Springald line
Giant bolt thrower on wheels that wrecks enemy siege engines.
Springald
Giant bolt thrower on wheels that wrecks enemy siege engines.
- Age
- Stronghold Age
- Cost
- 200 wood100 gold
- Training time
- 30 s
- Health
- 200
- Population
- 3
- Attack
- 30 pierce, every 5 s
- Range
- 11
- Bonus damage
- +70 against siege
- Armour
- 0 melee, 20 pierce
- Speed
- 1.2
- Sight
- 10
Britons
Franks
Chinese
Mongols
Upgrade from the Springald at the Siege Workshop in the Dominion Age: 800 food750 wood, 50 s
Great Springald
A heavier bolt thrower: tougher, and its bolts tear through ranks and siege alike.
- Age
- Dominion Age
- Cost
- 200 wood100 gold
- Training time
- 30 s
- Health
- 300
- Population
- 3
- Attack
- 38 pierce, every 5 s
- Range
- 11
- Bonus damage
- +89 against siege
- Armour
- 0 melee, 20 pierce
- Speed
- 1.2
- Sight
- 10
- Britons
- Franks
- Chinese
- Mongols
Strong against
- Archer line, Longbowman (somewhat). Skirmishers and riders run down foot archers.
- Spearman line (somewhat). Arrows and swords beat spears.
- Militia line (somewhat). Swordsmen are all-rounders: nothing beats them cheaply in a straight fight, and shooters wear them down only while they keep their distance.
- Battering Ram line, Mangonel line, Rocket Battery line, Trebuchet, Bombard, Petard (somewhat). Riders and swords smash siege engines; bolt throwers and cannon pick them off.
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
- Fire Arrows Castle, Dominion Age, Chinese only
- Siege Wrights University, Dominion Age