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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. |
| â | Japanese Castles fire arrows and garrison units. They also train siege engines and heroes. | â |
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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[]
General technologies[]
Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% attack.- Masons: +20% hit points.
- Architects: +30% hit points.
- Signal Fires â Carrier Pigeons: +6 Line of Sight.
- Crenellations: +0.25Ã 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 (Åkuninushi): +60% research and production speed.
Relics[]
- Arrows of the Alfar: +15% attack.
- Blanket of Empress Zoe: -15% crush vulnerability.
- Five Colored Stone of NÃŒwa: -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[]
Technologies[]
General technologies[]
Myth technologies[]
- Tenshu (Tsukuyomi)
- Kumiki (Minakatatomi)
- Eight Banners (Hachiman)
- Mechanical Artisans (Åkuninushi)
- OnmyÅdÅ (Watatsumi)
Technology tree[]
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 Oyumi |
 OnmyÅji | |||||
 Draft Horses |
 Engineers | |||||
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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[]
| â | Castles in Japan were traditionally built for daimyÅs, 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 daimyÅ 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. |
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Trivia[]
- The Castle is based on Japanese Sengoku-period castle keeps called tenshu (倩å®) or tenshukaku (倩å®é£), 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
