Guardhouse

Guardhouse
Building
Information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear
Type	Military Building
Civilization	Japanese
Age	Classical Age
Use	Trains and upgrades basic foot soldiers
Construction
Wood	100
Build time	25 seconds
Statistics
Size	4×4
Hit points	1,200
Garrison	5
Hack armor	40%
Pierce armor	90%
Crush armor	5%
Line of Sight	9

“	Japanese Guardhouses train and upgrade infantry units and ranged soldiers.	”
—In-game description

The Guardhouse is a Japanese military building in Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear. It is used to train and upgrade basic Japanese foot soldiers and Bushi heroes.

Further statistics

God bonuses

• Tsukuyomi: Researching technologies grants Bushidō XP.

General technologies

• Masons: +20% hit points.
• Architects: +30% hit points.
• Signal Fires ➞ Carrier Pigeons: +6 Line of Sight.

Myth technologies

• Divine Prefecture (Ōkuninushi): +60% research and production speed.

Relic bonuses

• Blanket of Empress Zoe: -15% crush vulnerability.
• Five Colored Stone of Nüwa: -50% repairing cost.
• Head of Orpheus: +8 Line of Sight.
• Nose of the Sphinx: +15% hit points.
• Texts of Imhotep: -10% construction time.

Units

• Yari Spearman
• Yumi Archer
• Bushi

Technologies

General technologies

• Medium Guardhouse Soldiers
• Heavy Guardhouse Soldiers
• Champion Guardhouse Soldiers
• Levy Guardhouse Soldiers
• Conscript Guardhouse Soldiers

Myth technologies

• Katagi (Ame-no-Uzume)
• Hunter's Strength (Minakatatomi)
• Kumiki (Minakatatomi)
• Golden Kite (Hachiman)
• Hannya Mask (Raijin)
• Sumo Training (Takemikazuchi)
• Sōjutsu (Takemikazuchi)

Technology tree

		Guardhouse
	➞		➞		➞
		Yari Spearman
		Yumi Archer
		Bushi		Levy Guardhouse Soldiers	➞	Conscript Guardhouse Soldiers
		Medium Guardhouse Soldiers	➞	Heavy Guardhouse Soldiers	➞	Champion Guardhouse Soldiers

History

“	Guardhouses were placed outside castles to monitor anyone entering or leaving the grounds. The guardhouse was not a space for highly trained elite samurai to hang about; rather, it was typically manned by non-elite foot soldiers. Only three guardhouses from the Edo period remain today. One of them, Doshin Bansho, is located outside the castle of the Tokugawa Shogunate, right next to the Ōte-mon Gate, which was controlled by the soldiers that were stationed in the guardhouse.	”
—In-game help section

Gallery

Classical Age Guardhouse

Heroic Age Guardhouse

Mythic Age Guardhouse