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[]
Portuguese: Researching Detinets is 25% faster.
Changelog[]
Dynasties of India[]
- With update 61321, Orthodoxy is removed from the game and replaced by Detinets.
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.
