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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).

Used by villagers as drop-off site for food from hunting and fishing as well as wood, stone and gold. Can research technologies that improve the armor and attack strength of military units.
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition

The Storage Pit is an economic and research building in Age of Empires that is available to the player in the Stone Age.

Gameplay[]

Storage Pits are the most commonly-used resource deposit point: they are buildable from the Stone Age, and can take most resource types. Villagers can use them to drop off wood, stone, and gold. They can also be used to deposit certain types of food, mutually exclusive with the Granary: food from hunting and fishing goes to the Storage Pit, food from Farms and Berry Bushes goes to the Granary.

The best way to improve Villager gathering speed is to reduce the distance they need to travel to the drop-off point. So when Villagers are chopping down a wood line, it can be worth building additional Storage Pits in the deforested area to reduce the time spent travelling.

Return of Rome adds herdable animals in the Scenario Editor. Food from these can be deposited at the Storage Pit (as well as the Town Center, which is a drop-off point for all Villager resources). However, Villagers won't herd these animals to the Storage Pit, and will instead herd them to a Granary if they are nearer to one than a Town Center.

The Storage Pit is also used to research the majority of military technologies, increasing units' melee attack, armor, and from the Bronze Age, pierce armor. Each technology upgrades a large group of units, but there are some exceptions from these groups which may not be obvious:

From the Bronze Age, it becomes possible to create new Town Centers after constructing a Government Center. Town Centers can be used to deposit even more resource types than Storage Pits, and can train new Villagers, so are typically more useful. However, they do take twice as long to build, and cost more wood, so it's still worth building Storage Pits for resources close to the base, and building Town Centers in more far-flung regions where their Villager-producing capability is more useful.

Unlike the Granary and Barracks, building a Storage Pit won't unlock other buildings in later ages.

Technologies[]

Stone Age Icon (DE) Tool Age Icon (DE) Bronze Age Icon (DE) Iron Age Icon (DE)
Aoede toolworking available Aoede metalworking available Aoede metallurgy available
Aoede leather armor infantry available Aoede scale armor infantry available Aoede chain mail infantry available
Aoede leather armor archers available Aoede scale armor archers available Aoede chain mail archers available
Aoede leather armor cavalry available Aoede scale armor cavalry available Aoede chain mail cavalry available
Aoede bronze shield available Aoede iron shield available Aoede tower shield available

Technology availability[]

Civilization Metallurgyicon Chainmailinfantryicon Chainmailarchersicon Chainmailcavalryicon Bronzeshieldicon Ironshieldicon Towershieldicon All
Assyrian AOE DE ROR icon Assyrians
Babylonian AOE DE ROR icon Babylonians
Carthaginian AOE DE ROR icon Carthaginians
Choson AOE DE ROR icon Choson
Egyptian AOE DE ROR icon Egyptians
Greek AOE DE ROR icon Greeks
Hittite AOE DE ROR icon Hittites X
Lac Viet AOE DE ROR icon Lac Viet
Macedonian AOE DE ROR icon Macedonians X
Minoan AOE DE ROR icon Minoans X
Palmyran AOE DE ROR icon Palmyrans
Persian AOE DE ROR icon Persians X
Phoenician AOE DE ROR icon Phoenicians
Roman AOE DE ROR icon Romans X
Shang AOE DE ROR icon Shang X
Sumerian AOE DE ROR icon Sumerians
Yamato AOE DE ROR icon Yamato
Civilization Metallurgyicon Chainmailinfantryicon Chainmailarchersicon Chainmailcavalryicon Bronzeshieldicon Ironshieldicon Towershieldicon All

Upgrades[]

Construction time Architecture aoe Architecture (-33%)
Hit points Architecture aoe Architecture (+20%)
Line of Sight RoR City Watch City Watch (+3)

Civilization bonuses[]

Team bonuses[]

  • Babylonian AOE DE ROR icon Babylonians: Storage Pits are built 10% faster.
  • Choson AOE DE ROR icon Choson: Storage Pits have +2 Line of Sight.
  • Palmyran AOE DE ROR icon Palmyrans: Technologies researched at and technologies benefiting the Storage Pit are researched 30% faster.

Changelog[]

Return of Rome[]

  • Team bonuses added:
    • Babylonian AOE DE ROR icon Babylonians: Storage Pits are built 10% faster.
    • Choson AOE DE ROR icon Choson: with update 93001, Storage Pits have +2 Line of Sight.
    • Palmyran AOE DE ROR icon Palmyrans: Technologies at and technologies benefiting the Storage Pit are researched 30% faster.

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[]

Buildings in Age of Empires
Civilian buildings
GeneralReturnofrome stone age house icon House · AOEDE Temple icon Temple · AOEDE Government Center icon Government Center · Returnofrome greek wonder icon Wonder
EconomicAOEDE Town Center icon Town Center · AOEDE Dock icon Dock · Storage Pit icon Storage Pit · AOEDE Granary icon Granary · Market AOEDE icon Market · AOEDE Farm icon Farm
UnconstructableAqueduct aoe2DE Aqueduct · Army Tent icon nuRoR Army Tent · Barricade aoe2DE Barricade · Chain aoe2DE Chain · Amphitheatre aoe2DE Colosseum · 2de granary new icon Granary · Pyramid aoe2DE Great Pyramid · Hut small aoe2DE Hut · Returnofrome greek wonder icon Monument · Pyramid aoe2DE Pyramid · Returnofrome ruins icon Ruins · AOEDE Trade Workshop icon Trade Workshop · Yurt thatch small aoe2DE Yurt
Military buildings
ProductionAOEDE Barracks icon Barracks · AOEDE Archery Range icon Archery Range · AOEDE Stable icon Stable · AOEDE Siege Workshop icon Siege Workshop · AOEDE Academy icon Academy
TowerAOEDE Watch Tower icon Watch Tower · AOEDE Sentry Tower icon Sentry Tower · Returnofrome greek guard tower icon Guard Tower · Returnofrome greek guard tower icon Ballista Tower
WallReturnofrome small wall icon Small Wall · Returnofrome greek medium wall icon Medium Wall · Returnofrome greek fortified wall icon Fortified Wall · Small Gate (AOE RoR) icon Small Gate · Medium Gate (AOE RoR) icon Medium Gate · Fortified Gate (AOE RoR) icon Fortified Gate
UnconstructableReturnofrome greek guard tower icon Mirror Tower · Returnofrome roman guard tower icon Zenobia's Tower
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