| “ | Infantry Hero summoned to participate in the final battle of the gods. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Hero of Ragnarok is a Norse Hero in Age of Mythology. It cannot be trained by normal means, but is instead created from the player's Gatherers and Dwarves with the Ragnarok god power. Consequently, they are only available to worshipers of the Mythic Age god Baldr. Like other Norse foot soldiers, they can construct and repair buildings. Unlike Hersirs and Godis, Heroes of Ragnarok do not passively generate favor just by existing.
Special ability[]
Sacred Hands (Passive): Can pick up Relics and deposit them at a Temple.- Divine Immunity (Passive): Cannot be targeted by enemy god powers.
God bonuses and upgrades[]
God bonuses[]
- Odin: Regenerate 0.4 hit points per second.
General technologies[]
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% attack
- Dwarven Weapons ( Thor): +10% attack
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -15% hack vulnerability
- Meteoric Iron Armor (Thor): -15% hack vulnerability
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -15% pierce vulnerability
- Dragonscale Shields (Thor): -15% pierce vulnerability
Myth technologies[]
- Sessrumnir (Freyja): +10% hit points.
- Hall of Thanes (Forseti): +10% movement speed.
Relic bonuses[]
- Armor of Achilles: -5% hack vulnerability.
- Fur of Boyi: Regenerate 0.25 hit points per second.
- Hermes' Winged Sandals: +5% movement speed.
- Kui Drum: +0.25% attack per 1% hit point missing.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- The Khopesh of Horus: +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword: Regenerate 10% of damage dealt to units.
Tactics[]
Heroes of Ragnarok are similar to the regular Norse heroes, the Hersirs – they have a melee attack and a slow movement speed like other infantry. Comparing the two, Heroes of Ragnarok have a stronger general attack, are faster and have more armor than Hersirs. They also have slightly fewer hit points and are not quite as good against myth units. However, there is no need for them to specialize, as large numbers of them are created at the same time. Any army they face will basically be steamrolled. To maximize the effects of the god power, it is recommended to train as many Gatherers and/or Dwarves as possible prior to invoking it, or else to use it following a successful boom, when there are surplus workers and population space becomes more valuable relative to resource income.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Heroes of Ragnarok have 11 hack attack, 120 hit points, 30% hack / 30% pierce armor, a movement speed of 4.8, a damage multiplier of 4× vs. myth units, 3× vs. Animals of Set, and are only classified as heroes. They take 3 population.
- Heroes of Ragnarok have an internal cost of 150 food.
Retold[]
- Heroes of Ragnarok have 9 base hack attack, 110 hit points, 25% hack / 10% pierce armor, a movement speed of 4.0, a damage multiplier of 3.5× vs. myth units, no multiplier vs. Animals of Set, and are also classified as infantry.
- With update 17.27932, Heroes of Ragnarok have 8 base hack hack attack.
- With update 17.36100, their damage multiplier vs. myth units was reverted to 4×.
- With an unknown patch, Heroes of Ragnarok have an internal cost of 80 food, 40 gold, and have 160 hit points.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.21333, Heroes of Ragnarok take 2 population.
Mythology[]
| “ | After the three winters -- the bitter Winter of Winds, the fearsome Winter of Wolves and the bloody Winter of Swords -- the cocks Fjalar and Gullinkambi will crow, announcing Ragnarok, the Final Battle, where the gods themselves will die fighting the forces of evil. All of the nine worlds, gods, mortals and giants will be destroyed by the fighting. But hope does not die with the nine worlds, for a new world of peace will be born out of the ashes of the old. It is for this world that the gods and heroes fight. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Even if the player is using another civilization and has somehow obtained Ragnarok (by cheats or the Scenario Editor), it will still turn their worker units into heroes if invoked.
- There are three variants of the Hero of Ragnarok: human male, human female, and dwarf. Which version a worker unit turns into when Ragnarok is invoked is randomized. All versions, including the female model, originally used the same voice lines as the Hersir.
Gallery[]
| Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology | ||||
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| God |  Archaic Age
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 Classical Age
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 Heroic Age
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 Mythic Age
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 Greeks (1 each)
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| All |  Hippocrates*
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 Zeus
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 Jason
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 Heracles
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 Odysseus
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 Bellerophon
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 Poseidon
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 Theseus
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 Atalanta
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 Hippolyta
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 Polyphemus
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 Hades
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 Ajax
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 Achilles
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 Chiron
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 Perseus
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 Aphrodite
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 The Argo
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 Egyptians
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| All |  Pharaoh (1)
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 Priest
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 Osiris
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 Son of Osiris
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| Pharaoh (more)
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 Norse
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| All |  Hersir
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 Godi
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 Freyr
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 Gullinbursti (1)
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 Baldr
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  Hero of Ragnarok
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 Atlanteans
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| All |  Citizen (Hero) (50)
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 Murmillo (Hero)
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 Arcus (Hero)
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 Fanatic (Hero)
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 Katapeltes (Hero)
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 Contarius (Hero)
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 Oracle (Hero) (10)
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 Turma (Hero)
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 Cheiroballista (Hero)
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 Destroyer (Hero)
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 Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
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| All |  Pioneer
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 Sage (5)
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 Jiang Ziya (1)
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 Fuxi
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 Nezha (1)
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 Yang Jian (1)
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 Nüwa
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 Kuafu (Hero) (1)
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 Li Jing (1)
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 Shennong
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 Wen Zhong (1)
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 Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
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| All |  Monk
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 Fu Xi
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 Immortal (8)
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| Others | Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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| Regicide game mode | ||||
| All |  Regent (1)
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