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Onager Ship

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UNIT · CHRONICLES

Onager Ship

An upgraded Chronicles Catapult Ship with stronger siege attacks.

Onager Ship Chronicles in-game icon
Onager Ship Chronicles in-game icon

Overview

An upgraded Chronicles Catapult Ship with stronger siege attacks.

Availability and investment

Onager Ship becomes available in Chronicles. It is associated with Chronicles (Chronicles naval & specialist roster). The listed cost is not separately recorded 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.

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.

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.

Battlefield role and use

An upgraded Chronicles Catapult Ship with stronger siege attacks. Training time: 36 seconds. Its upgrade path is Catapult Ship → Onager Ship. Naval value depends on the opponent’s fleet and access to water: combine complementary ship roles and protect the routes used to reinforce or transport.

Base unit statistics

Upgrade age
Imperial Age
Upgrade cost
600 Food, 500 Gold
Upgrade time
80 seconds
Training time
36 seconds
Attack
50 + 1 × 5 additional projectiles
Attack bonus vs. Buildings
20
Reload time
6 seconds
Range
8
Speed
1.15

Base values before civilization bonuses or researched technologies.

Focus
Naval · siege ship
Signature / category
Chronicles naval & specialist roster
Release / context
Chronicles
Region
Chronicles
Classification
Chronicles

upgrade Line: Catapult Ship → Onager Ship

chronicles Upgrade Line: Catapult Ship → Onager Ship

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