Bolt Magazines

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend. For the technology in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - The Three Kingdoms, see Bolt Magazine.

Bolt Magazines is a unique technology in Age of Empires IV released in Season Nine update 12.0.1974, available to Zhu Xi's Legacy. It can be researched at the Archery Range starting in the Castle Age and grants Zhuge Nu +0.5 range and +1 bonus damage against light infantry.

The technology researches 150% faster when the Archery Range is supervised by an Imperial Official. This can be improved to 300% faster after researching Regional Inspection.

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Abbasid Dynasty	Composite Bows · Camel Rider Barding · Camel Handling · Camel Support · Camel Rider Shields · Medical Centers · Improved Processing · Agriculture · Boot Camp · Teak Masts · Proselytization · Preservation of Knowledge · Public Libraries · Phalanx · Armored Caravans · Grand Bazaar · Spice Roads · Fresh Foodstuffs · Fertile Crescent
Ayyubids	Phalanx · Teak Masts · Infantry Support · Siege Carpentry · Sultan's Mamluks
Byzantines	Heavy Dromon · Liquid Explosives · Expilatores · Trapezites · Numeri · Greek Fire Projectiles · Teardrop Shields · Ferocious Speed · Border Settlements · Mangonel Emplacement Mercenary House: Eastern Mercenary Contract · Western Mercenary Contract · Silk Road Mercenary Contract · Veteran Contract · Elite Contract
Chinese	Reload Drills · Ancient Techniques · Pyrotechnics · Imperial Examinations · Additional Barrels · Battle Hardened · Extra Materials · Handcannon Slits · Thunderclap Bombs
Delhi Sultanate	Armored Beasts · Howdahs · Mahouts · Paiks · Forced March · Village Fortresses · Honed Blades · Tranquil Venue · Reinforced Foundations · All-Seeing Eye · Efficient Production · Sanctity · Swiftness · Zeal · Hearty Rations · Slow-Burning Defenses · Salvaged Materials
English	Network of Citadels · Enclosures · Arrow Volley · Armor Clad · Admiralty · Shattering Projectiles
French	Crossbow Stirrups · Gambesons · Royal Bloodlines · Enlistment Incentives · Long Guns · Cantled Saddles · Chivalry · Merchant Guilds
Golden Horde	Battlefield Salvage · Beachhead · Glorious Charge · Earthen Core Walls · Battlefield Salvage · Khan Debuff Arrow · Padded Armor · Ovoo Tithe · Triple Shot · Increased Supplies · Sarai Lancers · Piracy · Stone Commerce Food: Rotation Grazing · Over Grazing Stone: Ovoo Offering · Ovoo Ceremony Reinforcements: Barracks Reinforcements · Stables Reinforcements · Archery Range Reinforcements Edict system: Unlock Kharash Edict · Unlock Stockyard Edict
Holy Roman Empire	Slate and Stone Construction · Reinforced Defenses · Devoutness · Heavy Maces · Two-Handed Weapons · Fire Stations · Inspired Warriors · Awl Pikes · Steel Barding · Cistercian Churches
House of Lancaster	Admiralty · Billmen · Burgundian Imports · Collar of Esses · Exact Militia Program · Hill Training · Military Tactics Training · Muster the Nobles · Padded Jack · Scutage · Ships of the Crown · Shire Levy · Synchronized Shot · Throwing Dagger Drills · Warwolf Trebuchet Manor: Condensed Land Practices · Open Field System
Japanese	Copper Plating · Odachi · Nagae Yari · Do-maru Armor · Kabura-ya Whistling Arrow · Daimyo Manor · Daimyo Palace · Shogunate Castle · Zen · Nehan · Five Mountain Ministries · Shinto Rituals · Gion Festival · Bunrei Food: Tawara · Takezaiku · Fudasashi Melee damage: Tatara · Hizukuri · Kobuse-gitae · Yaki-ire
Jeanne d'Arc	Crossbow Stirrups · Gambesons · Royal Bloodlines · Long Guns · Cantled Saddles · Chivalry · Companion Equipment · Ordinance Company · Merchant Guilds
Knights Templar	Desert Citadels · Treasure Towers · Rule of Templars · Lettre de Change · Trebuchet Emplacement · Iron Clamps · Cranequins · Brigandine · Counterweight Defenses · Fanaticism · Crusader Fleets Pilgrim: Safe Passage · Sanctuary
Macedonian Dynasty	Heavy Dromon · Liquid Explosives · Greek Fire Projectiles · Border Settlements · Rhomphaia · Roman Fire · Ruinous Blinding · Stronghold Defensive Arrowslits · Polutasvarf · Prolonged Siege Tiered: Pattern Welding · Sharpening Stones · Blade Inlaying · Fortifications · Butted Chainmail · Lamellar Armor · Scale Barding · Iron Fittings
Malians	Banco Repairs · Farima Leadership · Imported Armor · Local Knowledge · Poisoned Arrows · Precision Training · Javelin Emplacement · Canoe Tactics
Mongols	Improved technologies · Whistling Arrows · Yam Network · Piracy · Superior Mobility · Monastic Shrines · Additional Torches · Raid Bounty · Stone Bounty · Siha Bow Limbs · Stone Commerce · Steppe Lancers · Pax Mongolica
Order of the Dragon	Slate and Stone Construction · Reinforced Defenses · Fire Stations · Inspired Warriors · War Horses · Heavy Torches · Golden Cuirass · Scale Armor · Zornhau · Bodkin Bolts
Ottomans	Field Work · Mehter Drums · Anatolian Hills · Military Campus · Akinji System · Extensive Fortifications · Advanced Academy · Janissary Company · Pax Ottomana · Siege Crews · Great Bombard · Trade Bags · Janissary Guns · Great Bombard Emplacement · Imperial Fleet
Rus	Fine Tuned Guns · Boyar's Fortitude · Mounted Training · Knight Poleaxes · Siege Crew Training · Wandering Town · Divine Light · Fervor · Saint's Veneration · Banded Arms · Castle Watch · Castle Turret · Adaptable Hulls
Sengoku Daimyo	Cross Folded Armor · Higoyumi · Horse Training · Improved Yari · Kampo Medicine · Lightweight Blades · Mountain Top Training · Mounted Samurai Odachi · Nenbutsu · Ozutsu Unlock · Samurai Bow · Tanegashima Tate · Yatai Farm Gather Food: Tawara · Takezaiku · Fudasashi Melee damage: Tatara · Hizukuri · Kobuse-gitae · Yaki-ire
Tughlaq Dynasty	Collateral Damage · Woven Baskets · Carrying Frame · Elephant Harness · Shahi Walls · Red Brick Bastions · Tier Three Fort Upgrade · Neza Training · Curse of Auliya · Tughlaqabad Fort Overwatch · Field Repair Site · Elephant Caretakers · Armored Beasts · Mahouts
Zhu Xi's Legacy	Regional Inspection · Single Whip Reform · Imperial Red Seals · Advanced Administration · Military Affairs Bureau · Thunderclap Bombs · Handcannon Slits · Cloud of Terror · Dali Horses · Roar of the Dragon · Bolt Magazines · Hard Cased Bombs · 10000 Bolts · Dynastic Protectors
Removed technologies
Season Two Update	Shipwrights
Season Three Update	Patchwork Repairs · Clinker Construction · Cedar Hulls
Season Four Update	Improved Blessing · Saint's Reach
Season Five Update	Reusable Barrels · Benediction · Setup Camp · Double Time
Season Seven Update	Marching Drills
Season Eight Update	Manuscript Trade · Lookout Towers
Season Nine Update	Riveted Chain Mail · Fast Training