| “ | Priestess that can build Shrines and work at them to earn Favor. Heals allies. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Miko (巫女) is a melee hero available to the Japanese in Age of Mythology: Retold - Heavenly Spear. At the start of the game, one Miko is spawned from the player's starting Town Center. Additional ones can be trained in the Archaic Age from the Town Center. She can build Shrines, which she can then work at to generate favor. She can also heal friendly units, as well as construct and repair Temples.
Though she does not start with the ability to pick up Relics, she can do so after Sacred Custodians has been researched.
Special ability[]
Sacred Hands (Passive, requires Sacred Custodians): Can pick up Relics and deposit them at a Temple.- Heal (Active, automatic): Heal an injured allied unit.
- Kagura (Active): Target a shrine to perform a sacred dance which generates Favor. Nearby natural resources increase the Favor rate. (Works at Shrines to gather favor. See details on the Shrine page.)
- Construct and repair Shrines and Temples
Further statistics[]
General technologies[]
- Sacred Custodians: Mikos have +50% heal rate; enables the Miko to collect Relics.
Myth technologies[]
- Kagura (Amaterasu): Spawns a Miko; Mikos have +25% heal rate and -25% training time
- Gohei Wands (Ame-no-Uzume): Miko favor generation rate at Shrines increased by +10%
- Golden Kite (Hachiman): +15% attack, +2.5× damage multiplier vs. myth units.
- Eight Banners (Hachiman): -30% training time, +1.5 hit point per second regeneration.
Age bonuses[]
- Classical Age: +10% hit points, +10% damage
- Heroic Age: +15% hit points, +15% damage
- Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +20% damage
Relics[]
Mikos are affected both by Relics which benefit heroes and those benefiting workers:
- Charon's Obol: 50% cost refunded on death.
- Fur of Boyi: +0.25 hit points per second regeneration.
- Hermes' Winged Sandals: +5% movement speed.
- Hestia's Hearth: -5% training time.
- Fetters of Fenrir: +30% attack.
- Kithara of Apollo: +10% movement speed.
- Kui Drum: +0.25% attack per 1% hit point missing.
- Ogre-Bitten Helm: +10% hit points.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Pygmalion's Statue: +40% hit points.
- Sistrum of Bast: -15% cost.
- Staff of Dionysus: Regenerate 1.0 hit points per second.
- The Khopesh of Horus: +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword: Heal by 10% of damage dealt to units.
Tactics[]
Miko's Kagura dance (double-click to enlarge)
As she is a starting unit, players can use her to scout the surrounding area to find the most suitable resource-rich location and set up Shrines. Although she has a high damage multiplier against myth units, her low base hit points mean that she is not very effective against even most Classical Age myth units individually. As such, she is better suited as a support unit, healing the player's frontline troops when necessary, although her vital role in favor production means that she is best kept tasked at Shrines whenever possible.
Changelog[]
Heavenly Spear[]
- Initially, idle Mikos are shown as not only idle heroes but also idle villagers, despite not having the unit type. With update 18.50572, they are no longer shown as idle villagers.
- Initially, base Miko work rate for favor generation was 0.03. Update 18.52475 increased this to 0.04.
In-game dialogue[]
Uses the female Commoner's dialogue lines, but with one unique voice line.
- Select 1 to 2 Nani? (何?) - What?
- Select 3 Junbi dekitayo (準備できたよ) - I'm ready
- Select 4 Shiji aru? (指示 ある) - What are [your] instructions?
- Select 5 Nan da? (なんだ?) - What is it?
- Task 1 Hai (はい) - Yes
- Task 2 Ryōkai (了解) - Understood (lit. "understanding")
- Task 3 Makasete (任せて) - Leave it to me
- Task 4 Iku ne (行くね) - I'll go
- Attack Kōgeki o! (攻撃を!) - Attack!
- Kagura (ability) Kagura (神楽) - Kagura
History[]
| “ | A miko is a female shaman in the Shinto religion. In earlier periods, mikos were believed to serve as vessels through which the kami could communicate – the spirit of a kami could possess the miko and deliver oracles or prophecies through her. Miko either served as shamans at shrines, conducting sacred rites, or traveled from shrine to shrine, demonstrating their magical and religious powers through fortune-telling. In modern times, mikos typically work at Shinto shrines, where they perform sacred cleansings and a ritual dance known as kagura. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Gallery[]
| Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology | ||||
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| God |  Archaic Age
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 Classical Age
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 Heroic Age
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 Mythic Age
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 Greeks (1 each)
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| All |  Hippocrates*
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 Zeus
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 Jason
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 Heracles
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 Odysseus
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 Bellerophon
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 Hades
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 Ajax
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 Achilles
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 Chiron
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 Perseus
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 Poseidon
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 Theseus
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 Atalanta
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 Hippolyta
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 Polyphemus
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 Aphrodite
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 The Argo
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 Egyptians
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| All |  Pharaoh (1)
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 Priest
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 Osiris
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 Son of Osiris
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| Pharaoh (more)
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 Norse
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| All |  Hersir
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 Godi
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 Freyr
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 Gullinbursti (1)
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 Baldr
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  Hero of Ragnarok
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 Atlanteans
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| All |  Citizen (Hero) (50)
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 Murmillo (Hero)
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 Contarius (Hero)
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 Fanatic (Hero)
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 Katapeltes (Hero)
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 Arcus (Hero)
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 Oracle (Hero) (10)
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 Turma (Hero)
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 Cheiroballista (Hero)
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 Destroyer (Hero)
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 Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
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| All |  Pioneer
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 Sage (5)
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 Jiang Ziya (1)
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 Fuxi
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 Nezha (1)
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 Yang Jian (1)
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 Nüwa
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 Kuafu (Hero) (1)
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 Li Jing (1)
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 Shennong
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 Wen Zhong (1)
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 Japanese
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| All |  Miko
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 Bushi
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 Daimyo
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 Onmyōji
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 Onna-musha
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 Hachiman
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 Shogun
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 Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
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| All |  Monk
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 Fu Xi
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 Immortal (8)
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| Others | Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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| Regicide game mode | ||||
| All |  Regent (1)
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