Tower

This article is about towers in WvW. For towers in Edge of the Mists, see Tower (Edge of the Mists).

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Towers are worth their weight in gold. Control one of these locations, and you'll control the local roads. A tower also makes for a great base of operations.

• Towers have their own set of walls and a heavy gate protecting the entrance.
• You'll also have to deal with a complement of guards before taking any tower.
• Towers can be upgraded to have pots of oil, cannons, or mortars, so be careful approaching one.
• Towers are good targets for a force that isn't large enough to take on a keep.

— Instructor

Towers are a type of objective in World vs World. Towers are smaller versions of keeps with a single gate and entrance portal and a single wall layer with a few breakable segments. They can be upgraded to have a pot of oil, a cannon and a mortar to help with defense.

Towers can initially stockpile 100 supply, which is delivered to them by supply caravans from nearby resource camps. Upgrades increase this cap; tier 1 upgrades increase it by 25, tier 2 upgrades by 50 and tier 3 upgrades by 75, for a maximum of 700 supply once all upgrades are purchased.

Towers are worth 4 points per 5 minute tick for the holding team.

List of towers

Eternal Battlegrounds

• Mendon's Gap
• Veloka Slope
• Anzalias Pass
• Ogrewatch Cut
• Wildcreek Run
• Aldon's Ledge
• Klovan Gully
• Jerrifer's Slough
• Durios Gulch
• Bravost Escarpment
• Quentin Lake
• Langor Gulch

Red Desert Borderlands

• O'del Academy
• Eternal Necropolis
• Parched Outpost
• Crankshaft Depot

Red Alpine Borderlands

• Longview
• Cliffside
• Greenbriar
• Bluelake

Green Desert Borderlands

• Y'lan Academy
• Deathless Necropolis
• Withered Outpost
• Sparkplug Depot

Green Alpine Borderlands

• Sunnyhill
• Cragtop
• Bluebriar
• Redlake

Blue Desert Borderlands

• Kay'li Academy
• Undying Necropolis
• Barren Outpost
• Flywheel Depot

Blue Alpine Borderlands

• Woodhaven
• Dawn's Eyrie
• Redbriar
• Greenlake

Edge of the Mists

• Stonegaze Spire
• Tytone Perch
• Inferno's Needle

Objective upgrades

Automatic upgrades

Tier	Upgrade		Description
Secured (20 dolyaks)		Build Pot of Oil	Fortifies the objective with a pot of burning oil.
	Build Cannon	Fortifies the objective with a cannon.
	Recruit Outfiter	Recruits a general-goods vendor to the objective.
	Storage Expansion	Increases the objective's maximum supply hold size by 200.
Reinforced (40 dolyaks)		Reinforced Walls	Increases the health and defense values of the objective's walls and gates to reinforced levels.
	Build Mortar	Fortifies the objective with a mortar.
	Recruit Siegemaster	Recruits a siege-weapon vendor to the objective.
	Additional Guards	Recruits additional guards to protect the objective.
Fortified (80 dolyaks)		Reinforced Walls	Increases the health and defense values of the objective's walls and gates to Reinforced levels.
	Recruit Patrol	Recruit guards to patrol the objective.
	Guard Training	Increases the level of all guards at the objective.
	Storage Expansion	Increases the objective's maximum supply hold size by 200.

Tactics

Tier	Tactic	Availability	Description
(Hold for 10min)	Minor Supply Drop	All objectives	Activate this Tactic to have 100 supply deposited at the objective.
	Chilling Fog	All objectives	Activate this Tactic to temporarily summon chill inducers that will chill invaders at the objective.
(Hold for 30min)	Centaur Banner	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Summon a Centaur Banner at your objective. This banner provides the wielder access to powerful offensive skills, as well as a break bar.
	Turtle Banner	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Summon a Turtle Banner at your objective. This banner provides the wielder access to powerful defensive skills, as well as a break bar.
	Dragon Banner	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Summon a Dragon Banner at your objective. This banner provides the wielder access to powerful offensive skills, as well as a break bar.
(Hold for 60min)	Emergency Waypoint	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Activate this tactic to temporarily create a uncontestable waypoint at the objective.
	Invulnerable Fortifications	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Activate this tactic to temporarily make all walls and gates at the objective invulnerable.

Improvements

Tier	Tactic	Availability	Description
(Hold for 10min)	Sabotage Depot	All objectives	Deploy bombs at the supply depot that will explode if the objective is captured by an enemy team. The explosion will destroy all remaining supply at the objective.
	Hardened Gates	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Gates can only be damaged by siege weapons.
(Hold for 30min)	Iron Guards	All objectives	Guards gain Iron Hide, reducing incoming damage by 50%.
	Hardened Siege	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Greatly reduces non-siege weapon damage to cannons, mortars, and oil pots.
(Hold for 60min)	Auto Turrets	Towers, Keeps, Castle	Automatic turrets deployed above the objective's gates.
	Watchtower	Towers	A spy balloon is deployed above the tower, which will mark nearby enemies on the map.

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