| “ | Iron armor improves human soldier, hero, and ship resistance to hack attacks, such as swords. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
| “ | Human soldiers and ships more resistant to hack attacks, such as swords. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Iron Armor (named Iron Mail before Retold) is a common technology in Age of Mythology that can be researched at the Armory. It makes human soldiers and heroes less vulnerable to hack attacks and ships less vulnerable to both hack and crush attacks.
Effects[]
- Human soldiers -10% hack vulnerability
- Hero units -15% hack vulnerability
- Ships -10% hack and -10% crush vulnerabilities
Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
Isis: -10% cost.- Thor: Available at the Dwarven Armory since the Archaic Age. Receive 1 free Dwarf after researching. It takes 100 seconds to research in the Archaic Age, 33.33 seconds in the Heroic Age, and 25 seconds in the Mythic Age*.
- Freyr: Costs 200 food, 200 gold and takes 125 seconds to research.
Myth technologies[]
- Forge of Olympus (Hephaestus): -75% cost and researched 100% faster.
- Heavenly Fire (Chongli): -100% food cost.
Relics[]
- Anvil of Hephaestus: -50% gold cost.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
Retold[]
- The technology is named Iron Armor.
- With update 18.7603, Iron Armor costs 400 food, 400 gold.
History[]
| “ | Iron is one of the most common materials on Earth, but was only used starting in roughly the 2nd millenium BCE because of the high temperatures required for the smelting process. Once this hurdle was overcome, the more common and readily available material quickly superseded bronze for use in forging tools, armor, and weapons. Bronze retained a role in ceremonial, artistic, and craftsmanship spheres, however. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Originally armor-line upgrades would change the appearance of a unit's body, whilst unit upgrade lines would only change the appearance of the unit's head.
