Arkantos (God)

This article is about the god form. For the base form, see Arkantos. For the demi-god form, see Arkantos (Blessed).

Arkantos (God)
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Unit type	Hero
Creation
Population	2
Statistics
Hit points	1,500
Regeneration	20 hit points/second
Speed	5.3
Line of Sight	20
Hack armor	80%
Pierce armor	80%
Crush armor	99%
Ability	Lightning Blast Sacred Hands Divine Immunity
Attack
Hack	100
Multipliers	Myth unit: 5× Living Poseidon Statue: 1× Animal of Set: 1× Human soldier: 1×
Other
Arkantos (God) will collapse instead of dying when his hit points reaches 1 and can be revived by approaching with a friendly unit as long as no enemy units are on top

Arkantos (God) (named Arkantos (god) before Retold) is the god form of Arkantos. Given his high armor rating, powerful attack, and quick health regeneration, he is almost impossible to kill. His stats are identical to his uber form, but he has a different appearance.

Special ability

• Lightning Blast (Charged): Creates an electric shockwave that hits multiple units at once, injuring them greatly, causing 200 hack damage and briefly stunning them. Recharge time: 15 seconds.
• Sacred Hands (Passive): Can pick up Relics and deposit them at a Temple.
• Divine Immunity (Passive): Cannot be targeted by enemy god powers.

Further statistics

General technologies

• Classical Age, Heroic Age, Mythic Age: +10% hit points and attack.
• Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
• Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -15% hack vulnerability.
• Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -15% pierce vulnerability.

Myth technologies

• Olympian Parentage (Zeus): +25% hit points.
• Oracle (Apollo): +4 Line of Sight.
• Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points.

Campaign

In A Place in My Dreams, the final scenario of the Fall of the Trident campaign, Arkantos fights the Living Poseidon Statue, after he is being empowered by the Blessing of Zeus, and eventually defeats it and Gargarensis (who is impaled by the crumbling statue's trident).

After this victory, an enraged Poseidon destroys and sinks the island of Atlantis, also killing Arkantos. However, Athena resurrects him, and he ascends into true godhood, and is tasked with keeping the Titans in check.

In The New Atlantis, he takes on the role Athena served in Fall of the Trident; guiding his son, Kastor through his quest to imprison the Titans.

Changelog

The Titans

• Arkantos (god)'s attack multipliers are 10× vs. myth units, 25× vs. Living Poseidon Statue, 3× vs. Animals of Set, and 7× vs. human soldiers.

Retold

• Arkantos (God)'s attack multiplier is only 4× vs. myth units.
• With update 17.30764, Arkantos (God)'s attack multiplier vs. myth units is increased to 5×.

In-game dialogue

Before Retold, Arkantos God spoke a fictional language, but in the release of Retold, he speaks Greek with a reverb effect and slightly similar to the original 2002 Arkantos (Blessed)'s voice.

• Retold
• Original

• Select 1 Πρόσταγμα? [prostagma] (prostaghma?) - Order/command?
• Select 2 Ἕτοιμος/Ἑτοῖμος [hetoimos] (etimos) - Ready/willing
• Select 3 Πρόσεχε! (prosekhe!) - Be careful!
• Select 4 Λέγε [lege] (leye) - Speak or collect (archaic)
• Move 1 Ἔστω [estō] (esto) - Let it be / so be it
• Move 2 Βούλομαι [boulomai] (vulome) - I will/I want
• Move 3 Μάλιστα [malista] (malesta) - Of course/absolutely (lit. 'most')
• Move 4 Ναί [nai] (ne) - Yes
• Move 5 Πανύ [pany] (pani) - Certainly
• Attack 1 Εἰσβολή! [eːsbolē] (isvoli!) - Invasion!
• Attack 2 Καλῶς [kalós] (kalos) - Good, well
• Attack 3 Εἰς μάχην [eːs makhēn] (is makhin) - To battle
• Attack 4 Πόρρω! [porrō] (porro!) - Forward!

• Select 1 Youshi? - Yes
• Select 2 Herjos? - What?
• Select 3 Bureg! - Ready!
• Move 1 Youshi - Yes
• Move 2 Osto
• Move 3 Mak
• Attack 1 Tellis markay!
• Attack 2 Youshi! - Yes
• Attack 3 Eporo fros!

Mythology

• Retold
• Before Retold

“	Age -- Immortal Homeland -- Atlantis Occupation -- demigod tasked with preventing the Titans from escaping Arkantos of Atlantis was born during a time of great turmoil. His homeland was under constant siege by enemy armies and often seemed on the verge of losing not only the colonies that it had fought hard to establish, but also its home island of Atlantis. Arkantos took up arms at an early age, and quickly earned a reputation as a great leader and one favored by Poseidon, the patron deity of Atlantis. By the twilight of these great conflicts, Arkantos had become so indisputably skilled at waging war that the Council of Atlantis named him admiral and placed him in charge of their entire military. With his homeland again safe, Arkantos embarked upon a campaign to seek out and eliminate any enemies who still remained. Finally, there was no enemy capable of challenging Atlantis. In the time of peace that followed, maintaining a large army no longer seemed necessary, and Arkantos himself seemed a relic of a bygone age. Kept around largely out of gratitude for years of service, Arkantos now commands only a token force to fight off the occasional bandit or pirate, such as those who killed his wife and left his son, Kastor, as his only heir. It seemed that Arkantos' days of glory had ended, but fate had something different in mind. Accompanied by a band of heroes and friends, he kept the cyclops Gargarensis from freeing the Titan Kronos. Arkantos and his cohort saved the world, but in the end they could not save his beloved Atlantis. Athena deified Arkantos for his efforts. He is a reluctant god, but his station allows him to observe and thwart the machinations of the greater - but pettier - gods around him.	”
—In-game help section

“	Age -- Immortal Homeland -- Atlantis Occupation -- Minor god of Titan stopping Arkantos of Atlantis was born during a time of great turmoil. His homeland was under constant siege by enemy armies and often seemed on the verge of losing not only the colonies it had fought hard to establish, but also the very home island of Atlantis. Arkantos took up spear and shield at an early age, and quickly earned a reputation as a great leader and one favored by Poseidon, the Father of Atlantis. By the twilight of these great wars, Arkantos had become so indisputably skilled in waging war that the Council of Atlantis named him admiral and placed him in charge of their entire military. With the homeland again safe, Arkantos embarked upon a campaign to search out and eliminate any enemies who still remained. Finally, there was no enemy capable of challenging Atlantis. In a time of peace, maintaining a large army no longer seemed necessary and Arkantos himself seemed a relic of a bygone age. Kept around largely for gratitude for years of service, Arkantos now commands only a token force to fight off the rare bandit or pirate, including those that killed his wife and left his son, Kastor, as his only heir. It seemed that Arkantos' days of glory had ended. But fate had something different in mind. Accompanied by a band of heroes and friends, he kept the Cyclops Gargarensis from freeing the Titan Kronos. Together they saved the world, but in the end he could not save his beloved Atlantis. Arkantos was raised to godhood by Athena for his sacrifices. He is a reluctant god, but it gives him a good position from which to observe and circumvent the machinations of the greater, but petty, gods around him.	”
—In-game help section

Trivia

• Apart from the mythology section, what sets apart the god form from the demi-god form, is the language: in god form Arkantos speaks Atlantean (since The Titans), whereas in uber, he speaks Greek.
• The birth animation is unique, and not shared by any hero unit in the game, most of which raise their arms to the heavens.

Gallery

Arkantos' god form in Retold

Talking portrait for Arkantos' god form in Retold

Arkantos' god form before Retold

The unit's unique "birth" animation

Arkantos (god) appearing in a post game cut scene in Making Amends

Standard, uber and god Arkantos in Retold

Video

GOD ARKANTOS vs EVERY MYTH UNIT - Age of Mythology