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title: "Water Ditch"
description: "Extra defense bonus for cities"
url: https://support.kingdoms.com/en/articles/88-water-ditch
collection: "Military"
updated: 2026-11-07
language: en
alternates: [fr, de, tr, ru]
---

# Water Ditch

Extra defense bonus for cities

<table data-id="890aabb1-94ba-4c25-8a1b-3ffab6d295a4" style="min-width: 50px;"><colgroup><col style="min-width: 25px;"><col style="min-width: 25px;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width: 50%; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;"><p data-id="678b10af-f490-44e3-a354-d5032d82e97a">The Water Ditch can only be built in cities.<br>In addition to the wall, it awards a defense bonus to the troops defending the city. Rams or catapults cannot cause damage to the Water Ditch.<br><br>Requirements: <a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="linktype-link link" data-linktype="link" href="https://support.kingdoms.com/articles/27">City</a></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="width: 50.0000%;"><p data-id="33992e1c-13a8-40ac-a527-3eb04f4a5d06"></p><img src="https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/68308cfeb9e87dee6f158b79/20260212085201_6074.png" width="254" height="auto" style="width: 254px; display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table>

**Note:**

For detailed costs, bonuses, and requirements of all buildings and resource fields, you can use this [Building upgrade calculator](https://support.kingdoms.com/articles/59).