Guide:Box Towers

A box tower in camp

Box Towers are structures constructed of  Crates,  Trunks, and similar stackable items to create an artificial elevated platform. They can be erected at any time, including in battle, as placing items does not consume an action. Box towers can be used to:

• Have companions and / or hirelings jump to their  deaths, if desired
• Increase the damage done by dropped objects through the Falling damage mechanic
• Keep a character dealing damage with thrown objects out of combat through sufficient distance
• Prepare for planned encounters where certain tactical advantages are sought:
  • The first or second assault on the Emerald Grove
  •  Lae'zel's romance battle
  • Fighting  Nere at Grymforge

Warnings

As with most exploits, building box towers can lead to unwanted results. Known potential issues include:

• At a certain height, there is a brief graphics glitch that can occasionally soft lock an existing play session and / or save, including honour mode runs. Resolving this issue may require loading an earlier save, or - in the case of honour runs - bypassing the save file restrictions.
• If a box tower of sufficient height is left standing at one campsite when visiting another, some of the boxes are collected into the camp chest. Should the party return to the campsite where the tower was erected, the remainder of the structure will instantly collapse in on itself. Not only will this deal substantial damage to any character standing under it when this happens, characters moving among its wreckage may randomly be dealt significant bludgeoning damage as if the tower had collapsed again. This is a particular hazard to camp pets as they roam independently.
• Descending a tower in turn-based mode can occasionally lead to a character glitching through it, and falling to the ground below.