Forestry is a technology in Age of Empires IV that can be researched at the Lumber Camp, Ger, and various landmarks starting in the Dark Age. Once researched, it doubles the rate at which Villagers chop down trees. It is available to every civilization, except the Knights Templar.
Utility[]
Without Forestry, it takes 4 swings (around 14 seconds) for a Villager to chop down a tree. When Forestry is researched, it takes 2 swings (around 7).
As a Villager collects Wood at a rate of 0.75 wood/s, and there is 150 wood on a tree, if travel time is excluded, it normally will take 214 seconds to finish a tree (0.7 wood/s), and 207 seconds with forestry (0.725 wood/s), which means it increases Villagers' gathering rate for Wood by only 3.6%. So the upgrade isn't worth getting to boost the economy.
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: The technology researches 150% faster when the Lumber Camp is supervised by an Imperial Official. For Zhu Xi's Legacy, this can be improved to 300% faster after researching Regional Inspection.
- Delhi Sultanate: The technology is free, but takes 3x as long to research (135 seconds instead of 45 seconds).
- 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.
- Malians: Technologies take less time to research based on how much gold has been obtained through trade.
- Mongols: Can research the improved technology for an additional 75 stone to allow Villagers to fell trees in a single chop, as well as increase their wood carry capacity by +2.
Changelog[]
- Originally, the base research time for the Delhi Sultanate was 5x default (225 seconds). With update 8324, this was reduced to 3x default.
- With update 15.1.6970, the Mongols' Improved Forestry now also grants +2 wood carry capacity.
Campaign version[]
Because the campaigns have not been rebalanced since the release of the game, Forestry has different stats there:
- It costs 40 gold and takes 30 seconds to research
- The Mongol improved version costs an additional 40 stone
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