Mahouts (Age of Empires IV)

This article is about the technology in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend. For the technology in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, see Mahouts (Age of Empires II).

Mahouts
Availability
Introduced in	Age of Empires IV - patch 11.1.1201
Civilization	Delhi Sultanate Tughlaq Dynasty
Age	Castle Age
Research
Researched at	House of Learning
Food	50
Gold	125
Research time	36 seconds
Effect
Elephants +10% movement speed

Mahouts is a unique technology available to the Delhi Sultanate and Tughlaq Dynasty in Age of Empires IV introduced in patch 11.1.1201. It can be researched at the House of Learning starting in the Castle Age. Once researched, it increases the movement speed of elephant units by 10%.

Affected units

• War Elephant
• Tower Elephant
• Ballista Elephant
• Healer Elephant
• Raider Elephant
• Worker Elephant

Civilization bonuses

• Delhi Sultanate: It is free, can be paused and resumed, but takes 12x time to research (hence takes 180 seconds).
• Tughlaq Dynasty: It is researched in 5 seconds, but is 20% costlier (hence costs 60 food, 150 gold).