Storage Pit (Age of Empires)

The Storage Pit is an economic and research building in Age of Empires. It acts as a key building for resource gathering as Villagers can drop off wood, stone, and gold. It can also be used to drop off food from hunting and fishing, but not from Farms or Berry Bushes. The Storage Pit also provides important technologies that benefit military units by increasing their attack, range, and armor.

Technologies Edit

The Storage Pit provides the following technologies:

Tool Age Edit

•  Toolworking
•  Leather Armor Infantry
•  Leather Armor Archers
•  Leather Armor Cavalry

Bronze Age Edit

•  Metalworking
•  Bronze Shield
•  Scale Armor Infantry
•  Scale Armor Archers
•  Scale Armor Cavalry

Iron Age Edit

•  Metallurgy
•  Iron Shield
•  Tower Shield
•  Chain Mail Infantry
•  Chain Mail Archers
•  Chain Mail Cavalry

Further statistics Edit

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Upgrades
Hit points	Architecture (+20%)
Construction speed	Architecture (+50%)

History Edit

"The storage pit was the functional equivalent of the granary, but for meat instead of grain.  Storing meat presented special problems because it spoiled so quickly and easily.  Meat was generally stored by drying or salting.  The Storage Pit also represents the tool- and weapon- making skill of hunting societies, leading eventually to metalworking, making war, and armor making.  In this capacity it also serves as a storehouse and collection point for the raw materials of tool and weapon making: wood, stone, and gold (representing all metals)."

—Age of Empires manual

Gallery Edit

All Storage Pits in the Iron Age

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