Storage Pit (Age of Empires)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires. For the building in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon, see Storage Pit (Age of Mythology).

Storage Pit
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Type	Economy Research
Civilization	All civilizations
Age	Stone Age
Use	Drop-off point for resources Research technologies
Construction
Wood	120
Construction time	30 seconds
Statistics
Size	3×3 tiles
Hit points	350
Melee armor	0
Pierce armor	0
Line of Sight	4

The Storage Pit is an economic and research building in Age of Empires.

Gameplay

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

The Storage Pit provides the following technologies:

Tool Age

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

Bronze Age

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

Iron Age

•  Metallurgy
•  Chain Mail Infantry
•  Chain Mail Archers
•  Chain Mail Cavalry
•  Iron Shield
•  Tower Shield (since The Rise of Rome)

Technology availability

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

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Nothing
Weak vs.	Everything
Upgrades
Construction time	Architecture (-33%)
Hit points	Architecture (+20%)

Civilization bonuses

• Choson: Storage Pit technologies cost -40%.
• Macedonians: Storage Pit are four times more resistant to conversion.
• Romans: Storage Pit cost -10%.

History

“	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

All Storage Pits in the Iron Age

Storage Pit in the Stone Age (Definitive Edition)

Storage Pit in the Bronze Age (Definitive Edition)

Storage Pits in the Iron Age (Definitive Edition)