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This article is about the building in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend. For the building in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties, see Torii Gates. |
| “ | Produces a Shinto Priest carrying a Yorishiro every 2 minutes. The first priest spawns instantly. Deposit up to 4 Yorishiro in buildings to provide unique bonuses. Unlocks Shinto Shrines, which contains unique Shinto technologies and produces Shinto Priests. |
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The Floating Gate is a religious landmark in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, available to the Japanese in the Feudal Age. It unlocks the Shinto Shrine and periodically produces Shinto Priests holding Yorishiro, including one when constructed. Additional Shinto Priests can be trained from the Shinto Shrine.
Yorishiro[]
| “ | Use a religious unit to pick up Yorishiro. Place a Yorishiro in any building to provide special bonuses. | ” |
Yorishiro are special objects in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, which are classified as a type of Religious Artifact in-game, similar to Relics. The Floating Gate will spawn a Shinto Priest holding a Yorishiro every two minutes, up to a maximum of four. Once four Yorishiro have been reached, the Floating Gate stops producing Shinto Priests. The maximum number of Yorishiro can be increased to 6 by researching Bunrei.
Yorishiro cannot be dropped, and are lost if the Shinto Priest holding it is killed. They can be deposited in certain kinds of buildings to provide certain benefits. Once deposited, they permanently become a part of that specific building and cannot be ejected or moved anywhere else. If the building is destroyed, the Yorishiro enshrined in it is also lost. Once a Yorishiro has been lost, the Floating Gate will start production of a Shinto Priest holding a new one. Buildings with a Yorishiro gain a floating glowing ink scroll icon overhead and a stone lantern next to them to indicate that they contain a Yorishiro.
Benefits[]
Various building can be enshrined with one Yorishiro, which increases their Line of Sight. They also gain unique benefits based on the building:
| Building | Benefit |
|---|---|
 Barracks,  Archery Range,  Stable,  Siege Workshop,  Dock
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+125% work rate |
 Town Center
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+30% production speed |
 Farmhouse
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Generates 23.3 food every 20 seconds |
 Lumber Camp
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Generates 23.3 wood every 20 seconds. |
 Forge
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Generates 16.7 gold every 20 seconds. |
| Wonder | +4000 hit points |
Note: Placing a Yorishiro in a Dock currently has no effect. Yorishiro cannot be placed in either the Koka Township or the Tanegashima Gunsmith.
Upgrades[]
| Technologies | |
|---|---|
 Hit points
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 Court Architects (+30%)
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| Line of Sight |  Gion Festival (+2 tiles)
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Changelog[]
- Prior to patch 9.1.370, Yorishiro functioned differently. They were independent objects which could be picked up and dropped like Relics. The Floating Gate would not spawn Shinto Priests, but rather individual Yorishiro instead. It would immediately spawn two Yorishiro upon construction, and would continue spawning them every three minutes. There was no limit to the number of Yorishiro that could be obtained.
- With patch 9.2.628, the Bunrei technology was introduced that increases the maximum number of Yorishiro that could be spawned at The Floating Gate to 6.
- Originally, the Yorishiro bonuses for military building work rate, Town Center production speed, and resource generation were +200%, +25%, and 75 per minute respectively. With patch 11.1.1201, the first two bonuses were changed to +150% and +30% respectively, and the gold generation was reduced to 60 gold per minute. With patch 12.2.3327, the work rate bonus was reduced to +125%, the food and wood generation were reduced to 70 per minute, and the gold generation was reduced to 50 per minute.
- With update 15.1.6970, the water texture on the Floating Gate received an upgrade and motion effect.
Trivia[]
- Its real life counterpart is the torii gate in the Itsukushima Shrine. It was first erected in 593 AD, then built up by Taira no Kiyomori in 1168 AD.
- It is featured in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties as one of the Japanese Wonders, named Torii Gates.
- Yorishiro are objects which are believed to attract Kami (spirits) in Shinto beliefs. A Yorishiro which is believed to have housed a Kami, is then called a Shintai. Sometimes even persons can be considered Yorishiros, i.e. possessed by the spirits, and are called Yorimashi. Yorishiros can be natural objects such as trees and certain rocks called Iwakura. They can also be swords, mirrors, and ritual implements such as staffs and wands called Gohei, beads, banners, pillars, and Torimono.
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