Metallurgy

Metallurgy is a technology in Age of Empires that can be researched at the Storage Pit once the Iron Age is reached and Metalworking is researched. Once researched, it increases the attack of all melee units by +3. Metallurgy is required to upgrade Heavy Cavalry to Cataphracts.

Technology availability

Available	Unavailable
Assyrians Babylonians Choson Egyptians Hittites Macedonians Minoans Persians Romans Shang Yamato	Carthaginians Greeks Palmyrans Phoenicians Sumerians

Civilization bonuses Edit

• Choson: Since update 38862, Storage Pit technologies are 40% cheaper.

Changelog Edit

Age of Empires Edit

• Babylonians: Cannot research Metallurgy.

Definitive Edition Edit

• Babylonians: Metallurgy added to the technology tree.

History Edit

"The use of iron spread throughout the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Asia during the first millenium B.C., and some areas became especially adept at the new science.  Certain campgrounds added to the molten metal increased the strength of the resulting tools.  New forging techniques also resulted in better tools.  The best iron tool workers made superior weapons that were an important advantage in battle."

—Age of Empires manual

Technologies in Age of Empires
Economic technologies
Woodworking*  · Stone Mining*  · Gold Mining  · Domestication  · Artisanship*  · Wheel  · Plow  · Craftsmanship*  · Coinage  · Irrigation
* also military technologies for ranged units
Military technologies
Melee units	Toolworking  · Metalworking  · Metallurgy  · Leather Armor Infantry  · Scale Armor Infantry  · Chain Mail Infantry  · Bronze Shield  · Iron Shield  · Tower Shield  · Logistics  · Aristocracy  · Leather Armor Cavalry  · Scale Armor Cavalry  · Chain Mail Cavalry  · Nobility
Ranged units	Leather Armor Archers  · Scale Armor Archers  · Chain Mail Archers  · Siegecraft  · Engineering  · Alchemy  · Ballistics
Religious technologies
Polytheism  · Mysticism  · Astrology  · Medicine  · Monotheism  · Afterlife  · Fanaticism  · Zealotry  · Sacrifice
Miscellaneous technologies
Architecture  · Writing
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