| “ | Thor's meteoric iron armor improves human soldier, hero, and ship resistance to hack attacks, such as swords. | ” |
| —In-game description in Retold | ||
Meteoric Iron Armor (named before Meteoric Iron Mail before Retold) is a Norse myth technology in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Thor and can be researched at the Dwarven Armory once Iron Armor is researched. It makes human soldiers and heroes less vulnerable to hack attacks and ships less vulnerable to both hack and crush attacks.
Effects[]
- Human soldier*: -10% hack vulnerability.
- Hero: -15% hack vulnerability.
- Ship: -10% hack and crush vulnerability.
Further statistics[]
Relics[]
Anvil of Hephaestus: -50% gold cost.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- The technology is named Meteoric Iron Mail and is available to research at the Dwarven Armory. It reduces human soldier and hero hack vulnerability by -10%.
Tale of the Dragon[]
- With patch 2.7, Meteoric Iron Mail reduces human soldier, Shade of Hades, Serpent, Cheiroballista, and ship hack vulnerability by -10%, hero hack vulnerability by -15%, and ship crush vulnerability by -10%.
Retold[]
- The technology is named Meteoric Iron Armor and is available to research at the Dwarven Armory or Armory (in campaigns or the Scenario Editor). It reduces human soldier and ship hack vulnerability by -10%, hero hack vulnerability by -15%, and ship crush vulnerability by -10%. Due to Thor's bonus, when researched it also spawns a Dwarf.
Mythology[]
| “ | Before civilizations mastered the art of forging steel, meteoric iron was among the hardest metals known, and the best for making weapons. Egyptians valued meteoric iron more than gold; King Tutankhamen was buried with several gold daggers but only one of iron. Meteoric iron has a high carbon content, which was difficult to duplicate even by Norse times. As such, a meteoric iron weapon that could hold its edge for so long was considered magical. The Norse sagas mention a warrior who straightened his sword blade with his foot, suggesting that the iron the Norse typically used was of fairly poor quality. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
