Fervor (Age of Empires II)

This article is about the Age of Empires II technology. For the Rus technology in Age of Empires IV, see Fervor (Age of Empires IV).

Fervor
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires II
Civilization	All except Dravidians, Inca, Malay, Slavs*, and Vietnamese
Age	Castle Age
Research
Researched at	Monastery Fortified Church
Gold	140
Research time	50 seconds
Effect
Monastery units +15% speed

Fervor is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Monastery. Once researched, it increases the movement speed of Monks, Missionaries, and Warrior Priests by 15%.

With update 87863, Slavic Monks were made 20% faster as a civilization bonus. To offset this, Fervor was removed from their technology tree. Hence, excluding the Slavs, only the Dravidians, Inca, Malay, and Vietnamese lack Fervor, making it the second most universal Monastery technology, tied with Faith.

Tactics

Fervor is lackluster in its effect, as Monks will usually perform most of their work while standing in place. The biggest advantage of the technology is the ability to outmaneuver enemy siege, as they have a significant speed advantage with the technology. Against most units, however, the technology does not make a big difference, as Monks are already very slow, and the speed increase is not enough to offset this. It can help for collecting Relics, but creating Light Cavalry to counter enemy Monks is usually more impactful.

Researching Fervor is a must for the Bohemians, as it also increases the speed of Villagers.

Further statistics

Technologies
Resource cost	Hussite Reforms (+140 food, -140 gold, Bohemians only)

Civilization bonuses
Resource cost	Burmese (-50%) Chinese (-10%/-15% in the Castle/Imperial Age)
Other	Aztecs (gives Monks +5 hit points) Bohemians (affects Villagers) Spanish (receive 20 gold after researching Fervor)

Team bonuses
Research speed	Lithuanians (+20%) Portuguese (+25%)

Changelog

The Age of Kings

• Fervor applies to all Monks.

The Conquerors

• Fervor gives speed only to Monks carrying Relics due to a bug.
• Fervor does not affect Missionaries.

The Forgotten

• Fervor increases the speed of Monks both with and without Relics.
• Fervor affects Missionaries now.
• Slavs: Can research Fervor.

Return of Rome

• Slavs: With update 87863, they lose access to Fervor.

History

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The strongest religions inspire great passion and fervor among their faithful. The result is a high degree of commitment and effort, especially among the teachers and interpreters of the group.

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