Factory Wagon
Factory Wagon is a mobile construction unit that builds a Factory for free at a valid site. The Factory supplies automatic resource production, so the wagon represents a long-term economic shipment rather than a frontline reinforcement.
Recorded values
- Available
- Industrial Age
- Durability & mobility
- 500 hit points · 4.0 speed · 18 line of sight
- Ability
- Builds a Factory for free
Role, availability & values
Protect the wagon across the map, then place the Factory where it can operate safely. Its value accumulates through automatic production; losing the wagon before placement delays that investment. The Factory’s resource setting and access depend on civilization and scenario rules.
Matchup & timing
Send it once the economy can defend a valuable structure and the match can last long enough to benefit from production. Keep the completed Factory away from easy siege access and protect it with field units. Choose its output based on the resource limiting the next phase.
Free Factory construction
Factory Wagon is an Industrial Age mobile builder that creates a Factory for free. It has 500 hit points, speed 4.0 and line of sight 18. Its purpose is economic rather than military: after construction, the Factory automatically produces a resource, making the wagon a long-term investment. Escort it to a safe location and place the Factory where its output can continue without being destroyed by a quick raid. The resource setting and exact access depend on civilization or scenario rules. A free Factory saves the normal construction investment but still needs time to travel and place, and it creates a valuable target. The wagon is not a frontline unit; keep it behind the army and protect the completed structure. Send it when the economy can defend the investment and the match is likely to last long enough for passive production to repay the opportunity cost. Choose Food, Wood or Coin output according to the resource limiting the next phase, and switch settings when the plan changes.
Long-term resource production
A Factory built by the wagon produces resources automatically, so its value grows over time rather than arriving as an immediate army. Protect the wagon until the structure is placed and then defend the Factory. Select the resource that limits the current plan: Food for units and Villagers, Wood for structures, or Coin for advanced production. The available output may depend on civilization and scenario. A free construction action saves the usual building cost but does not remove travel time or the risk of losing the wagon. Send it when the settlement can protect a valuable economic structure and the match is expected to last long enough for passive production to matter. Do not count it as a combat unit when planning defense.
Economic investment
The Factory is a long-term source of automatic resources, so build it when the economy can protect the structure and the match has time for the production to accumulate. Choose the resource that is most limiting and defend the completed Factory.
Factory placement
Place the Factory where enemy siege cannot easily reach it and where the selected resource output can continue. The wagon’s 500 hit points and 4.0 speed require an escort during travel.
Industrial Age shipment
The wagon becomes available in the Industrial Age in the recorded profile. Use the free Factory construction when the economy can protect a long-term resource source, not as an emergency defense.
Resource output setting
Choose the Factory output according to whether Food, Wood or Coin limits the next phase. The wagon’s value comes from sustained production after placement.
Industrial investment timing
Use the wagon once the Industrial Age economy can defend a Factory and the match is expected to continue. Choose a resource output that will support the next army or transition, then keep the completed structure protected from siege.
Industrial shipment and Factory construction
A Factory Wagon is an Industrial Age construction unit that builds a Factory for free at a valid site. The completed Factory can automatically gather Food, Wood or Coin, or produce a civilization-specific heavy artillery unit. The wagon therefore turns a shipment into a lasting economic or military asset rather than an immediate combat force. Its 500 hit points, four speed and 18 line of sight help it travel, but it is vulnerable before reaching the chosen location. Protect the route and place the Factory where the continuing output can be defended.
Choose the Factory’s long-term role
The Factory’s resource setting should answer the economy’s current shortage, then be reconsidered when the next phase changes. A resource-producing Factory needs time to repay its shipment value; an artillery-producing one needs population space and an escort. Since the structure is difficult to replace if destroyed, avoid exposed forward placements and guard it against siege. The wagon’s value depends on how early it arrives and how long the match continues, so use it when there is enough time to benefit from the output. Keep mobile troops nearby while it travels and during construction.