Honed Blades

Honed Blades
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires IV
Civilization	Delhi Sultanate
Age	Castle Age*
Research
Researched at	House of Learning
Research time	240 seconds
Effect
Men-at-Arms and Lancers damage +3

Honed Blades is a unique technology available to the Delhi Sultanate in Age of Empires IV that can be researched at the House of Learning starting in the Castle Age. Once researched, it increases Men-at-Arms' and Lancers' melee damage by 3.

Changelog

• Originally, base research time is 450 seconds. With update 8324, it is changed to 1350 seconds. Patch 10257 changes it to 300 seconds. With patch 11.1.1201, it was further reduced to 240 seconds.
• Originally, Honed Blades was available in the Imperial Age. With the Season One Update, it is available in the Castle Age.

Gallery

Men-at-Arms before the upgrade

Men-at-Arms after the upgrade

Delhi Man-at-arms before and after upgrade

Delhi Lancer before and after upgrade