Building (Age of Mythology)

This article is about the buildings in Age of Mythology. For buildings in other games, see Building.

A list of the buildings of Age of Mythology, divided by the civilization that builds them. Unless stated otherwise, all buildings are built by that civilization's respective villager, except for the Norse. Norse villagers cannot build anything except for Farms (and Houses in Retold).

Common properties

• Buildings do not cost food, with the exception of Town Centers (pre-Retold only), Gardens, and Wonders.
• Buildings have high pierce armor, but low crush armor.

List of buildings

This lists buildings which are constructed by a builder unit. Buildings marked with * are not built by workers (foot soldiers for Norse). Unique building upgrades are not listed in this section.

	Archaic Age	Classical Age	Heroic Age	Mythic Age
Common	Houseℌ Dock Wooden Wall Temple	Farm Armoryα Town Center# Village Center Market Sentry Tower		Wonder Titan Gate
Greeks	Granary Storehouse	Military Academy Archery Range Stable	Fortress
Egyptians	Granary Lumber Camp Mining Camp Farm Monument Obelisk*	Barracks	Migdol Stronghold Siege Works	Lighthouse
Norse	Dwarven Armoryα	Longhouse Great Hall	Hill Fort
Atlanteans	Economic Guild Manorℌ Sky Passage	Military Barracks Counter Barracks	Palace	Mirror Tower
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)	Silo	Imperial Academy Military Camp Machine Workshop	Baolei
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)	Storage Pit Garden	War Academy Stable	Castle

^# Additional; Building a Town Center is allowed in the Archaic Age when there are none

^ℌ Manors replace Houses; the Atlanteans do not have access to Houses

^α Dwarven Armory replaces Armory; Thor does not have access to the Armory

* Built by a Priest or Fishing Ship instead

Buildings built by non-villager units

Egyptians

• Obelisk: Priest, Fishing Ship
• Lighthouse: Fishing Ship
• Dock: Fishing Ship (Before Retold)

Building upgrades

Walls

Civilizations	Archaic Age	Classical Age	Heroic Age	Mythic Age
Greeks	Wooden Wall →	Stone Wall →	Fortified Wall
Egyptians	Wooden Wall →	Stone Wall →	Fortified Wall →	Citadel Wall
Norse	Wooden Wall →	Stone Wall
Atlanteans	Wooden Wall →	Stone Wall → Bronze Wall →	Iron Wall	Orichalcum Wall
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)	Wooden Wall →	Stone Wall →	Fortified Wall →	Great Wall
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)	Wooden Wall → Earthen Wall →	Stone Wall →	Fortified Wall →	Great Wall

Towers

Civilizations	Archaic Age	Classical Age	Heroic Age	Mythic Age
Greeks Atlanteans Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)	Sentry Tower →	Watch Tower →	Guard Tower
Egyptians	Sentry Tower →	Watch Tower →	Guard Tower →	Ballista Tower
Norse	Sentry Tower →	Watch Tower
Atlanteans (Atlas)				Mirror Tower
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)	Sentry Tower →	Watch Tower →	Guard Tower →	Crossbow Tower

Buildings comparison

Drop-off sites

	Food	Wood	Gold
Greeks	Granary	Storehouse
Egyptians		Lumber Camp	Mining Camp
Norse	Ox Cart
Atlanteans	N/A
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)	Silo
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)	Storage Pit

• Since the Atlanteans do not need any drop off sites, they have a unique building, the Economic Guild, to research their economy technologies.
• The Ox Cart is not a building, but a unit.

Military production

	Infantry	Ranged soldier	Cavalry	Siege	Hero
Greeks	Military Academy	Archery Range	Stable	Fortress
Egyptians	Barracks	Mixed	Migdol Stronghold	Siege Works
Norse	Longhouse	N/A	Great Hall	Hill Fort	Great Hall
Atlanteans	Mixed				N/A
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)	Military Camp	Military Camp Machine Workshop	Baolei	Machine Workshop	Imperial Academy
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)	War Academy	Mixed	Stable	Castle

Fortified production

Fortress-type buildings are available to all civilizations from the Heroic Age onwards, and are necessary to advance to the Mythic Age (since Retold). They serve as strong defensive buildings and are often where the elite units of a civilization can be trained. Their high garrison space also allows vulnerable units and nearby villagers to garrison inside in case of an attack.

Attributes which are better than the Greek Fortress are marked with a blue background, while those which are worse are marked with red.

Blue	Better than generic
Red	Worse than generic

	Building	Wood	Gold	Favor	Time	Hit points	Attack
Greeks	Fortress	300	300	10	110	2,400	10
Egyptians	Migdol Stronghold	0	500	10	106.7	2,600	9
Norse	Hill Fort	270	300	5	100	2,160	8
Atlanteans	Palace	300	300	8	53.3	2,400	9.5
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)	Baolei	250	250	10	117.6	2,000	8
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)	Castle	300	300	10	100	2,100	14

Common

• Age - Heroic Age
• Range - 20
• Number of projectiles - 3
• Attack bonus - 6× vs. Ships
• Line of sight - 30
• Crush armor - 5%
• Hack armor - 30%
• Pierce armor - 96%
• Build limit - 10
• Rate of fire - 1

God power buildings

Buildings which are formed by god powers of certain gods are:

• Lure ( Poseidon)
• Sentinel ( Hades)
• Underworld Passage ( Apollo)
• Plenty Vault ( Hephaestus)
• Citadel Center ( Sekhmet) - converted from Town Center
• Healing Spring ( Forseti)
• Hesperides Tree ( Theia)
• Tartarian Gate ( Hekate)
• Asgardian Hill Fort ( Ullr)
• Shennong's Farm ( Shennong) - converted from Farm
• Peach Blossom Spring ( Fuxi)
• Earth Wall ( Houtu)

Scenario Editor buildings

These non-standard buildings are available in the Scenario Editor and may be present in campaigns:

• Boulder Rolling Dead
• Boulder Wall
• Boulder Wall (Asian)
• Bridge
• Columns
• Dam
• Dig Pile
• Dwarven Forge
• Earth
• Excavation
• Flag
• Fence Iron
• Fence Stone
• Fence Wood
• Fountain
• Gaia Pool
• Gate of Troy
• Gate Ram
• Gate Ram 2
• Hades Gate
• Hades Gate Small
• Jail Wall
• Market Stall
• Migdol (Bandit)
• Naval Shipyard
• Obelisk
• Osiris Pyramid
• Osiris Pyramid Xpack
• Roc Tent
• Ruins
• Shrine
• Statue Automaton
• Sign
• Statue Chimera
• Statue Cyclops
• Statue Hydra
• Statue Lion Left
• Statue Lion Right
• Statue Major God
• Statue Manticore
• Statue Nemean Lion
• Statue of Poseidon
• Statue Pharaoh
• Statue Valkyrie
• Tamarisk Tree Dead
• Taproot Trunk
• Temple Kronos SPC
• Temple of the Gods
• Temple Overgrown
• Tent
• Torch
• Odin's Tower
• Town Center Abandoned
• Underworld Passage SPC
• Wall Atlantis Connector
• Wall Atlantis Long
• Wall Troy Connector
• Wall Troy Long
• Wall Troy Short
• Well of Urd
• Wonder SPC

Gallery

A Norse base, featuring many structures: a Temple, two Markets, two Houses, a Longhouse, a Dwarven Armory and a Town Center.

Part of the base with a different roof, due to the terrain under part of the building. A new visual feature added in Retold.