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One of the strangest and most dire tools utilized by the undead Scourge is the dreaded Meat Wagon. This rickety contraption is used to collect and store recently slain corpses from the field of battle. At any time, corpses can be pulled from the Meat Wagon and raised into undead warriors or be cannibalized by preexisting undead warriors to rejuvenate themselves. The Meat Wagon can also 'fling' diseased corpses at enemy units by use of a crude catapult device. An invaluable support vehicle for the Scourge, the Meat Wagon strikes fear and woe into the hearts of even the most resolute defenders.
Spells and Abilities[]
Get Corpse (autocast)[]
Picks up a nearby corpse for later use.
Drop All Corpses[]
Drops all corpses for immediate use.
Disease Cloud[]
Meat Wagons will cause Disease Clouds wherever they attack that deal 1 damage per second for 120 seconds to nearby enemy units. Undead are immune to Disease Cloud.
Research Cost
Researched At
Requirements
Upgrade Time
100 200
Slaughterhouse
Black Citadel
45 sec.
Exhume Corpses[]
Gives Meat Wagons the ability to generate corpses.
Research Cost
Researched At
Requirements
Upgrade Time
75 50
Slaughterhouse
Halls of the Dead
20 sec.
Upgrades[]
Unholy Strength
Increases the attack damage of Ghouls, Meat Wagons, Abominations, Skeleton Warriors, and Skeletal Mages.
Research Cost
Researched At
Requirements
Upgrade Time
125 50
Graveyard
None
60 sec.
Improved Unholy Strength
Further increases the attack damage of Ghouls, Meat Wagons, Abominations, Skeleton Warriors, and Skeletal Mages.
Research Cost
Researched At
Requirements
Upgrade Time
200 150
Graveyard
Halls of the Dead
75 sec.
Advanced Unholy Strength
Further increases the attack damage of Ghouls, Meat Wagons, Abominations, Skeleton Warriors, and Skeletal Mages.
Research Cost
Researched At
Requirements
Upgrade Time
275 250
Graveyard
Black Citadel
90 sec.
Patch Changes[]
Patch 1.01 (07/03/2002)
Hit points reduced to 380 from 450.
Patch 1.06 (06/04/2003)
Night sight increased to 110 from 100.
Patch 1.15 (05/11/2004)
Exhume Corpses now requires Halls of the Dead instead of Black Citadel.
Patch 1.19 (09/18/2005)
Exhume Corpses research now costs 75 gold / 50 lumber down from 125 gold/ 100 lumber.