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This article is about the unit in the PC game. For the unit in the handheld video game, see Minotaur (Age of Empires: Mythologies). |
| “ | Myth unit with a gore attack that sends units flying. Good against human soldiers. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
| “ | Myth unit. Bull men with a gore attack. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Minotaur is a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a human. In Age of Mythology, it is a Greek myth unit available to worshippers of Athena.
Ability[]
Gore (Charged): Deals 50 hack damage (2× vs. myth units, 0.5× vs. heroes) in a 170° cone of area 3. Sends all enemy units in area (at or below weight class 6) flying away. Recharge time: 15 seconds.
- In Retold, this affects all units up to the weight class 6. In practice, this works on all human units plus the following humanoid, infantry-like myth units: The Automaton, Promethean, Promethean Offspring, Lampades, Jiangshi, and Draugr. Before Retold, it also applied to other Minotaurs, the Cyclops, Anubites, Scorpion Man, Mummy, Avenger, and Einheri.
Further statistics[]
God bonuses[]
- Zeus: -1 population cost.
- Hades: +15% hit points.
Myth technologies[]
Specific[]
- Labyrinth of Minos: Upgrades Minotaurs to Bull Minotaurs, granting +30% hit points and +15% speed.*
General[]
- Oracle (Apollo): +5 Line of Sight.
- Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points.
- Monstrous Rage (Hera): -25% Rate of Fire, +15% speed.*
Age bonuses[]
- Heroic Age: +20% hit points, +20% damage.
- Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +20% damage.
- Wonder Age: +100% hit points, +100% damage, +20% speed.
Relics[]
- Jade Hare: +5% movement speed.
- Pandora's Box: -15% favor cost.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Scales of a Catoblepas: -15% pierce vulnerability.
- Tail of Cerberus: -25% ability recharge time.
- Scales of Echidna: -15% cost except favor.
Strategy[]
Minotaurs are one of the most powerful Classical Age myth units in the game, with excellent attack, high hit points and reasonable speed. They can easily kill any human soldier, as well as almost all other Classical Age myth units. Their special attack helps with this, as it works as an instant kill against weaker units, such as archers, and helps the Minotaur to avoid being overwhelmed by larger numbers of melee units. Alternatively, the special attack can be used to stun and repel similar-sized myth units for a few seconds, especially in later ages.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Minotaurs have 4 speed, 20 Line of Sight, 50% pierce armor, and cost 200 food, 14 favor and 4 population.
- Minotaurs do 15 hack and 10 crush damage per second.
- Minotaurs make bull-like sounds.
- Minotaurs gain no additional hit points or attack in the Heroic or Mythic Ages.
- Minotaur's gore works on human units and specific myth units.
The Titans[]
- With patch 1.02, Minotaurs have 4.2 speed.
Retold[]
- Minotaurs have 4.5 speed, 16 Line of Sight, and cost 150 gold, 14 favor and 3 population.
- Minotaurs do 17 hack damage per hit. They have a Rate of Fire of 1.1, which equates to 15.5 hack damage per second. They also no longer deal any crush damage
- Minotaurs have a new voice pack with spoken voice lines. The only sound retained from previous versions is the one used for the Gore ability.
- Minotaurs gain +20% hit points and attack each in the Heroic and Mythic Ages. They further gain +100% hit points, +100% attack, and +20% speed in the Wonder Age.
- Minotaur's Gore works on all units (excluding heroes) up to weight class 6.
- With update 17.27932, Minotaurs cost 180 gold, 15 favor and have 50% pierce armor.
In-game dialogue[]
The Minotaur speaks Greek. Before Retold, the Minotaur used to make grunts and snarls instead of having dialogues lines.
- Select 1 Λέγε [lege] (leye) - Speak or collect (archaic)
- Select 2 Πρόσεχε! (prosekhe!) - Be careful!
- Select 3 Πρόσταγμα? [prostagma] (prostaghma?) - Order/command?
- Select 4 Ἕτοιμος/Ἑτοῖμος [hetoimos] (etimos) - Ready/willing
- Select 5 "snarls"
- Move 1 Ἔστω [estō] (esto) - Let it be / so be it
- Move 2 Ναί [nai] (ne) - Yes
- Move 3 Μάλιστα (malista) - Of course/absolutely (lit. most)
- Move 4 Βούλομαι [boulomai] (vulome) - I will/I want
- Move 5 "snarls"
- Attack 1 Εἰσβολή! [eːsbolē] (isvoli!) - Invasion!
- Attack 2 Εἰς μάχην [eːs makhēn] (is makhin) - To battle
- Attack 3 and 4 Καλῶς [kalós] (kalos) - Good, well
Mythology[]
| “ | Scientific name: Homo taurus Size: about 9' tall Diet: humans, especially maidens King Minos prayed to Poseidon to send him a snow-white bull as a sign he was fit to rule Crete. He promised to sacrifice the animal, but when it appeared, he kept it for his own. In retribution, Poseidon cause Minos' wife to fall in love with the bull. Their offspring was the Minotaur, a beast with the head of a bull and the body of a man. Minos had a huge labyrinth constructed under Crete where the Minotaur could be kept. Each year seven boys and seven girls were sent into the maze to be eaten by the beast. Eventually the Minotaur was slain by Theseus who unraveled a ball of twine as he moved into the labyrinth so he could find his way out. The legend of the minotaur may have originated because of the importance of the bull in Minoan ritual. Minoan buildings were adorned with bull horns, their hourglass shields covered with bull hide. Early frescoes show Minoan youths leaping over the horns of bulls as a form of sport. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Gallery[]
Minotaur views in Retold
Bull Minotaur views in Retold
Animation of a Minotaur bashing away two Arci, in Retold
A Bull Minotaur bashing away multiple Hoplites with its Gore ability, in Retold
Minotaur in-game
Minotaur side profile
Minotaur from the opening credits
A Greek drinking vessel depicting a Minotaur, c. 515 BC
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