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Burning Pitch is a common technology in Age of Mythology, researched at the Armory. It increases the attack of archers, arrow ships, Ballistae and Cheiroballistae, particularly against buildings.

Note that for worshipers of Thor, Burning Pitch is available at the Dwarven Foundry in the Archaic Age.

Effects[]

  • Archers and Arrow Ships ×6 damage against buildings
  • Archers ×1.5 damage against ships
  • Arrow ships +15% attack
  • Ballistae +20% crush damage (+50% in Tale of the Dragon)
  • Cheiroballistae ×11 damage against buildings.

Note: Certain myth units (such as the Satyr), siege ships and ranged Greek Heroes seem to benefit from Burning Pitch. However, this is purely cosmetic, as their attack against building does not increase. Also, clicking on the respective unit's info box does not indicate that the unit in question gains Burning Pitch under the "Upgrades" section.

History[]

While arrows were already deadly in combat, well-equipped armies could coat their arrowheads (or even siege projectiles) with burning pitch made from tar or tree sap in order to cause extra damage and ignite the unfortunate victim, ship or building targeted.

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Technologies in Age of Mythology
Economic technologies
Food gatheringHuntingDogsAOM Hunting Dogs  · HusbandryAOM Husbandry  · PlowAOM Plow  · IrrigationAOM Irrigation  · FloodControl Flood Control
FishingPurseSeine Purse Seine  · SaltAmphora Salt Amphora
Wood gatheringHandAxe Hand Axe  · BowSaw Bow Saw  · Carpenters Carpenters
Gold gatheringPickaxe Pickaxe  · ShaftMine Shaft Mine  · Quarry Quarry
TradingAmbassadors Ambassadors  · TaxCollectors Tax Collectors  · AOMCoinage Coinage
Military technologies
ArmoryCopperWeapons Copper Weapons  · BronzeWeapons Bronze Weapons  · IronWeapons Iron Weapons  · CopperMail Copper Mail  · BronzeMail Bronze Mail  · IronMail Iron Mail  · CopperShields Copper Shields  · BronzeShields Bronze Shields  · IronShields Iron Shields  · BurningPitch Burning Pitch
Unit upgrades
(Greeks, Norse, Atlanteans)
MediumInfantry Medium Infantry  · HeavyInfantry Heavy Infantry  · ChampionInfantry Champion Infantry  · MediumArchers Medium Archers  · HeavyArchers Heavy Archers  · ChampionArchers Champion Archers  · MediumCavalry Medium Cavalry  · HeavyCavalry Heavy Cavalry  · ChampionCavalry Champion Cavalry
SiegeDraftHorses Draft Horses  · Engineers Engineers
ShipsEnclosed Deck Enclosed Deck  · Heroic Fleet Heroic Fleet  · ArrowShipCladding Arrow Ship Cladding  · ReinforcedRam Reinforced Ram  · NavalOxybeles Naval Oxybeles  · ConscriptSailors Conscript Sailors
TowersCrenellations Crenellations  · BoilingOil Boiling Oil
BuildingsSignalFires Signal Fires  · CarrierPigeons Carrier Pigeons  · Masons Masons  · Architects Architects  · FortifiedTownCenter Fortified Town Center
MiscellaneousOmniscience Omniscience  · Myth technology
Civilization-specific technologies
GreekPortrait GreeksLevyInfantry Levy Infantry  · ConscriptInfantry Conscript Infantry  · LevyArchers Levy Archers  · ConscriptArchers Conscript Archers  · LevyCavalry Levy Cavalry  · ConscriptCavalry Conscript Cavalry  · BeastSlayer Beast Slayer
EgyptianPortrait EgyptiansLevy Barracks Soldiers Levy Barracks  · Conscript Barracks Soldiers Conscript Barracks  · LevyMigdolSoldiers Levy Migdol Soldiers  · ConscriptMigdolSoldiers Conscript Migdol Soldiers  · HandsOfThePharaoh Hands of the Pharaoh  · MediumSpearmen Medium Spearmen  · HeavySpearmen Heavy Spearmen  · ChampionSpearmen Champion Spearmen  · MediumAxemen Medium Axemen  · HeavyAxemen Heavy Axemen  · ChampionAxemen Champion Axemen  · MediumSlingers Medium Slingers  · HeavySlingers Heavy Slingers  · ChampionSlingers Champion Slingers  · Medium Khopesh Swordsmen Icon Medium Khopesh Swordsmen  · Heavy Khopesh Swordsmen Icon Heavy Khopesh Swordsmen  · Champion Khopesh Swordsmen Icon Champion Khopesh Swordsmen  · HeavyChariots Heavy Chariots  · ChampionChariots Champion Chariots  · HeavyCamelry Heavy Camelry  · ChampionCamelry Champion Camelry  · HeavyElephants Heavy Elephants  · ChampionElephants Champion Elephants
NorsePortrait NorseLevy Longhouse Soldiers Levy Longhouse  · Conscript Longhouse Soldiers Conscript Longhouse  · Levy Hill Fort Soldiers Levy Hill Fort  · Concript Hill Fort Soldiers Conscript Hill Fort  · Muspell Axe of Muspell
AtlanteanPortrait AtlanteansLevy Mainline Units Levy Mainline Units  · Conscript Mainline Units Conscript Mainline Units  · Levy Counter Units Levy Counter Units  · Conscript Counter Units Conscript Counter Units  · Levy Palace Soldiers Levy Palace Soldiers  · Conscript Palace Soldiers Conscript Palace Soldiers  · HeavyCheiroballista Heavy Cheiroballista  · ChampionCheiroballista Champion Cheiroballista  · ReinforcedRam Reinforced Hull
ChinesePortrait ChineseLevy Barracks Soldiers Levy Barracks Soldiers  · Conscript Barracks Soldiers Conscript Barracks Soldiers  · LevyCavalry Levy Stable Soldiers  · ConscriptCavalry Conscript Stable Soldiers  · Levy Hill Fort Soldiers Levy Castle Soldiers  · Concript Hill Fort Soldiers Conscript Castle Soldiers  · Medium War Academy Soldiers Icon Medium War Academy Soldiers  · Heavy War Academy Soldiers Icon Heavy War Academy Soldiers  · Champion War Academy Soldiers Icon Champion War Academy Soldiers  · MediumCavalry Medium Stable Soldiers  · HeavyCavalry Heavy Stable Soldiers  · ChampionCavalry Champion Stable Soldiers  · MediumInfantry Medium Castle Soldiers  · HeavyInfantry Heavy Castle Soldiers  · ChampionInfantry Champion Castle Soldiers  · ReinforcedRam Reinforced Hull
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