Burrow (Warcraft III)

For lore about burrows, see Burrow.

Orc Burrow
Faction	Orcish Horde
Statistics
Hit points	600
Gold	160
Lumber	40
Food	Produces 10
Build time	50 sec.
Hotkey	O
Combat
Weapon(s)	Throwing Spears (While the Peons are inside the Orc Burrow)
Normal attack	23-27 (25 avg)
Can attack	Air, Ground, Structure, Debris, Item, Ward
Range	70
Attack type	Piercing
Cooldown	2.00 sec.
Weapon type	Missile
Armor Type	Heavy
Armor	5
Day Sight	80
Night Sight	80

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

Burrows are orc structures that served dual purposes: they act not only as farms for the harvesting of various roots and crops, but also as fortified bunkers for the peon workers to hide in during times of attack. Increasing numbers of these structures provide food to support the amassing of additional troops. Once Thrall began ordering Burrows to be built instead of Pig Farms, he saw how they could be beneficial to his workers. Spears, bows, and other long-ranged weaponry are stored within a burrow with it's store of food. Peons are not... particularly effective... with these weapons, but peons are better at fighting behind a stone wall, rather than on the front lines.

Spells and abilities

Battle Stations

Causes nearby Peons to run into the Burrow so that they can defend their base.

The more Peons in a Burrow, the faster it attacks. Burrows can hold a maximum of four Peons.­

Area of Effect	Effect	Attack Cooldown
200	Orc Burrow can attack enemies.	1 Peon: 2.00 sec. 2 Peons: 1.33 sec. 3 Peons: 1.00 sec. 4 Peons: 0.80 sec.

Stand Down

Causes Peons within the Burrow to return to work.

Upgrades

Spiked Barricades

Surrounds Orc buildings with spikes that damage enemy melee attackers. Deals 4 damage per attack.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time	Effect
25 75	War Mill	60 sec.	Damage: 4

Improved Spiked Barricades

Increases the amount of damage inflicted on melee attackers by 6.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time	Effect
50 175	War Mill	Stronghold	75 sec.	Damage: 10

Advanced Spiked Barricades

Further increases the amount of damage inflicted on melee attackers by 6.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time	Effect
75 275	War Mill	Fortress	90 sec.	Damage: 16

Reinforced Defenses

Upgrades Burrows and Watch Towers so that they have Fortified armor.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time	Effect
75 175	War Mill	Stronghold	60 sec.	Armor Type: Fortified

Spiked Barricades

Surrounds Orc buildings with spikes that damage enemy melee attackers. Deals 5 damage per attack plus an additional 20% damage of the attacker's damage.

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time	Effect
25 75	War Mill	60 sec.	Damage: 5 + 20% of the attacker's damage.

Improved Spiked Barricades

Increases the amount of additional damage inflicted on melee attackers by 30% of the attacker's damage.

Research Cost	Researched At	Requirements	Upgrade Time	Effect
50 100	War Mill	Stronghold	75 sec.	Damage: 5 + 50% of the attacker's damage.

Patch changes

• Patch 1.12 (2003-07-31):
  • The Frozen Throne
    • Burrow armor has been increased from 2 to 5 and damage has been reduced from 1d8+33 to 1d5+22.
      
• Patch 1.10 (2003-07-03): An "Occupied" graphic now appears over Orc Burrows, Goblin Zeppelins, Entangled Gold Mines, etc. This allows players to quickly tell how many units are currently occupying a structure or transport.
  

External links

battle.net Orc Burrow