The Walking Tree is a myth unit in Age of Mythology that is available solely to worshipers of Njord. More specifically, it is summoned when the player invokes Walking Woods on a forest of trees.
Up to eight trees can be transformed into Walking Trees that will attack any enemy units or buildings on sight. Unlike most other myth units, which have attack bonuses against human units and other myth units, Walking Trees have no attack bonuses.
The player has no control over the trees, but shares their Line of Sight and they remain until killed. Walking Woods can be used both defensively or offensively. They can provide protection to friendly units in remote areas or can be used to supplement the player's own army. However, they do mediocre damage to units, and heroes kill them easily. It is best to invoke Walking Woods near enemy fortifications as they can destroy buildings easily due to the fact that they deal high crush damage.
The trees can also drag down the economy of an enemy by placing them in a forest used by lumberjacks. This will not only force villagers to retreat but also deny the enemy up to 1,200 wood. Invoking Walking Woods requires careful timing as the trees are incredibly stupid. They will favor attacking units over buildings despite their advantage and can easily be lured away from an enemy base with a single unit. Even if the trees kill said unit in the chase, they will not return to continue attacking the enemy but rather remain idle until a new foe appears in their LOS.
Types of Walking Trees[]
The type of walking tree Walking Woods creates is dependent on the type of tree the god power is cast upon. The following Walking Trees can be created:
Walking Acacia
Walking Bamboo
Walking Jungle Palm
Walking Jungle Tree
Walking Marsh
Walking Oak
Walking Palm
Walking Pine
Walking Snowy Pine
Walking Tamarack
A cheat unit version also exists, the Walking Berry Bush. There are also units with the generic name Walking Woods in the Scenario Editor, one with an Acacia and another with a Bamboo model.
With patch 2.7, Walking Trees have 240 hit points, 15 crush damage, and can be issued commands.
Mythology[]
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Slow to anger, but fierce when aroused, these ambulatory trees aggressively defend their territory. Their trunks turn axes that would normally fell them and only heroes are tough enough to stave them off effectively.
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—In-game history section
Gallery[]
Two Walking Acacias (top) and one Walking Jungle Tree (bottom)
Some Walking Acacias, close to their forest
Walking Bamboos in-game
Two Walking Jungle Palms (left) and two Walking Palms (right)