| “ | Sturdy wooden stronghold with extensive line of sight that detects units stealth or disguises. Can be upgraded with weaponry. Attacks while garrisoned. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Wooden Fortress is the unique Outpost of the Rus in Age of Empires IV. The Wooden Fortress is a sturdy wooden stronghold with an extensive Line of Sight and can be used as a garrison in case of attack.
Unlike the Town Center and the Keep, the Wooden Fortress cannot attack by default. Garrisoning Villagers and foot soldiers, or researching emplacements, adds projectiles.
Abilities and influences[]
Wooden Fortress Influence (Passive): The Wooden Fortress generates an 8 x 8 tile influence area. Lumber Camps and Town Centers within the influence of a Wooden Fortress return +20% wood and extend the influence area by 1 tile around their footprint.
Tactics[]
- Main article: Outpost (Age of Empires IV)#Tactics
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While Wooden Fortresses and Outposts are supposed to fill the same role, the former is pretty expensive, but has its benefits.
In addition to doing everything generic Outposts can do, Wooden Fortresses can also provide an influence to boost wood collection.
Available technologies[]
Generic emplacements[]
Wooden Fortresses can have both the Arrowslits and Springald Emplacement researched, unlike Outposts which can only research one weapon emplacement. Wooden Fortresses do not have Cannon Emplacement or Fortify Outpost emplacements.
Unique emplacements[]
Comparison with the Outpost[]
 Wooden Fortress
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 Outpost
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|---|---|---|
| Wood cost | 175 | 100 |
| Hit points | 1,750 | 750 |
| Rate of Fire | 1.88 seconds | 3.88 seconds |
| Garrison | 8 | 5 |
| Additional emplacements |
 Castle Watch50 stone, 15 seconds +6 Line of Sight |
 Fortify Outpost100 stone, 30 seconds +1,000 HP, +5 fire armor |
 Castle Turret75 stone, 30 seconds +2 attack on all projectiles |
 Cannon Emplacement125 gold, 375 stone, 60 seconds 70 attack, 10 range, 7 RoF |
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
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 Hit points
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 Court Architects (+30%)
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| Attack |  Steeled Arrow (+1) Balanced Projectiles (+1) Platecutter Point (+1)
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| Emplacements | |
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| Attack | Castle Turret (+2)
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 Range
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 Arrowslits (+1)
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| Additional projectiles | Arrowslits Springald Emplacement
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| Line of Sight | Castle Watch (+6)
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Changelog[]
- Originally, Wooden Fortress arrows dealt +25 bonus damage to Ships. With update 24916, this was reduced to +10.
- Originally, Wooden Fortresses had 2,000 hit points. With update 7.0.5861, it was reduced to 1,750.
Campaign version[]
Because the original four campaigns have not been rebalanced since the release of the game, Wooden Fortresses have the following differences in those campaigns:
- They have 2500 hit points and can only garrison 3 units
- Their garrison arrow attack deals 9 damage with 9 tiles of range, every 2.62 seconds, and has no attack bonus vs ships
Trivia[]
- The Wooden Fortress is based on Ostrog-type fortifications.
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