Welcome to our Warcraft 3 Building Guide for Humans, Night Elf, Undead and Orc Race, we listed every structure you can build and other useful stats such as the Gold and Lumber Cost. If that structure has the ability to attack nearby units the damage and attack range stats will also be shown. Players who plan to play a Tower Rush style will find this guide especially useful when choosing which Race to use for a Tower Rush Build.
Warcraft 3 Reforged Buildings Guide
This Warcraft 3 Reforged Building Guide will list each building for each race, within these lists you can find important stats such as Gold, Lumber and Time to Build Cost. Just below that is an image taken from the WC3 Battle.Net website that showcases the Tech Tree or Build Path of structures for each race. In some cases, certain buildings can attack enemy units both the Night Elf and Undead have multiple structures and every Race has at least one type of Tower that can attack nearby units.
Stat legend (as listed on the page):
- HP – determines the unit health points
- Attack Type – The type of attack the units uses, this can vary based on the type of unit you are attacking (Ground/Air).
- Defense Type – The type of defense the unit uses, depending on its weakness the unit will take less or more damage.
- Damage – The amount of damage dealt per attack.
- Cool – The cooldown between attacks, also known as Attack Speed.
- Range – The distance of the units Attack Range.
- Cost – Listed the Gold, Lumber and Time to Build Cost.
Human Building Guide
When it comes to the Human Race you can expect to see multiple Barracks, Arcane Sanctums and Gryphon Aviary. since these buildings produce the majority of the units that are used for builds it important to place them in good locations to avoid losing them when the enemy is attacking your base. Building Farms around any structure can help keep it safe from most melee units.
| Unit | Gold | Lumber | Build Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altar of Kings | 180 | 50 | 60s |
| Arcane Sanctum | 150 | 140 | 70s |
| Arcane Tower | 100 | 70 | 50s |
| Arcane Vault | 130 | 30 | 60s |
| Blacksmith | 140 | 60 | 70s |
| Cannon Tower | 150 | 120 | 65s |
| Castle | 1065 | 625 | 140s |
| Farm | 80 | 20 | 35s |
| Guard Tower | 100 | 70 | 50s |
| Keep | 705 | 415 | 140s |
| Lumber Mill | 120 | 0 | 60s |
| Scout Tower | 30 | 20 | 25s |
| Town Hall | 385 | 205 | 180s |
| Workshop | 140 | 140 | 60s |
Orc Building Guide
The Orc Race uses mostly Barracks, Spirit Lodges, Tauren Totem and Beastiary to make units, using Orc Borrows can help protect important structures within your base. Watch Towers add a little more defense for your bases but do not scale as well as the Human and Undead Race Towers.
| Unit | Gold | Lumber | Build Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altar of Storms | 180 | 50 | 60s |
| Beastiary | 145 | 140 | 60s |
| Fortress | 1025 | 565 | 140s |
| Great Hall | 385 | 185 | 150s |
| Orc Burrow | 160 | 40 | 50s |
| Spirit Lodge | 150 | 135 | 70s |
| Stronghold | 700 | 375 | 140s |
| Tauren Totem | 135 | 155 | 70s |
| Voodoo Lounge | 130 | 30 | 60s |
| War Mill | 205 | 0 | 70s |
| Watch Tower | 110 | 80 | 60s |
Undead Building Guide
Crypt, Temple of the Damned, and Slaughterhouse will produce most of the units for players builds, then the Boneyard which can produce the Frost Wyrm. Your Farm/Ziggurat which produces food can also be used as a defensive Tower, this same tower/farm can be upgraded to deal more damage to enemy units trying to attack your home base.
| Unit | Gold | Lumber | Build Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altar of Darkness | 180 | 50 | 60s |
| Black Citadel | 870 | 440 | 140s |
| Boneyard | 175 | 200 | 70s |
| Crypt | 200 | 50 | 60s |
| Graveyard | 215 | 0 | 80s |
| Halls of the Dead | 545 | 210 | 140s |
| Haunted Gold Mine | 225 | 210 | 100s |
| Necropolis | 225 | 0 | 90s |
| Nerubian Tower | 250 | 70 | 30s |
| Sacrificial Pit | 75 | 150 | 45s |
| Slaughterhouse | 140 | 135 | 60s |
| Spirit Tower | 295 | 90 | 35s |
| Temple of the Damned | 155 | 140 | 60s |
| Tomb of Relics | 130 | 30 | 60s |
| Ziggurat | 150 | 50 | 50s |
Night Elf Building Guide
Using the Ancient of War, Ancient of Wind and Ancient of Lore you can produce almost all the unit you will need to complete a unit build. These same structures can uproot and move to new locations, however, the travel time will be slow. The Farms/Moon Well can restore units HP and Mana when near it, this can come in handy when battling near or at your base.
| Unit | Gold | Lumber | Build Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altar of Elders | 180 | 50 | 60s |
| Ancient Protector | 135 | 80 | 55s |
| Ancient of Lore | 155 | 145 | 70s |
| Ancient of War | 150 | 60 | 60s |
| Ancient of Wind | 150 | 140 | 60s |
| Chimaera Roost | 140 | 190 | 80s |
| Entangled Gold Mine | 0 | 0 | 60s |
| Hunter’s Hall | 210 | 100 | 60s |
| Moon Well | 180 | 40 | 50s |
| Tree of Ages | 660 | 365 | 140s |
| Tree of Eternity | 990 | 565 | 140s |
| Tree of Life | 340 | 185 | 120s |
You can view more Warcraft 3 guides here: Best Custom Maps, Cheat Code List, Best Race Tier List, Best Heroes Tier List, Unit Stats List and the Weakness Chart.