Archery Range (Age of Mythology)

This article is about the building in Age of Mythology. For the building in other games of the series, see Archery Range.

Archery Range
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Type	Military Building
Civilization	Greeks
Age	Classical Age
Use	Trains ranged soldiers
Construction
Wood	100
Build time	25 seconds
Statistics
Size	4×4
Hit points	1,200
Garrison	5
Hack armor	30%
Pierce armor	90%
Crush armor	5%
Line of Sight	9

“	Greek Archery Ranges train archer and counter-archer units.	”
—In-game description

The Archery Range is a Greek building in Age of Mythology that can be built once the Classical Age is reached. It is where ranged soldiers are trained and technologies that improve them are researched.

In the original game, Hades players have a unique archer unit, the Gastraphetoros, but it could only be trained at the Fortress. The Titans enables this unit to be trained at the Archery Range as well.

Further statistics

God bonuses

• Poseidon: Spawns 3 Militia when destroyed.
• Hades: +2 range.

General technologies

• Masons: +15% hit points and -5% crush vulnerability.
• Architects: +20% hit points and -5% crush vulnerability.
• Signal Fires ➞ Carrier Pigeons: +6 Line of Sight.

Myth technologies

• Divine Blood (Aphrodite): +15% construction speed.
• Oracle (Apollo): +4 Line of Sight.
• Athenian Wall (Hera): +20% hit points. (Before Retold)

Relics

• Blanket of Empress Zoe: -15% crush vulnerability.
• Five Colored Stone of Nüwa: -50% repairing cost.
• Head of Orpheus: +8 Line of Sight.
• Nose of the Sphinx: +15% hit points.
• Texts of Imhotep: -10% construction time.

Units

• Toxotes
• Peltast
• Gastraphetoros (Hades only, since The Titans)

Technologies

General

• Medium Ranged Soldiers
• Heavy Ranged Soldiers
• Levy Ranged Soldiers
• Champion Ranged Soldiers
• Conscript Ranged Soldiers

Myth

• Enyo's Bow of Horror (Ares)
• Sun Ray (Apollo)
• Shafts of Plague (Artemis)

Technology tree

		Archery Range
	➞		➞		➞
		Toxotes		Peltast
		Medium Ranged Soldiers	➞	Heavy Ranged Soldiers	➞	Champion Ranged Soldiers
				Levy Ranged Soldiers	➞	Conscript Ranged Soldiers

Changelog

Age of Mythology

• It has 96% pierce armor.

Retold

• It has 90% pierce armor.

History

“	In Age of Mythology, Greek civilizations may produce at the Archery Range soldiers trained to fight with missile weapons. They may also raise the quality of these units and research improvements to make them more effective. By the time of Philip and Alexander of Macedon, pure Hoplite infantry armies were at a major disadvantage when fighting against mixed armies of infantry, archers, and cavalry. Thereafter, most effective ancient armies combined all arms. Soldiers using missile weapons like the bow and javelin required substantial skill and training to be effective, however. To reach a minimum level of proficiency they practiced at the Archery Range.	”
—In-game help section

Trivia

• Much like the Stable and Siege Works, the Archery Range was intended to be available to all civilizations, where a basic archer unit could be trained, along with a counter-archer unit.

Gallery

Archaic/Classical Age Archery Range in Retold

Heroic Age Archery Range in Retold

Mythic Age Archery Range in Retold

A Classical Age Archery Range with ranged units in Retold

Archery Range in the Classical Age.

Heroic Age Archery Range

The Archery Range as it appears in Low-Detail mode in Age of Mythology.

An Archery Range in both a snowy and non-snowy area, in Retold.