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This article is about the building in Age of Empires IV. For the building in other games of the series, see Siege Workshop. |
| “ | Produces siege engines and powerful gunpowder units. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Siege Workshop is a military production building in Age of Empires IV that can be built starting in the Castle Age. It trains and upgrades siege engines. For several civilizations it also offers unique technologies that improve siege units.
In campaigns, the Siege Workshop cannot research siege technologies, which are researched from the Arsenal instead.
Trainable units[]
Generic units[]
Battering Ram (all except Byzantines)- Springald
- Mangonel (all except Chinese, Zhu Xi's Legacy)
- Counterweight Trebuchet (all except Mongols)
- Bombard (all except French, Jeanne d'Arc, Ottomans)
- Ribauldequin ( English, French, Jeanne d'Arc, Ottomans)
- Culverin ( Abbasid Dynasty, Ayyubids, Holy Roman Empire, Malians)
Unique units[]
- Cheirosiphon ( Byzantines)
- Nest of Bees ( Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy)
- Traction Trebuchet ( Mongols)
- Cannon ( French, Jeanne d'Arc)
- Great Bombard ( Ottomans)
Available technologies[]
Generic technologies[]
- Adjustable Crossbars (all except Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy)
- Greased Axles
- Roller Shutter Triggers
- Geometry (all except Byzantines)
- Lightweight Beams
Unique technologies[]
- Siege Carpentry ( Ayyubids)
- Greek Fire Projectiles ( Byzantines)
- Reload Drills ( Chinese)
- Additional Barrels ( Chinese)
- Shattering Projectiles ( English)
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
|---|---|
| Hit points |  Court Architects (+30%)
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| Armor |  Slate and Stone Construction (+5 fire armor,  Holy Roman Empire and  Order of the Dragon)
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| Line of Sight |  Gion Festival (+2 tiles,  Japanese)
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| Creation speed |  Military Academy (+33%); Improved: (+53%,  Mongols)
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| Work rate |  Efficient Production (+100% with garrisoned Scholar,  Delhi Sultanate)
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| Aura enhancements | |
|---|---|
| Regeneration |  Emergency Repairs (150 hp/s for 20 seconds, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)
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| Armor |  House of Wisdom Influence (+5 fire armor,  Abbasid Dynasty and  Ayyubids)
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| Damage resistance | Elzbach Palace Influence (-33%, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)  Praesidium Influence (-5% per Cistern water level,  Byzantines)
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| Line of Sight |  Yorishiro Bonus (+2 tiles, Japanese)
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| Creation speed |  Golden Age Tier 3 (+20% Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids)  Conscriptio Influence (+20% per Cistern water level, Byzantines) Military Festival (+100%,  Malians) Blacksmith/University Influence (+20%/30%/40% in Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age, or +100% with Istanbul Observatory  Ottomans)
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| Research speed |  Golden Age Tier 2 (+15% Abbasid Dynasty; +25% Ayyubids) Golden Age Tier 3 (+20% Abbasid Dynasty)  Dialecticus Influence (+30% per Cistern water level, Byzantines) Scholar Research (Increased with every Active Scholar when inside the Scholar Influence area, Delhi Sultanate)
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| Work rate |  Supervision (+150% for  Chinese; +150% for  Zhu Xi's Legacy or +300% with Regional Inspection) Yorishiro Bonus (+150% Japanese))
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| Ability |  Atabeg Supervision (Produces units with +20% HP, Ayyubids) Town Center Influence (Grants Emergency Repairs, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon) Ovoo Influence (Can train two units at a time for an additional cost of stone, Mongols)
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| Other |  Golden Age Tier 4 (Siege Workshop units cost -20%, Ayyubids Consecrate (Units cost -25% food, or -25% all resources with Ordinance Company  Jeanne d'Arc)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
|---|---|
| Resource cost | Ottomans (-33%)
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| Build speed | Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy (+100%)
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| Other | Byzantines (Grant +18 stone when built) Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy (Generates taxes from creating units and researching technologies) Mongols (Can pack up and move)
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Changelog[]
- With update 8324, Pyrotechnics was removed from the Chinese Siege Workshop.
- With the Season One Update, Siege Works was removed from the Siege Workshop and (except for THE Mongols) replaced with Geometry.
- With Season Two Update 17718, Geometry and Improved Geometry were added to the Mongol Siege Workshop.
- With update 7.0.5861, Siege Workshops can now produce Battering Rams for all civilizations.
Campaign version[]
Because the original four campaigns have not been rebalanced since the release of the game, the Siege Workshop has the following main differences in those campaigns:
- It costs only 175 wood and takes 30 seconds to build
- It cannot build Battering Rams, or Traction Trebuchets for the Mongols
- The Rus can build Traction Trebuchets and Cannons from their Siege Workshop
Gallery[]
Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubid Siege Workshop
Byzantine Siege Workshop
Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy Siege Workshop
Delhi Sultanate Siege Workshop
English Siege Workshop
French and Jeanne d'Arc Siege Workshop
Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon Siege Workshop
Japanese Siege Workshop
Malian Siege Workshop
Mongol Siege Workshop
Packed Mongol Siege Workshops
Ottoman Siege Workshop
Rus Siege Workshop
