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โ€œ Powerful siege engine effective at destroying buildings and walls over a long distance. โ€
Age of Empires IV description

The Traction Trebuchet is a siege engine in Age of Empires IV that is unique to the Mongols. Its role is destroying buildings at long range. Due to its low accuracy when targeting units it is ineffective against them. Its a cheaper version of the Counterweight Trebuchet (even cheaper than a Mangonel) with lower range, attack and hit points, in return for higher rate of fire, movement speed, and a faster setup/disassemble time, as well as quicker training/construction.

Traction Trebuchets can be constructed by infantry in the Castle Age if Improved Siege Engineering has been researched.

2 Traction Trebuchets can be trained for 300 wood, 100 gold, 400 stone.

Unit comparison[]

AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet
Training Cost 300 wood, 100 gold 400 wood, 150 gold
Training Time 30 s 30 s
Hit points 125 140
Bonus vs Buildings 190 350
Rate of Fire 9.5 12.5
Range 14 tiles 16 tiles
Speed 0.88 tiles/s 0.62 tiles/s
  • Their siege attack (40), attack bonus vs Ships (+200) and population requirement (2) are the same.

Further statistics[]

As Traction Trebuchets are unique to the Mongols, only technologies that are available to them are shown in the following table:

Technologies
Hpicon aoe2de Hit points AoE4 SiegeWorks Siege Works (+20%); Improved: (+30%)
Attack AoE4 Geometry Geometry (+20%); Improved: (+30%)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 GreasedAxles Greased Axles (+15%); Improved: (+20%)
Creation speed AoE4 MilitaryAcademy Military Academy (+33%); Improved: (+53%)
Other AoE4 SiegeEngineering Siege Engineering Improved (Can be built by infantry in the field)
Aura and ability enhancements
Attack AoE4 AttackSpeedDrums Kurultai Aura (+20%)
Armor AoE4 DefenseArrow Defense Arrow (+2 melee and ranged for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows)
AoE2DE icon Movement Speed Movement speed AoE4 ManeuverArrow Maneuver Arrow (+33% for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows)

Dialogue lines[]

Traction Trebuchets use the standard ranged siege engine dialogue lines

Main article: Siege engine/Mongols dialogue lines

Changelog[]

  • Originally, Traction Trebuchets were constructed in the field in 35 seconds. With the Season One Update, constructing them in the field now takes 80 seconds (base).
  • Originally, Traction Trebuchets had 320 hit points, 8 ranged armor, dealt 100 damage and had an attack bonus of 200 against Buildings. With Season Two Update 17718, they had 190 hit points, 20 ranged armor, dealt 50 damage and had an attack bonus of 250 against Buildings. With patch 6.1.130, they had 150 hit points, deal 40 damage, and had +200 bonus damage vs buildings. With patch 9.2.628, they had 30 ranged armor. With update 12.0.1974, they have 125 hit points, and their ranged armor was replaced by 80% ranged resistance. With patch 12.1.2454, they deal +190 against buildings.
  • Originally, Traction Trebuchets had 13 range. With update 24916, they have 14 range.
  • Originally, Traction Trebuchets dealt +500 damage to ships. With update 24916, this was reduced to +200
  • Originally, they cost 400 wood, 150 gold, and trained in 35 seconds. With patch 6.1.130, they cost 300 wood, 100 gold, and train in 30 seconds.
  • Originally, they had an attack speed of 9.625 seconds. This was improved to 8.625 seconds in patch 9.1.370
  • Originally, Traction Trebuchets took 3 population slots. With update 12.0.1974, they take 2.

Trivia[]

  • The Traction Trebuchet could have been shared with other civilizations, as the Rus have them in the campaign and the Malians were shown using it in a pre-release trailer.

Campaign version[]

Because the original four campaigns have not been rebalanced since the release of the game, Traction Trebuchets in these campaigns have the following main differences:

  • They are available to the Rus in The Rise of Moscow
  • They have 400 hit points, have no armor, deal 100 base damage with a 1-tile radius area of effect and +200 vs buildings, have 13 tile range, and have an attack speed of 9.625 seconds.
  • They cost 600 wood, 300 gold, take 50 seconds to train, and can only be trained in the Imperial Age

Gallery[]

Units in Age of Empires IV
Common/Generic
Miscellaneous AoE4 GenericVillager Villager ยท AoE4 Trader Trader ยท AoE4 FishingBoat Fishing Boat ยท AoE4 TradeShip Trade Ship ยท AoE4 TransportShip Transport Ship ยท AoE4 Monk Monk/Imam/Shaman ยท AoE4 Leader Monarch
Melee infantry AoE4 Spearman Spearman ยท AoE4 ManAtArms Man-at-Arms
Ranged infantry AoE4 Archer Archer ยท AoE4 Crossbowman Crossbowman ยท AoE4 Handcannoneer Handcannoneer
Melee cavalry AoE4 Scout Scout ยท AoE4 Horseman Horseman ยท AoE4 Knight Lancer/Knight
Siege AoE4 SiegeTower Siege Tower ยท AoE4 BatteringRam Battering Ram ยท AoE4 Springald Springald ยท AoE4 Mangonel Mangonel ยท AoE4 CounterweightTrebuchet Counterweight Trebuchet ยท AoE4 Bombard Bombard ยท AoE4 Ribauldequin Ribauldequin ยท AoE4 Culverin Culverin
Military ship AoE4 ArcherShip Archer ship: Dhow, Galley, Hunting Canoe, Junk, Light Junk, Lodya Galley
AoE4 SpringaldShip Springald ship: Baghlah, Hulk, Lodya Attack Ship, War Canoe, War Cog, War Junk
AoE4 IncendiaryShip Incendiary ship: Demolition Ship, Explosive Dhow, Explosive Junk, Lodya Demolition Ship
AoE4 Warship Warship: Baochuan, Carrack, Xebec
Cheat AoE4 PhotonMan Photon Man
Unique
Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 Abbasid Dynasty AoE4 CamelRider Camel Rider ยท AoE4 CamelArcher Camel Archer ยท AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam
Ayyubids AoE4 Ayyubids AoE4 Atabeg Atabeg ยท AoE4 BedouinSkirmisher Bedouin Skirmisher ยท AoE4 BedouinSwordsman Bedouin Swordsman ยท AoE4 CamelLancer Camel Lancer ยท AoE4 Dervish Dervish ยท AoE4 DesertRaider Desert Raider ยท AoE4 Ghulam Ghulam ยท AoE4 TowerOfTheSultan Tower of the Sultan
Byzantines AoE4 Byzantines AoE4 Cataphract Cataphract ยท AoE4 VarangianGuard Varangian Guard ยท AoE4 Cheirosiphon Cheirosiphon ยท AoE4 Limitanei Limitanei ยท AoE4 Dromon Dromon
Chinese AoE4 Chinese AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official ยท AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu ยท AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard ยท AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees ยท AoE4 FireLancer Fire Lancer ยท AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier
Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Delhi Sultanate AoE4 Monk Scholar ยท AoE4 WarElephant War Elephant ยท AoE4 TowerElephant Tower Elephant ยท AoE4 SultansEliteTowerElephant Sultan's Elite Tower Elephant ยท AoE4 GhaziRaider Ghazi Raider
English AoE4 English AoE4 Longbowman Longbowman ยท AoE4 King King ยท AoE4 WynguardRanger Wynguard Ranger ยท AoE4 WynguardFootman Wynguard Footman
French AoE4 French AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight ยท AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalรฉtrier ยท AoE4 Galleass Galleass ยท AoE4 Cannon Cannon
HRE AoE4 Holy Roman Empire AoE4 Monk Prelate ยท AoE4 Landsknecht Landsknecht
Japanese AoE4 Japanese AoE4 Warship Atakebune ยท AoE4 BuddhistMonk Buddhist Monk ยท AoE4 KatanaBannerman Katana Bannerman ยท AoE4 MountedSamurai Mounted Samurai ยท AoE4 OnnaBugeisha Onna-Bugeisha ยท AoE4 OnnaMusha Onna-Musha ยท AoE4 Ozutsu Ozutsu ยท AoE4 Samurai Samurai ยท AoE4 Shinobi Shinobi ยท AoE4 ShintoPriest Shinto Priest ยท AoE4 TreasureCaravan Treasure Caravan ยท AoE4 UmaBannerman Uma Bannerman ยท AoE4 YumiAshigaru Yumi Ashigaru ยท AoE4 YumiBannerman Yumi Bannerman
Jeanne d Arc AoE4 Jeanne d'Arc AoE4 JeannesChampion Jeanne's Champion ยท AoE4 JeannesRider Jeanne's Rider ยท AoE4 RoyalKnight Royal Knight ยท AoE4 Arbaletrier Arbalรฉtrier ยท AoE4 Galleass Galleass ยท AoE4 Cannon Cannon ยท Jeanne d'Arc [AoE4 JdA Peasant Peasant ยท AoE4 JdA WomanAtArms Woman-at-Arms ยท AoE4 JdA Hunter Hunter ยท AoE4 JdA Knight Knight ยท AoE4 JdA MountedArcher Mounted Archer ยท AoE4 JdA BlastCannon Blast Cannon ยท AoE4 JdA Markswoman Markswoman]
Malians AoE4 Malians AoE4 Donso Donso ยท AoE4 MusofadiWarrior Musofadi Warrior ยท AoE4 JavelinThrower Javelin Thrower ยท AoE4 WarriorScout Warrior Scout ยท AoE4 Sofa Sofa ยท AoE4 FreebornWarrior Freeborn Warrior ยท AoE4 Cattle Cattle ยท AoE4 MusofadiGunner Musofadi Gunner
Mongols AoE4 Mongols AoE4 Khan Khan ยท AoE4 Mangudai Mangudai ยท AoE4 TurkicHorseArcher Khan's Hunter ยท AoE4 TractionTrebuchet Traction Trebuchet ยท AoE4 HuihuiPao Huihui Pao ยท AoE4 Keshik Keshik
Order of the Dragon AoE4 Order of the Dragon AoE4 GildedSpearman Gilded Spearman ยท AoE4 GildedManAtArms Gilded Man-at-Arms ยท AoE4 GildedLandsknecht Gilded Landsknecht ยท AoE4 GildedArcher Gilded Archer ยท AoE4 GildedCrossbowman Gilded Crossbowman ยท AoE4 DragonHandcannoneer Gilded Handcannoneer ยท AoE4 GildedHorseman Gilded Horseman ยท AoE4 GildedKnight Gilded Knight ยท AoE4 GenericVillager Gilded Villager ยท AoE4 Monk Prelate
Ottomans AoE4 Ottomans AoE4 Mehter Mehter ยท AoE4 Sipahi Sipahi ยท AoE4 HorseArcher Cavalry Archer ยท AoE4 Janissary Janissary ยท AoE4 GreatBombard Great Bombard ยท AoE4 GrandGalley Grand Galley
Rus AoE4 Rus AoE4 FishingBoat Lodya Fishing Boat ยท AoE4 WarriorMonk Warrior Monk ยท AoE4 HorseArcher Horse Archer ยท AoE4 Streltsy Streltsy ยท AoE4 Militia Militia
Zhu Xis Legacy AoE4 Zhu Xi's Legacy AoE4 ImperialOfficial Imperial Official ยท AoE4 ZhugeNu Zhuge Nu ยท AoE4 PalaceGuard Palace Guard ยท AoE4 NestOfBees Nest of Bees ยท AoE4 Grenadier Grenadier ยท AoE4 ImperialGuard Imperial Guard ยท AoE4 YuanRaider Yuan Raider ยท AoE4 ShaolinMonk Shaolin Monk
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