Citadel Center

This article is about the building in Age of Mythology. For other uses, see Citadel.

Citadel Center
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Type	Economic Building
Civilization	Egyptians and allies
God	Sekhmet
Age	Heroic Age
Population	25, 30 (Fortified)
Use	Defend an area Train villagers and heroes Drop site for all resources Support 25 population Advance in Age Research technologies
Construction
Built by	Invoking Citadel
Statistics
Hit points	3,600, 4,500 (Fortified)
Garrison	25
Hack armor	55%
Pierce armor	96%
Crush armor	10%
Line of Sight	26
Ranged attack
Damage	12 (×3) pierce, 18 (x3) (Fortified)
Range	20, 22 (Fortified)
Building evolution
Upgrades from	Town Center

“	A heavily fortified Town Center.	”
—In-game description

Citadel Center is a building in Age of Mythology. Egyptian players can use Sekhmet's god power, Citadel, on any allied Town Center to upgrade it into a Citadel Center. The Citadel Center has +800 hit points (+28.6%), +3 attack (+25%), +10% hack armor, and supports +10 population, compared to the Town Center.

It can research every technology and train every unit that the Town Center can research, and is affected by all technologies and bonuses affecting them as well. This extends to Citadel Centers gained by other civilizations as well, who can train their civilization-specific units from them.

In a certain type of random map called Sudden Death, the player starts off with a Citadel Center rather than a Town Center, which must be defended, for if it is destroyed, the player will lose the match.

Special ability

• Lush (Passive, Gaia only): Spreads Lush terrain, which causes units and buildings to regenerate. With Channels researched, it also increases the movement speed of all ground units by 15%.

Further statistics

God bonuses

• Hades: +2 range.
• Isis: Provide +5 population space.
• Gaia: Regenerate 1 hit points per second. Grows lush around itself.

Technologies

Technologies
Hit points	Masons: +15% Architects: +15% Fortified Town Center: +25% Athenian Wall: +20% (Hera only, before Retold) Sun-dried Mud-brick: +10% (Sobek only) Rammed Earth: +10% (He Bo only)
Attack	Fortified Town Center: +50% Copper Weapons: +10% Bronze Weapons: +10% Iron Weapons: +10% Crenellations: +25% vs. cavalry
Range	Fortified Town Center: +2
Armor	Masons: +15% hack / +5% crush Architects: +5% crush
Line of Sight	Signal Fires: +6 Carrier Pigeons: +6 Oracle: +4 (Apollo only)
Resource cost	Sun-dried Mud-brick: -15% gold (Sobek only)
Build speed	Divine Blood: +15% (Aphrodite only) Sun-dried Mud-brick: +33%
Work rate	Horns of Consecration: +0.05 favor/s generation (Rheia only)
Other	Fortified Town Center: +10 population

Relic bonuses

• Arrows of the Alfar: +20% attack.
• Blanket of Empress Zoe: -10% crush vulnerability.
• Eye of Horus: Support +4 population.
• Head of Orpheus: +8 Line of Sight.
• Nose of the Sphinx: +15% hit points.
• Rheia's Crown: -10% cost and generate 0.01 favor per second.
• Texts of Imhotep: -10% construction time.

Changelog

Age of Mythology

• The Citadel Center has 15 pierce attack. There is only an Egyptian-themed model.

Retold

• The Citadel Center has 12 pierce attack. There are unique models for each civilization.

Mythology

“	Sekhmet, lion goddess of war, has fortified this Town Center into a Citadel Center. It can withstand numerous attacks by enemy soldiers, myth units and god powers. The citadel may not be rebuilt if it is destroyed, though it may be repaired.	”
—In-game section

Trivia

• Even though the Citadel god power can be used on allied Town Centers, the Citadel Centers will still have the style of an Egyptian Town Center, though their God Statue will still depend on their civilization and major god.
  • As of Retold, all civilizations have a unique Citadel model and icon. The Norse Citadel Center seems to be based on the Hill Fort, and the Greek Citadel Center seems to be based on the Fortress.

Gallery

A Heroic Age Greek Citadel in Retold

A Mythic Age Greek Citadel

A Mythic Age Egyptian Citadel

A Mythic Age Norse Citadel

A Mythic Age Atlantean Citadel

A Mythic Age Atlantean Citadel can be seen in the left side

A Citadel Center as seen in Isis, Hear My Plea, in the original game