Zenobia's Tower

Zenobia's Tower
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
Type	Tower
Construction
Stone	150
Build time	72 seconds
Statistics
Size	2×2 tiles
Hit points	1,000
Attack	40
Rate of Fire	3.1
Range	10
Melee armor	0
Pierce armor	5
Armor classes	Buildings and Fire Galley (+90) Defensive structures Towers
Line of Sight	11

“	Queen Zenobia's architectural masterpiece. This defensive structure is the strongest in existence.	”
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition

Zenobia's Tower is a tower in Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome, found only in the Scenario Editor and campaign mode of the game.

Unlike its Age of Empires II counterparts like The Tower of Flies, it is not classified as a Hero. As such, it can be converted, and does not regenerate hit points.

Overview

The tower looks similar to the Ballista Tower and fires the same projectile but has doubled attack and fire rate. As a result, its overall damage per minute is equivalent to an immobile Helepolis. This defensive structure starts out with 1,000 hit points (the most in the game), 40 attack, and 10 range. Only the hit points of this structure can be improved. If Architecture is researched, the hit points would increase from 1,000 to 1,200, making it virtually the most durable unit in the game. Like all towers, Zenobia's Tower is more resistant against stone throwing siege weapons unlike other buildings, having 18 additional armor against them (meaning they will do 10 bonus damage instead of 28).

Civilization bonuses that would have otherwise affect traditional towers may have no influence on this particular tower. As a result, hit points do not double if played as the Babylonians, and range does not increase by 2 if played as the Choson.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Infantry, archers, ships
Weak vs.	Siege units
Upgrades
Hit points	Architecture (+20%)
Attack	Alchemy (+1)
Range	Woodworking (+1) Artisanship (+1) Craftsmanship (+1)
Accuracy	Ballistics (hit moving targets)
Line of Sight	City Watch (+3)

Civilization bonuses

• Macedonians: Zenobia's Tower is four times more resistant to conversion.

History

This tower is based on Queen Zenobia who once controlled the powerful Palmyran Empire during the 3rd century AD. She is known for her revolt against the Roman Empire and is claimed to be the descendant of Dido, Queen of Carthage and Cleopatra, the famous Egyptian Pharaoh.

Changelog

Return of Rome

• Range can be upgraded with Woodworking technologies of the Market.
• Romans: Zenobia's Tower costs -40%.

Gallery

ZENOBIA'S TOWER vs EVERY UNIT - Age of Empires- Definitive Edition