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This article is about the technology in Age of Empires. For the technology in Age of Mythology, see Iron Shields.

Iron Shield is a technology in Age of Empires that can be researched at the Storage Pit once the Iron Age is reached. Once researched, it increases the pierce armor of infantry units and Slingers by +1. In essence, it affects all Barracks and Academy units.

Before Return of Rome, Iron Shield was also required to train Armored Elephants. Tower Shield is the further upgrade of this technology.

Availability chart[]

Aoede iron shield available Available Aoede iron shield unavailable Unavailable

Affected units[]

Team bonuses[]

  • Palmyran AOE DE ROR icon Palmyrans: Researching Iron Shield is 30% faster.

Changelog[]

ReturnRome-AoEIcon Age of Empires[]

  • Researching Iron Shield is required to upgrade War Elephants to Armored Elephants.

AoE2Icon-ReturnRome Return of Rome[]

  • Researching Iron Shield is not required to upgrade Elephants to Armored Elephants.

History[]

The iron shield replaced the bronze shield when swords and other weapons of iron became common. Iron shields were not only inexpensive to make, but also more effective in stopping all hand- to- hand and missile weapons.  The basic iron shield remained in use until firearms made personal shields on the battlefield obsolete.
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