| “ | Vidar's spirit causes your Hersirs' hammers to grow mightier with each strike, increasing in size and damage as they fight. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Avenging Spirit is a Norse myth technology in Age of Mythology: Retold - New Gods Pack: Freyr, available to research at the Great Hall and Temple if the Mythic Age is reached through Vidar. Once researched, it makes Hersirs gain more attack damage based on the total amount of damage they have dealt, with the visual size of their weapon also increasing.
Effects[]
- Hersir: Gains veterancy ranks from damage dealt to units. Has 3 ranks, achieved when having dealt 50, 150, and 300 total damage. Each rank grants +20% attack.
- Comparison
Rank Total damage dealt Bonuses Attack damage* Weapon size 0 < 50 100% (12.8 
hack)
100% 1 ≥ 50 and < 150 120% (14.4 hack)
120% 2 ≥ 150 and < 300 140% (16 hack)
140% 3 ≥ 300 160% (17.6 hack)
160%
- The table shows attack damage value of a Hersir in the Mythic Age (+60% initial bonus). These attack damage bonuses also stack with bonuses from other Relics and technologies.
Further statistics[]
Relics[]
- Gambanteinn, Odin's Wand: -25% cost except favor.
Mythology[]
| “ | Vidar was known as the avenger of the gods: he defeated the monstrous wolf Fenrir after it slew his father Odin during Ragnarok. "The wolf will swallow the Father of Men, Vidar will avenge this; the cold jaws of the wolf he will sunder in battle." -- The Poetic Edda, The Lay of Vafthrudnir |
” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Gallery[]
Regular Hersir (left) with the three stages of Avenging Spirit to its right
