| “ | You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the arboreal inspiration of Goumang! | ” |
| —Age-up text | ||
Goumang (句芒) is a Chinese Heroic Age minor god in Age of Mythology: Retold - Immortal Pillars. He is available to Fuxi and Nüwa.
Attributes[]
God power[]
Forest Protection: Target a friendly building to heal nearby allies and momentarily immobilize enemies.
Myth unit[]
- Taowu: Durable myth unit which can charge to move faster.
Technologies[]
- Vibrant Land: Allows trees to grow near Houses, improves the wood gather rate of Peasants and Kuafus by 15%, and allows them to use Houses as a dropsite for wood.
- Hooves of the Wind: Grants cavalry -10% hack vulnerability and +10% speed.
- Frenzied Dash: Increases the damage of the Taowu's Rampage ability by 50%.
- Maelstrom: Grants the Doujian a chance to spawn a vortex when attacking an enemy naval unit.
Technology tree[]
 Goumang |
Age |  |
|---|---|---|
| God power |  Forest Protection | |
 Temple |
 Taowu |
 Frenzied Dash |
 Baolei |
 Hooves of the Wind |
|
 House |
 Vibrant Land |
|
 Silo |
||
 Dock |
 Maelstrom |
Strategy[]
Goumang benefits the player's cavalry, navy, and wood gathering. His Hooves of the Wind technology boosts the hack armor and movement speed of cavalry, making them faster and more durable in combat. Maelstrom grants Doujians a chance to spawn a damaging vortex underneath an enemy naval unit they are attacking, dealing more damage to them over time. Lastly, Vibrant Land not only increases the wood gather rate of worker units, but also improves Houses by enabling them to grow trees nearby every two minutes and allowing workers to use Houses as a dropsite for wood. If the player has the maximum number of Houses (16), they can have a practically infinite supply of wood. However, the newly grown trees are also vulnerable to being converted by Njord's Walking Woods god power or even being burned down by Freyja's Forest Fire, although the Houses will always grow new trees anyway as long as they are not destroyed.
Goumang's myth unit, the Taowu, is a slow-moving, durable myth unit that excels at destroying buildings. It can quickly charge ahead, knocking enemy units out of the way. The Frenzied Dash technology boosts the damage dealt by the Taowu when it charges through enemies.
His god power, Forest Protection, grows plants nearby the friendly building it is invoked on. These plants heal friendly units and can momentarily root enemies in place, also damaging them at the same time. Forest Protection is mainly used defensively but can also be used offensively when invoked on Baoleis and towers close to enemy lines.
Goumang's Hooves of the Wind technology pairs well with Gonggong's Last Stand, which further boosts the hack and pierce armor of cavalry as they lose hit points. For Fuxi players, choosing Xuannü in the Classical Age, Goumang in Heroic, and Huangdi in Mythic will give them the most out of their human soldiers, with improved hit points, hack armor, attack, and speed (for cavalry), while also providing an additional unit for free for every five killed. In addition, Xuannü and Huangdi's myth technologies synergize with Fuxi's bonus improving Training Yards, resulting in Training Yards that work 50% faster and cost -45%, or -72.5% on Favored Land.
Mythology[]
| “ | Goumang, also known as Jumang, is the ancient Chinese deity of wood and spring. He is responsible for overseeing plant growth and is credited with inventing the luo, a net used for catching birds. In addition to presiding over spring and agriculture, he serves as the guardian god of the East. In ancient texts, Goumang is depicted with a human face and a bird's body, riding two dragons. In some stories, he also appears as a cowherd boy riding a buffalo. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- In Chinese, due to historical phonetic shifts, textual transmission, and later interpretations, Goumang's name is also written as 勾芒 or 勾萌.
- Rushou, Goumang, Gonggong, Zhurong, and Houtu represent the Five Phases, with Goumang associated with Wood (木).
