Hoardings
Age Available	Imperial Age
Building	Castle
Cost	400 Wood, 400 Food
Stats	Castles +1000 HP
Available To	See table

Hoardings is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Castle. This technology strengthens Castles by providing them with +1000 Hit Points (for a total of 5800 HP), making them even harder to take down, especially when combined with Masonry and Architecture.*

Hoardings can be especially handy towards players planning to use Castles to ward off enemy intrusions or building them in enemy territory. Hoardings is even more beneficial for both the Franks and the Byzantines who have special bonuses that apply to their Castles.

Castles with Hoardings, Masonry and Architecture all researched will boost their HP total to 7028 HP. For the Byzantines, a Castle with Hoardings boosts it to 8131 HP (keep in mind that they cannot research Masonry nor Architecture).