The Imperial Hippodrome is a military landmark in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, available to the Byzantines and the Macedonian Dynasty in the Dark Age. It acts as a Stable. It contains the Triumph ability for the Byzantines and spawns limited improved versions of melee cavalry units for the Macedonian Dynasty.
Special ability[]
Byzantines[]
| “ | Acts as a Stable. Contains the Triumph ability that can be activated with Supply Points to increase cavalry melee damage, move speed, and health regeneration. Comes with 10 Supply Points and generates one every 25 seconds. Earn more points by defeating enemy units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
- Triumph (Active): When activated, the Triumph ability boosts all cavalry (even ranged) by increasing their move speed by +10%, damage by +4, and granting them regeneration of 2 hit points per second. The Triumph lasts 1 second for each Supply Point collected at the Hippodrome, up to a maximum of 45 seconds. Upon completion, the Hippodrome starts off with 10 supply points, and gathers one Supply Point every 25 seconds. Therefore, it takes ~14.6 minutes to generate the first maximum-duration Triumph, and 18.75 minutes for each one after that. Any Supply Points gathered beyond 45 will be wasted. After the duration of the ability, it has a 30 second cooldown before it can be used again, although Supply Points continue to be gathered while the ability is in use.
Macedonian Dynasty[]
| “ | Acts as a Stable. Champions emerge from the trials of the Imperial Hippodrome until each one spawns. Champions provide auras that increase damage of torches, enhance damage of cavalry, and inspire infantry to move faster. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Champions provide beneficial auras. After a champion dies you may rebuild it at the Imperial Hippodrome.
- Hippodrome Scout spawns after 45 seconds. It provides an aura that increases torch damage of nearby units by 35%. It costs 100 food, 20 gold and takes 20 seconds to retrain.
- Hippodrome Horseman spawns 120 seconds after the Hippodrome Scout, or 165 seconds total. It provides an aura that increases damage of nearby cavalry by +2. It costs 130 food, 30 wood, 30 gold and takes 20 seconds to retrain.
- Hippodrome Riddari spawns 200 seconds after the Hippodrome Horseman, or 365 seconds total. It provides an aura that increases movement speed of nearby infantry by +15%. It costs 150 food, 150 gold and takes 30 seconds to retrain.
Trainable units[]
Macedonian Dynasty[]
- Hippodrome Scout (1)
- Hippodrome Horseman (1)
- Hippodrome Riddari (1)
Available technologies[]
Byzantines[]
Further statistics[]
| Technologies | |
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 Hit points
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 Court Architects (+30%)
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| Aura and ability enhancements | |
|---|---|
| Damage resistance |   Praesidium (-5% per Cistern water level)
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| Creation speed |  Military Academy (+33%)  Conscriptio Influence (+20% per Cistern water level)
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| Research speed |  Dialecticus Influence (+30% per Cistern water level)
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| Other |  Field Stones (Generates 32 stone when built)
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Changelog[]
Byzantines[]
- With patch 9.1.370, the Triumph ability was changed from having 40 maximum charges of 1.5 second duration, to 45 maximum charges of 1 second duration. The starting number of charges was also reduced from 30 to 10.
- Originally, Triumph supply points were generated every 30 seconds. With patch 11.1.1201, they generate every 25 seconds.
Trivia[]
- The Imperial Hippodrome is based on the Hippodrome of Constantinople.
Gallery[]
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The Imperial Hippodrome (seen from the back)
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The Imperial Hippodrome (normal viewpoint)
The Hippodrome UI showing supply points on the bottom left below the fire armor
