Tauren Totem (Warcraft III)

Tauren Totem
Faction	Orcish Horde
Statistics
Hit points	900
Gold	135
Lumber	155
Build time	70 sec.
Requires	Stronghold
Hotkey	T
Combat
Armor Type	Fortified
Armor	5
Day Sight	90
Night Sight	60

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

Trains Tauren and Spirit Walkers and provides upgrades: the Tauren's Pulverize and Spirit Walker upgrades.

Production

Units Produced

Unit
-	Tauren

Unit
Spirit Walker	Tauren

Upgrades Available

Research
-	-	Pulverize

Research
Spirit Walker Adept Training	Spirit Walker Master Training	Upgrade Pulverize

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

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 1.31.0 (2019-05-28): Tauren now start with a reduced Pulverize that deals 20 damage. The Pulverize upgrade has been changed to “Upgrade Pulverize,” which increases the damage of Pulverize to 60
  
• Patch 1.30.0 (2018-08-08): Tech Tree change:
  • Now unlocks with Stronghold instead of Fortress
  • Now trains Spirit Walkers and Spirit Walker upgrades
  • Swapped command card locations so Spirit Walkers are (0,0)
  • No longer requires War Mill to build
    
• Patch 1.10 (2003-07-03):
  • The Frozen Throne
    • Tauren Totem cost changed to 135/155 from 90/200.
      
• Patch 1.06 (2003-06-03): Build time decreased to 60 from 70.