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Tactics...........................................................................2
Terrain ...................................................................................... 2
Reconnaissance......................................................................... 2
Defensive Tactics....................................................................... 2
Walls.................................................................................. 2
Garrisoned Units................................................................ 3
Garrisoned Relics ............................................................... 3
Ringing the Town Bell......................................................... 3
Offensive Tactics ....................................................................... 3
Moving Units...................................................................... 3
Grouping Units................................................................... 4
Attacking............................................................................ 4
Attacking Tips .................................................................... 4
Using the Market and Diplomacy...................................5
Trade Caravans.......................................................................... 5
Buy and Sell Resources.............................................................. 5
Tribute Other Players................................................................. 5
Diplomacy................................................................................. 5
Buildings .......................................................................6
Buildings in Common ................................................................ 6
Greek Buildings ......................................................................... 7
Egyptian Buildings..................................................................... 8
Norse Buildings ......................................................................... 9
Improvements.............................................................. 10
Mythological Improvements.........................................17
Egyptian...................................................................................17
Greek .......................................................................................23
Norse .......................................................................................29
Military Units .............................................................. 36
Infantry Units ...........................................................................36
Egyptian Infantry ..............................................................36
Greek Infantry...................................................................36
Norse Infantry...................................................................37
Archers.....................................................................................38
Egyptian Archers...............................................................38
Greek Archers ...................................................................39
Cavalry Units............................................................................40
Egyptian Cavalry...............................................................40
Greek Cavalry ...................................................................40
Norse Cavalry ...................................................................41
Siege Units ...............................................................................42
Egyptian Siege Units .........................................................42
Greek Siege Units ..............................................................42
Norse Siege Units..............................................................43
Naval Units ..............................................................................43
Egyptian Naval Units.........................................................43
Greek Naval Units .............................................................44
Norse Naval Units .............................................................44
Mythology ................................................................... 45
The Egyptian Gods...................................................................45
The Greek Gods........................................................................46
The Norse Gods .......................................................................47
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Combat can take place on land or at sea. However, different tactics for

offensive and defensive situations arise when you consider the type of

opponent you face, as well as the terrain that surrounds the battle eld.

Terrain

In addition to providing resources for your civilization, the terrain also

determines the factors with which you will approach each game or

scenario. The terrain can give you tactical advantage, such as naturally

occurring choke points that your enemy must cross in order to reach your

town. Terrain types could include narrow openings in the forest or narrow

river crossings.

Water—Impassable by land units. Use a transport ship to cross these

bodies of water.

Forest—Impassable. Forests can be cut to allow passage by Villagers.

Cliffs—Impassable by land units. Units occupying the high ground receive

an attack bonus while units attacking from below suffer an attack penalty.

Reconnaissance

At the start of each game you should choose a unit to do some reconnais-

sance. Greeks should use the Kataskopos or Pegasus, Norse should use

Ulfsarks or the ravens of Odin, and Egyptians should use Priests to build

Obelisks or converted animals. This serves two purposes:  nding places

to set up defensive forti cations, and keeping an eye on your opponent’s

progress.

Enemy buildings and walls are revealed only by exploring their location.

Once you have explored an area, the buildings within will remain visible in

the state in which you  rst encountered them. For example, you will not see

any newly constructed buildings or improvements unless you return to scout

the area.

Defensive Tactics

Once you have a feel for the lay of the land, it’s time to plan some defensive

forti cations. Walls are among the fastest and most economical ways to

protect your town.

Walls

After exploring the area immediately surrounding your Town Center, you

can start building walls. First determine how much space your city might

need for future expansion. Also consider enclosing enough resources to

keep you going for some time.

To build a wall

Select a Villager (or group of Villagers) and then click Wall on the Com-

mand panel. Click a starting point of the wall on the map. Move the pointer

to the end of the wall segment and click. To ensure that walls ending in

forests and cliffs are sealed off, drag your pointer past the area you want

to enclose.

An outline of the wall appears, showing the position of the wall as you

move the pointer. This outline will guide wall placement.

Press and hold SHIFT while clicking the endpoint of the wall to

continue another wall segment from the endpoint. When the wall

has ended, right-click to stop building.

Placing towers at intervals behind walls will provide additional protection

against attack. In addition to a ranged attack (Sentry Towers do not attack),

Watch Towers also provide a safe haven for your units to garrison when

your town is attacked.

Tactics

Garrisoned Units

Garrisoning units inside buildings keeps them safe from attack and gives the

building an attack bonus. However, if the building is destroyed, the units are

ejected from the structure.

Only Villagers, archers, and infantry can garrison in most buildings. Siege

and cavalry units can garrison inside the buildings they are created in, but

once they leave they cannot reenter the building.

To garrison units

Select the unit(s) to be garrisoned, click Garrison on the command panel.

Buildings  y a  ag when units are garrisoned inside.

Garrisoned Relics

While exploring the terrain you may encounter relics. Relics grant bonus to

the civilization that controls them. It may be an economic or military bonus.

For a description of the bonus, place your pointer over the relic to display a

tooltip. The tooltip describes the relic and the bonus it grants.

To control the relic and bene t from its civilization bonus, it must be garri-

soned in a temple. Only hero units can retrieve and garrison relics. Egyptian

civilizations must use the Pharaoh to retrieve relics.

To garrison relics

Select a hero and then right-click a relic. Once the relic has been collected,

right-click a temple to garrison the relic inside. Once the relic is garrisoned,

you start to receive its bonus.

Controlling all the relics on a map does not cause a victory condition in

Age of Mythology.

Ringing the Town Bell

If the worst has happened and the enemy has breached your walls and

assaulted your town, it’s time to ring the town bell. Ringing the town bell

causes all Villagers to stop what they’re doing and garrison inside the

nearest available building. Garrisoned Villagers attack the enemy while pro-

tected within the buildings. If there is not enough room for all the Villagers

to garrison, those that are left will continue what they were doing.

To ring the town bell

Select the Town Center and then click the Ring Town Bell icon on the

command panel.

After the invaders are repelled, click Return to Work to send the Villagers

back to the tasks they were doing when the alarm sounded.

Offensive Tactics

You’ve taken care of the homeland defense and now it’s time to in ict some

damage on the enemy.

Moving Units

Selecting two or more units to move or attack causes them to move auto-

matically into a logical formation with the strongest units out front and the

weakest units protected in the rear. For example, archers will march behind

infantry for the protection they offer.

Using Waypoints

Setting waypoints allows you to control the path that your troops take into

battle, thus avoiding strong defensive positions or surprising the enemy by

attacking their  anks. To order movement along waypoints, select the group

of soldiers you want to move, and then press and hold SHIFT while clicking

each point along the path you want them to travel. Your units start traveling

along the path immediately.

To assign more waypoints to a unit already traveling by waypoints,

select the unit, and then press and hold SHIFT while clicking additional

waypoints.

Transporting Across Water

If you need to cross a body of water to engage your enemies, you must load

your army onto transport ships. Transport ships are created at a Dock and

allow any unit to board them for transport across water.

Some Age of Mythology civilizations have airborne transport units.

Grouping Units

While your army travels, you can monitor its progress and attend to other

duties if the army is grouped under a banner.

A grouped army is easy to locate and control. With grouped units, you can

simultaneously command several different types of forces.

To group units

Select the units to group, and then right-click on an available banner to

group the units under.

To command those units again, simply click the banner. The main view

will center on the selected group. In addition to making your military more

ef cient, resource gathering groups can bene t from grouping as well.

Unit producing buildings can set a banner as a gather point to add their

newly created units to a group.

Attacking

Now that your army is ready to engage the enemy, it’s time to order the

attack. When you initiate an attack, your archers and siege units will start

attacking from range, while the swordsmen or cavalry will close on the

target. The combat stance of your units will determine how far they go in

the attack. There are two possible combat stances:

Aggressive Stance—Units with this stance will attack any enemy unit or

building on sight, and will pursue an enemy unit until they or the enemy

are destroyed.

Defensive Stance—Units with this stance will attack any enemy unit or

building on sight, but they will not pursue them if they  ee.

To view the combat stance of any unit, select the unit, and then click the

Stance icon on the command panel.

Most units are created with an aggressive combat stance.

To attack

Select a Villager or military unit(s) and then right-click an enemy unit

or building.

Attacking Tips

• Siege units are devastating against buildings, but vulnerable to attack.

• Myth units are powerful, but a hero can make short work of them.

• Egyptian Priests can heal allied units.

• Norse soldiers should attack often and early to generate favor.

•

Only ranged units can attack  ying units.

Unit types will have varying degrees of success in battle against other unit

types. For example, archers are strong against infantry but weak when  ght-

ing cavalry. The rollover help for a unit will suggest which unit types it is

best prepared to  ght.

Create trade caravans and trade resources at the Market to generate

additional resources. Use diplomacy as a weapon to achieve dominance.

Trade Caravans

A trade caravan is an economic unit. Send a trade caravan to any Town

Center to generate a payment of gold. The farther the journey distance,

the greater the gold payment. Trade must be between a Market and Town

Center. For example, you cannot have a trade route between two Markets.

Each civilization in Age of Mythology has a unique trade caravan.

To create a trade caravan, at the Market, click the Trade Caravan icon,

select the new trade caravan, and then right-click on any Town Center.

The trade caravan will now move between the Town Center and the

Market. Be aware that enemy forces and Town Centers will attack trade

caravans. Research coinage at the Market to increase the speed at which

the caravans travel.

Buy and Sell Resources

At the Market you can buy and sell food or wood. The exchange rate for

purchases changes as the Market becomes  ooded with any resource. For

example, selling 1,000 wood will reduce the price the Market will pay to buy

the wood.

Buying and selling resources can be vital to overcome a shortage of a

resource that may be needed to purchase military units or to begin the

advance to another age.

To trade resources, at the Market, click the desired buy/sell icon.

The exchange is credited immediately.

To stockpile resources, rapidly click a buy/sell icon multiple times.

Select the tax collector improvement at the Market to reduce the cost of

trading resources.

Tribute Other Players

Tribute can be paid to other players (computer and human) in the form

of resources (gold, food, and wood) being sent to them. Tribute may not

be paid to an enemy, but you can send tributes to neutral players. In an

allied game, resource trading between allies allows for faster buildups and

technology research.

Paying tribute costs resources for each transaction. However, in Age of

Mythology tribute does not require a Market and can be paid in any age.

To pay tribute to another player, on the in-game menu, click the Tribute

icon. Select another player, select which resource to send to that player,

and then click Send.

To reduce the cost of paying tribute, research ambassadors at the Market.

Diplomacy

Diplomacy determines how game units react to units from other players.

Players can set these options during the game to form or dissolve alliances.

However, in a locked game the diplomacy options are only selected at the

start of the game and cannot be changed. Diplomacy options are:

Ally—Your units defend the units and buildings of allied players as if they

were your own. You cannot attack allied units or buildings.

Neutral—Your units ignore the units and buildings of neutral players unless

you order them to attack. If your units are attacked by neutral units, your

units defend themselves.

Enemy—Your units attack the units and buildings of enemy players who

enter their line of sight. This is the default setting for diplomacy unless you

began the game as a member of a team.

To select a diplomacy option, on the in-game menu, click the Select Player

icon. Select another player, select your diplomatic stance toward that player,

and then click OK.

Other players’ diplomacy settings do not automatically match yours. If

you set another player to ally, that player will still attack if they have you

set to enemy.

Using the Market and Diplomacy

In Age of Mythology, buildings train units, serve as resource drop sites, and

are where improvements can be researched. Buildings are built by Villagers

or Norse infantry.

Buildings in Common

Armory

The Armory researches improvements in weapons and armor

for military units, including ships and buildings with attack

capabilities. Thor has a special armory.

Dock

The Dock builds  shing ships, transports, and war ships.

Improvements to ships can be researched at the Dock.

Farm

Farms provide unlimited food, but food is gathered more slowly

than  shing or hunting. Build Farms next to Town Centers or

Granaries for quick food gathering.

Gate

Build a Gate in a wall to allow allied units access through

the wall.

House

The House supports ten units of population. After ten Houses

have been built, population must be expanded by building

Town Centers.

Market

The Market creates trade caravans and allows resources to be

bought and sold. Trade caravans travel between Town Centers,

generating gold for a successful round-trip. Research improve-

ments at the Market to reduce the cost or increase the pro t of

Market activities.

Sentry Tower

The Sentry Tower extends line of sight. It can be improved to

 re arrows at enemies in range.

Improved towers or other forti cations might be placed at vital points

such as river crossings or mountain passes where enemies would be

forced to pass. The garrison of the guard tower was expected to  ght

and defend the forti cation until help could arrive, as well as warn

commanders of encroachments. Because such a forti cation was usu-

ally placed at a vital position, an enemy could not afford to pass it

by, leaving their retreat path blocked.

Town Center

The Town Center trains Villagers and hero units, stores

resources, and acts as the hub of a city. Town centers can only

be built on settlements. Additional Town Centers can be built

starting in the Heroic Age. If a player claims all the settlements

on a map, this is a win under standard victory conditions.

The rise of agriculture provided a food surplus that had to be col-

lected and stored to be available in winter months and other periods

when food was scarce. The need to collect, store, and protect food

surpluses gave rise to the  rst towns as administrative centers. Towns

quickly became engaged in many additional activities, including the

gathering and storage of other resources, centers of manufacturing,

population concentration points, and centers of trade.

Buildings

Temple

The Temple trains myth units and researches mythological

improvements from the gods. Favor is one of the resources

required to train myth units. Each civilization earns favor in

a unique manner.

Walls

Build Walls to protect a town, close off choke points, defend

resources, or protect camps. Walls can be improved to stone

walls, forti ed walls, or citadel walls (Egyptian only) to

increase their strength.

Humans have been fortifying their towns for defense since the  rst

towns were built over 10,000 years ago. Walls were built to keep

out human enemies and protect food supplies needed to support the

town during winter. Wall materials depended on what was available,

including logs in northern forests or mud bricks in the Middle East.

The preferred wall material, when available, was stone. It would not

burn like wood and was much more dif cult to break than bricks.

A further improvement in walls was to build citadels at intervals

along the wall, not just at corners. Citadels were points of extra

strength, protecting both staircases down into the town and concen-

trations of defenders. Climbing attackers could be placed under

 re from multiple citadels, as well as the wall face. If attackers got

onto the wall, they could not get into the town without taking a

citadel  rst.

Wonder

The expensive Wonder proclaims the glory and superiority of

a civilization. In some Age of Mythology games, a completed

Wonder starts a countdown clock that will lead to an automatic

win if you can defend it until the timer expires.

Greek Buildings

Archery Range

The Archery Range trains archer and counter-archer

units. Improvements to archers may be researched at the

Archery Range.

Fortress

The Fortress provides a range of powerful military units

and siege weapons. Improvements to Fortress units may be

researched here. The Fortress also  res arrows at enemies,

making it a defensive structure as well.

Granary

The Granary is a drop site for any type of food. Build Farms

next to the Granary for ef cient food gathering. Herd cattle and

goats to the Granary for slaughter. Research improvements at

the Granary for food gathering operations.

Military Academy

The Military Academy trains infantry units. Improvements to

infantry units may be researched at the Military Academy.

The Greek freemen served in their military as an adjunct to their

normal lives as farmers, traders, craftsmen, and sailors. Able-bodied

men were taught weapon skills and battle movement regularly so as

to be ready when needed. This training was part of the advanced

education system of the Greeks, where non-slaves were taught a

variety of skills at military academies.

Storehouse

The Storehouse is a Greek drop site for wood and gold. Build a

Storehouse close to gold mines and forests for ef cient resource

gathering. Improvements to mining and wood collection are

researched at the Storehouse.

Stable

The Stable trains cavalry and counter-cavalry units. Improve-

ments to cavalry may be researched at the Stable.

Egyptian Buildings

Barracks

Infantry and archer units are trained at Egyptian Barracks.

Improvements to infantry and archers can be researched at

the Barracks.

All world civilizations thus far have had the need to train soldiers—

at least for defense, if not aggression against neighbors. For many,

this training took place at a barracks, which served as both living

quarters and a training ground. New recruits were assigned to the

barracks, and after a training period they were ready for service. At

the barracks they learned the mechanics of their weapons, the drill

of battle eld movements, and the discipline required to obey orders

in combat.

Granary

The Granary is a drop site for any type of food. Build Farms

next to the Granary for ef cient food gathering. Herd cattle and

goats to the Granary for slaughter. Research improvements at

the Granary for food gathering operations.

Lighthouse

A Lighthouse provides signi cant line of sight but has no

attack. Place Lighthouses in key areas to maximize terrain that

will be revealed.

Lumber Camp

The Lumber Camp is an Egyptian drop site for wood. Build it

next to a forest for ef cient logging. Research improvements to

logging at the Lumber Camp.

Migdol Stronghold

The Migdol Stronghold trains Chariots, Camelry, and War

Elephants. It also  res arrows at enemy units, and can be used

to garrison units. Improvements to the Migdol Stronghold units

can be researched here.

Mining Camp

The Mining Camp is an Egyptian drop site for gold. Build

it next to a gold mine for ef cient gold gathering. Research

improvements to mining at the Mining Camp.

Early miners learned that metal came from ore and ore often resided

in narrow seams or reefs within the earth. To follow narrow seams

of ore into mountains or underground required shaft mining. Rather

than excavate a huge and largely worthless pit, the miner followed

the seam with a narrow shaft, usually supported with timber to

prevent cave-ins. Ancient shaft mines in Europe reached impressive

depths. Perfectly preserved Celtic miners have been found in deep salt

mines where they lost their lives thousands of years ago.

Monument

Monuments generate favor. Additional Monuments will

increase the rate at which favor is generated.Up to  ve

Monuments may be built.

Obelisk

The Obelisk is summoned by the Priests of Egypt and reveals

a small area of the map. It is very useful in maintaining cheap

line of sight over the map.

Siege Works

Build powerful siege weapons at the Siege Works and research

improvements to siege weapons.

Norse Buildings

Hill Fort

Norse Hill Forts train elite units and  re arrows. Research

improvements to Hill Fort units.

Longhouse

The Norse Longhouse trains infantry and cavalry units.

Improvements to these units may be researched here.

Ox Cart

The Ox Cart is a mobile drop site that can collect food, wood,

and gold. The Ox Cart’s mobility allows the Norse to gather

resources swiftly and ef ciently. However, the slow-moving

Ox Carts count against population cap and are very vulnerable

to attack.

The Norse Ox Cart in Age of Mythology is representative of the

Norse hunting and gathering lifestyle that dominated their culture

until agriculture and animal husbandry became predominant. The

ancient Norse ranged far from their home bases for food and raw

materials because their lands were not bountiful and their climate

was harsh. Later, when they turned to raiding to increase their

wealth, they tended to hit quickly, gather what was available, and

move on.

Throughout the ages you can improve your units by researching improve-

ments. Improvements can affect unit hitpoints, armor, creation speed, or

resource gathering speed. Buildings can also bene t from improvements.

Ambassadors

Researched at Market

Improvement Reduces the tribute penalty at the Market

Since the rise of the  rst great civilizations, ambassadors have been

useful as communicators between rulers. Because communication

was usually limited by the speed of a horse or ship, it was useful

to have representatives present who could convey the policies of

neighboring countries. An important function of ambassadors was to

negotiate agreements regarding trade, peace, border disputes, loans,

and tribute.

Architects

Researched at Town Center

Requires Masons

Improvement Increases hitpoints of all buildings

Ballista Tower

Researched at Guard Tower

Requires Guard Tower

Improvement Increases tower hitpoints and attack

An improvement in larger towers and forti cations was the addi-

tion of heavier weapons, such as ballistae. These heavier weapons

made it possible to engage enemies at greater range and in ict more

damage against siege engines and troop concentrations.

Boiling Oil

Researched at Sentry Tower

Improvement Allows Towers, Migdol Strongholds, Hill Forts,

and Fortresses to attack units attacking their base

Enemies gathered at the base of a defensive wall could normally

be attacked only if defenders leaned out from the wall or otherwise

exposed themselves to arrow  re from below. One improvement for

wall defenses was to provide boiling oil or other substances that

could be poured on attackers below. Oil was particularly devastat-

ing if it could be set on  re  rst. This had the double effect of driving

attackers away and burning their siege equipment.

Bow Saw

Researched at Storehouse, Ox Cart, Lumber Camp

Requires Hand Axe

Improvement Villagers gather wood faster and carry more

Following the discovery of bronze and iron metalworking, the inven-

tion of the saw was a further technology breakthrough. Saws greatly

reduced waste when felling trees and preparing wood for building,

and simultaneously increased worker productivity in gathering.

Improvements

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