The Accursed Tower is an unconstructable tower in Age of Empires II. It has a very long range (which can even be increased with the Fletching line upgrades) and is very bulky. Like heroes, The Accursed Tower automatically regenerates hit points and cannot be converted.
The Accursed Tower is only available in the Scenario Editor (under the Building tab, formerly under the Other tab).
As with other scenario-editor exclusive towers (except for the Fire Tower), the Accursed tower shares its secondary projectiles with the Watch Tower line and the Donjon. As the attack as well as the attack bonuses of this tower's secondary projectiles are thus identical to those of a player's Watch Tower line or Donjon, they benefit from researching Guard Tower, and Keep.
Campaign appearances[]
Saladin[]
- The Lion and the Demon: One Accursed Tower defends the walls in the north of Acre. Its 'little brother', The Tower of Flies, can also be found in Acre, defending the Docks in the south from crusader attacks.
El Cid[]
- Reconquista: At the African shore, Yusuf controls the Tower of Desolation and Tower of Agony, which are renamed Accursed Towers.
Bari[]
- The Onrushing Tide: A weakened Accursed Tower is present within the eastern base of the Norman Besiegers.
Kotyan Khan[]
- A New Home: An Accursed Tower renamed to a Keep is located inside the southern Austrian fort.
Tamerlane[]
- A Titan Amongst Mortals: An Accursed Tower named as Harbour Fortifiactions protects Hospitaller docks.
Historical Battles[]
- Cyprus: Several City Towers, renamed Accursed Towers, protect the city of Nicosia.
Jan Zizka[]
- The Golden City: An Accursed Tower renamed to The Old Tower is located on Vitkov Hill east of Prague.
Trivia[]
- The Accursed Tower is named after a real defensive tower in the Medieval walls of Acre. In the Siege of 1189-1191, the section next to the Tower was the first to collapse under the hits of the Crusaders's Trebuchets; in the Siege of 1291, the Tower was the first captured by the Mamelukes leading to the fall of the city.
- The design of the Accursed Tower and its cousin, the Tower of Flies, uses the old Western European Guard Tower sprites.
- The Accursed Tower and The Tower of Flies are most likely revisits of the Mirror Tower, from The Rise of Rome, which was in development around the time The Age of Kings was also in development.
- The Accursed Tower has a hidden construction cost of 150 stone which is only relevant to repairing as it cannot be constructed.
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