Changes: Gaia (team)

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This article is about the non-playable team. For the goddess in Age of Mythology, see Gaia (goddess).

Sheepfind anim aoe2de — A Scout Cavalry finding some wild sheep.

Gaia is a non-playable team in the Age of Empires series, to which all the natural environment units found around the map belong. The Age of Mythology and Age of Empires III equivalent to Gaia is Mother Nature. It's actually possible to play as animal units in Age of Empires and Age of Empires II by entering the code "gaia" or "natural wonders", respectively.

In Age of Empires, Age of Empires II, Age of Empires III and Age of Mythology, the team colors for Gaia are sky blue, white, dark yellow/brown and yellow respectively.

Mechanics

In Age of Empires, if a human unit, Sheep, Turkey, or Horse is placed under Gaia's control in the Scenario Editor, it will become the possession of a player's team should one of their units come across it. This is a common method used in campaigns, and can sometimes be used to place secret units on a map, obtainable through exploration.

In Age of Mythology and Age of Empires III, only units with the AutoConvert action in the prototype files exist, such as herdables, Osiris Piece Carts, and Plenty Vaults.

All predator, huntable, and herdable animals can wander in a specific area, whilst in Age of Empires and Age of Empires II, non-herdable prey animals will run away from non-Gaia units. This was meant to feature in Age of Mythology but was cut before release. In Age of Empires III, huntable creatures will only run when attacked by Settler-type units.

In Age of Empires III, all natives are part of the Gaia/Mother Nature, similar to the Settlement in Age of Mythology and can be claimed by building a Trading Post there. The Treasure Guardians and Trade Routes also are part of the Gaia/Mother Nature.

Trivia

Using the cheat code 'natural wonders' in Age of Empires II and checking the tech tree will crash the game due to Gaia not being an actual civilization and thus having no data there.
Using the cheat code "SET ASCENDANT" in Age of Mythology will allow the player to control every animal on the map, except for those owned by their enemies.
In Age of Mythology, Mother Nature has a unique Greek UI, although this is only seen when a scenario is playtested via the Scenario Editor. According to early screenshots, this was the original Greek UI before it was changed.
In Age of Empires II, female Villagers have the same voice clips as the Japanese. Since The Conquerors, Monks will occasionally use Korean voice clips.
When watching a recorded game in Age of Empires II, the player can select the player to observe by pressing Ctrl, Shift, and the F key that corresponds to the player number. As Gaia is the ninth player (even if less than 8 actual players are in the game), pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9 will allow the player to watch the game from Gaia's point of view.

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+{{for|non-playable team|the goddess in [[Age of Mythology]]|Gaia (goddess)}}[[File:Sheepfind anim aoe2de.gif|thumb|174px|right|A [[Scout Cavalry (Age of Empires II)|Scout Cavalry]] finding some wild sheep.]]'''Gaia''' is a non-playable team in the [[Age of Empires (series)|''Age of Empires'' series]], to which all the natural environment units found around the map belong. The ''[[Age of Mythology]]'' and ''[[Age of Empires III]]'' equivalent to Gaia is '''Mother Nature'''. It's actually possible to play as animal units in ''[[Age of Empires]]'' and ''[[Age of Empires II]]'' by entering the [[Cheat code|code]] "gaia" or "natural wonders", respectively.
-[[File:Gaia_2.jpg|right|thumb]]
-'''Gaia''' is a non-playable team on [[Age of Empires]] and [[Age of Empires II]], to which all the natural environment units you find around the map belong. The [[Age of Mythology]] equivalent to Gaia is '''Mother Nature'''. In the [[Age Of Mythology: The Titans]] expansion, Gaia is an [[Atlantean ]]god.
+In ''Age of Empires'', ''Age of Empires II'', ''Age of Empires III'' and ''Age of Mythology'', the team colors for Gaia are sky blue, white, dark yellow/brown and yellow respectively.
-=== Human Units ===
-If a human [[unit]], [[sheep]] or [[horse]] is placed under GAIA's control in Create Scenario, it will become the possession of a human player's team should one of his/her units come across it. This is a common method used in campaigns, and can sometimes be used to place secret units on a map, obtainable through exploration.
+== Mechanics ==
+In ''Age of Empires'', if a [[human unit]], [[Sheep]], [[Turkey]], or [[Horse]] is placed under Gaia's control in the [[Scenario Editor (Age of Empires)|Scenario Editor]], it will become the possession of a player's team should one of their units come across it. This is a common method used in campaigns, and can sometimes be used to place secret units on a map, obtainable through exploration.
+In ''Age of Mythology'' and ''Age of Empires III'', only units with the <code>AutoConvert</code> action in the prototype files exist, such as [[herdables]], [[Osiris Piece Box|Osiris Piece Carts]], and [[Plenty|Plenty Vaults]].
+All predator, [[hunt]]able, and [[Herdables|herdable]] animals can wander in a specific area, whilst in ''Age of Empires'' and ''Age of Empires II'', non-herdable prey animals will run away from non-Gaia units. This was meant to feature in ''Age of Mythology'' but was cut before release. In ''Age of Empires III'', huntable creatures will only run when attacked by [[Settler]]-type units.
-=== God Powers (Age of Mythology) ===
+In ''Age of Empires III'', all [[Minor civilization|natives]] are part of the Gaia/Mother Nature, similar to the [[Settlement]] in ''Age of Mythology'' and can be claimed by building a [[Trading Post]] there. The [[Treasure Guardian]]s and [[Trade Route]]s also are part of the Gaia/Mother Nature.
-Gaia starts out with the god power Gaia's Forest, which makes a berch tree forest where ever the user uses the power.
+== Trivia ==
-'''[[Classical Age]]'''
+* Using the cheat code ''''natural wonders'''<nowiki/>' in ''Age of Empires II'' and checking the tech tree will crash the game due to Gaia not being an actual civilization and thus having no data there.
-* If the god Leto is picked the user gets the god power Spider Lair, which makes spider eggs that if not attacked before hatching unleash spiders.
+* Using the cheat code "SET ASCENDANT" in ''Age of Mythology'' will allow the player to control every animal on the map, except for those owned by their enemies.
-* If the god Oceanus is picke the user gets the god power of Carnivora, which makes a man eating plant which looks like a giant Venus fly trap.
+* In ''Age of Mythology'', Mother Nature has a unique Greek UI, although this is only seen when a scenario is playtested via the Scenario Editor. According to early screenshots, this was the original Greek UI before it was changed.
+* In ''Age of Empires II'', female [[Villager (Age of Empires II)|Villagers]] have the same voice clips as the [[Japanese (Age of Empires II)|Japanese]]. Since ''[[Age of Empires II: The Conquerors|The Conquerors]]'', [[Monk (Age of Empires II)|Monks]] will occasionally use [[Koreans|Korean]] voice clips.
+* When watching a recorded game in ''Age of Empires II'', the player can select the player to observe by pressing Ctrl, Shift, and the F key that corresponds to the player number. As Gaia is the ninth player (even if less than 8 actual players are in the game), pressing Ctrl+Shift+F9 will allow the player to watch the game from Gaia's point of view.
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+File:gaia_units_aoe1de.png|Gaia units in ''Age of Empires: Definitive Edition''.
+File:gaia_units_aoe2de.png|Gaia units in ''Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition''.
+File:gaia_units_aoe3.png|Gaia units in ''Age of Empires III''.
+File:gaia_units_aom.png|Gaia units in ''Age of Mythology''.
+File:Gaianutshell.png|Another screenshot of Gaia objects in ''Age of Mythology''.
+</gallery>
+[[Category:Nature]]
+== Video overview ==
-'''[[Heroic Age]]'''
+[[File:AoE2 Boar & Gaia Secrets!|left|350px]]
-* If the god Rehia is picked the user gets the god power Traitor, which turns enemy soldiers to your side permenantly if you target the god power on them
-* If the god Theia is chosen the user gets the god power Hesperides, which creates units called dryads that cost 150 gold, but enemies can take controll of the tree simply by walking up to it if you have no units near it.
-'''[[Mythic Age]]'''
-* If the god Atlas is chosen the user gets the god power implode, which sucks everything in its range into a ball which inturn spits everything back out causing damage\
-* If the god Hekate is chosen the user gets the god power Tartarian gate, which rapidly creats tartarian spawns untill the gate is destroyed, the tartarian spawns attack everything around them whether they are your units or your enemies.
-=== Nature & Environment Units ===
-All nature and environment units belong to GAIA. Below is a list of commonly found ones:
-==== Animals ====
-# [[Deer]]
-# [[Dire Wolf]]
-# [[Elephant]]
-# [[Fish]]
-# [[Gazelle]]
-# [[Hawk]]
-# [[Jaguar]]
-# [[Javelina]]
-# [[Lion]]
-# [[Macaw]]
-# [[Whale]]
-# [[Wild Boar]]
-# [[Wolf]]
-==== Miscellaneous ====
-# Destroyed Building
-# Flowerbed
-# Flowers
-# Grave
-# [[Haystack]]
-# Head
-# Nine Bands
-# Roman Ruins
-# Rocks
-# Sea Rocks
-# Sign
-# Statue
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-[[Category:Age of Empires III]]
-[[Category:Age of Empires]]
-[[Category:Age of Mythology]]