Bow Saw (Age of Empires II)

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires II. For the technology in Age of Mythology, see Bow Saw (Age of Mythology).

Bow Saw is a technology in Age of Empires II available at the Lumber Camp upon reaching the Castle Age. Once researched, it allows Villagers to gather wood 20% faster.

Two-Man Saw is the further upgrade of this technology.

Civilization bonuses Edit

• Burmese: Bow Saw is free.
• Chinese: Bow Saw is 15%/20% cheaper in the Castle/Imperial Age.

History Edit

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The bow saw had a rounded handle like a bow with the saw blade connecting the bow ends. The bow saw was a more precise tool than previous saws. Woodcutters using it got more usable wood from each tree by reducing waste.

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Technologies in Age of Empires II
Economic technologies
Wheelbarrow  · Hand Cart  · Caravan  · Coinage  · Banking  · Guilds  · Gillnets
Wood	Double-Bit Axe  · Bow Saw  · Two-Man Saw
Farming	Horse Collar  · Heavy Plow  · Crop Rotation
Gold	Gold Mining  · Gold Shaft Mining
Stone	Stone Mining  · Stone Shaft Mining
Military technologies
Conscription
Melee units	Forging  · Iron Casting  · Blast Furnace  · Scale Mail Armor  · Chain Mail Armor  · Plate Mail Armor  · Tracking  · Supplies  · Squires  · Arson  · Scale Barding Armor  · Chain Barding Armor  · Plate Barding Armor  · Bloodlines  · Husbandry
Ranged units	Fletching  · Bodkin Arrow  · Bracer  · Padded Archer Armor  · Leather Archer Armor  · Ring Archer Armor  · Thumb Ring  · Parthian Tactics  · Ballistics  · Chemistry  · Siege Engineers
Building technologies
Town Watch  · Town Patrol  · Masonry  · Architecture  · Treadmill Crane  · Heated Shot  · Arrowslits  · Murder Holes  · Hoardings
Religious technologies
Redemption  · Atonement  · Herbal Medicine  · Heresy  · Sanctity  · Fervor  · Faith  · Illumination  · Block Printing  · Theocracy
Miscellaneous technologies
Loom  · Sappers  · Spies  · Treason  · Unique technologies
Naval	Careening  · Dry Dock  · Shipwright
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