Tower

Single-hex spire. The base flares for stability, the shaft rises in stone coursed by horizontal mortar seams, and a parapet with crenellations caps it. Three torches burn at the top — centre and both sides — so a Tower reads across the map even at night. A small pennant trails from the parapet in faction colour.

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Tower

Standalone defensive spire with stone shaft, parapet, crenellations, and a lit torch crown — scout vision and ranged deterrent.

Type: building
Kind: tower

🏛️ Structure Stats

Footprint: 1 × 1
Max Health: 320 HP
Construction Time: 25s
Walkable: ✗ No
Blocks Placement: ✓ Yes

Build Costs:

timber : 2
stone-block : 4

ID: 01KPY32HFZGBKMW4EEEK573R59

Ref: tower

Rendering: Layer: Foreground, PPU: 64

Game Role

Standalone build — no upgrade chain, place directly inside Player territory for 2 Timber + 4 Stone Block.
Territory anchor — emits a 3-hex TerritoryEmitter so a pair of Towers can stretch borders between settlements.
Future scout / volley — tagged with TowerTag for the volley + vision pipeline to come online later; shader-ready today.
Footprint — single hex.
Durability — 320 HP.

Lore

A Tower is a silhouette argument. Raised on the right ridge, it tells every traveller whose border they just crossed before they meet a single guard. Empires measure their confidence in how many Towers they can afford to leave un-manned — the structure alone doing diplomatic work the garrison never needs to.