The Laborer is the Egyptian worker unit in Age of Mythology. They are needed to gather the resources to build an army, build structures and otherwise expand the player's empire. A strong empire has many Laborers. Laborers construct buildings 25% slower than their counterparts in the other civilization; this is not reflected in a building's construction time shown in the user interface panel until Laborers begin working on a foundation.
The player can only have up to 100 Laborers alive at any given time regardless of the population cap status.
Tasks[]
Laborers are usually used to gather resources to fund the player's many technological upgrades and unit creation in addition to building and repairing structures.
Laborers gather all resources 10% slower than Norse Gatherers and Greek Villagers and farm 20% slower. Furthermore, they are considerably slower than other workers at constructing most buildings. Players can offset these deficiencies by using the Pharaoh to empower the building in question. Moreover, many Egyptian buildings cost no resources.
Gathering rates[]
Laborers gather resources from different sources at a different speed. Additionally, Laborers can produce extra resources if they deposit the gathered resources into a drop site empowered by a Priest of Ra, Pharaoh-empowered Monument of Ra, or Pharaoh. The table below shows all gathering rates in descending order.
| Laborer role | God | Resource | Source | Gathering rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not empowered | Empowered by  Priest/ Monument of  Ra
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Empowered by  Pharaoh
| |||||||
| Per second | Per minute | Per second | Per minute | Per second | Per minute | ||||
| Hunter | All |  Food |
Hunt | 0.9 | 54 | 1.01 | 60.48 | 1.08 | 64.8 |
| Herdsman | Livestock Chicken
|
0.81 | 48.6 | 0.91 | 54.43 | 0.97 | 58.32 | ||
| Forager | Ra
|
 Berry Bush
|
0.79 | 47.25 | 0.88 | 52.92 | 1.08 | 64.8 | |
| Others | 0.63 | 37.8 | 0.71 | 42.34 | 0.76 | 45.36 | |||
| Farmer | All |  Farm
|
0.63 | 37.8 | 0.71 | 42.34 | 0.76 | 45.36 | |
 Peach Blossom Spring
|
1.575 | 94.5 | 1.764 | 105.84 | 1.89 | 113.4 | |||
| Lumberjack |  Wood |
Tree | 0.9 | 54 | 1.01 | 60.48 | 1.08 | 64.8 | |
 Gaia Tree
|
0.95 | 56.7 | 1.06 | 63.5 | 1.13 | 68.04 | |||
| Peach Blossom Spring
|
1.575 | 94.5 | 1.764 | 105.84 | 1.89 | 113.4 | |||
| Miner |  Gold |
 Dwarven Mine*
|
 1.35
|
80.85
|
1.51
|
90.55
|
1.62
|
97.02
| |
 1.16
|
69.3
|
1.29
|
77.62
|
1.39
|
83.16
| ||||
 0.96
|
57.75
|
1.08
|
64.68
|
1.16
|
69.3
| ||||
 0.85
|
50.82
|
0.95
|
56.92
|
1.02
|
60.98
| ||||
 Gold Mine
|
0.77 | 46.2 | 0.86 | 51.74 | 0.92 | 55.44 | |||
| Peach Blossom Spring
|
1.3475 | 80.85 | 1.5092 | 90.552 | 1.617 | 97.02 | |||
Note: The base carry capacity of a Laborer is 15 for food and 10 for wood and gold.
Buildings[]
Laborers can build the following buildings:
 Archaic Age
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 Classical Age
|
 Heroic Age
|
 Mythic Age
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Monuments must be built in the order: Monument to Villagers, Monument to Soldiers, Monument to Priests, Monument to Pharaohs, Monument to the Gods.
Further statistics[]
Specific technologies[]
- Hand Axe, Bow Saw, and Carpenters: +10%/+15%/+20% wood gather rates respectively, +5 wood carrying capacity each.
- Pickaxe, Shaft Mine, and Quarry: +10%/+15%/+20% gold gather rates respectively, +5 gold carrying capacity each.
- Husbandry: +10% herdable food gather rate, +15 food carry capacity (of all types).
- Plow, Irrigation, and Flood Control: +10% Farm food gather rate.
- Survival Equipment: +25% hit points, +25% melee attack, +50% ranged (anti-animal) attack.
- Hunting Dogs: +30% hunted food gather rate. (Before Retold)
Myth technologies[]
Worshiping certain gods enables players to research myth technologies that improve their Laborers.
- Skin of the Rhino: -25% hack and pierce vulnerabilities. (Town Center)
- Sacred Cats: +10% Farm food gather rate. (Granary)
- Adze of Wepwawet: Laborers fell trees with one stroke, +10% wood gather rate. (Lumber Camp)
- Book of Thoth: +10% food, wood, and gold gather rates. (Town Center)
Relics[]
The following Relics benefit Laborers:
- Black Lotus: +10% farming rate.
- Blue Crystal Shard: +5% gold and wood gathering rates.
- Charon's Obol: 50% cost refunded on death.
- Fetters of Fenrir: +30% attack.
- Harmonia's Necklace: +10% gold gathering rate.
- Hestia's Hearth: -5% training time.
- Kithara of Apollo: +10% movement speed.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Pygmalion's Statue: +40% hit points.
- Sistrum of Bast: -15% cost.
- Staff of Dionysus: Regenerate 1.0 hit points per second.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Laborers have 65 hit points, 8 hack attack, 6 pierce attack, 2× multiplier vs. siege weapons and Carnivorae, a train limit of 80, and train in 14 seconds. They have an attack bonus vs. the Sentry Tower line, specifically.
Retold[]
- Laborers have 55 hit points, 6 hack attack, 12 pierce attack, no multiplier vs. Carnivorae, a train limit of 100, and train in 15 seconds.
- With update 17.64528, Laborers have 1.5× multiplier vs. siege weapons.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.21333, their attack multiplier vs. the Sentry Tower line now affects the tower building type (thus including Mirror Towers and Tower additions).
In-game dialogue[]
Female[]
- Select 1 Initu [in.i tw ] - I bring that
- Select 2 Endwege/inwedge [ jn wḏ ] - By commanding
- Select 3 Rig [ grg ] - To set up, to furnish
Male[]
- Select 1 Antio [in.i tw] - I bring that
- Select 2 Enejereek [ j.nḏ-ḥr.k ] - Hail to you
- Select 3 Gerrick/geregg/grikk [grg] - To set up, to furnish
- Select 4 Endwege/inwedge [jn wḏ] - By commanding
Common[]
- Task 1 Ee-you-refer
- Task 2 Ack [ ꜣḫ ] - To serve / be helpful
- Task 3 Hayoh/taiyoh/taeyu [ tjw ] - Good / Yes / Well
- Task 4 You-a-ear [iw.i jrj ] - I make / I do
- Build Kid [ qd ] - To build
- Chop Hroeyatawit (f) / Hroengyawet (m)
- Farm Iho chi [ iḥwty ] - A cultivator, a farmer
- Fish Ha-moo [ ḥꜣmw ] - Fisherman
- Forage Naya insurhret (f) / nayendesshret (m) [ nꜣy.i n šrt ] - Our grain
- Hunt - Nu [ nw ] - To hunt
- Mine Baya (f) / Beiya (m) [ bjꜣ ] - To mine / Ore / Metal
- Repair (Unused) Hemet
- Attack Aya eyatyu (f) / Eya ackjiu (m) [iꜣ ꜣṯw] - Oh, attack!
History[]
| “ | Farming and laboring peasants made up the bulk ancient Egypt's population. They provided the surplus of food, raw materials, and manufactures that supported the ruling pharaohs, the civil bureaucracy, the priesthood, and the army. Although the life of the peasants was not easy, they lived better than peasants elsewhere due to the bounty of the Nile Valley. Peasants worked the fields, maintained the extensive irrigation system, and labored on huge public works like the pyramids, temples, and other monuments. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Laborers and Greek Villagers are the only workers to use a shovel as a tool. Both use it on Dig Piles, and Laborers also use it on Excavations.
- Laborers are the only workers who can work on Excavations.
Gallery[]
Similar units[]
- Villager: The Greek worker
- Gatherer and Dwarf: The Norse workers
- Citizen: The Atlantean worker
- Peasant and Kuafu: The Chinese (Immortal Pillars) workers
- Peasant: The Chinese (Tale of the Dragon) worker
