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This article is about the infantry units in Age of Mythology. For infantry in other games of the series, see Infantry. |
Infantry units fight on the ground in close combat with enemies, distinguishing them from ranged soldiers and cavalry. Infantry are mostly human soldiers, rather than heroes or myth units, though Norse and Atlantean heroes are classified similar to their human counterparts as well (since Retold). Counter-infantry units gain a bonus against all the infantry units listed below.
List of units[]
Greeks[]
- Hoplite: Standard infantry cost-effective against cavalry
- Hypaspist: Infantry good only against infantry
- Myrmidon ( Zeus): Strong infantry whose attacks deal divine damage, ignoring armor
- Militia ( Poseidon): Weak infantry spawned from destroyed buildings
Egyptians[]
- Spearman: Fast infantry good only against cavalry
- Axeman: Infantry good only against infantry
- Mercenary: Strong perishable infantry good against cavalry
- Khopesh Swordsman: Very fast infantry good only against workers
Norse[]
- Berserk: Fast infantry good against whatever they can reach, especially cavalry
- Hirdman: Infantry only good against cavalry
- Throwing Axeman: Ranged infantry good against other infantry and Hersirs
- Huskarl: Fast infantry good only against ranged soldiers and buildings
- Hersir: Hero infantry
- Hero of Ragnarok ( Baldr): Hero infantry
Atlanteans[]
- Murmillo and Murmillo (Hero): Standard infantry cost-effective against cavalry
- Katapeltes and Katapeltes (Hero): Infantry good only against cavalry
- Destroyer and Destroyer (Hero): Strong slow infantry excelling against buildings
- Fanatic and Fanatic (Hero): Strong infantry good against all human units
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)[]
- Dao Swordsman: A well-armored infantry unit decent against many units
- Ge Halberdier: Infantry good only against cavalry
- Tiger Cavalry (Dismounted): Strong infantry spawned by death of Tiger Cavalry.
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)[]
- Halberdier: Standard infantry good against cavalry
Nature[]
- Skraeling (before Retold)
Cheat units[]
List of units affected by upgrades[]
Upgrade technologies and some myth technologies only benefit a subset of infantry units.
Greeks[]
Egyptians[]
- Spearman (before Retold)
- Axeman (before Retold)
- Mercenary (before Retold)
- Khopesh Swordsman (before Retold)
Norse[]
Atlanteans[]
- Murmillo and Murmillo (Hero)
- Katapeltes and Katapeltes (Hero)
- Destroyer and Destroyer (Hero)
- Fanatic and Fanatic (Hero)
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)[]
- Dao Swordsman
- Ge Halberdier
- Tiger Cavalry (Dismounted): Not affected by Medium, Heavy, or Champion Infantry, instead affected by the cavalry counterparts of these technologies
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)[]
Nature[]
- Skraeling (before Retold)
Cheat units[]
- Forkboy (before Retold)
Brief comparison table[]
| Name | Age | Civ | Food | Gold | Pop | HD | HP | HA | PA | Spd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hoplite
|
|
 Greeks
|
50 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 115 | 35% | 15% | 4.2 |
 Hypaspist
|
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60 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 85 | 35% | 10% | 4.3 | |
 Myrmidon
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|
 Zeus
|
70 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 110 | 45% | 20% | 4.0 |
 Militia
|
|
 Poseidon
|
N/A | 1 | 7 | 100 | 30% | 20% | 4.8 | |
 Spearman
|
|
 Egyptians
|
50 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 70 | 40% | 20% | 5.0 |
 Axeman
|
|
40 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 70 | 40% | 5% | 4.3 | |
 Mercenary
|
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0 | 90 | 0 | 8 | 85 | 45% | 30% | 4.3 | |
 Khopesh Swordsman
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30 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 20% | 15% | 5.8 | |
 Berserk
|
|
 Norse
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50 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 80 | 30% | 10% | 4.8 |
 Throwing Axeman
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50W | 40 | 2 | 4.5 | 65 | 35% | 10% | 4.0 | |
 Hersir
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80 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 130 | 20% | 15% | 4.2 | |
 Huskarl
|
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75W | 40 | 2 | 8 | 115 | 15% | 50% | 5.0 | |
 Murmillo
|
|
 Atlanteans
|
55 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 110 | 35% | 10% | 4.5 |
 Katapeltes
|
|
60 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 115 | 35% | 10% | 4.5 | |
 Destroyer
|
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70 | 60 | 3 | 5 | 150 | 30% | 70% | 3.6 | |
 Fanatic
|
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75 | 55 | 3 | 10 | 120 | 40% | 25% | 4.3 | |
 Dao Swordsman
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|
 Chinese(Immortal Pillars) |
30 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 130 | 30% | 30% | 3.8 |
 Ge Halberdier
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|
50 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 95 | 40% | 5% | 5 | |
 Halberdier
|
|
 Chinese(Tale of the Dragon) |
50 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 110 | 35% | 15% | 4.3 |
Some details worth mentioning:
- Hoplite, Berserk, Murmillo, Halberdier: +50% damage against Turmae
- Hypaspist: +275% damage against infantry
- Myrmidon: Pre-Retold: +50% damage against all non-Greek human soldiers, except Axeman and Throwing Axeman. Retold: Deals divine damage, ignoring armor values.
- Spearman: +10% damage against cavalry, upgradable to +110% against cavalry, +25% against Turma, +100% against siege
- Axeman: +300% damage against infantry
- Berserk: Upgradable to have +100% damage against cavalry
- Throwing Axeman is the only infantry with ranged attack (9 meters): +175% damage against Hoplite and Myrmidon, +100% against Hersir and +125% against all other infantry
- Huskarl: +100% damage against ranged soldiers and -25% damage against Cheiroballistae
- Katapeltes: +200% against cavalry, +150% against siege
- Fanatic: +100% against infantry, Hersir and cavalry
- Ge Halberdier: +500% damage against cavalry
- Halberdier: +10% against cavalry
Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
- Zeus: +50% bonus damage versus buildings. Hoplites +15% speed.
- Hades: 20% chance for a fallen infantry unit to return from the dead as a Shade.
- Odin: +0.4 hit point regeneration per second.
- Loki: +20% bonus damage multipliers. Damaging enemy units can spawn myth units. Transforming Dwarves and Gatherers to Berserks is 50% cheaper.
- Oranos: +4 Line of Sight.
- Gaia: Regenerate 1 hit point per second when on Lush.
- Fuxi: Yang Blessing increases damage by 10%.
- Nü Wa: -10% food cost. (Tale of the Dragon)
Armory technologies[]
| Technology | Age | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Copper Weapons
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+10% attack |
 Bronze Weapons
|
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 Iron Weapons
|
| |
 Dwarven Weapons(Thor only) |
|
+10% attack |
 Copper Armor
|
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+10% hack armor |
 Bronze Armor
|
| |
 Iron Armor
|
| |
 Meteoric Iron Armor(Thor only) |
|
+10% hack armor |
 Copper Shields
|
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+10% pierce armor |
 Bronze Shields
|
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 Iron Shields
|
| |
 Dragonscale Shields(Thor only) |
|
+10% pierce armor |
 Ballistics
|
|
Throwing Axeman only: track moving targets |
 Burning Pitch
|
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Throwing Axeman only: +100% damage to buildings, +150% damage to ships |
- Note: For Thor, all Armory technologies are available at the Dwarven Armory starting in the Archaic Age.
Myth technologies[]
| Technology | God | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Aegis Shield
|
 Athena
|
-15%  pierce vulnerability
|
 Oracle
|
 Apollo
|
+5 Line of Sight |
 Dionysia
|
 Dionysus
|
+5% hit points |
 Funeral Rites(since Retold) |
 Nephthys
|
Refund 8 gold upon death |
 Greatest of Fifty
|
 Horus
|
+30% hit points, +10% speed |
 Freyr's Gift
|
 Freyr
|
+10% hit points |
 Hall of Thanes
|
 Forseti
|
+10% movement speed |
 Servants of Glory
|
 Ullr
|
Berserk, Throwing Axeman, and Hirdman +5% speed, with +1%/s while idle up to +30% |
 Huntress' Axe
|
 Skadi
|
Throwing Axeman +1 range, projectiles track their targets |
 Twilight of the Gods
|
 Vidar
|
+10% hit points, +20% bonus damage versus  heroes
|
 Empyrian Speed
|
 Oranos
|
+10% movement speed |
 Channels
|
 Gaia
|
+15% movement speed when on Lush |
 Volcanic Forge
|
 Leto
|
-15% pierce vulnerability
|
 Orichalcum Mail
|
 Rheia
|
-15%  hack vulnerability
|
 Divine Books
|
 Xuannü
|
+50% training speed at Training Yards |
 Reincarnation
|
One infantry unit is spawned for every five of the same type killed | |
 Divine Judgement
|
 Rushou
|
+1  divine damage, +25% bonus damage versus  myth units
|
 Leizu's Silk
|
 Huangdi
|
+20% hit points, -10% hack vulnerability
|
 Xuanyuan's Bloodline
|
+30% damage and +30% lifesteal to nearby allied infantry units upon death for 3 seconds |
Relics[]
- Armor of Achilles: Infantry units have 5% less vulnerability to hack damage.
- Canopic Jar of Imsety: Infantry training time reduced by 25%.
- Feather of Bifang: Human soldiers gain +20% bonus damage vs buildings.
- Gaia's Book of Knowledge: Infantry have +3.0 attack multiplier against Titans.
- Gungnir, Odin's Spear: Hoplites, Spearmen, Hirdmen, Murmillones, and Ge Halberdiers have 5% more attack.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Thundercloud Shawl: All human soldiers and heroes (except Atlantean heroes) take 5% less pierce damage.
Trivia[]
- The Throwing Axeman and Huskarl are the only infantry units to cost wood instead of food.
Gallery[]
Cinematic models of Hoplites backed by Toxotes (an archer unit) preparing to face Axemen
| Unit types in Age of Mythology | |
|---|---|
| Visible | |
| Units | Hero ·  Human soldier ·  Cavalry ·  Infantry ·  Archer · Myth unit ( Titan) ·  Flying unit ·  Ship ( Arrow ship ·  Close-combat ship ·  Siege ship) ·  Siege weapon ·  Villager |
| Buildings |  Building ·  Tower ·  Wall |
| Hidden | |
| Units | Herdable · Huntable · Sea Snake · Serpent · Titan Kronos |
| Buildings | Farm · Fortress · House · Town Center |
| Others | Berry Bush · Tree · WildCrops |