“ | King of Kings. Ruler of the Persian Empire and a notorious expansionist. | ” |
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition |
Xerxes (Hero Xerxes before Return of Rome) is an infantry hero in Age of Empires that is available only in the Scenario Editor and the campaign mode of the game. He has an appearance of a Short Swordsman and is historically based on the actual Persian leader with the same name. He is an infantry unit, but his stats cannot be upgraded by any means.
Campaign appearances[]
In the original Age of Empires, Hero Xerxes appeared in the The Assassins scenario, representing an Izumo leader, and in Xenophon's March, as part of Persia's elite forces. In the Definitive Edition, he was replaced by the Chieftain in the former, while being removed in the latter.
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Heroes in Age of Empires | |
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Age of Empires | |
Infantry | Corlis · Hersifon · Invisible Demon (removed) · Jason · Xerxes |
Cavalry | Alexander · Hector · Tiberius |
Archers | Perseus |
Priests | Amon Ra · Blind Lame Priest (removed) · Mor Havoc |
The Rise of Rome | |
Infantry | Mark Antony |
Cavalry | Caesar · Hannibal · Scipio · Vercingetorix |
Ship | Cleopatra's Barge |
Other | Archimedes |
Definitive Edition | |
Infantry | Lord Martek · Ajax · Pericles · Xanthippus · Achilles |
Archers | Prince Shotoku · Odysseus · Ramesses · Xu Fu |
Cavalry | Hero · Muwatalli · Paris |
Return of Rome | |
Infantry | Sargon · Hadrian · Decebalus · Demetrius · Lysimachus |
Cavalry | Sargon of Akkad · Pyrrhus · Queen Zenobia · Domitian |
Archer | Osroes I |
Other | Hunting Wolf · Ornlu the Wolf |
Building | Great Pyramid |