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This article is about the Age-up option of the Ayyubids. For the generic Blacksmith technology, see Master Smiths. |
| “ | Constructs the Military Wing. Military Academy and the Blacksmith's damage and armor technologies become free and complete automatically when entering an Age. (Those of other Ages must still be researched as normal). | ” |
| —In-game description if constructing as the first wing | ||
Master Smiths is an Age-up technology for the Ayyubids in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend that can be researched at the House of Wisdom. It advances the player to the next Age, except when researched in the Imperial Age, and adds +5,000 hit points to the House of Wisdom. Additionally, it makes Military Academy and Blacksmith armor and attack technologies of the new Age free.
For example, if the player subsequently advances to the Castle Age with the Master Smiths branch of the Military Wing, it will not grant the Feudal Age Blacksmith technologies for free and instantly, but rather will grant all Castle Age Blacksmith technologies for free and instantly as soon as the Feudal Age technology is researched normally.
Age-wise comparison[]
 Dark Age
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 Feudal Age
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 Castle Age
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 Imperial Age
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| Food cost | 400 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 2,400 |
| Gold cost | 200 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| Free technologies (in addition to Military Academy) |  Bloomery
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 Decarbonization
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 Damascus Steel
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 Fitted Leatherwork
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 Insulated Helm
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 Master Smiths
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 Steeled Arrow
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 Balanced Projectiles
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 Platecutter Point
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 Iron Undermesh
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 Wedge Rivets
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 Angled Surfaces
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| Resource value gained | 100 food, 200 wood, 850 gold | 200 food, 300 wood, 1,250 gold | 300 food, 400 wood, 1,650 gold | |
| Resource efficiency | 191.7% | 97.2% | 65.2% |
Additionally, the technologies take a total of 300 seconds to research serially, which is granted in 120 seconds of research of Master Smiths, hence providing a time efficiency of 250%.
Strategy[]
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Changelog[]
The Sultans Ascend[]
- Originally, it was researched in 105 seconds. With patch 9.1.370, it was researched in 120 seconds.
- It granted only the Blacksmith armor and attack technologies.
Knights of Cross and Rose[]
- With update 13.0.4178, it also grants Military Academy for free, even in the Feudal Age.
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