Gold Mining (Age of Empires II)

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires II. For the technology in Age of Empires, see Gold Mining (Age of Empires).

Gold Mining is a technology in Age of Empires II that can be researched at the Mining Camp once the Feudal Age is reached. Once researched, it allows Villagers to gather gold 15% faster. Gold Shaft Mining is the further upgrade of this technology.

Civilization bonuses Edit

• Chinese: Gold Mining is 10%/15%/20% cheaper in the Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age.
• Malians: Gold Mining is free.

History Edit

“The search for gold and silver since ancient and even prehistoric times meant that by the Dark Ages there was little of these precious metals to be found on the surface. To find more, it had to be mined from underground. The technology of gold prospecting and gold mining advanced during the early part of the Middle Ages, driven by the need for currency and demand for jewelry.”

Technologies in Age of Empires II
Economic technologies
Wheelbarrow  · Hand Cart  · Caravan  · Coinage  · Banking  · Guilds  · Gillnets
Wood	Double-Bit Axe  · Bow Saw  · Two-Man Saw
Farming	Horse Collar  · Heavy Plow  · Crop Rotation
Gold	Gold Mining  · Gold Shaft Mining
Stone	Stone Mining  · Stone Shaft Mining
Military technologies
Conscription
Melee units	Forging  · Iron Casting  · Blast Furnace  · Scale Mail Armor  · Chain Mail Armor  · Plate Mail Armor  · Tracking  · Supplies  · Squires  · Arson  · Scale Barding Armor  · Chain Barding Armor  · Plate Barding Armor  · Bloodlines  · Husbandry
Ranged units	Fletching  · Bodkin Arrow  · Bracer  · Padded Archer Armor  · Leather Archer Armor  · Ring Archer Armor  · Thumb Ring  · Parthian Tactics  · Ballistics  · Chemistry  · Siege Engineers
Building technologies
Town Watch  · Town Patrol  · Masonry  · Architecture  · Treadmill Crane  · Heated Shot  · Arrowslits  · Murder Holes  · Hoardings
Religious technologies
Redemption  · Atonement  · Herbal Medicine  · Heresy  · Sanctity  · Fervor  · Faith  · Illumination  · Block Printing  · Theocracy
Miscellaneous technologies
Loom  · Sappers  · Spies  · Treason  · Unique technologies
Naval	Careening  · Dry Dock  · Shipwright
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