Artillery

 

"Your Gunboat fires a high-explosive cannon shell that damages enemy buildings. Be careful not to hit your own troops!"

Summary

• Artillery is the first weapon of your Gunboat. It is unlocked right at the start of your game.
• Artillery deals splash damage.
• Artillery can harm nearby troops.
• Artillery can be used to trigger Mines and Boom Mines.
• Each shot costs 2 more Energy than the previous, with a starting cost of 3 Energy.

Offensive Strategy

• Use Artillery to destroy key Defensive Buildings so that your troops do not come under fire from them at all.
• Artillery can also trigger Mines and Boom Mines, so Artillery can be used to clear any of these that are in your way.
• Artillery shells deal splash damage, so if two or more buildings are adjacent to each other, an Artillery shell can deal its full damage to all of them if directed at the center of the building cluster.

• It is possible to destroy resource and supportive buildings to accumulate more energy for other Gunboat Weaponry, but it is wise to ensure you receive more Energy than how much you actually spend on firing Artillery.

Check out our Artillery Hit-to-Kill Calculator to find out how many Artillery shots it takes to destroy any building.

Defensive Strategy

• Do not place buildings adjacent to each other, not even adjacent at a corner, as they can all be damaged or destroyed at the same time. 
• Upgrade defenses that are common Artillery targets to increase their health. If a defense has a lot of health, an attacker will have to use more energy to destroy it. Building Health Statues can also be used for this reason.

Upgrade Differences

• There are no visual differences between upgrades. However, damage increases by 11% with each level.

Statistics

Damage Radius	Damage Radius Against Troops
0.49 tiles	1.5 tiles

Level	Damage	Research Cost	Armory	Research Time	Instant	XP Gain
1	700	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	777	10,400	1	2h	56	14
3	862	20,900	2	3h	81	17
4	957	44,000	3	5h	127	24
5	1,063	88,000	4	7h	182	28
6	1,180	150,000	5	11h	255	34
7	1,309	252,000	6	15h	337	40
8	1,453	400,000	7	19h	427	45
9	1,613	580,000	8	22h	512	48
10	1,791	680,000	9	22h	543	48
11	1,988	760,000	10	1d	583	51
12	2,206	1,030,000	11	1d 4h	691	57
13	2,449	1,410,000	12	1d 9h	829	62
14	2,718	1,600,000	13	1d 9h	877	62
15	3,017	1,920,000	14	1d 18h	1,021	70
16	3,349	2,640,000	15	1d 22h	1,210	73
17	3,718	3,040,000	16	1d 22h	1,291	73
18	4,127	3,400,000	17	2d 3h	1,401	77
19	4,580	4,000,000	18	2d 5h	1,534	79
20	5,084	4,700,000	19	2d 8h	1,682	81
21	5,644	5,400,000	20	2d 9h	1,816	83

Number of Shots	Energy Cost	Cumulative Energy Cost
1	3	3
2	5	8
3	7	15
4	9	24
5	11	35
6	13	48
7	15	63
8	17	80
9	19	99
10	21	120
11	23	143
12	25	168
13	27	195
14	29	224