| “ | You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Lore of Bragi. | ” |
| —Age up text in Age of Mythology | ||
Bragi is a Heroic Age Norse Minor god in Age of Mythology. He is the god of poetry and skalds. He is available to worshipers of Thor, Loki, and Freyr.
Attributes[]
God power[]
Flaming Weapons: Increases the attack of all human soldiers, heroes, and ships by 60% for 50 seconds.
Technologies[]
- Call of Valhalla: Berserks gain +10% hit points and grant 1 favor when they fall in battle
- Swine Array: Hirdmen gain +10% damage and +2.0 damage multiplier vs. cavalry.
- Thurisaz Rune: Myth units gain +10% movement speed and 0.25 HP/sec regeneration.
- Long Serpent (since Retold): Longboats gain +10% more hit points and fire +1 more arrows when attacking enemies (stacks up to 5 times).
Myth unit[]
- Battle Boar: Fast moving construct that occasionally bucks all enemy human units around it.
Technology tree[]
 Bragi |
Age |  |
|---|---|---|
| God power |  Flaming Weapons | |
 Temple |
 Battle Boar |
 Thurisaz Rune |
 Longhouse |
 Call of Valhalla |
 Swine Array |
 Dock |
 Long Serpent |
Strategy[]
Bragi's improvements are purely offensive. He has technologies that upgrade Berserks and Hirdmen, making them better all-round and devastating to cavalry. His god power, Flaming Weapons, can turn the tide of a battle (especially one featuring Hirdmen vs cavalry) bringing an easy victory to the caster. For naval wars, Flaming Weapons can be particularly effective in gaining the edge in arrow ship battles, especially after Long Serpent has been researched, giving the player the strongest Longboats in the game.
Bragi's myth unit is the Battle Boar, one of the faster and better-armored myth units. It has a bucking attack which briefly stuns all human units (and some myth units) nearby. Bragi's other technology is Thurisaz Rune, which makes the Battle Boar charge into combat even faster and can boost slower myth units such as the Troll, Einheri, and even the Titan, as well as allowing them to regenerate.
Bragi's improvements are purely offensive. He has two technologies that upgrade Ulfsarks, making them better all-round and devastating to cavalry. This is very important, as the Ulfsark is the only human counter to cavalry available to the Norse, and a weak one at that. His god power, Flaming Weapons, can turn the tide of a battle (especially one featuring Ulfsarks vs cavalry) bringing an easy victory to the caster.
Bragi's myth unit is the Battle Boar, one of the faster and better-armored myth units. It has a bucking attack which briefly stuns all human units (and some myth units) nearby. Bragi's other technology is Thurisaz Rune, which makes the Battle Boar charge into combat even faster and can boost slower myth units such as the Troll and Einherjar, and even the Titan.Changelog[]
Retold[]
- Bragi gains the myth technology Long Serpent from Njord.
Mythology[]
| “ | Son of Odin and possibly Gunnlod, keeper of the mead of poetry, Bragi was the god of poetry and eloquence. He was portrayed as an old bearded man playing a harp. He spoke bluntly to Loki following the death of Baldr, telling him that he was unwelcome in Asgard. Loki became enraged and insulted Bragi, who in turn threatened to rip off Loki's head to end his lies. Loki then fled Asgard, prophesizing that the gods would all fall. Bragi is considered a late addition to the Norse mythological system, possibly in recognition of the rising status of bards and poets as wise men passing on knowledge and truth. Solemn oaths were sworn over a cup, sometimes also associated with Bragi. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
| “ | Son of Odin and a female giant, Bragi was the god of poetry and eloquence. He was portrayed as an old bearded man playing a harp. He spoke bluntly to Loki, following the death of Baldr, telling him he was unwelcome in Asgard. Loki became enraged and called Bragi a "braggart." Bragi threatened to rip off Loki's head to end his lies. Loki then fled Asgard, prophesizing that the gods would all fall. Bragi is considered a late addition to the Norse/Germanic pantheon, possibly in recognition for the newly high status of bards and poets as wise men passing on knowledge and truth. Solemn oaths were sworn over the Cup of Bragi. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
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