- This is about the normal property that allows for building units. For information about the Black Hole terrain of the same name, see Factory (Black Hole).
Factories, sometimes called Bases, are a kind of productive building. Factories can produce land units, restore their health at a cost, as well as resupply them for free. Factories are also a type of terrain that like all other properties, do not impede movement, also generate funds per turn and provide defensive cover (3 stars) for land units.
Factories produce the largest amount of units as well as the only building capable of producing foot soldiers. This makes factories all the more important, as having them near the frontline means that more units can join the fight faster.
Orange Star Factory
While not being able to directly resupply naval or air units, factories can support them by building an APC, which allows these kinds of units to travel much farther from ports and airports than usual. In Advance Wars: Days of Ruin the APC (renamed to Rig) may build a limited number of Temporary Ports and Temporary Airports, these buildings increase the survival time of their respective units greatly and make them easier to use in situations where it wouldn't otherwise be feasible.
Note that while designing maps there must be either one Factory or one Unit present for each faction with a HQ, otherwise it is not possible to play the map.
In Famicom Wars, Factories provide no money. In fact, they were simply near the HQ, since in the pre-AW games, only properties near the player's HQ could be used to build units.
In Game Boy Wars 3, Factories provide Materials, and are the only properties that can do so, making them vital for building more units. They are also required for building Constructors and Supply Trucks. However, they provide no Gold.
Units[]
The following units can be produced at a Factory:
Advance Wars[]
| Unit | Cost (G.) |
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| Infantry | 1,000 |
| Motorbike (AWDoR only) | 2,500 |
| Mech | 3,000 (2,500 DoR) |
| Recon | 4,000 |
| APC (Rig in DoR) | 5,000 |
| Artillery | 6,000 |
| Tank | 7,000 |
| Anti-Air Tank | 8,000 (7,000 DoR) |
| Anti-Tank (AWDoR only) | 11,000 |
| Anti-Air Missile Launcher | 12,000 |
| Rocket Launcher | 15,000 |
| Medium Tank | 16,000 (12,000 DoR) |
| Neotank (AW2 and AWDS only) | 22,000 |
| Megatank (AWDS and AWDoR only) | 28,000 (16,000 DoR) |
Terrain Intel[]
Advance Wars Days of Ruin[]
| Normal | Ruins |
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| Snow | Desert |
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| Inc | 1000 |
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| Hide | Yes |
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Move Cost
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| Inftry | 1 |
| Mech | 1 |
| Tire A | 1 |
| Tire B | 1 |
| Tank | 1 |
| Air | 1 |
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