Castle (Heavenly Spear)

This article is about the Japanese building in Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear. For the Chinese building in Tale of the Dragon, see Castle (Tale of the Dragon). For other uses, see Castle.

Castle
Building
Information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear
Type	Fortress Military Building
Civilization	Japanese
Age	Heroic Age
Use	Attacks enemies Trains and upgrades units
Construction
Wood	300
Gold	300
Favor	10
Build time	145 seconds
Build limit	15
Statistics
Size	5×5
Hit points	3,000
Garrison	20
Hack armor	50%
Pierce armor	90%
Crush armor	5%
Line of Sight	30
Ranged attack
Pierce attack	9
Projectiles	3
Multipliers	Ship: 3×
Range	4–20
Reload time	0.8
Accuracy	80%

“	Japanese Castles fire arrows and garrison units. They also train siege engines and heroes.	”
—In-game description

The Castle is the Fortress-type building for the Japanese in Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear. It trains and improves a siege weapon and a powerful hero unit. It has mostly the same attributes as other Fortress-type buildings, but compensates a lower base attack with a faster attack speed. It is also built faster than its Greek and Chinese equivalents.

Further statistics

God bonuses

• Tsukuyomi: Researching technologies grants Bushidō XP.

General technologies

• Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
• Masons: +20% hit points.
• Architects: +30% hit points.
• Signal Fires ➞ Carrier Pigeons: +6 Line of Sight.
• Crenellations: +0.25× damage multiplier vs. cavalry.
• Boiling Oil: Gain a weak melee-range attack.
• Ballistics: Can track fast-moving targets.
• Advanced Fortifications: +50% attack, ​-10% hack vulnerability.

Myth technologies

• Tenshu (Tsukuyomi): +20% attack, +5 Line of Sight.
• Divine Prefecture (Ōkuninushi): +60% research and production speed.

Relic bonuses

• Arrows of the Alfar: +15% attack.
• Blanket of Empress Zoe: -15% crush vulnerability.
• Five Colored Stone of Nüwa: -50% repairing cost.
• Head of Orpheus: +8 Line of Sight.
• Nose of the Sphinx: +15% hit points.
• Svadilfari's Sledge: Favor cost removed.
• Texts of Imhotep: -10% construction time.

Units

• Oyumi
• Onmyōji

Technologies

General technologies

• Engineers
• Draft Horses
• Advanced Fortifications

Myth technologies

• Tenshu (Tsukuyomi)
• Kumiki (Minakatatomi)
• Eight Banners (Hachiman)
• Mechanical Artisans (Ōkuninushi)
• Onmyōdō (Watatsumi)

Technology tree

				Castle
	➞		➞		➞
				Oyumi		Onmyōji
				Draft Horses		Engineers
						Advanced Fortifications

Changelog

Heavenly Spear

• At release, its build limit was 15 in all modes. With update 18.52475, its build limit was reduced to 10 only in Deathmatch mode.

History

“	Castles in Japan were traditionally built for daimyōs, who were feudal lords and part of the warrior class in feudal Japan. Castles were first built in the latter half of the 7th century, and started as rather rudimentary wooden fortresses; however, as the daimyō class gained power and absorbed weaker rivals, the fortifications became more complex, eventually incorporating stone. Then, these fortresses began to incorporate more 'castle-like' elements, such as gatehouses, towers, and keeps. Castles were commonly built in the mountains, relying on the natural defenses provided by the landscape. If there were no suitable mountains available in the region, artificial mounds would be created to build the castle on top of; this explains why many surviving Japanese castles have steep stone walls. One of the most famous castles in Japan is Himeji Castle, also known as the White Heron Castle, which dates back to the 14th century.	”
—In-game help section

Trivia

• The Castle is based on Japanese Sengoku-period castle keeps called tenshu (天守) or tenshukaku (天守閣), which roughly translates to "palace to defend Heaven". As with keeps in European castles, the tenshu is the core part of the fortification system.

Gallery

A Heroic Age Castle

A Mythic Age Castle

See also

• Fortress: The Greek fortress-type building
• Migdol Stronghold: The Egyptian fortress-type building
• Hill Fort: The Norse fortress-type building
• Palace: The Atlantean fortress-type building
• Baolei: The Chinese fortress-type building