Ancient of War (Warcraft III)

For other uses, see Ancient of War (disambiguation).

Ancient of War
Classic Reforged
Race	Ancient
Faction	Night Elf Sentinels
Statistics
Hit points	900
Hit point regeneration	Night
Hit point regeneration rate	0.50 HP/sec.
Unit Classified As	Ancient
Level	1
Gold	150
Lumber	60
Build time	60 sec.
Hotkey	R
Combat
Weapon(s)	Ancient Claws
Normal attack	37-47 (42 avg)
Can attack	Ground, Structure, Debris, Item, Ward
Range	12.8
Attack type	Normal
Cooldown	2.50 sec.
Weapon type	Normal
Armor Type	Fortified (Rooted); Heavy (Uprooted)
Armor	2
Day Sight	90
Night Sight	60
Movement Speed	40 (While Uprooted)

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

Ancients of War are night elf units.

Production

Units Produced

• ROC
• TFT

Unit
Archer	Huntress	Ballista

Unit
Archer	Huntress	Glaive Thrower

Upgrades Available

• ROC
• TFT

Research
Improved Bows	Sentinel	Marksmanship	Moon Glaive	Impaling Bolt

Research
Improved Bows	Sentinel	Marksmanship	Moon Glaive	Vorpal Blades

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	Effect
150 200	Tree of Life/Tree of Ages/Tree of Eternity	Tree of Ages/Tree of Eternity	60 sec.	Armor: 7 Movement Speed: 80

Patch changes

• Patch 1.30.0 (2018-08-08):
  • Hit points reduced from 1000 to 900.
  • Base damage reduced from 45-55 to 37-47.
    
• Patch 1.13 (2003-12-16): Eat trees 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 1000 from 800.
  • Nature's Blessing upgrade is now first available at Tree of Ages instead of Tree of Eternity.