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| Type d'appareil | Console de jeu |
| Genre | Stratégie en temps réel |
| Nombre de joueurs | 1 à plusieurs |
| Plateforme | Non précisé |
| Contrôles | Manette, clavier, souris |
| Langues disponibles | Multilingue |
| Graphismes | 2D/3D |
| Mode de jeu | Solo et multijoueur |
| Thème | Mythologie |
| Âge recommandé | Adolescents et plus |
| Support | Disque optique |
| Multijoueur en ligne | Oui |
| Multijoueur local | Oui |
| Durée de la partie | Variable |
| Éditeur | Non précisé |
| Développeur | Non précisé |
| Compatibilité | Non précisé |
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Center view on selected unit
Assign group number to units
Select group assigned to this number
Select this group in addition to currently selected units
Display detailed help
Display improvements
Display objectives
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Display chat menu
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Display game time
Capture screenshots
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started 4
Installation 4
Main Menu 4
Getting Help 5
Options 5
Save and Exit 6
Main Screen 2
Chapter 2: Playing Age of Mythology......7
Gameplay Basics 7
Movement 8
Resources 8
Buildings 11
Population 11
Raising an Army 12
Combat. 12
Age Advancement 13
Researching Improvements 14
Winning the Game 14
Chapter 3: Game Types 15
Single-Player Games 15
Multiplier Games 16
Chapter 4: Mythology. 18
Gods. 18
God Powers 18
Myth Units 18
Heroes 19
The Pantheons 20
Technical Support Options. 29
Main Screen
Chapter 1: Getting Started
In Age of Mythology you determine the fate of one of nine civilizations. To be successful, you must gather resources, build your empire, research improvements, train an army, and appease the gods. Survive long enough and you will be able to advance your civilization through the ages.
Installation
To install Age of Mythology, insert the Age of Mythology CD 1 into your CD-ROM drive. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup process. If installation fails to start automatically, complete the following steps:
1 Insert the Age of Mythology CD I into you CD-ROM drive.
2 On the Start menu, click RUN.
3 Type D:\setup.exe (where D: is your CD-ROM drive).
4 Click OK.
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete setup.
Main Menu
Learn to Play—Start the learning campaign or watch briefcinematics that explain playing a Norse or Egyptian civilization.
Campaign—Play the single-player campaign or load a saved campaign game.
Single Player—Start a random map game, play a scenario, or load a saved single-player game.
Multiplier—Start an ESO, LAN, or Direct IP game.
Options—Customize game settings.
More—View recorded games, start the scenario editor, view history, and list in-game credits.
Exit—Leave Age of Mythology.
Getting help
There are three ways to get help while playing Age of Mythology.
Tooltips—Pause your mouse pointer over an icon to open a brief description in the lower-left corner of the screen. Pause your pointer over a resource to display the number of villagers tasked to gather it.
Detailed Help—Right-click any icon to display detailed help or press F1. Help shows the attributes and improvements available for the unit, building, improvement, or god power.
Civilization Chart—Press F2 to access the online civilization chart. Click any icon on the chart to access detailed help.
Online Manual
Information on Age of Mythology features such as improvements, market and diplomacy, tactics, military units, and buildings is also available in the online manual. The online manual can be viewed or printed before the game starts from the autorun screen.
Options
You can change your graphics, audio, and other settings through Options. On the main menu, or the in-game menu, click Options.
user Profiles
Each user can store game settings in a unique profile. To create a personal profile, click Add then type a user name. Option settings will now be saved under your user name.
Select a screen size and graphics detail level. Selecting a smaller screen size and lower graphics detail will improve performance.
Move the audio slider to adjust sound and music volume.
Mouse scroll speed and screen brightness can also be adjusted using sliders.
Additional Options
Friend or Foe Colors—Select to display your units and buildings green, allies yellow, and enemies in red.
Allow Audio Taunts—Select to hear scripted audio taunts between players.
Allow Camera Rotation—Select to enable rotation of the mini map. Press <CTRL> and the arrow keys or the mouse wheel to rotate the mini map.
Full Rollover Help—Select to view help in the rollover help panel.
Show Idle Military Banner—Select to display a banner whenever military units are idle.
One-Click Garrison—Select to garrison selected units by right-clicking a building.
Attack Move—Select to attack enemy units along movement path.
Play in a Window—Select to play Age of Mythology in a window, rather than full screen.
Show Build Status Messages—Select for notification whenever buildings, research, or unit production is completed.
Edit Hotkeys
Click to set up or change hotkeys.
Click Save when all options have been set.
Save and Exit
Save Game—On the in-game menu, click Save Game. In the Save Game dialog box, type a name for the game, and then click OK.
Load Saved Game—On the main menu, click Single Player, and then click Load Saved Game. In the Load Saved Game dialog box, select a previously saved game.
Load Scenario—On the main menu, click Single Player, and then click Load Scenario. In the Load Scenario dialog box, select the scenario to load.
Exit Game—On the in-game menu, click Quit Game.
Chapter 2: Playing Age of Mythology
Gameplay Basics
The easiest way to learn to play Age of Mythology is to use the learning campaign provided with the game.
Tutorial
The learning campaign tutorial teaches the basics of playing Age of Mythology. Movement, resources, combat, and construction along with gods, favor, and myth units are taught.
To start the learning campaign, on the main menu, click Learn to Play, and then click Tutorial.
Campaign
The single-player campaign follows the battles of the hero Arkantos. To complete the campaign, guide Arkantos through each scenario against the enemies of Atlantis.
To start a campaign, on the main menu, click Campaign, and then click Play Campaign.
Random Map Game
Players familiar with Age of Mythology can start a Random Map Game to quickly play a new game against up to eleven computer opponents.
To start a Random Map Game
On the main menu, click Single Player, and then click Random Map. When all game settings have been selected, click Start to begin play.
The typical Random Map Game starts in the Archaic Age with a Town Center, several Sentry Towers, a military or scout unit, and Villagers. The area surrounding your settlement is revealed, but areas out of your or your allies' line of sight are cloaked in darkness. To reveal more of the surrounding terrain, move a unit into the unexplored areas.
Movement
Click a unit to select it. To select multiple units, drag the mouse pointer over multiple units. With the unit(s) selected, right-click the game or mini map location to move units.
Exploration of the map reveals the surrounding terrain and resources vital to the expansion of your civilization.
Explore the map early to locate resources, find strategic positions, and monitor your enemies' progress.
Resources
In Age of Mythology there are four types of resources to gather: food, wood, gold, and favor. You must be able to balance the collection of these resources for your civilization to prosper. Resources are gathered by Laborers (Egyptian), Villagers (Greek), and Gatherers/ Dwarves (Norse), and are stockpiled in the Town Center, Granaries, Storehouses, Lumber Camps, Mining Camps, and Ox Carts. Fishing ships deposit their food at the Dock. To simplify resource descriptions, all resource gathering units are referred to as Villagers.
The Norse civilization can create a Dwarf unit that specializes in mining gold.
Creating Villagers
To gather resources, you need Villagers. Create enough Villagers to quickly collect each resource.
To create a Villager
Click the Town Center to select it. The command panel displays the units your Town Center can produce as well as any improvements available for research. Click Villager. The unit appears in the production queue with a completion percentage tracking its creation progress. You can add more Villagers to the production queue by clicking Villager multiple times.
Food
Villagers collect food from hunting, foraging, farming, fishing, or shepherding livestock.
Hunting—Select a Villager and then right-click an animal. Some wild animals, such as boar and bear, require many Villagers, or even military units, to hunt successfully.
Foraging—Select a Villager and then right-click a forage bush.
Farming—Select a Villager and then click Farm on the command panel. Click the map where you want the Farm built. In Age of Mythology, Farms never need to be replanted. Farming and fishing generate food at a slower rate than hunting or foraging.
Greek and Norse civilizations cannot farm until they reach the Classical Age.
Fishing—Fishing ships (built at the Dock) are used to harvest food from fish shoals.
Fish shoals are never depleted.
Shepherding—Capture herd animals by moving one of your units close to the animal. The animal changes to your color and can be selected and moved like any unit. To harvest food, select a Villager and then click the herd animal.
Cows, goats, and pigs fatten over time.
wood
Wood is gathered from trees and is a primary building material for Greek and Norse civilizations. Egyptians do not use wood to build. To gather wood, select a Villager and then right-click a tree.
Gold
This precious yellow metal is found in deposits near the earth's surface. Gold serves as currency for financing your units, buildings, and technology research. To gather gold, select a Villager and then right-click a gold mine.
Favor
The goodwill—or favor—of the gods is required for the creation of mythical units as well as researching mythical improvements that advance your culture. There is a 100-point limit on favor for all civilizations, with one exception: a Greek civilization worshiping Zeus has a favor limit of 200.
Greeks—Earn favor by assigning Villagers to pray at a temple. Select a Villager and then right-click a temple to pray.
Egyptians—Earn favor by building monuments to the gods. Egyptians can build five different monuments, but they must be built one at a time. Each monument increases in size, resource cost, build time, and favor generation.
The monuments of Isis prevent your enemies from using their god powers against you within a certain radius of the monument.
Norse—Earn favor by engaging in battle. All damage dealt to opposing units, buildings, and animals by Norse military units increases favor. Norse Gatherers who are assigned to hunt animals for food also generate favor. Norse heroes earn more favor than other units. Norse mythological units never earn favor.
Buildings
Greeks and Norse use wood and gold for building construction. The Egyptians do not use wood for construction. Assign Villagers to construct buildings.
To construct a building
1 Select a Villager (or a group of Villagers).
2 On the command panel, click the desired building.
3 Click the map to build.
Note
If the building outline is red, you cannot build on that location.
Move the building to try construction in another spot.
To build more than one of the same building, press and hold Shift, and then click multiple locations on the map.
Buildings that produce units have designated gather points. Gather points determine where units produced in that building gather. To choose a new gather point, select the building, then right-click a location on the map. Or click New Gather Point on the command panel then right-click the location on the map for units to gather.
Population
Population is based on Town Centers and Houses. Each civilization can build ten Houses. To expand your population beyond this amount, you must capture a settlement.
Tip
To capture a settlement, build a Town Center on it.
Settlements are the only place a Town Center can be built. If the settlement already has a Town Center controlled by another player, you must destroy it before you can build on that settlement. Settlements cannot be destroyed.
Before building a Town Center your civilization must advance to the Heroic Age. Additional Town Centers support more population.
Raising an Army
To defend your civilization, you need an army.
Egyptians train soldiers in the Barracks and Migdol Stronghold. Greek civilizations train soldiers in the Academy, Archery Range, Stable, and Fortress. Norse civilizations train soldiers in the Longhouse and Hill Fort.
To create a military unit
Select the building and then click a military unit on the command panel. The unit is added to the production queue if you have the required amount of resources in your stockpile. To add multiple units to the production queue, click the unit button multiple times.
Combat
Now that you have assembled a fighting force, it's time to test it on the battlefield. Select a military unit and then right-click an enemy unit or building to attack.
In Age of Mythology you can group units into armies by using group banners. Group banners give quick control over units.
To assign units to group banners
Select the units to group, and then right-click a furled group banner in the top-left corner of the screen. The selected units are now grouped under the banner that has unfurled. To select these units collectively, click the group banner to which you have assigned them. To add more units to a banner, select them, hold down
To send your army into battle, click their group banner, and then right-click an enemy unit or building to attack.
As your civilization advances, new military buildings can be built and more powerful military units can be created.
Age Advancement
To gain better military units, myth units, improvements, and buildings, advance your civilization through the ages. Age advancement costs resources and requires that buildings from the previous age have been constructed. Select the Town Center and then pause your pointer over the Age Advance icon to see the buildings or resources required to advance. If all requirements are met, click Age Advance to research the next age. Progress of the age research is shown above the god powers panel in the top-center of the screen.
To advance, choose a minor god to worship. The minor god selection box contains a portrait of two minor gods. It also shows the myth unit, improvements, and god power for each minor god.
Place the pointer over a god's portrait to view a description of how that god benefits your civilization.
Archaic Age
This is the typical starting age in Age of Mythology. In this age, your civilization is very basic. Constructing a temple allows you to advance to the Classical Age.
Classical Age
Advancing to the Classical Age means that you have begun assembling your pantheon. To advance to the Heroic Age, you need to build an Armory.
Hercic Age
Advancing to the Heroic Age means your civilization can expand its population limit by constructing Town Centers on settlements. Stockpile more food and gold and build a Market to advance.
Mythic Age
The Mythic Age is the pinnacle of your civilization. All buildings and improvements are available, including a Wonder.
Researching Improvements
Improvements can give your civilization an edge over your enemies. Technological advances can give your troops better armor and weapons, allow your Villagers to gather resources faster, and make your buildings stronger. Food, wood, and/or gold may be required to research improvements. You can also research mythological improvements, but these may cost favor as well.
Resource Improvements
These improvements can make your Villagers gather resources faster or carry more. They are typically researched at resource-related buildings such as the Granary, Lumber Camp, Mining Camp, Storehouse, Ox Cart, and Town Center.
Military Improvements
You can improve your military unit performance in battle by researching military improvements. They can increase your armor, movement rate, and attack.
Military improvements can be researched at any building where military units are created, or at buildings that support your forces (such as the Armory).
Winning the Game
Victory conditions vary based on which of the four game modes you choose. Supremacy is the default and encompasses all three winning conditions. Conquest is military victory, deathmatch is the same as conquest with very high starting resources, and lightning is supremacy at five times the normal game speed.
Military Victory—Destroy all the units and buildings of your opponents.
Wonder—Complete a Wonder and defend it until the timer expires.
All Settlements—The winning player, or team, builds a Town Center on every settlement on the map simultaneously.
Chapter 3: Game Types
There are several ways to play Age of Mythology. Random map games provide a quick game against computer opponents. The campaign allows you to play as the hero Arkantos, and multiplayer games provide the challenge of live opponents.
Single-Player Games
Campaign
To complete the campaign, guide Arkantos and other heroes from mythology through each scenario against the enemies of Atlantis. The heroes of the story are not created in any building and cannot be killed in combat. Mortally wounded heroes will fall to the earth unconscious and are only revived when the area around them is cleared of enemy units or buildings that could attack the fallen hero.
There are four levels of difficulty in the single-player campaign.
Standard—The default difficulty level. New players should start here.
Veteran—Recommended for experienced players.
Hard—For veteran players looking for a greater challenge.
Titan—The ultimate challenge.
To start a campaign, on the main menu, click Campaign, and then click Play Campaign.
Random Map Game
Age of Mythology players commonly use the Random Map Game to quickly play a new game against up to eleven computer opponents.
To start a single-player Random Map Game, on the main menu, click Play, and then click Random Map Game.
Multiplier Games
Playing multiplayer Age of Mythology games requires an Internet, LAN, or direct connection. To start a multiplayer game, on the main menu, click Multiplayer to start the game login.
MultiplierLogin
There are three types of multiplayer games available: Ensemble Studios Online (ESO), LAN, and Direct IP.
To log on to ESO, players must enter a nickname and password at the login screen.
First-time users must click New Account and complete the simple registration process. Once registration is successful, the user will be automatically logged on to ESO.
Select LAN/Direct IP connection to join or host local area network games. Direct IP is for advanced users and requires the IP address of the person you wish to play against.
Quick Setup
Age of Mythology finds your teammates and opponents — Select game settings (number of players, major god, map type, etc.) and click Start. Age of Mythology uses its player rating system to find opponents of your same skill level.
Create your team, Age of Mythology finds an opposing team — Create your own team using Create Team and Invite Friends. Age of Mythology then selects appropriate opponents, based on their player rating, and the game begins.
Advanced Setup
Join a game on the games list — Select a game on the list and click Join.
Host a game to the games list — Click Host on the Games List screen and select game settings. Anyone can now join your game from the Games List. You can also click Invite Friends to populate this game.
Host a private game — To host an invitation-only game that you do not want added to the Games List screen, click Host and select Private. Use Invite Friends to populate a private game.
Advanced Setup games do not affect player ratings.
chat
To exchange messages or set up games with other players, click Chat. Players waiting for games are listed in the chat channels. To change chat channels, click the channel scroll, and then select a new channel. Click on any name in chat to add them to your friends list or invite them into your room.
Friends List
Use the friends list to invite your friends to join a game. To add or remove friends, send chat messages, or invite friends, click Invite Friends. To invite a friend to play, select their name, and then click Invite. The selected friend is added to your room when the invitation is accepted.
In addition to the friends list there is a pest list. Players on your pest list will be unable to send you messages or invitations to play.
Click on the Stats tab to search for players or view rankings and player statistics.
Chapter 4: Mythology
Gods
At the start of each game you choose a primary deity for your civilization. There are three Greek, Egyptian, and Norse major gods. Each of the major gods benefits a different part of your civilization.
God Powers
Deities grant one special power in each age. God powers can only be used once and they can be saved from one age to the next. God powers can be offensive, defensive, or economic, and can vary depending on the minor gods chosen. Available god powers are displayed in the top-center of the screen.
Invoking God Powers
To invoke a god power, click the god power button, and then click a location on the map to invoke the god power.
Most god powers require line of sight to invoke. Others are global and can be invoked anywhere on the map. If line of sight is required, you must have a unit or building nearby that can see the location.
Myth Units
As you gain favor you can create myth units in Temples. Naval myth units, such as the Kraken, are created at the Dock. Myth unit attacks are strongest against human soldiers. They are weaker against heroes. Myth units have special attacks that they use periodically.
To create a myth unit
Select a Temple (or other building that can create myth units). On the command panel, click the myth unit to create.
Heteroes
Hero units, including Priests and Pharaohs, do bonus damage against myth units and are more powerful than normal units. These units radiate a divine aura that makes them easy to locate on the battlefield. Each civilization has different hero units and conditions for creating heroes.
Greek
The Greek civilizations can have a total of four heroes on land, and one hero on the sea by the Mythic Age. They are created in the Town Center or Fortress. Only one of each Greek hero may exist at a time.
If Greek heroes are killed, their spirits return to the gods and they can be created again.
Egyptian
Pharaohs and Priests are the Egyptian equivalent to the other civilizations' heroes. The Pharaoh exists from the beginning of the game and if he is killed a new Pharaoh is anointed at the Town Center to take his place. Only one Pharaoh may exist at a time unless followers of Osiris research the New Kingdom improvement. The Pharaoh can empower buildings by tasking on them. Empowering makes the building gather resources faster, train faster, build faster, and attack faster. The Pharaoh can only empower one building at a time.
To empower a building
Select your Pharaoh and then right-click the building to empower. The Priests of Ra can also empower buildings and, unlike the Pharaoh, you can have any number of Priests simultaneously. Egyptia priests also heal nearby allied units.
Norse
The Norse have only one hero unit—the Hersir. The Norse can have any number of them simultaneously. Hersirs are created in the Longhouse or Temple, and they generate the most favor in combat.
The Pantheons
Egyptian Gods
Ra
The Egyptian god of the sun was one of the most important gods to the ancient Egyptians.
God Power Rain—This global god power makes all Villagers on the map gather food from farms faster.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Priests can empower buildings
- Chariots and camels have more hitpoints and move faster
- Monuments cost less and are stronger
Isis
The wife of Osiris and mother of Horus is a protective goddess who helps people in need.
God Power Prosperity—Laborers gather gold faster.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Monuments protect against god powers
- +3 population cap for Town Centers
- Improvements cost less
Set
Set was the god of evil, chaos, the desert, and foreign lands. He had a close affinity with animals.
God Power Vision—Reveals an unexplored section of the map.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Priests can convert animals
- Slinger and chariots train faster
- Migdol Stronghold units cost less
- Pharaoh can summon animals
Egyptian Minor Gods
Ptah—God of creation
Benefits Military units
God Power Shifting Sands—Teleport enemy or allied units anywhere on the map.
Myth Unit Wadjet—Mythical cobra that spits venom.
Bast—Goddess of fertility
Benefits Laborers
God Power Eclipse—Turns the day to night, reducing the range of archer and siege units.
Myth Unit Sphinx—Fast myth unit, rides a whirlwind to attack.
Anubis-God of the dead
Benefits Infantry and myth units
God Power Plague of Serpents—Summon serpents to defend an area.
Myth Unit Anubite—Fast-moving infantry unit that leaps into combat.
Hathor—Goddess of the sky
Benefits Buildings
God Power Locust Swarm—Ravages enemy farms.
Myth Units Petsuchos-A jeweled crocodile that fires a beam of focused sunlight. Roc-A flying transport.
Sekhmet—Goddess of war
Benefits Archers and siege units
God Power Citadel—Transforms a Town Center into a mighty citadel.
Myth Unit Scarab—Slow-moving siege unit.
Nephthys—Goddess of death
Benefits Priests
God Power Ancestors—Resurrect an army of dead soldiers to fight.
Myth Units Leviathian—Naval transport unit.
Scorpion Man—Myth infantry unit with a venomous sting attack.
Horus-God of vengeance
Benefits Infantry
God Power Tornado—Summon powerful winds to destroy buildings and units.
Myth Unit Avenger—Fast-moving unit attacks multiple enemies at once.
Osiris-God of judgment
Benefits Camels
God Power Son of Osiris—Transforms your Pharaoh into a demigod with a lightning bolt attack.
Myth Unit Mummy—Undead Pharaohs. Convert enemy units into minions.
Thoth—God of wisdom
Benefits Migdol Stronghold
God Power Meteor—Decimate entire cities with this meteor storm.
Myth Units Phoenix—Aerial attack unit. Can only be damaged by ranged units.
Sea Turtle—Destroy enemy navies with this massive myth unit.
Greek Gods
Zeus
Zeus was the supreme god of the Olympians. Poseidon and Hades were his brothers. These three brothers divided all of creation between them. Zeus was god of the sky.
God Power Bolt—Kills a single enemy unit.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Hoplite move faster and infantry do bonus damage to buildings
- Starts with 25 favor and has a limit of 200 favor
- Faster favor generation
Poseidon
Poseidon was the brother of Zeus and the god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes.
God Power Lure—A stone that draws wild animals.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Cavalry cost less to produce
- Militia appear at destroyed buildings
- Fishing ships and caravans travel faster
Using Markets costs less
Hades
Hades was the god of the dead and ruler of the underworld. Precious minerals came from his realm.
God Power Sentinel—Protects a Town Center with four sentinels.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Dead soldiers may generate shades (undead)
- Buildings have increased hitpoints
- Archers and buildings have greater attack
Greek Minor Gods
Athena-Goddess of warfare
Benefits
Infantry defense
God Power
Restoration—Heals units and repairs buildings and siege units in the area.
Myth Unit
Minotaur—Myth infantry with a gore attack.
Dionysus—God of celebration
Benefits
Cavalry
God Power
Bronze—Turns the skin of human soldiers to bronze, increasing their armor.
Myth Units
Hydra—Good against buildings and grows more heads during battle.
Scylla—Naval myth unit that grows heads during battles.
Hermes-God of messengers
Benefits
Cavalry units
God Power
Ceasefire—A global power that forces all players to stop combat.
Myth Unit
Centaur—Fast-moving cavalry archer.
Hephaestus-God of labor
Benefits
Armor and weapons
God Power
Plenty—Creates a vault where the bounty of the heavens flows into your coffers.
Myth Unit
Colossus—Giant construct that can heal itself by consuming resources.
Ares-God of battle
Benefits
Military attack
God Power
Pestilence—Prevent an enemy from training new military units.
Myth Unit
Cyclops-One-eyed infantry myth unit that hurls foes from combat.
Hera—Goddess of the home
Benefits
Buildings and myth units
God Power
Lightning Storm—Smite enemies with a storm from Olympus.
Myth Units
Medusa—Myth archer can petrify your enemies.
Carcinos—A naval myth unit that crushes ships.
Apollo—God of the sun
Benefits
Archers
God Power
Underworld Passage—Creates a passage that troops can pass through.
Myth Unit
Manticore—Ranged myth unit fires a volley of spikes from its tail.
Artemis-Goddess of the hunt
Benefits
Archers
God Power
Earthquake—Destroys enemy buildings, throws armies to the ground.
Myth Unit
Chimera—Immolate enemy units by breathing fire.
Aphrodite—Goddess of love
Benefits
Villagers
God Power
Curse—Turns enemy units into swine.
Myth Unit
Nemean Lion—Myth unit with a roar attack.
Norse Gods
Odin
Odin was the leader of the Aesir (the race of Norse gods). He was the god of war, poetry, wisdom, and death.
God Power Great Hunt—Increase the population of a group of animals.
Civilization Bonuses:
Human units regenerate
Ravens for exploration
- Hill Fort units have more hitpoints
- Improves gatherer hunting rate
Thor
The god of thunder, Thor was the son of Odin and wielded a mighty hammer named Mjolnir.
God Power Dwarven Mine—Creates a gold mine anywhere on the map.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Cavalry produce gold when attacking buildings
- Dwarves cost less
Dwarves gather food and wood faster
Loki
Loki was a god of fire and trickery who eventually became an enemy to the other gods.
God Power Spy-Target an enemy unit to see what it sees.
Civilization Bonuses:
- Heroes in combat summon myth units
- Myth units cost less favor
- Ox Carts cost less, move faster, and have fewer hitpoints
Norse Minor Gods
Freyja—Goddess of beauty
Benefits Cavalry
God Power Forest Fire—Burn an enemy forest to the ground.
Myth Unit Valkyrie—Warrior maidens who also heal injured units.
Heimdall—God of vigilance
Benefits Buildings
God Power Undermine—Crumble the walls and towers of your enemies.
Myth Unit Einherjar—Slow myth unit that increases allies' morale in battle with a great horn blow.
Forseti—God of Justice
Benefits Infantry
God Power Healing Spring-Creates a spring that heals all nearby units.
Myth Unit Troll—Slow but strong archer. Heal as they damage enemies.
Skadi-Goddess of winter and hunting
Benefits Throwing Axemen
God Power Frost—Freeze an enemy army in ice for a short time.
Myth Unit Frost Giant—Strong myth unit that freezes enemy units with icy breath.
Njord—God of the sea and storms
Benefits Ships and Hill Forts
God Power Walking Woods—Animate trees near an enemy to attack.
Myth Units Mountain Giant—A massive myth unit who crushes foes and buildings alike.
Kraken—Sea creature who attacks enemy naval units.
Bragi-God of poetry and skalds
Benefits Ulfsark (infantry)
God Power Flaming Weapons—Grants soldiers flaming weapons, which improves attack.
Myth Unit Battle Boar—Fast-moving myth unit, good against enemy formations.
Baldr-God of beauty
Benefits Cavalry and siege
God Power Ragnarok—Turn your gatherers and dwarves into mighty heroes.
Myth Unit Fire Giant—Fireball-hurling engine of destruction.
Hel—Goddess of the underworld
Benefits Myth units
God Power Nidhogg—Summon the mighty Norse dragon from its lair.
Myth Units Fire Giant—Fireball-hurling engine of destruction.
Frost Giant—Strong myth unit that freezes enemy units with icy breath.
Mountain Giant—A massive myth unit who crushes foes and buildings alike.
Tyr—God of warfare
Benefits Infantry
God Power Fimbulwinter—Summon a pack of wolves to attack enemy towns.
Myth Units Fenris Wolf Brood—Group this myth unit into packs for maximum destruction.
Jormund Elver—Steam-breathing sea serpent.
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