Demolition Raft

Overview

An early explosive boat that can trade itself for damage to nearby ships.

Availability and investment

Demolition Raft becomes available in Feudal Age. Its listed production context is General roster. The listed cost is 45 Wood, 80 Gold and the training time is 45 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.

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: 40
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 0
• Line of sight: 6
• Movement speed: 1.42

Field use

Use the unit where water control matters: protect fishing and transport routes, contest enemy ships, or support a landing. Its impact depends on the map’s shore access and the rest of the fleet.

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: Ship
• Demolition Raft deals +180 bonus damage to units in the All Buildings class

Related unit plan: Demolition Raft clustered-fleet strike

Demolition Raft: Demolition Rafts are fast but fragile, so their best use is a short high-impact run into a cluster of enemy ships. A direct hit can change a small naval fight before the opponent can reposition Wait until enemy Galleys or Fire Galleys group around a route, then send the Raft from an angle that reduces warning time. Use ordinary ships to draw attention and keep the Raft’s approach hidden until the target formation is committed A Raft can be destroyed quickly and is inefficient against a spread-out fleet or a well-guarded Dock. Do not chase individual ships across open water or launch the attack before a useful target cluster appears