Greek Fire is a technology in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten that is unique to the Byzantines and can be researched at the Castle. Once researched, it increases the range of Fire Ships by 1. It also adds a 0.5 blast radius to Bombard Towers and increases the radius of the Dromon's blast radius by 0.2.
Strategy[]
Greek Fire provides a 40% increase over the normal range of 2.49 that Fire Ships normally have, allowing Byzantine Fire Ships, already the best in the game, to fire from much further away. Not only does it make Fire Ships even more effective against Galleons (in some cases they are able to take out large masses with proper back-up), but it also allows them to raze significantly more shoreline infrastructure. Also, the Fire Ships' combat capability in shallows against land units greatly benefits from Greek Fire. However, the Fire Ship will remain short-ranged even with this upgrade.
The additional effects of Greek Fire can only be seen in the Imperial Age, with Dromons and Bombard Towers, which get an increase to their Area of Effect damage. Dromons have their blast radius increased from 0.8 to 1.0. On the other hand, Bombard Towers get a blast radius of 0.5 (increased from 0). Since Bombard Towers do not have a natural blast damage, it is not intuitive how it works. The damage is 25% (changed from pure 5 in update 87863), and does not deal friendly fire.
Team bonuses[]
- Portuguese: Researching Greek Fire is 25% faster.
Changelog[]
The Forgotten[]
The African Kingdoms[]
Dynasties of India[]
- With update 81058, Greek Fire now additionally provides 5 splash damage to Bombard Towers.
- With hotfix 82587, accuracy of Bombard Towers was increased from 92% to 100% to make the damage consistent (accuracy was irrelevant for Bombard Towers without this technology)..
Return of Rome[]
- With update 87863, the damage type of Bombard Towers is changed from pure 5 to 25% and prevents friendly fire. It also adds +0.2 blast radius to Dromons.
Trivia[]
- In reality, the naval weapon known as Greek fire, or "liquid fire" was a substance of unclear composition[note 1] that burns intensely when projected even when doused in water. Based on historical records, it is used in liquid/sludge form and was notably dense, therefore having a very low effective range (Greek fire is most commonly poured directly onto an enemy ship's deck during a clash), thus the range improvement as depicted in the game is somewhat erroneous.
- After researching Greek Fire, their Bombard Tower's cannonballs will have fiery trail in their projectile animation.
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Notes[]
- ↑ It is speculated that the Greek Fire comprises petroleum, sulphur and other flammable materials. (link: https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Fire)