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One of the strangest and most dire tools utilized by the undead Scourge is the dreaded Meat Wagon. This rickety contraption is used to collect and store recently slain corpses from the field of battle. At any time, corpses can be pulled from the Meat Wagon and raised into undead warriors. The Meat Wagon can also 'fling' diseased corpses at enemy units by use of a crude catapult device. An invaluable support vehicle for the Scourge, the Meat Wagon strikes fear and woe into the hearts of even the most resolute defenders.
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The Meat Wagon functions similarly to the Night Elven Glaive Thrower and Orcish Demolishers as long-range mechanical siege units, and as such are effective against heavily fortified enemies where a simple head-on attack would be unfeasible. However, despite this use, they're fairly uncommon due to their slow attack and movement and only have use among Necromancer using players.
Unlike its other counterparts, the Meat Wagon is also designed to hold corpses - up to eight at any given time. The Meat Wagon preserves the corpses held inside them, so they will never decay. This makes it particularly useful for Death Knights and Necromancers. While it is unlikely that there will be many high-level creeps on any given map, the Meat Wagon may hold onto them for the Death Knight to reanimate, temporarily giving players powerful assistants for their side. Necromancers also enjoy the benefit of the Meat Wagon by quickly summoning Skeletal warriors and/or mages as soon as they enter the battlefield for additional assistance.
The Meat Wagon doesn't automatically pick up corpses unless set on automatic - they collect the nearest corpses. If Exhumed Corpses has been researched, then the Meat Wagon automatically supplies itself with corpses like the Graveyards, making the process of collecting corpses unnecessary. Meat Wagons can also benefit from the Disease Cloud research as their attacks become capable of spreading disease onto enemies.
Spells and abilities
Get Corpse (Autocast)
- Picks up a nearby corpse for later use.
Drop All Corpses
- Drops all corpses for immediate use.
Disease Cloud
- Meat Wagons will cause Disease Clouds wherever they attack that deal 1 damage per second for 120 seconds to nearby enemy units.
- Undead are immune to Disease Cloud.
| Research Cost |
Researched At |
Requirements |
Upgrade Time
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100  200  |
Slaughterhouse |
Black Citadel |
45 sec.
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Exhume Corpses
- Gives Meat Wagons the ability to generate corpses.
| Research Cost |
Researched At |
Requirements |
Upgrade Time
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| 75 50 |
Slaughterhouse |
Halls of the Dead |
20 sec.
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Upgrades
- Unholy Strength
- Increases the attack damage of Ghouls, Meat Wagons, Abominations, Skeleton Warriors, and Skeletal Mages.
| Research Cost |
Researched At |
Upgrade Time
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| 125 50 |
Graveyard |
60 sec.
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- Improved Unholy Strength
- Further increases the attack damage of Ghouls, Meat Wagons, Abominations, Skeleton Warriors, and Skeletal Mages.
| Research Cost |
Researched At |
Requirements |
Upgrade Time
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| 200 150 |
Graveyard |
Halls of the Dead |
75 sec.
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- Advanced Unholy Strength
- Further increases the attack damage of Ghouls, Meat Wagons, Abominations, Skeleton Warriors, and Skeletal Mages.
| Research Cost |
Researched At |
Requirements |
Upgrade Time
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| 275 250 |
Graveyard |
Black Citadel |
90 sec.
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Patch changes
| Patch 1.19 (09/18/2005)
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- Exhume Corpses research now costs 75 gold / 50 lumber down from 125 gold / 100 lumber.
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| Patch 1.15 (05/11/2004)
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- Exhume Corpses now requires Halls of the Dead instead of Black Citadel.
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External links
Battle.net Warcraft III - Undead -> Units -> Meat Wagon
Patch 1.06 (2003-06-03): All basic siege units (Mortar Teams, Catapults, etc.) have had their night sight increased to 1100 from 1000. 
Battle.net Warcraft III - Undead -> Units -> Meat Wagon
