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Detinets is a technology in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India that is unique to the Slavs and can be researched at the Castle. Once researched, it replaces the construction and repair costs of 40% of Castles' and towers' stone cost with wood, resulting in a final cost of 260 wood, 390 stone for Castles, and 100 wood, 75 stone for towers.

It replaces Orthodoxy in update 61321.

Strategy[]

Stone is the most precious resource, as it can only be obtained by mining or Market purchase. In a very similar manner to the Franks' bonus, this means that the initial, mineable supply of stone is able to erect several more buildings before forcing the player to buy stone on the Market. One thing worth considering is that, besides the obvious defensive potential, more Castles make it easier to mass Boyars.

Unlike the Franks' bonus, however, the player has to build a Castle to even research this, so the first Castle cannot benefit fully from this bonus (except for rare maps/settings that give the player a free starting Castle). The bonus does apply to the repair cost of the first Castle, so the technology isn't useless before the construction of a second Castle.

It also affects towers, which presents an interesting option for the Slavs — their towers lack several important upgrades, but most of these lie in the Imperial Age (meaning they're as strong as other civilization's towers during the Castle Age), and even in the Imperial Age, the size of the stone discount may be able to justify the lower power potential.

It's important to note that the vaguely worded "Military Buildings provide +5 housing" for the Slavic team bonus does not apply to either towers or Castles.

Comparison of costs[]

Natural cost Cost after Detinets Civilization Bonuses
Castle 650 stone 260 wood, 390 stone Franks - 553/488 stone (Castle/Imperial)
Inca - 553 stone
Watch Tower line 50 wood, 125 stone 100 wood, 75 stone Inca - 50 wood, 106 stone
Malians - 43 wood, 125 stone
Bombard Tower* 100 gold, 125 stone 50 wood, 100 gold, 75 stone

Despite Slavs lacking Bombard Tower, the technology affects them.

Team bonuses[]

Changelog[]

Dynasties of India[]

History[]

Detinets (Russian: Детинец (Detínec), lit. "Citadel") is an ancient Rus' city-fort or central fortified part of a city, similar to the meaning of kremlin (fortification) or citadel. The term was used in the Kievan Rus', in Chernihiv, Novgorod the Great, Kyiv, and others. Old Russian manuscripts mention detinets in various places of Kievan Rus' since the end of the 11th century. From the 13th to the 14th century, detinets were used only in the Russian Pskov-Novgorod region. The origin of the term is uncertain. Some derive it from the Old East Slavic word deti —"children", suggesting it was used to hide children and other less able people during a siege.

Unique technologies in Age of Empires II
Civilization Castle Age Imperial Age Civilization Castle Age Imperial Age
Britons Yeomen Warwolf Byzantines Greek Fire Logistica
Celts Stronghold Furor Celtica Chinese Great Wall Rocketry
Franks Bearded Axe Chivalry Goths Anarchy Perfusion
Japanese Yasama Kataparuto Mongols Nomads Drill
Persians Kamandaran Citadels Saracens Bimaristan Counterweights
Teutons Ironclad Crenellations Turks Sipahi Artillery
Vikings Chieftains Bogsveigar Aztecs Atlatl Garland Wars
Huns Marauders Atheism Koreans Eupseong Shinkichon
Maya Hul'che Javelineers El Dorado Spanish Inquisition Supremacy
Inca Andean Sling Fabric Shields Italians Silk Road Pirotechnia
Magyars Corvinian Army Recurve Bow Slavs Detinets Druzhina
Berbers Kasbah Maghrebi Camels Ethiopians Royal Heirs Torsion Engines
Malians Tigui Farimba Portuguese Carrack Arquebus
Burmese Manipur Cavalry Howdah Khmer Tusk Swords Double Crossbow
Malay Thalassocracy Forced Levy Vietnamese Chatras Paper Money
Bulgarians Stirrups Bagains Cumans Steppe Husbandry Cuman Mercenaries
Lithuanians Hill Forts Tower Shields Tatars Silk Armor Timurid Siegecraft
Burgundians Burgundian Vineyards Flemish Revolution Sicilians First Crusade Hauberk
Bohemians Wagenburg Tactics Hussite Reforms Poles Szlachta Privileges Lechitic Legacy
Bengalis Paiks Mahayana Dravidians Medical Corps Wootz Steel
Gurjaras Kshatriyas Frontier Guards Hindustanis Grand Trunk Road Shatagni
Romans Ballistas Comitatenses Armenians Cilician Fleet Fereters
Georgians Svan Towers Aznauri Cavalry Jurchens Fortified Bastions Thunderclap Bombs
Khitans Lamellar Armor Ordo Cavalry Shu Coiled Serpent Array Bolt Magazine
Wei Tuntian Ming Guang Armor Wu Red Cliffs Tactics Sitting Tiger
Revised technologies
Couriers · Manipur Cavalry · Paper Money · Royal Heirs
Removed technologies
Boiling Oil · Camelry · Madrasah · Obsidian Arrows · Orthodoxy · Panokseon · Pavise
Berserkergang · Mahouts · Scutage · Zealotry