Inquisition is a technology in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten that is unique to the Spanish and can be researched at the Castle. Once researched, it lowers the time their Monks and Missionaries need for a successful conversion. The minimum and maximum times needed for conversion are lowered by about 1 Conversion Interval for units and 6 Conversion Intervals for buildings. Additionally, building are more likely to be converted in a lower number of cycles (more details here).
As of update 81058, Missionaries also gain +1 range for conversion.
Strategy[]
The Spanish already have good Monks as they can research all Monastery technologies. Inquisition furthers the Monk's and Missionary's capabilities by letting conversions occur one second faster on average. Without it, all enemy units except Light Cavalry, Eagle Warriors, and Teutonic units will be extremely vulnerable to a larger quantity of Monks. It also offsets the Missionary's biggest drawback over Monks, which is their lower conversion range. The latter still has the longer range, but the difference is reduced to half.
In the Imperial Age, with Theocracy researched, groups of either Monks or Missionaries might even operate alone, converting enemy Villagers or buildings quickly enough to disrupt their economy and military production while conserving faith to respond to any retaliation. Missionaries can even kite enemy units while converting them, making responses with melee units even more inadequate unless in large enough numbers to overwhelm the Missionaries quickly. A player attempting to use Monks offensively for conversion purposes should keep in mind that it requires good micromanagement, since Monks do not convert enemy units unless they are attacked by them or directly ordered to do so.
Civilization bonuses[]
Team bonuses[]
- Portuguese: Researching Inquisition is 25% faster.
Changelog[]
The Forgotten[]
The African Kingdoms[]
Dynasties of India[]
- Portuguese: With update 73855, researching Inquisition is 25% faster.
- With update 81058, Inquisition increases Missionaries' range by 1.
- With update 81058, as a new civilization bonus, researching Inquisition gives the player 20 gold.
History[]
The Holy Inquisition was an institution within the Catholic Church tasked with combating all manners of heresy. Initially founded in the late 12th century AD to persecute Cathars and Waldensians, it rapidly grew in prominence in the late 15th/early 16th century when the Pope's authority was challenged by the newly-formed Protestant movement. The Inquisition was a powerful tool utilized by the Counter-reformation movement that aimed to contain the spread of Protestantism within Medieval France, Castile, Aragon, Portugal and the various Italian states and principalities.