Mortar

“Crank it back and watch it fly. In peacetime you can use it to launch all kinds of stuff... most notable of course would be dead cows.”

“Fires high-flying explosive projectiles at your attackers, dealing area damage. Unable to enage targets at close range.”

Levels

Catapult Level 1

Catapult Level 2

Catapult Level 3

Mortar Level 4

Mortar Level 5

Mortar Level 6

Mortar Level 7

Mortar Level 8

Mortar Level 9

Mortar Level 10

Mortar Level 11

Mortar Level 12

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General Information

• The Mortar is a ranged weapon that delivers splash damage, hitting all units within the area of effect. It is not able to hit units that get close to it, as shown by the red circle when selected.
• The Mortar starts out as the Catapult at levels 1 - 3 and finally becomes the Mortar at level 4 and up.
• The Catapult is first available at the Iron Age.
• It is very effective against large numbers of low hit-point troops, such as Heavy Infantry and Ranged Infantry.

Defensive Strategies

• To create a nice "Kill Zone" put a Mortar 2-3 Blocks away from an Anti-Tank Gun. You could also include a Tower or a Machine Gun (Redoubt).
• Remember as these buildings need no access. You can encapsulate them within a Wall for extra defense with no Gate, unless you want to connect more buildings to the City Center via the Road for more City Center Hitpoints.

Statistics

Quantity Statistics

Age	Number Available
Iron Age	1
Classical Age	1 (2)
Medieval Age	2 (3)
Gunpowder Age
Enlightenment Age
Industrial Age	3 (4)
Global Age
Atomic Age
Cold War Age
Space Age
Digital Age
Information Age

Level Statistics

Level	Build Cost	Citizens Needed	Upgrade Time	Damage /Sec.	Range	HP	XP Reward	Age Unlocked
1	25,000	4	8h	33	10	700	610	Iron Age
2	160,000		1d	46		1,260	1,115	Classical Age
3	700,000		2d	56		1,980	1,630	Medieval Age
4	1,600,000		3d	60		2,735	2,040	Gunpowder Age
5	4,500,000		5d	64		4,550	2,700	Enlightenment Age
6	7,000,000		12d	85		5,300	4,365	Industrial Age
7	9,000,000		14d	98		5,830	4,750	Global Age
8	10,500,000		14d	121		7,600	4,750	Atomic Age
9	15,500,000		15d	161		9,880	4,935	Cold War Age
10	17,000,000		16d	228		12,930	5,150	Space Age
11	19,000,000		17d 12h	560?		24,150	5,175	Digital Age
12	21,000,000		18d				5,300	Information Age

Boosts

The Machinery Technology at the Library confers these bonuses to the Catapult/Mortar:

• Chapter 1: +20% Mortar attack
• Chapter 2: +10% Mortar health
• Chapter 3: +1 Additional Catapult/Mortar.
• Chapter 4: +10% Mortar health
• Chapter 5: Increase speed of fire by +10%.

The Radar Technology at the Library confers these bonuses to the Catapult/Mortar:

• Chapter 2 : Mortar connected to the City Center by Roads have +15% attack.

The research of Leonardo da Vinci in the University confers the following bonuses to Catapults/Mortar:

• Mortar Damage: Increase 3% damage per each skill level researched. (10 Levels)
• Mortar Upgrade Cost: Reduce 2% upgrade cost per each skill level researched. (10 Levels)
• Mortar Hit-points: Increase 3% hit-points per each skill level researched. (10 Levels)

VIP Bonuses

Building Upgrade Resource Cost

• Level 9 : 5%
• Level 12 : 10%
• Level 15 : 15%

Parliament

Base Financing: Defense

• Reduce cost of Defense building upgrades by 3,000 ~ 85,000 Food/Gold (to a minimum of Free)