Watch Tower (Chronicles)

This article is about the building in Chronicles. For the building in other games on the series, see Watch Tower.

Watch Tower
Building
Information
Introduced in	Chronicles
Type	Tower
Civilization	All
Age	Civic Age
Use	Attacks enemies at sight
Construction
Wood	35
Stone	125
Build time	80 seconds
Statistics
Size	1×1 tiles
Hit points	850 (Civic Age Watch Tower) 1,020 (Classical Age Watch Tower) 1,500 (Guard Tower) 2,250 (Bastion)
Garrison	5
Pierce attack	5 (Watch Tower) 7 (Guard Tower) 8 (Bastion)
Attack bonuses	vs Ship, Fishing ship:  +7 (Watch Tower)  +9 (Guard Tower)  +10 (Bastion) +2 vs Spearman (main projectile) +5 vs Stone Defense (secondary projectiles)
Reload time	2.0
Range	8
Minimum range	1
Accuracy	100%
Projectile speed	7
Melee armor	1 (Watch Tower) 2 (Guard Tower) 3 (Bastion)
Pierce armor	7 (Watch Tower) 8 (Guard Tower) 9 (Bastion)
Armor classes	Building Standard building Stone defense
Line of Sight	10
Building evolution
Upgrades to	: Guard Tower : Bastion
Upgrade cost	100 food, 250 wood 500 food, 350 wood
Upgrade time	30 seconds 75 seconds

“	Basic stone tower. Automatically attacks enemy units and buildings within range.	”
—Chronicles description

The Watch Tower is a Civic Age tower in Chronicles. It can be upgraded to the Guard Tower and Bastion in the Classical and Imperial Ages respectively at the Academy.

It is the equivalent of the Watch Tower line in Age of Empires II.

Availability

Macedonians Spartans	Achaemenids Athenians Puru Thracians

Further statistics

Technologies
Hit points	Masonry (+10%) Architecture (+10%)
Attack	Fletching (+1) Bodkin Arrow (+1) Bracer (+1) Flaming Arrows (+1)
Range	Fletching (+1) Bodkin Arrow (+1) Bracer (+1)
Accuracy	Target Practice (track moving targets)
Armor	Masonry (+1/+1, +3 building armor) Architecture (+1/+1, +3 building armor)
Conversion resistance	Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max) Hemlock (destroyed when converted)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+4) Town Patrol (+4)
Build speed	Treadmill Crane (+20%)

Team bonuses
Conversion resistance	Teutons (+3 min, +1 max)
Upgrading	Malians (+80% faster) Portuguese (+25% faster)
Other	Georgians (-25% repair cost)

Civilization bonuses

• Thracians: +15% work rate for miners and lumberjacks in a range of 8 tiles; serve as a dropsite for gold and wood.

Gallery

Watch Tower, Guard Tower, and Bastion for the Achaemenids

Watch Tower, Guard Tower, and Bastion for the Athenians, Macedonians, and Spartans

Watch Tower, Guard Tower, and Bastion for the Puru

Watch Tower, Guard Tower, and Bastion for the Thracians