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Role and stats #

Powerful, vulnerable wall siege; ×3 vs Walls, ×0.25 vs troops. These are base stats before researched bonuses.

Role: Powerful, vulnerable wall siege; ×3 vs Walls, ×0.25 vs troops
Branch: Siege
Recruit at: Siege Workshop level 25
Cost per unit: 1,643 Food, 1,238 Wood, 990 Metal
Base training: 45m
Health / Armor / Damage: 300 / 10 / 150
Counters: ×3 versus walls, ×0.25 versus troops
Armor ignored: 0%
PvP cargo capacity: 200

Recruitment unlock: Counterweight Engineering: University level 25, 374,850 Crystals, 104h 10m. Siege Workshop details.

Training at each facility level #

One batch is active per facility; additional batches wait in order. Times below are per unit, before active VIP; lower facility levels cannot recruit this unit.

Trebuchet training times, before VIP
Facility level	Time per unit	Change from base
25	23m 24s	−48%

Every research upgrade #

Each rank gives another 5% to its own stat; ranks I–V total +25% per stat. Research is account-wide, permanent, and completes offline.

Trebuchet individual research projects
Upgrade	Stat	Rank bonus	Resulting Regular stat	University	Extra facility gate	Crystal cost	Time	Prerequisite
Health I	Health	+5% total	315	25	None	150	30m	Counterweight Engineering
Health II	Health	+10% total	330	25	None	700	2h	Counterweight Engineering, Health I
Health III	Health	+15% total	345	25	None	2,550	4h 30m	Counterweight Engineering, Health II, Veteran
Health IV	Health	+20% total	360	25	None	7,700	8h	Counterweight Engineering, Health III
Health V	Health	+25% total	375	25	None	20,600	12h 30m	Counterweight Engineering, Health IV, Elite
Armor I	Armor	+5% total	10.5	25	None	150	30m	Counterweight Engineering
Armor II	Armor	+10% total	11	25	None	700	2h	Counterweight Engineering, Armor I
Armor III	Armor	+15% total	11.5	25	None	2,550	4h 30m	Counterweight Engineering, Armor II, Veteran
Armor IV	Armor	+20% total	12	25	None	7,700	8h	Counterweight Engineering, Armor III
Armor V	Armor	+25% total	12.5	25	None	20,600	12h 30m	Counterweight Engineering, Armor IV, Elite
Damage I	Damage	+5% total	157.5	25	None	150	30m	Counterweight Engineering
Damage II	Damage	+10% total	165	25	None	700	2h	Counterweight Engineering, Damage I
Damage III	Damage	+15% total	172.5	25	None	2,550	4h 30m	Counterweight Engineering, Damage II, Veteran
Damage IV	Damage	+20% total	180	25	None	7,700	8h	Counterweight Engineering, Damage III
Damage V	Damage	+25% total	187.5	25	None	20,600	12h 30m	Counterweight Engineering, Damage IV, Elite

Veteran and Elite improvements #

Research the rank, then convert existing stationed units in their recruiting building. Conversion costs below are per unit, in addition to the one-time Crystal research cost. Veteran adds +20% base Armor and Damage; Elite adds +40%. Health is unaffected by equipment.

Trebuchet equipment unlocks and conversion costs
Conversion	Facility level	Rank research	University	Research Crystals	Research time	Research prerequisites	Conversion cost / unit
Regular → Veteran	10	Veteran	25	700	2h	Health II, Armor II, Damage II	3,871 Metal, 822 Food
Veteran → Elite	18	Elite	25	7,700	8h	Health IV, Armor IV, Damage IV, Veteran	5,807 Metal, 1,233 Food

Trebuchet Regular, Veteran, and Elite stats
Equipment	Stat research	Health	Armor	Damage
Regular	No stat research	300	10	150
Regular	All three stat tracks rank V	375	12.5	187.5
Veteran	No stat research	300	12	180
Veteran	All three stat tracks rank V	375	14.5	217.5
Elite	No stat research	300	14	210
Elite	All three stat tracks rank V	375	16.5	247.5

Trebuchet improvement times before active VIP
Facility level	Regular → Veteran / unit	Veteran → Elite / unit
10	18m 27s	Requires level 18
11	18m	Requires level 18
12	17m 33s	Requires level 18
13	17m 6s	Requires level 18
14	16m 39s	Requires level 18
15	16m 12s	Requires level 18
16	15m 45s	Requires level 18
17	15m 18s	Requires level 18
18	14m 51s	22m 16.5s
19	14m 24s	21m 36s
20	13m 57s	20m 55.5s
21	13m 30s	20m 15s
22	13m 3s	19m 34.5s
23	12m 36s	18m 54s
24	12m 9s	18m 13.5s
25	11m 42s	17m 33s

Learn the system #

Planning an army? Add Trebuchet to the Army Planner to total costs, training time and cargo for a whole force.

Rules reference. Values come from the game rules at revision 999310651f (snapshot e5f090b681, checked 5 October 2026). Base values exclude conditional bonuses such as VIP and active monuments. Numbers can change between playtest updates.