Battering Ram

Overview

A siege engine with strong resistance to arrows, used to approach and damage buildings.

Availability and investment

Battering Ram becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Siege Workshop. The listed cost is 160 Wood, 75 Gold and the training time is 36 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

• Upgrade path: Battering Ram → Capped Ram → Siege Ram

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Hit points: 175
• Pierce armor: 180
• Line of sight: 5
• Reload time: 5 seconds
• Movement speed: 0.6

Field use

Protect the siege engine while it closes on its target. Its value comes from creating pressure against structures or clustered forces, so give it an escort and a clear objective instead of sending it forward alone.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Siege weapon
• Armor class: Ram
• Battering Ram deals +40 bonus damage to units in the Siege weapon class
• Battering Ram deals +150 bonus damage to units in the All Buildings class

Related unit plan: Battering Ram escorted breach

Battering Ram: Battering Rams can absorb arrow fire and deal heavy damage to buildings, but a Castle can still destroy an unsupported Ram. Their value comes from forcing a breach while the army controls the ground around them Gather Rams with infantry or cavalry that can intercept defenders, then focus one wall or production building until the route opens. Keep units close enough to protect the Ram from melee attackers and continue pressure through the breach rather than leaving it isolated Castles and melee defenders can punish a Ram without support. Do not build one and send it alone toward a fortified base; wait until the army is ready to escort it