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This article is about the building in Age of Empires IV. For other uses, see Blacksmith. |
| “ | Houses technology to improve infantry and cavalry. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Blacksmith is a building in Age of Empires IV that can be built starting in the Feudal Age. It is available to all civilizations except the Japanese, which have the Forge instead.
The Blacksmith contains technologies that improve the attack and armor of most units except siege engines. In addition to infantry and cavalry, as specified in the in-game description, these technologies can affect Religious Units, Villagers, Ships and Emplacements.
Abilities and influences[]
Blacksmith Influence (Influence, Ottomans only): Blacksmiths generate a 10 x 10 tile influence area. Military buildings within the influence of a Blacksmith have +20%/+30%/+40% production speed per age starting in the Feudal Age. This can be improved to +100% in the Imperial Age with the Istanbul Observatory. The influence area is fixed and is not extended by other buildings.
Available technologies[]
Generic technologies[]
Technologies in the same line are chained. The attack and armor technologies do not apply to siege engines. The armor technologies do not apply to ships. Additionally, gunpowder units do not benefit from regular attack upgrades either.
 Feudal Age
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 Castle Age
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 Imperial Age
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Effect |
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 Bloomery
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 Decarbonization
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 Damascus Steel
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+1 melee attack |
 Fitted Leatherwork
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 Insulated Helm
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 Master Smiths
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+1 melee armor |
 Steeled Arrow
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 Balanced Projectiles
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 Platecutter Point
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+1 ranged attack to all arrows and javelins[1] |
 Iron Undermesh
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 Wedge Rivets
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 Angled Surfaces
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+1 ranged armor |
 Siege Engineering
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Infantry can build Battering Rams and Siege Towers on the field | ||
 Military Academy
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Infantry, cavalry, siege, and transport units at buildings are created 33% faster |
- Civilization differences
- Military Academy is unavailable to the Ottomans because of their Blacksmith and University influence civilization bonus
- Siege Engineering is free from the Dark Age for the Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids, and hence does not appear in the technology tree
Mongols University technologies[]
Since the Mongols are unable to build a University, most of their University technologies are available at the Blacksmith.
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Elite Army Tactics
- Incendiary Arrows
- Siege Works
- Silk Bowstrings
- Serpentine Powder
Unique technologies[]
- Camel Handling ( Abbasid Dynasty)
- Infantry Support ( Ayyubids)
- Sultan's Mamluks ( Ayyubids)
- Teardrop Shields ( Byzantines)
- Forced March ( Delhi Sultanate)
- Padded Jack ( House of Lancaster)
- Precision Training ( Malians)
- Boyar's Fortitude ( Rus)
- Dali Horses ( Zhu Xi's Legacy)
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
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 Hit points
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 Court Architects (+30%)
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| Armor |  Slate and Stone Construction (+5 fire armor,  Holy Roman Empire and  Order of the Dragon)
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| Aura and ability enhancements | |
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 Regeneration
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 Emergency Repairs (150 hp/s for 20 seconds, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)
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| Armor |  House of Wisdom Influence (+5 fire armor,  Abbasid Dynasty and  Ayyubids)
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| Damage resistance | Elzbach Palace Influence (-25%, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)  Praesidium Influence (-5% per Cistern water level,  Byzantines)
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| Research speed |  Golden Age Tier 2 (+15% Abbasid Dynasty; +25% Ayyubids) Golden Age Tier 3 (+20% Abbasid Dynasty)  Dialecticus Influence (+30% per Cistern water level, Byzantines) Scholar Research (Increased with every Active Scholar when inside the Scholar Influence area,  Delhi Sultanate)
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 Work rate
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 Supervision (+150% for  Chinese; +150% for  Zhu Xi's Legacy or +300% with Regional Inspection)
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| Ability | Town Center Influence (Grants Emergency Repairs, Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon)
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| Civilization bonuses | |
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| Resource cost |  Ottomans (-40%)
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| Build speed | Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy (+100%) Order of the Dragon (+25%)
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| Other | Ayyubids (Single tier of armor and attack upgrades is free with Master Smiths branch of Military Wing) Byzantines (Generate +32 stone when built) Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy (Generates taxes from researching tehcnologies) French (Melee damage technologies granted for free with Age-up)  Mongols (Can pack up and move)
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Changelog[]
- With update 8324, Camel Handling was added to the Abbasid Dynasty Blacksmith. With the Season One Update, Camel Rider Barding was removed from the Abbasid Dynasty Blacksmith.
- With the Season One Update, Siege Works and its improved version were added to the Mongol Blacksmith.
- With patch 6.1.130, the Ottoman Blacksmith production influence bonus was reduced from 25/33/40% to 20/30/40% per Age.
- Originally, Blacksmiths benefited from Zhu Xi's Legacy Song Dynasty bonus. With patch 9.2.628, this is no longer the case.
- With patch 9.2.628, Companion Equipment was moved from the Keep to the Blacksmith for Jeanne d'Arc.
- With update 10.0.576, Marching Drills is no longer available to research for the Holy Roman Empire.
- With update 12.0.1974, Serpentine Powder and Silk Bowstrings is available in the Mongol Blacksmith, Dali Horses is available in Zhu Xi's Legacy's Blacksmith, and Companion Equipment was removed from Jeanne d'Arc's Blacksmith.
Campaign version[]
Because the original four campaigns have not been rebalanced since the release of the game, Blacksmiths in those campaigns have the following main differences:
- They have 2,100 hit points instead of 1,500
- They cannot research ranged attack and defense improvements such as Steeled Arrow or Iron Undermesh line. Instead, these are researched at the campaign-only building called the Arsenal
- They can research the additional technologies Elite Spear Tactics and Grapered Lances
Gallery[]
Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubid Blacksmith
Byzantine Blacksmith
Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy Blacksmith
Delhi Sultanate Blacksmith
English Blacksmith
French and Jeanne d'Arc Blacksmith
Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon Blacksmith
Knights Templar Blacksmith
Malian Blacksmith
Mongol Blacksmith
Packed Mongol Blacksmiths
Ottoman Blacksmith
Rus Blacksmith
An Ottoman Blacksmith with its influence area
Concept art for the Chinese Blacksmith
Concept art for the English Blacksmith
Notes[]
- ↑ including Donso's ranged attack, Delhi Sultanate's Fishing Boat and Malian Transport Ship
