Fanaticism (Age of Empires)

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires. For the technology in Age of Empires IV: Knights of Cross and Rose, see Fanaticism (Age of Empires IV).

Fanaticism
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Civilization	See table
Age	Iron Age
Research
Researched at	Temple
Gold	150
Research time	60 seconds
Effect
Priests rejuvenate 50% faster

Fanaticism is a technology in Age of Empires that can be researched at the Temple once the Iron Age is reached. It increases the recharge rate of all Priests by 50%, allowing them to convert more units over shorter periods of time.

Before Return of Rome, researching Fanaticism was also mandatory to upgrade Long Swordsmen to Legionaries.

Civilizations

Available	Unavailable
Assyrians Babylonians Choson Egyptians Greeks Palmyrans Persians Phoenicians Romans Shang	Carthaginians Hittites Lac Viet Macedonians Minoans Sumerians Yamato

Team bonuses

• Palmyrans: Researching Fanaticism is 30% faster.

Changelog

Age of Empires

• Researching Fanaticism is required to upgrade Long Swordsmen to Legionaries.

Return of Rome

• Researching Fanaticism is not required to upgrade Long Swordsmen to Legionaries.

History

“	Religion evolved to provide a spiritual foundation and understanding to life once humans became sufficiently intelligent to ponder the great terrifying questions of our existence. A disturbing byproduct of the spread of religion was fanaticism- the intense, unquestioning devotion to the ideas and leadership of other humans. Fanatics were capable of any act, even at great risk to their lives, and were especially dangerous enemies in war.	”
—Age of Empires manual