Metalworking is a technology in Age of Empires that can be researched at the Storage Pit once the Bronze Age is reached and Toolworking is researched. Once researched, it increases the attack of all melee units (except elephants) by +2. Metallurgy is the further upgrade of this technology.
Affected units[]
Clubman- Axeman
- Short Swordsman
- Broad Swordsman
- Long Swordsman
- Legionary
- Hoplite
- Phalangite
- Centurion
- Scout
- Chariot
- Scythe Chariot
- Cavalry
- Heavy Cavalry
- Cataphract
- Camel Rider
Civilization bonuses[]
- Choson: Since update 38862, Storage Pit technologies cost -40%.
Team bonuses[]
- Palmyrans: Researching Metalworking is 30% faster.
History[]
| “ | The discovery and use of iron to make tools and weapons was one of the most important advances in civilization. Some historians consider the use of iron to be one of the distinguishing characteristics separating civilization from barbarism because the new tools were less brittle, could hold better edges, and held edges for a longer time without resharpening.Most importantly, iron ore was much easier to locate than copper and tin, making iron tools cheaper and more readily available. By 1000 B.C., iron tools were being made that were as good as the best ones of bronze; by 500 B.C., iron had largely supplanted bronze from Europe and Asia. The expanse and scarcity of bronze had restricted its use to the elite and wealthy. Iron tools and weapons were available to nearly everyone. | ” |
| —Age of Empires manual | ||
