| “ | Nearby buildings generate +100% Tax Gold. Imperial Officials can drop off taxes at this building. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Imperial Academy an economic landmark available to the Chinese in Age of Empires IV in the Dark Age. It causes nearby buildings to generate increased tax gold. It can also train Imperial Officials at a 30% discount, and serves as a drop-off point for taxes carried by Imperial Officials.
Special ability[]
Imperial Academy Influence (Influence): Produces a 14 x 14 tile influence area, all buildings within this influence area generate +100% tax gold from actions such as training units, researching technologies, and dropping off resources.
Trainable units[]
Available technologies[]
Further statistics[]
| Hit points |  Court Architects (+30%)
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Strategy[]
To maximize the benefits of the Imperial Academy throughout the game, it is critical to plan out how to build around to generate as many taxes as possible. Firstly, because it acts as a separate tax drop off-site and because the Town Center itself cannot generate any taxes, the Imperial Academy should be placed somewhere where its influence area does not overlap with the Town Center. In the early game, covering as many resource drop-off sites as possible should be prioritized to double the gold gained from depositing resources and researching the Feudal Age economy technologies, with the Mill and Lumber Camp being prioritized over the Mining Camp (based on desirability and number of available technologies). Early military production buildings should also be built within this area, and the Blacksmith can also be a good choice due to the number of available technologies, although its greater size will take up more influence area. On water maps, it can also be useful to build Docks within the influence area as well, since they will be the primary source of units created and contain many technologies as well.
In the late game, resource drop-off buildings should be deleted and the influence area should continue being filled out with fast-producing Military production buildings. For example, producing units like Spearmen, Zhuge Nu, or Fire Lancers from Barracks, Archery Ranges, and Stables, will generate much better tax returns than producing siege engines from Siege Workshops. Whenever possible, unit upgrades should also be researched at production buildings within the influence area.
Changelog[]
- With patch 11963, the Imperial Academy now acts as a tax drop-off location.
- With Season Two Update 17718, the Imperial Academy can now train Imperial Officials.
- With patch 9.2.628, Imperial Officials trained at the Imperial Academy cost -30% less.
Trivia[]
- Its real life counterpart is the Guozijian.
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