Castle (Warcraft III)

For lore about castles, see Castle.

Castle
Race	Human
Faction	Alliance
Statistics
Hit points	2500 (3250*)
Gold	360
Lumber	210
Food	Produces 12
Build time	140 sec.
Repair time	120 sec.
Requires	Altar of Kings
Hotkey	U
Combat
Armor Type	Fortified
Armor	5 (8*)
Day Sight	90
Night Sight	60

This article or section contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

Castles represent the pinnacle of advanced human civilization. With this advancement comes the ability to support stables for housing the war-steeds of the heroic knights. This progression also allows the building of gryphon aviaries.

Production

Unit
Peasant

Unit
Peasant

Upgrades available

Research
Backpack

Research
Backpack

Spells and abilities

Call to Arms

Call all the nearby peasants to be converted to Militia.

Lasts 45 seconds.

Back to Work

Call all the nearby Militia to be converted to Peasants.

Call to Arms

Call all the nearby peasants to be converted to Militia.

Lasts 45 seconds.

Back to Work

Call all the nearby Militia to be converted to Peasants.

Upgrades

Improved Masonry

Increases the armor and hit points of Human buildings.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
100 25	Lumber Mill	60 sec.

Advanced Masonry

Increases the armor and hit points of Human buildings.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time
125 50	Lumber Mill	Keep	75 sec.

Imbued Masonry

Further increases the armor and hit points of Human buildings.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time
150 75	Lumber Mill	Castle	90 sec.

Improved Masonry

Increases the armor and hit points of Human buildings.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
100 25	Lumber Mill	60 sec.

Advanced Masonry

Increases the armor and hit points of Human buildings.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time
125 50	Lumber Mill	Keep	75 sec.

Imbued Masonry

Further increases the armor and hit points of Human buildings.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time
150 75	Lumber Mill	Castle	90 sec.

Patch changes

Patch 1.25 (03/10/2011)
Masonry Upgrade health boost decreased to 10% from 20% for all 3 levels.

• Patch 1.10 (2003-07-03):
  • The Frozen Throne
    • Human masonry upgrade cost reduced to 100/25, 125/50 and 150/75 from 100/100, 125/175, 175/250.
      
• Patch 1.04c (2003-01-30): Fixed an issue that allowed players to keep Castles and Keeps alive for abnormal lengths of time while those buildings were under attack.
  
• Patch 1.01 (2002-07-05): Hit points increased to 2500 from 2000.
  

See also

• Castle (Warcraft II)