Civic Age

Civic Age
Age
Availability
Introduced in	Chronicles
Civilization	All civilizations
Age number	2
Preceded by	Archaic Age
Followed by	Classical Age
Required buildings	Two of the following: Barracks Mill Lumber Camp Mining Camp Port
Research
Researched at	Town Center
Food	500
Time	130 seconds

The Civic Age is the second Age in Chronicles. It is preceded by the Archaic Age and followed by the Classical Age. It corresponds to the Feudal Age in Age of Empires II.

Available buildings

Civilian buildings

• Blacksmith - researches military upgrades
• Fish Trap - aquatic food source
• Market - building for trade

Military buildings

• Archery Range - trains and upgrades archers
• Shipyard - trains and upgrades warships
• Stable - trains and upgrades melee cavalry

Defensive structures

• Gate - integrated into walls, allows allies to pass
• Stone Wall - protects an area from enemy attacks
• Watch Tower - defensive tower that attacks enemies on sight

Available units

Civilian units

At the Port:

• Merchant Ship - naval trade unit

At the Market:

• Trade Cart - land trade unit

Military units

At the Barracks:

• Maceman (upgrade of Levy) - anti-infantry unit
• Spearman - anti-cavalry unit

At the Archery Range:

• Bowman - basic foot archer unit
• Skirmisher - anti-archer foot archer unit

At the Stable:

• Scout Cavalry - basic cavalry unit, which is also a scout unit

At the Port:

• War Lembos (upgrade of Lembos) - fast scouting ship with a flamethrower

At the Shipyard:

• Galley - basic war ship with a ranged attack
• Incendiary Raft - self-destructive vessel
• Monoreme - melee ship with a charged attack

At the Town Center:

• Polemarch (Spartans only)

Available technologies

Economic technologies

At the Town Center:

• Town Watch - increases building Line of Sight by 4
• Wheelbarrow - makes Villagers more effective

At the Mill:

• Horse Collar - gives Farms +75 food

At the Lumber Camp:

• Double-Bit Axe - increases wood-chopping speed by 20%

At the Mining Camp:

• Stone Mining - increases stone-mining speed by 15%
• Gold Mining - increases gold-mining speed by 15%

Military technologies

At the Barracks:

• Supplies - Reduces the food cost of Levy-line units by 15

At the Stable:

• Bloodlines - increases mounted units' hit points by 20

At the Blacksmith:

• Scale Mail Armor - increases infantry armor by +1/+1
• Fletching - projectiles' range and attack increased by +1
• Padded Archer Armor - increases archer armor by +1/+1
• Forging - increases infantry and cavalry attack by +1
• Scale Barding Armor - increases cavalry armor by +1/+1

Civilization-specific mechanics

Achaemenids

Town Centers can be individually upgraded to the Economic Town Center, Military Town Center, and Defensive Town Center.

Trivia

• The shape of the shield in the icon resembles ancient Italic trapezoidal shields.

Gallery

Greek architecture set in the Civic Age

Persian architecture set in the Civic Age