Catapult Trireme

Catapult Trireme
Age	Iron Age
Trained at	Dock
Type	Naval Vessel
Cost	135 Wood, 75 Gold
HP	120
Attack	35
Range	9
Armor	0
Pierce Armor	0
Speed	Medium
Upgraded To	Juggernaut
Cost to Upgrade	2000 Food 900 Wood

In Age of Empires, the Catapult Trireme is a large naval unit with a catapult mounted on top of the deck. It fires every 3 seconds and throws large rocks and boulders toward enemy targets at a long distance. Once the Trireme has been upgraded, the technology which enables Catapult Trireme becomes available at the Dock.

Upgrades

• Alchemy increases attack by 1
• Ballistics increases accuracy
• Engineering increases range by 2

Civilization Bonuses

• Phoenician naval siege units fire 66% faster.
• Minoan naval units costs 30% less.
• Yamato naval units have 30% more HP

Strategy

It has fewer hitpoints and fires slower than its original counterpart, but fills it up with strength per projectile, more range and does damage to a certain location rather than a single unit. Because of its relative low amount of hit points compared to other units, a successful naval victory through a full-scale assault can be obtained by escorting them with a large group of triremes.

Being a Trireme, it is not an upgrade to Trireme itself, but a separate unit. It can be upgraded into a Juggernaut once Engineering is researched. It benefits from such researches as Alchemy for its attack strength, Ballistics for its accuracy and Engineering for its range.

See also

• Units (Age of Empires)