Petard
A soldier who carries a charge of powder to a wall or gate, plants it and dies in the blast. Trained at the Castle.
Petard
A soldier who carries a charge of powder to a wall or gate, plants it and dies in the blast. Trained at the Castle.
- Age
- Stronghold Age
- Cost
- 65 food20 gold
- Training time
- 20 s
- Health
- 125
- Population
- 1
- Attack
- 34 siege, every 1 s
- Range
- 0.5
- Splash
- 1
- Bonus damage
- +500 against building, +900 against wall
- Hits
- buildings only
- Armour
- 0 melee, 2 pierce
- Speed
- 1.8
- Sight
- 6
- Sets up in
- 1.2 s
Britons
Franks
Chinese
Mongols
Strong against
- Buildings. Siege engines bring buildings down; infantry does it slowly.
Weak against
- Scout Rider line, Knight line, Camel Rider line, Steppe Spearman line, Fire-Lance Rider line, Militia line, Francisca Thrower, Springald line (somewhat), Bombard (somewhat). Riders and swords smash siege engines; bolt throwers and cannon pick them off.
Technologies that change it
- Field Drill Castle, Dominion Age, Mongols only
- Levies Castle, Dominion Age
- Siege Wrights University, Dominion Age