×3 tiles
Hit points	350
Line of Sight	6

The Siege Workshop serves as the siege unit training building in Age of Empires. It benefits from Architecture which increases its hit points by 70 and decreases its construction time. It can be built in the Bronze Age if the Archery Range is built.

Upgrades

Bronze Age

•  Architecture increases its Hit Points by 70 and reduces build time by 13 seconds.

Civilization bonuses

• Roman Siege Workshops cost 10% less.
• Macedonian Siege Workshops are 4 times more resistant to conversion.

Unit availability

Civilization					All
Assyrians					X
Babylonians
Carthaginians
Choson
Egyptians
Greeks					X
Hittites
Macedonians
Minoans					X
Palmyrans
Persians
Phoenicians
Romans					X
Shang
Sumerians
Yamato
Civilization					All

History

“	The earliest fortifications yet discovered date from 7000 B.C., but evidence of siege weapons doesn't appear until much later.  We can assume, however, that siege equipment was in use long before the first evidence that has survived.  Evidence of a scaling ladder does not appear until about 2500 B.C.  The earliest record of a simple battering ram comes from 1900 B.C.  A more powerful ram plus the undermining of walls appears by 880 B.C.  The mobile siege tower first appears one hundred years later.  The catapult was invented by Greeks in 397 B.C.  There were no further significant advances in siege engines until the advent of gunpowder.	”
—Age of Empires manual

All Siege Workshops in the Iron Age

Siege Workshop Tree
Bronze Age Siege Workshop Stone Thrower Iron Age Catapult Ballista Heavy Catapult Helepolis

Buildings Tree
First Town Center Barracks Storage Pit House Dock Granary Stable Archery Range Small Wall Market Watch Tower Farm Academy Siege Workshop Medium Wall Government Center Temple Sentry Tower More Town Centers Wonder Fortification Guard Tower Ballista Tower