Myth unit

File:Sphinx.jpg

A Sphinx in-game

Myth units are a variety of monsters, spirits and otherwise supernatural creatures in Age of Mythology that players can bring to their aid. As they are fictitious, they contribute greatly to making Age of Mythology distinct from the other games in the Age of Empires series.

Most myth units are only available by worshiping a particular minor god. They are trained at the Temple, or the Dock for naval myth units, and all have a cost in Favor plus one of the other resources. Each of these myth units has a special attack or ability which improves their combat abilities, heal them or has some other powerful effect.

Other myth units may appear due to a major god's bonus or a god power. See the main page on units for more details. Each culture can also create its own Titan, which is the strongest myth unit in the game and is almost unstoppable.

Myth units are very strong against human soldiers. Most of them can hold their own against groups of human soldiers and some have devastating abilities against them such as multiple attacks and performing instant kills. Many myth units are also strong against other myth units, doing bonus damage to them. Naturally, this bonus cancels itself out to some extent. All myth units are weak against heroes, doing reduced damage to them while taking extra damage. Heroes are also immune to the myth units' special attacks.

List of myth units

The following list shows all myth units that are available to each of the five civilizations.

Greeks

Trained at the Temple / Dock

Age	Land	Land	Land	Air	Water
				Pegasus	Hippocampus
	Centaur	Minotaur	Cyclops
	Hydra	Manticore	Nemean Lion		Scylla
	Medusa	Colossus	Chimera		Carcinos
Titan	Titan

Egyptians

Trained at the Temple / Dock

Age	Land	Land	Land	Air	Water
	Sphinx	Wadjet	Anubite
	Petsuchos	Scorpion Man	Scarab	Roc	Leviathan
	Mummy	Avenger		Phoenix	War Turtle
Titan	Titan

Created by other myth unit

• Minion
• Phoenix Egg -> Phoenix (from Phoenix Egg)

Spawned by god power

• Serpent / Sea Snake
• Minion

Norse

Trained at the Temple / Dock

Age	Land	Land	Land	Air	Water
				Raven
	Valkyrie	Troll	Einherjar
	Frost Giant	Battle Boar	Mountain Giant		Kraken
	Fire Giant	Fenris Wolf Brood			Jormund Elver
Titan	Titan

Spawned by god power

• Walking Tree
• Fimbulwinter Wolf
• Nidhogg

Atlanteans

Trained at the Temple / Dock / Hesperides Tree

Age	Land	Land	Land	Air	Water
	Promethean	Automaton		Caladria	Servant
	Satyr	Behemoth	Dryad	Stymphalian Bird	Nereid
	Heka Gigantes	Argus	Lampades		Man O' War
Titan	Titan

Created by other myth unit

• Promethean Offspring

Spawned by god power

• Spider Egg -> Spider
• Carnivora / Carnivora (Water)
• Tartarian Spawn

Chinese

Trained at the Temple / Dock

Age	Land	Land	Land	Air	Water
	Terracotta Warrior	Monkey King	Qilin
	Pixiu	Jiangshi	War Salamander		War Salamander
	Azure Dragon	White Tiger		Vermilion Bird	Dragon Turtle Azure Dragon
Titan	Titan

Spawned by god power

• Earth Dragon

Comparison table

Titans, scouting-exclusive, non-trainable, and water myth units are not in this table. The asterisk "*" means upgraded myth unit. Note that this table only shows the units from the original Age of Mythology.

Name	Civ	Age	Cost	Favor	Pop	HAT	PAT	CAT	Range	HP	HAR	PAR	Speed	Myth	Hero	Pop
Centaur	Greek	II	200w	12	3	-	12	-	12m	220	30%	35%	5.0 m/s	×2	×0.25	3
Centaur*	Greek	II	200w	12	3	-	12	-	12m	275	30%	35%	6.5 m/s	×2	×0.25	3
Minotaur	Greek	II	200f	14	4	15	-	10	0m	320	60%	55%	4.2 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Minotaur*	Greek	II	150f	14	4	15	-	10	0m	448	60%	55%	4.2 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Cyclops	Greek	II	250f	22	4	15	-	12	0m	600	40%	50%	3.2 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Cyclops*	Greek	II	250f	22	4	22.5	-	24	0m	600	40%	50%	3.2 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Hydra	Greek	III	250f	28	5	20	-	10	0m	800	60%	40%	4.0 m/s	×2	×0.5	5
Hydra 5 Heads	Greek	III	250f	28	5	60	-	30	0m	800	60%	40%	4.0 m/s	×2	×0.5	5
Manticore	Greek	III	300w	28	5	-	11(×3)	-	16m	420	30%	60%	4.3 m/s	×2	×0.25	5
Nemean Lion	Greek	III	200g	22	4	20	-	10	0m	660	30%	60%	4.8 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Nemean Lion*	Greek	III	200g	22	4	20	-	10	0m	660	44%	80%	4.8 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Medusa	Greek	IV	250g	32	5	-	15	12	10m	360	60%	70%	4.3 m/s	×2	×0.25	5
Medusa*	Greek	IV	250g	32	5	-	15	12	10m	480	60%	70%	4.3 m/s	×2	×0.25	5
Colossus	Greek	IV	300g	25	5	20	-	50	0m	1100	50%	80%	3.0 m/s	×1	×0.5	5
Colossus**	Greek	IV	300g	25	5	20	-	50	0m	1400	60%	80%	3.0 m/s	×1	×0.5	5
Chimera	Greek	IV	300g	30	4	20	-	-	0m	800	60%	60%	5.3 m/s	×3	×0.5	4
Chimera*	Greek	IV	300g	30	4	26	-	-	0m	960	60%	60%	5.3 m/s	×3	×0.5	4
Sphinx	Egypt	II	120g	18	4	11	-	5	0m	300	45%	60%	5.3 m/s	×3	×0.5	4
Sphinx**	Egypt	II	120g	18	4	13	-	15	0m	350	56%	60%	6.4 m/s	×3	×0.5	4
Wadjet	Egypt	II	150w	15	3	-	16	-	18m	240	20%	30%	3.8 m/s	×3	×0.25	3
Anubite	Egypt	II	100f	15	3	13	-	-	0m	200	60%	55%	5.3 m/s	×3	×0.5	3
Anubite*	Egypt	II	100f	15	3	16	-	-	0m	250	60%	55%	5.3 m/s	×3	×0.5	3
Petsuchos	Egypt	III	200g	15	4	-	55	20	20m	480	40%	44%	3.6 m/s	×2	×0.25	4
Petsuchos*	Egypt	III	200g	15	4	-	55	20	24m	480	40%	44%	3.6 m/s	×2	×0.25	4
Scarab	Egypt	III	300f	20	5	6	-	12	0m	670	40%	75%	3.2 m/s	×2	×0.5	5
Scorpion Man	Egypt	III	150w	25	4	25	-	-	0m	500	50%	40%	5.0 m/s	×2	×0.8	4
Mummy	Egypt	IV	200g	35	5	-	12	-	12m	350	35%	50%	4.0 m/s	×3	×0.5	5
Mummy*	Egypt	IV	200g	35	5	-	12	-	12m	420	35%	50%	4.0 m/s	×3	×0.5	5
Avenger	Egypt	IV	250f	30	4	28	-	-	0m	600	60%	40%	5.3 m/s	×3	×0.5	4
Phoenix	Egypt	IV	200g	30	5	30	-	30	4m	400	15%	55%	3.6 m/s	×1	×0.25	5
Valkyrie	Norse	II	200f	18	4	12	-	-	0m	375	60%	55%	5.5 m/s	×3	×0.5	4
Valkyrie*	Norse	II	200f	18	4	18	-	-	0m	412	60%	55%	6.3 m/s	×3	×0.5	4
Troll	Norse	II	160w	15	3	-	12	-	14m	200	50%	50%	3.6 m/s	×3	×0.25	3
Troll**	Norse	II	160w	15	3	-	14	-	16m	250	50%	50%	3.6 m/s	×3	×0.25	3
Einherjar	Norse	II	175g	15	3	15	-	10	0m	275	70%	60%	3.2 m/s	×2	×0.5	3
Einherjar*	Norse	II	175g	15	3	23	-	10	0m	302	70%	60%	3.2 m/s	×2	×0.5	3
Frost Giant	Norse	III	200g	25	4	18	-	12	0m	600	55%	70%	3.8 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Frost Giant*	Norse	III	200g	25	4	18	-	14	0m	800	55%	70%	3.8 m/s	×2	×0.5	4
Battle Boar	Norse	III	250g	27	4	20	-	20	0m	720	60%	60%	5.3 m/s	×1	×0.5	4
Mountain Giant	Norse	III	300g	30	5	20	-	25	0m	1200	45%	30%	3.2 m/s	×1	×0.5	5
Fire Giant	Norse	IV	300g	35	5	15	-	10	14m	600	60%	80%	3.2 m/s	×2	×0.25	5
Fenris Wolf Brood	Norse	IV	150g	15	3	15	-	-	0m	420	40%	50%	3.2 m/s	×3	×0.25	3

Trivia

• The Atlanteans have access to the largest variety of myth units, with 16 different types.
  • The Chinese have access to the least, with only 12.
• The Shade, Animals of Set, Lost Ship, Golden Lion, and Relic Monkey are not considered myth units by the game.
• Originally, myth units were called monsters, according to pre-release content.
• Einherjars, Mummies (and their Minions) and Jiangshi are the only myth units that are humans in origin.
  • Given that the former two are still classified as Homo sapiens, they retain their humanities despite being turned into myth units themselves.

Gallery

All myth units in Age of Mythology

Some myth units change when upgraded. This picture shows a regular Kraken fighting a Trench Kraken.