Ancient of Lore (Warcraft III)

Ancient of Lore
Race	Ancient
Faction	Night Elf Sentinels
Statistics
Hit points	900
Hit point regeneration	Night
Hit point regeneration rate	0.50 HP/sec.
Level	1
Gold	155
Lumber	145
Build time	70 sec.
Requires	Tree of Ages, Hunter's Hall
Hotkey	L
Combat
Weapon(s)	Ancient Claws and Staff
Normal attack	41-50 (45.5 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.

Production

Units Produced

Unit
Dryad	Druid of the Claw	-

Unit
Dryad	Druid of the Claw	Mountain Giant

Upgrades Available

Research
Abolish Magic	-	Druid of the Claw Adept Training	Druid of the Claw Master Training	-	-

Research
Abolish Magic	Mark of the Claw	Druid of the Claw Adept Training	Druid of the Claw Master Training	Hardened Skin	Resistant Skin

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 1.13 (2003-12-16): 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.