With the passage of time, a Tree of Life may grow into a tree of ages, tempering the balance of nature and forging a bond strong enough to allow advanced development within the night elf community. With this evolution comes increased knowledge, wisdom and awareness.[1]
Can further grow into a Tree of Eternity.
These ancients suffered heavy losses during the Third War and returned to the forests to spread their seeds and replenish their numbers undisturbed.[2]
Production
Spells and abilities
Eat Tree
- Consume a tree to restore 500 hit points over 30 seconds.
| Duration |
Effect
|
| 30 sec. |
Heals 500 hit points.
|
Uproot
- Allows the Ancient to pull itself up out of the ground so that it can move.
- Also gives the Ancient Heavy armor.
| Duration |
Effect
|
| 2.50 sec. |
Can move, gets Heavy armor.
|
Root
- Burrows the Ancient's roots into the ground, rendering it immobile, but allowing it to build units.
- Also gives the Ancient Fortified armor.
| Duration |
Effect
|
| 2.50 sec. |
Can't move, gets Fortified armor.
|
Upgrades
- Nature's Blessing
- Upgrades all Ancients' and Treants' movement speed and armor.
| Research Cost |
Researched At |
Requirements |
Upgrade Time
|
150  200  |
Tree of Life |
Tree of Ages |
60 sec.
|
Patch changes
| Patch 1.13 (12/17/2003)
|
- Eat tree now heals 500 hit points over 30 seconds,
- up from 200 hit points over 10 seconds.
|
Patch 1.10 (2003-07-03): Ancients now attack while rooted.
Patch 1.06 (2003-06-03): Ancients temporarily lose their fortified armor when they uproot, becoming medium armor units.
- Patch 1.01 (2002-07-05):
- Hit points increased to 1700 from 1400.
- Nature's Blessing upgrade is now first available at Tree of Ages instead of Tree of Eternity.
References
Wisp
