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This article is about the unit in the handheld video game. For the unit in the PC game, see Nidhogg.
โ€œ Rise, my dragon. Rise and serve Hel. The Nidhogg has a taste for ash and fire. โ€
—Hel upon summoning the Nidhogg
Nidhogg Age of Empires Mythologies DS

Nidhogg

Nidhogg is a god power in Age of Empires: Mythologies only available to Loki players who worship Hel. It summons the powerful dragon from a selected tile.

Unit Statistics[]

  • Cost: N/A
  • Type: Myth Unit, Heavy Infantry
  • Attack: 115
  • Range: N/A
  • Defense: 20
  • HP: 180
  • Movement: 5

God Bonuses and Upgrades[]

General[]

  • Age I: Attack x0.6, HP x0.6
  • Age II: Attack x0.75, HP x0.75
  • Age III: Attack x0.9, HP x0.9

Hel increases Movement by 2

  • Eyes of the Forest (Loki): can see into Forest tiles in the Fog of War from an extra tile away
  • Trickster's Touch (Loki): increases Attack by 10%
  • Granite Blood (Hel): increases HP by 15%
  • Rampage (Hel): increases Attack by 15%

Strategy[]

The Nidhogg is a heavy infantry type myth unit that acts as a one unit army. It has phenomenal HP, the highest of all Norse myth units, and second only to the Mountain Giant for highest attack. It is also airborne and can bypass mountains and rivers, enabling it to quickly join a battle. As it can also can be summoned on a tile of a player's choice rather than from a Temple and can attack on the same turn it is cast, players can also use it to surprise their enemy and quickly change the tides in a battle. However, Nidhogg has relatively low defenses and repeated attacks will eventually finish him off for good. It cannot be healed by Priests or Valkyries either. The only means for Nidhogg to regain HP is by retreating to the player's town and share the tile with a friendly building for a prolonged period of time. Therefore, Nidhogg is best used in hit-and-run tactics. Players should be wary of Zeus worshipers who may save their Bolt God Power for it, as well as any Hero units, notably the Son of Osiris.

Trivia[]

  • Unlike its Age of Mythology counterpart, this Nidhogg's appearance is more like a Wyvern and it emerges from beneath the earth rather than descends from the sky.
Age of Empires: Mythologies
Gameplay elements Terrain
Categories Campaigns ยท Images ยท Gods ยท Units (Myth units ยท Heroes) ยท God powers ยท Greeks ยท Egyptians ยท Norse
Civilizations and gods
Greeks Zeus ยท Hades ยท Poseidon ยท Athena ยท Hermes ยท Ares ยท Apollo ยท Aphrodite ยท Hera ยท Hephaestus ยท Nyx
Egyptians Ra ยท Isis ยท Set ยท Bast ยท Anubis ยท Sobek ยท Sekhmet ยท Osiris ยท Horus ยท Thoth ยท Hathor
Norse Thor ยท Odin ยท Loki ยท Freyja ยท Heimdall ยท Forseti ยท Skadi ยท Njord ยท Baldr ยท Tyr ยท Hel
Units
Greeks
Egyptians
Norse
God powers
Greeks Maw of the Abyss ยท Curse ยท Underworld Passage ยท Earthquake ยท Restoration ยท Sentinels ยท Plenty ยท Lightning Storm ยท Ceasefire ยท Bolt ยท Cursed Voyage
Egyptians Swarm of Locusts ยท Eclipse ยท Meteor Shower ยท Tornado ยท Prosperity ยท Son of Osiris ยท Glorious Rain ยท Citadel ยท Eyes of the Desert ยท Deluge ยท Book of Thoth
Norse Ragnarok ยท Healing Spring ยท Wild Fire ยท Undermine ยท Nidhogg ยท Walking Woods ยท Spy ยท The Great Hunt ยท Frost ยท Dwarven Mine ยท Fimbulwinter
Campaigns and scenarios
Egypt campaign Border Skirmish ยท Portents ยท Hero's Welcome ยท Rebuilding ยท Expansion ยท Trust ยท Exodus ยท Valley of Shadows
Greece campaign Disruption ยท Prophecy ยท Gateway ยท Old Friends ยท Throne of the Dead ยท Escape ยท New Enemies ยท Mount Olympus
Norse campaign Tested ยท Memory ยท Ring of Fire ยท On the Front ยท Advance ยท Revenge ยท Citadel ยท Dragon's Den
Egypt scenarios Citadel of the Pharaoh ยท The Restless Dead ยท Clash on the Nile ยท Return of Osiris ยท Monthu's Trial ยท Sanctum of the Snake
Greece scenarios Wrath of Olympus ยท March of the Barbarians ยท Serpent's Coil ยท Tricksters' Game ยท Olympian's Rise ยท High Tide
Norse scenarios Cold Shoulder ยท Hawk's Eye ยท Assault of the Norse ยท Northward March ยท Monster's Den ยท The Lightning Fortress
Hells scenarios The Coiled Dragon ยท Prometheus' Gift ยท Zeus' Betrayal ยท Lionheart ยท Kronos' Rage ยท Children of the Gods
Age of Empires: Mythologies
Gameplay elements Terrain
Categories Campaigns ยท Images ยท Gods ยท Units (Myth units ยท Heroes) ยท God powers ยท Greeks ยท Egyptians ยท Norse
Civilizations and gods
Greeks Zeus ยท Hades ยท Poseidon ยท Athena ยท Hermes ยท Ares ยท Apollo ยท Aphrodite ยท Hera ยท Hephaestus ยท Nyx
Egyptians Ra ยท Isis ยท Set ยท Bast ยท Anubis ยท Sobek ยท Sekhmet ยท Osiris ยท Horus ยท Thoth ยท Hathor
Norse Thor ยท Odin ยท Loki ยท Freyja ยท Heimdall ยท Forseti ยท Skadi ยท Njord ยท Baldr ยท Tyr ยท Hel
Units
Greeks
Egyptians
Norse
God powers
Greeks Maw of the Abyss ยท Curse ยท Underworld Passage ยท Earthquake ยท Restoration ยท Sentinels ยท Plenty ยท Lightning Storm ยท Ceasefire ยท Bolt ยท Cursed Voyage
Egyptians Swarm of Locusts ยท Eclipse ยท Meteor Shower ยท Tornado ยท Prosperity ยท Son of Osiris ยท Glorious Rain ยท Citadel ยท Eyes of the Desert ยท Deluge ยท Book of Thoth
Norse Ragnarok ยท Healing Spring ยท Wild Fire ยท Undermine ยท Nidhogg ยท Walking Woods ยท Spy ยท The Great Hunt ยท Frost ยท Dwarven Mine ยท Fimbulwinter
Campaigns and scenarios
Egypt campaign Border Skirmish ยท Portents ยท Hero's Welcome ยท Rebuilding ยท Expansion ยท Trust ยท Exodus ยท Valley of Shadows
Greece campaign Disruption ยท Prophecy ยท Gateway ยท Old Friends ยท Throne of the Dead ยท Escape ยท New Enemies ยท Mount Olympus
Norse campaign Tested ยท Memory ยท Ring of Fire ยท On the Front ยท Advance ยท Revenge ยท Citadel ยท Dragon's Den
Egypt scenarios Citadel of the Pharaoh ยท The Restless Dead ยท Clash on the Nile ยท Return of Osiris ยท Monthu's Trial ยท Sanctum of the Snake
Greece scenarios Wrath of Olympus ยท March of the Barbarians ยท Serpent's Coil ยท Tricksters' Game ยท Olympian's Rise ยท High Tide
Norse scenarios Cold Shoulder ยท Hawk's Eye ยท Assault of the Norse ยท Northward March ยท Monster's Den ยท The Lightning Fortress
Hells scenarios The Coiled Dragon ยท Prometheus' Gift ยท Zeus' Betrayal ยท Lionheart ยท Kronos' Rage ยท Children of the Gods
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