Lumber Mill (WC1 Orc)

For lore about lumber mills, see Lumber mill.

Lumber Mill
Race	Orc
Statistics
Hit Points	600
Armor	0 2 (1 upgrade) 4 (all upgrades)
Basic Damage	N/A
Range	N/A
Decay Rate	N/A
Production Related
Gold	600
Lumber	500
Build time	1500
Campaign
Unlocked in	The Borderlands

This article contains lore or information taken from Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and/or its manual.

This is where the roughly cut wood supplied by the peon laborers is made usable by skilled workers for buildings, spears, and catapults. If other Orcs require specific woods for their sites, only your Lumber Mill will have the necessary workers to complete the task. When funds are directed to the craftsmen of the Mill, they can increase the quality of your spears, making them bite even deeper into the hide of the Human scum.

Information

Lumber Mills are used to upgrade the attack of your Spearmen. Furthermore, the construction of advanced structures is only available once a Lumber Mill is up and running.

Upgrades Provided

Upgrade Spear Strength

Increases the piercing attack damage of Spearmen by 2

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
750	Lumber Mill	1400

Upgrade Spear Strength

Further increases the piercing attack damage of Spearmen by 2

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
1500	Lumber Mill	1400

Upgrades

Upgrade Shield Strength

Increases the armor of all your units and buildings by 2

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
750	Blacksmith	1200

Upgrade Shield Strength

Further increases the armor of all your units and buildings by 2

Research Cost	Researched At	Upgrade Time
1500	Blacksmith	1200

Notes

The computer player never researches Spear Strength upgrades during missions. There are two missions where the enemy begins with both upgrades (Spear Strength and Arrow Strength share the same memory address within the player's data):

• Northshire Abbey. Archers make good use of these upgrades.
• Medivh, though no enemy unit uses it.

Trivia

• In versions 1.00 and 1.01, Spearmen gained bonus damage from Axe Strength upgrades, making the Spear Strength upgrades pointless to research. In addition, only the first upgrade could be researched, with the second one being locked behind a Purchase Release Version of Warcraft wall. (Though if this is bypassed through memory editing, players will find the 2nd upgrade does nothing, like the 1st).

See also

• Lumber Mill (WC1 Human)