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Discovery

A Discovery in the original game

A Discovery is a special Gaia unit in Age of Empires that can only found in the Scenario Editor and campaign mode of the game, such as the eponymous Discoveries scenario in the Tutorial Campaign: Ascent of Egypt. Discoveries are in the shape of a white horse and can be controlled by multiple civilizations.

To "capture" the discovery, a unit must walk through or right next to it. Once the unit is in contact with the discovery, a flag rises spontaneously above it. The color of the flag corresponds to the color of the unit that captures the discovery.

Discoveries are theorized to be a reference to the Uffington White Horse, a chalked figure found in Oxfordshire, England, which is proposed to be several thousands of years old.

In the Age of Empires game mode in Return of Rome, a Gaia unit named Discovery is available in the Scenario Editor, but it is apparently unfinished. It has the icon of the Ruins and the sprite of the eye candy object Rugs. No flag will appear when a unit walks through it, but it is possible that a unit staying at a certain spot near the rug becomes invisible, and will remain so until it leaves that spot.

The Return of Rome version of the Discoveries scenario is named Exploration and uses Ruins in place of Discoveries.

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Gameplay elements in the Age of Empires series
Age ยท Ability (M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Architecture set (II ยท III) ยท Area of Effect (Trample damage) ยท Armor/Resists (hack/melee ยท pierce/ranged ยท crush/siege)  ยท Armor class/Tag (I - original ยท I - Return of Rome ยท II ยท IV) ยท Artificial intelligence ยท Attack (Attack bonus/Multiplier) ยท Attack delay ยท Attack ground ยท Aura ยท Auto Scout ยท Building (I ยท II ยท M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Civilization (I ยท II ยท M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Civilization bonus ยท Cheat code (I ยท II ยท M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Conversion ยท Counter ยท Diplomacy ยท Gaia/Mother Nature ยท Game modes ยท Garrison ยท Gather Point ยท Healing ยท Hit points ยท Hotkey ยท Line of Sight ยท Mini map ยท Player ยท Population ยท Range ยท Rate of Fire ยท Regeneration ยท Relic (II ยท M ยท IV) ยท Renewable resources ยท Repairing ยท Resource ยท Scenario Editor (I ยท II ยท M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Score ยท Signal Allies/Flare ยท Soundtrack (I ยท II ยท M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Speed ยท Stealth mode ยท Taunt ยท Technology (I ยท II ยท M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Technology tree (I ยท II ยท IV) ยท Town Bell ยท Trade ยท Tribute ยท Unit (I ยท II ยท M ยท III ยท IV) ยท Unit formation ยท Unit stance (III) ยท Upgrade (I ยท II ยท III) ยท User interface ยท Victory
Genie Engine
Frame delay ยท Full Tech Tree ยท Team bonus
ReturnRome-AoEIcon Age of EmpiresRuins ยท Discovery
AoE2-DLCicon-0 Age of Empires IIPass-through damage ยท Projectile duplication
Bang Engine
Autoqueue ยท Snare
Aom original icon Age of MythologyGod (Major ยท Minor) ยท God power ยท Settlement
3Icon48px Age of Empires IIIAge-up methods (Politician/Tribal Council/Wonder/Federal State/Allianceยท Banner army ยท Consulate ยท Damage Cap ยท Home City ยท Home City Card ยท Inspiring Flag ยท Promotion ยท Revolution ยท Target Lock ยท Trade Monopoly ยท Trade Route ยท Treasure
Essence Engine
GameIcon-AoE4 Age of Empires IVBounty ยท Dynasty ยท Fire armor ยท Imperial Council (Vizier Point) ยท Influence ยท Landmark ยท Religion ยท Sacred Site ยท Variant civilization
If a gameplay element has different pages across games, like civilization, the individual pages are linked in brackets.
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