Town Watch (Age of Empires II)

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires II. For the technology in Age of Empires III, see Town Watch (Age of Empires III).

Town Watch is a technology in Age of Empires II available at the Town Center upon reaching Feudal Age. Once researched, it increases the Line of Sight for all buildings (except Farms, Fish Traps, walls, and gates) by +4.

Town Patrol is the further upgrade of this technology.

Civilizations bonuses Edit

• Byzantines: Town Watch is free.
• Chinese: Town Watch is 10%/15%/20% cheaper in the Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age.
• Persians: Researching Town Watch is 10%/15%/20% faster in the Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age.

Changelog Edit

The Age of Kings Edit

• Byzantines: Must research Town Watch like all other civilizations.

The Conquerors Edit

• Byzantines: With patch 1.0c, Town Watch is free.

History Edit

“Each town and community was responsible for its own defense for much of the Middle Ages, relying on the local lord and his retinue of soldiers for protection. The danger from bandits, raiders, or unfriendly neighbors was real. Communities developed a town watch that scouted the nearby countryside regularly. The town watch reported danger to give the community time to prepare what defense it could.”

Technologies in Age of Empires II
Economic technologies
Wheelbarrow  · Hand Cart  · Caravan  · Coinage  · Banking  · Guilds  · Gillnets
Wood	Double-Bit Axe  · Bow Saw  · Two-Man Saw
Farming	Horse Collar  · Heavy Plow  · Crop Rotation
Gold	Gold Mining  · Gold Shaft Mining
Stone	Stone Mining  · Stone Shaft Mining
Military technologies
Conscription
Melee units	Forging  · Iron Casting  · Blast Furnace  · Scale Mail Armor  · Chain Mail Armor  · Plate Mail Armor  · Tracking  · Supplies  · Squires  · Arson  · Scale Barding Armor  · Chain Barding Armor  · Plate Barding Armor  · Bloodlines  · Husbandry
Ranged units	Fletching  · Bodkin Arrow  · Bracer  · Padded Archer Armor  · Leather Archer Armor  · Ring Archer Armor  · Thumb Ring  · Parthian Tactics  · Ballistics  · Chemistry  · Siege Engineers
Building technologies
Town Watch  · Town Patrol  · Masonry  · Architecture  · Treadmill Crane  · Heated Shot  · Arrowslits  · Murder Holes  · Hoardings
Religious technologies
Redemption  · Atonement  · Herbal Medicine  · Heresy  · Sanctity  · Fervor  · Faith  · Illumination  · Block Printing  · Theocracy
Miscellaneous technologies
Loom  · Sappers  · Spies  · Treason  · Unique technologies
Naval	Careening  · Dry Dock  · Shipwright
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