He is one of the strongest computer opponents in both Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader. Catapults can also fire diseased into an enemy castle to spread the plague.Summary He’s the final boss, who you have to kill in Mission 21 from the Stronghold campaign. They fire with a low trajectory so are good for precision attacks to take out enemy structures. Catapults are mobile, fairly accurate, have a medium range and do a medium amount of damage. These siege machines allow you to demolish enemy structures from a distance. Siege tower requires 4 siege engineers to man before they become operational. Once the gangplank is in place, units will be able to climb up through the siege tower onto enemy walls. Once it is close enough, the tower will dock and a gangplank will drop onto the enemies' wall. To use a siege tower, select it then select an enemy wall. When in position, these gigantic mobile constructs will give all your troops quick access to the top of enemy walls. Each ram requires 4 siege engineers to man it before it will become operational. They are also effective against castle walls and towers when they manage to reach them. Your engineers can now be used to build more siege equipment and the shields will still offer cover! 3 Battering Ramsīattering Rams are slow but can take a lot of damage and prove a superior weapon for bringing down gatehouses. Hint: Try moving a group of these into range of enemy fire then removing and retreating the engineers. Each shield requires 1 siege engineer to man it before it will become operational. These are good for protecting your infantry from volleys of arrows and bolts but are very weak against | infantry attacks. When you have a unit on the top of a gatehouse a flag will be raised to show that it has been captured and the gate will open. The main methods of accomplishing this are by using laddermen. Moving units to the top of an enemy gatehouse will capture it. Depending on the type of siege equipment, a different amount of engineers are needed to man them before they become operational. When the cursor turns into a down arrow, left click and the engineers will move to the equipment and man it. To do this, select a group engineers then move your cursor over the piece of siege equipment you wish to man. Ensure you protect them well.Īll siege engines need to be manned. SHint: Siege tents are easy to demolish with melee weapons and the engineers inside are vulnerable until the equipment is finished. Selecting this tent will give you an idea of how long the equipment will take to build. Select the piece of siege equipment you wish to build then left click on the map and presuming you have enough gold in your treasury, a siege tent will appear. With an engineer selected, click on the siege equipment button to see a list of machines that are available to build. In order to get your siege engines up and running, you need engineers to build and man them. This chapter will help you to master the art of getting into someone else's castle! Note: See section 5.8 Military Commands for more infor-, mation on using boiling oil. which they can now use against attackers! Subsequent engineers assigned to the smelter will receive pots of boiling oil. The first engineer assigned has the job of keeping the smelter filled with pitch and filling up the boiling oil pots of other engineers. When the cursor turns into a downĪrrow, left click and the engineer will be assigned to boiling oil duty.
First select an engineer and move your cursor over the oil smelter.
To equip an engineer with a pot of boiling oil you must assign him to boiling oil duty. Boiling oil is an awesome defense against besieging units.
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