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Drift Nets is a naval technology in Age of Empires IV that can be researched at the Dock starting in the Castle Age. Once researched, it increase the gathering rate of Fishing Boats and Lodya Fishing Boats by +10%, their carry capacity by 20 and their movement speed by 10%.

Civilization bonuses[]

  • Abbasid Dynasty: Research speeds are +15%/+20% faster while Golden Age tiers 2/3 are active. If Preservation of Knowledge has been researched, this technology costs -20%.
  • Ayyubids: Research speeds are 25% faster while Golden Age tier 2 is active
  • Byzantines: Research speeds are 30% faster per water level at buildings within the influence of a Cistern with the Dialecticus ability active.
  • Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy: Docks work 10% faster
  • Delhi Sultanate: The technology is free, but takes 5x as long to research (225 seconds instead of 45 seconds). Research speed can be further increased by 20% for each garrisoned Scholar.
  • French and Jeanne d'Arc: Economic technologies are 35% cheaper.
  • House of Lancaster: This technology is 15% cheaper if King's College has been constructed.
  • Japanese: Research speeds are 125% faster at Docks with garrisoned Yorishiro
  • Malians: Technologies take less time to research based on how much gold has been obtained through trade.

Changelog[]

  • Originally, Drift Nets researched in 75 seconds. With the Season One Update, it researches in 45 seconds.
  • Originally, Drift Nets cost 150 food, 350 gold. With update 24916, it costs 150 wood, 350 gold and additionally increases the movement speed of Fishing Boats and Lodya Fishing Boats by 10%.
  • Originally, Drift Nets increased gather rate by 15%. With update 12.0.1974, it increases it by 10%.
Technologies in Age of Empires IV
Economic technologies
Wood Forestry ยท Double Broadax ยท Lumber Preservation ยท Crosscut Saw
Food Horticulture ยท Fertilization ยท Precision Cross-Breeding
Gold/Stone Specialized Pick ยท Shaft Mining ยท Cupellation
Hunting Professional Scouts ยท Survival Techniques
Fishing Extended Lines ยท Drift Nets
Villager Wheelbarrow ยท Textiles
Relic Tithe Barns
Military technologies
Melee damage Bloomery ยท Decarbonization ยท Damascus Steel
Ranged damage Steeled Arrow ยท Balanced Projectiles ยท Platecutter Point
Melee armor Fitted Leatherwork ยท Insulated Helm ยท Master Smiths
Ranged armor Iron Undermesh ยท Wedge Rivets ยท Angled Surfaces
Ship (General) Armored Hull ยท Shipwrights
Archer ship Extra Hammocks ยท Heated Shot
Incendiary ship Incendiaries ยท Explosives
Springald ship Springald Crews ยท Swivel Cannon ยท Mounted Guns
Siege (General) Siege Engineering ยท Greased Axles ยท Siege Works
Siege (Specific) Geometry ยท Adjustable Crossbars ยท Roller Shutter Triggers ยท Lightweight Beams
Miscellaneous Spyglass ยท Biology ยท Elite Army Tactics ยท Incendiary Arrows ยท Chemistry ยท Serpentine Powder ยท Silk Bowstrings
Religious units Piety ยท Herbal Medicine
Building-specific technologies
Emplacements Arrowslits ยท Naval Arrowslits ยท Springald Emplacement ยท Cannon Emplacement ยท Fortify Outpost
Miscellaneous Boiling Oil ยท Court Architects ยท Military Academy
Removed technologies
Season Three Update Additional Sails ยท Navigator Lookout ยท Extra Ballista ยท Chaser Cannons