Bow Saw (Age of Mythology)

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

Bow Saw
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Civilization	All civilizations
Age	Heroic Age*
Research
Researched at	Storehouse Ox Cart Lumber Camp Economic Guild Silo Storage Pit
Prerequisite(s)	Hand Axe
Required for	Carpenters
Food	250
Gold	150
Research time	45
Effect
Villager: +15% wood gather rate, +5 carry capacity

“	Villagers gather Wood faster and carry more.	”
—In-game help section

Bow Saw is a common technology in Age of Mythology that can be researched once the Heroic Age is reached. It increases the worker units' wood gather rate and carry capacity. Carpenters is the further upgrade of this technology.

Effects

• Worker: +15% wood gather rate.
• +5 wood carry capacity for non-Atlantean workers.

Further statistics

God bonuses

• Isis: -10% cost.
• Freyr: Bow Saw costs 125 food, 75 gold but takes 113 seconds to research.
• Gaia: -35% cost and can be researched in the Classical Age.
• Tsukuyomi: Researching grants Bushidō XP.

Myth technologies

• Rigsthula (Heimdall): -16.67% research time. (since Retold)
• Divine Prefecture (Ōkuninushi): -37.5% research time.

Changelog

Age of Mythology

• It is available in the Classical Age.
• It increases generic worker wood gather rate by +10%.
• It increases Laborer wood gather rate by a total of +11% rather than +10%.

Retold

• It is available in the Heroic Age.
• It increases generic worker wood gather rate by +15%.
• Compared to its effects on other worker units, it has no separate effect on Laborer gather rates.

History

“	Following the discovery of bronze and iron metalworking, the invention of the saw was a further critical technology breakthrough. Saws greatly reduced waste when felling trees and preparing wood for building, and simultaneously increased worker productivity in gathering.	”
—In-game help section